Religious Vocation

Finding one's calling is not just about finding something we can do - it is about finding what we can't not do. "Let your life speak" is a time-honored Quaker admonition to live one's life as witness to the deepest truths one knows. But as Parker Palmer explains, those words can also mean "listen to your life, and let it tell you what your truth is."

How shall we live? What is the good life? What is the value of a person? What is my place in this world? Is God active in this world? These are questions that have been asked in every culture and in every era. From the Hebrew concept of Shalom (wholeness/well-being) to the Greek concept of Eudaimonia (happiness) and even to the American notion that all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, great thinkers have pondered what it means for humans to flourish.

San Juan XXIII el Papa humilde o el Papa bueno, que de ambas formas era conocido, sigue siendo considerado el Papa del Concilio por la gran trascendencia que el Vaticano II ha tenido y tendrá en la Iglesia contemporánea y en la del futuro. Además, participó como enfermero en la Primera Guerra Mundial, fue delegado apostólico en Bulgaria.

Traversant tout le XXe siècle, "La vocation" raconte le destin d'une famille d'émigrants arméniens fascinée par l'élégance française. En 1923, Méliné a vingt-deux ans et fuit les persécutions subies par son peuple, une page de Vogue coincée dans sa manche. Elle rêve de mode. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard, sa petite-fille, Sophie, journaliste, est nommée au poste de directrice de la mode à Elle, accomplissant ainsi le destin familial. Qui fut la plus heureuse des deux ?