Word: vocationalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In his 17-year mission, besides "reconciling" many of his fellow Englishmen to Roman Catholicism, he sent at least 30 men to the Continent to study for the priesthood. "God grant," he told himself after the shores of England slipped away, "that I may always love and dutifully carry the...
Nonetheless, he called himself "the damndest optimist that ever lived." And in his stoic dedication to his vocation, he certainly acted as though he was. When an early critic accused him of seeing the world as a "prison house," he retorted: "The world is not a 'prison house'...
First in line is Gertie herself, the youngest member of the family, who has decided that her vocation in life is Sex, and is determined to make the most of it. The remainder of the Ritchie family are equally gifted, but in intellectual fields (where their qualities are less likely...
The monastery also provides a quiet and peaceful shelter for students in the community. Anyone who wishes to join the order can follow the prescribed training of the novitiate. First, one becomes a postulant, assuming that he is acceptable to the Father Superior. If, after several months, a postulant is...
Besides men who ordinarily would not run because of vocation, the CCA has helped qualified politicians. Among this group is Charles A. Freeman, past president of the Cambridge Colored Civic Association who as a city council candidate was defeated in 1949. This year, Freeman, an extremely well-qualified candidate, does...