vocation
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"I think of you, dear families, who, despite the many difficulties you face each day, persevere courageously in your vocation and mission," Pope Leo said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Perhaps, given your vocation, you also benefited from a parsonage at some point.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
"I am very happy with the choices I made and my vocation in life," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Like Mr. Barnett, she draws a throughline from her experience as a young reader to her vocation as a writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He despised her spirit of sacrifice, her severity, her vocation for poverty, and her unshakable chastity, which he felt as a reproach toward his own egotistical, sensual, power- hungry nature.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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The latest installments, “East” and “West,” focus on artisans engaged at the highest level of their sometimes obscure vocations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Affluent families often paid a skilled artisan to train their children in well-paid, rewarding vocations.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024
In his 2023 Faith and Law presentation, Simon offered “a brief framework on how Christians could and should engage with the distinctive tensions within vocations in law, policy, and associated disciplines.”
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2024
A. In the face of declining vocations to the priesthood, we continue to ignore the vocations of Catholics who do not meet the narrowly defined criteria for ordained ministry.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
For the first twenty years of its existence, the Institute offered a high school education and training in various vocations, such as agriculture.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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