Vocations
Here am I Lord, I come to do you will.
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Come and See
If you think God is calling you, you owe it to yourself and to God to explore the possibility that you may have a religious vocation. A first step to finding this answer is to visit religious communities, get a sense of their life, and try to identify the apostolate that would suit your vocation.
We welcome interested women who are exploring their religious vocation to visit with us at our Motherhouse. Please contact our Vocation Director to schedule your visit.
Requirements for Entrance
We welcome Catholic women, ages 19 - 40 of all backgrounds and races. To apply, you must be in good health and have at least a high school diploma. No nursing experience is required.
We welcome interested women who are exploring their religious vocation to visit with us at our Motherhouse. Please contact our Vocation Director to schedule your visit.
Requirements for Entrance
We welcome Catholic women, ages 19 - 40 of all backgrounds and races. To apply, you must be in good health and have at least a high school diploma. No nursing experience is required.
Upcoming Events
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Come & Zoom One (1) Hour with Us! |
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Join us for an informal conversation
about religious vocation. We are keeping it simple in order to give you the chance to ask any questions you might have about religious life. Reservations are required. Saturday, February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m. (EST) Saturday, April 12, 2025 Saturday, July 19, 2025 Saturday, October 18, 2025 See our Vocation Events Flyer! |
Women (ages 18 - 40) who are discerning a religious vocation are invited to come experience the life and charism of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. Those attending join in our community prayers, witness our apostolate and meet some of our sisters.
Reservations are required. March 14 - 16, 2025 Motherhouse: Rosary Hill Hawthorne, NY 10532 May 30 - June 1, 2025 August 15-17, 2025 November 7-9, 2025 See our Vocation Events Flyer! |
Please contact our Vocation Director for additional information and for reservations:
Sister Diana Marie, O.P.
(845) 745-1319 (call or text)
vocationdirector@hawthorne-dominicans.org
Sister Diana Marie, O.P.
(845) 745-1319 (call or text)
vocationdirector@hawthorne-dominicans.org
A Vocation To Love And To Witness To Life
“Let the women who begs for care have comfort,
and bestow on this representative of Christ
a little attention until she dies.
This is all, yet it requires the sacrifice of your life.
But that is why Christ asked it,
and blesses with unending reward the simple choice.”
Mother Mary Alphonsa
and bestow on this representative of Christ
a little attention until she dies.
This is all, yet it requires the sacrifice of your life.
But that is why Christ asked it,
and blesses with unending reward the simple choice.”
Mother Mary Alphonsa
Note for Parents
The discernment or entrance of a young woman into religious life is a major event in the life of their family. The reactions from parents and siblings varies widely. All of this depends upon their understanding of what the person is doing, as well as their own emotional attachments. So it may range from great joy -- to concern – to anger – and perhaps a mixture of all of this as time passes.
There is often a sense of loss, of missing their daughter, or sister. While it is a human ache, this ache can grow through the years into a deeply spiritual bond, with the young woman as well as with her community.
Before her entrance into Carmel, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote beautifully regarding her relationship with her Mother. While her own heart was grieving at knowing she was causing this pain in her departure, she placed this situation into its proper spiritual perspective.
The night before her entrance, her mother came and knelt with St. Elizabeth at her bedside. Their tears mingled: “Why then are you leaving me?” “My dear mother, can I resist the voice of God who is calling me? He is reaching out his arms out to me and telling me that He is unknown, scorned, forsaken. Can I abandon Him also? … I must go, despite my sorrow at leaving you at plunging you into grief. I must answer His call.” She also counseled her mother to meet her kneeling in front of the Blessed Sacrament, no matter what Church she might be visiting. Space could not separate them if they were both in prayer with God!
There is often a sense of loss, of missing their daughter, or sister. While it is a human ache, this ache can grow through the years into a deeply spiritual bond, with the young woman as well as with her community.
Before her entrance into Carmel, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote beautifully regarding her relationship with her Mother. While her own heart was grieving at knowing she was causing this pain in her departure, she placed this situation into its proper spiritual perspective.
The night before her entrance, her mother came and knelt with St. Elizabeth at her bedside. Their tears mingled: “Why then are you leaving me?” “My dear mother, can I resist the voice of God who is calling me? He is reaching out his arms out to me and telling me that He is unknown, scorned, forsaken. Can I abandon Him also? … I must go, despite my sorrow at leaving you at plunging you into grief. I must answer His call.” She also counseled her mother to meet her kneeling in front of the Blessed Sacrament, no matter what Church she might be visiting. Space could not separate them if they were both in prayer with God!