{"id":2927,"date":"2020-05-07T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T03:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2020-05-07T18:38:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T01:38:58","slug":"responding-to-your-vocation-match-at-the-time-of-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2020\/05\/07\/responding-to-your-vocation-match-at-the-time-of-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to your Vocation Match at the time of the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Vocation Seeker!<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, life will go on and your calling to serve\u00a0the Lord is as\u00a0real now as when\u00a0you first reached out. \u00a0<em>I have decided to reach out to you\u00a0<\/em>to assure you that you are not forgotten. \u00a0Your Vocation Match was sent to me\u00a0and I need not explain to you what has happened in the months weeks, and days since that request.<\/p>\n<p>I will send you a note with some discernment material and some\u00a0information about the Salesians of Don Bosco, a mission dedicated to bringing\u00a0Christ to the\u00a0young and finding Him in the young.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to\u00a0call or text me on my personal cell phone\u00a0so I can\u00a0answer your questions directly.\u00a0\u00a0<em>(510) 725-5520<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What should you do in the meantime?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep praying<\/li>\n<li>Keep longing<\/li>\n<li>Pray for the world\u00a0and those offering\u00a0their lives to save others<\/li>\n<li>Reach out in any way you can to alleviate the suffering of others<\/li>\n<li>Take care of your health and be vigilant about your self-care<\/li>\n<li>Read Jeremiah 29:11-14 and believe the Lord\u2019s promise there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Soon, as\u00a0restrictions are minimized, we will return to opportunities to meet for Discernment Retreats and Experiences. \u00a0However, you are always welcome to\u00a0\u201csee\u201d me on\u00a0FaceTime or we can set up a Zoom Conference.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t give up! \u00a0Give this moment for searching the attention it requires! \u00a0The Lord is speaking to all of us and he is speaking to you. \u00a0Remember, don\u2019t hesitate to call me!<br \/>\nStay safe, stay sane, stay selfless, be saints!<br \/>\nGod\u2019s peace be with you. \u00a0I am waiting to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p>Fr. John Roche, SDB<br \/>\nVocation Director<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2930\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/unnamed.png?resize=720%2C489&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"720\" height=\"489\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Vocation Seeker! Believe it or not, life will go on and your calling to serve\u00a0the Lord is as\u00a0real now as when\u00a0you first reached out. \u00a0I have decided to reach out to you\u00a0to assure you that you are not forgotten. \u00a0Your Vocation Match was sent to me\u00a0and I need not explain to you what has happened in the months weeks, and days since that request. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2020\/05\/07\/responding-to-your-vocation-match-at-the-time-of-the-pandemic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Responding to your Vocation Match at the time of the Pandemic<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20310044],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-province-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/banner-religious-vocation.png?fit=1200%2C121&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-Ld","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2927"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2932,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions\/2932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}