Comments on: 070: The DiNardo Show http://catholicfamilypodcast.com/episodes/070-the-dinardo-show/ ...family life viewed from the right. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Naomi http://catholicfamilypodcast.com/episodes/070-the-dinardo-show/#comment-82 Naomi Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:58:24 +0000 http://catholicfamilypodcast.com/episodes/070-the-dinardo-show/#comment-82 And the last time it cut off. And it still says no comments, so I don't know if anyone has seen this, but I'll try ONE MORE TIME. I wanted to mention a problem for vocations I haven't heard many people talk about. These days, most college education is financed by student loans. Grants are getting harder to get each year, and many people just don't save the way they might. I have a colleague who has responded to the call to religious life, but she can't enter until she has paid off all her debt. The same day I heard your podcast #70, I got a mailing from the Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations. Their Web site is http://www.fundforvocations.org. This fund helps people who are entering formation in the priesthood or religious life to pay their student loan debt (only their student loan debt), and it seems like a very very worthy cause. I think they will be going onto my donor list right after my parish, Rosary Army, and SQPN. Oh, and here is a link to an article about how debt can affect the ability to respond to a vocation: http://www.religiouslife.com/a_debt_vocation.phtml Hope you find this useful for the future, Naomi And the last time it cut off. And it still says no comments, so I don’t know if anyone has seen this, but I’ll try ONE MORE TIME.

I wanted to mention a problem for vocations I haven’t heard many
people talk about. These days, most college education is financed by
student loans. Grants are getting harder to get each year, and many
people just don’t save the way they might. I have a colleague who has
responded to the call to religious life, but she can’t enter until she
has paid off all her debt. The same day I heard your podcast #70, I
got a mailing from the Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations. Their Web
site is http://www.fundforvocations.org. This fund helps people who
are entering formation in the priesthood or religious life to pay
their student loan debt (only their student loan debt), and it seems
like a very very worthy cause. I think they will be going onto my
donor list right after my parish, Rosary Army, and SQPN.

Oh, and here is a link to an article about how debt can affect the
ability to respond to a vocation:
http://www.religiouslife.com/a_debt_vocation.phtml

Hope you find this useful for the future,
Naomi

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