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Vocations

A vocation is a gift from God to an individual person, inviting him or her to live out the call to holiness in a specific state of life. Some are called to marriage and family life. Others the Lord invites to follow Him as priests or consecrated men and women. If you feel the Lord calling you to the priesthood or consecrated life (of which religious life is a part), don’t be afraid!

Vocation Requirements for the Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago
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  • Completion of college (undergraduate) degree

  • Good physical and mental health

  • Appropriate maturity for the life and apostolate

  • Attraction to St. Francis of Assisi and service to the poor

  • Fidelity to Christ and the Church

  • 18-35 years old

  • US Citizen

  • **For men discerning the priesthood with us, all of the Church’s requirements for entry into priestly formation and the priestly formation process (including seminary) are necessary.

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​​the deeper your bond with Christ, the more radical your belonging to all of humanity. There is no opposition, nor competition, between heaven and earth; in Jesus they are united forever. This living and dynamic mystery binds the heart to an indissoluble love: it binds and fills it. Certainly, like the love of spouses, the love that inspires celibacy for the Kingdom of God must also be guarded and constantly renewed, for every true affection matures and becomes fruitful over time. You are called to a specific, delicate and sometimes difficult way of loving and, even more so, of allowing yourselves to be loved in freedom.

- Pope Leo XIV, Homily for Good Shepherd Sunday 2026
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