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How Religious Communities and Diocesan Clergy Work Together to Build Up the Church Have you ever wondered why some priests belong to a religious community and others do not? Or why are there multiple religious orders active in our diocese, some of which are connected to parishes and others that are not? These can be causes of confusion for many in the Church, but the answers lie in the foundational idea of vocation. First, we must speak of the vocation to the religious life, or more properly, the consecrated life. People in this vocation are called to give a total gif...

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