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    The Purpose and Practice of Monastic Vocation The monastic vocation can be called a "mystery" and in two senses of the word. Primarily - divine mystery is a reality proceeding from God, at once hidden and revealed, expressing in its essence something of the grace, wisdom, peace and fruitfulness of God. Monastic consecration - a mystery akin to the sacramental mysteries of the Church, in which an inner change is affected through an outward ritual or symbol and

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    a thought-provoking dystopian novella, Anthem by Ayn Rand, a man by the name of Equality 7-2521 struggles to survive in a communist society. Despite his vast intelligence, he is given the job of a street sweeper by his superiors, the Council of Vocations. He uses his knowledge to create an invention to help society flourish, but ultimately is chastised and flees from his city. In the end, he is a free, independent man who wishes to help his peers free themselves from the shackles of communist society

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    During the past four years people have asked me what I wanted to do for a vocation after high school. I always had an answer, but I always transmuted my vocation path. I kenned that I wanted to go into health care, but I was never genuinely certain on what field I wanted to go into. I am still skeptical on what I optate to do with the rest of my life, but I cerebrate this research has availed me to decide. There is one vocation in which I find intriguing which is obstetric nursing. An Obstetrics nurse

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    4. What methods will be used to record time, attendance, and progress of participants. The Vocational Coordinator and the Employment Counselors will ensure all documentation requested by the Regional Planning Commission and required by this grant is completed in a timely manner. Regional Planning Commission time sheets will be used to track participation in subsidized employment and monthly case notes will be completed by the Vocational Coordinator on the IWDS website. The Vocational Coordinator

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    desperation consume him. In Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse the protagonist, Siddhartha, has a life changing experience during his darkest hour and realizes numerous important lessons during this moment. Throughout the novel, Siddhartha holds a variety of vocations, experiencing a different lifestyle from each one leading to his understanding of suffering and his desperation. The pivotal point of the book occurs during Siddhartha’s darkest hour when he contemplates suicide by the river. During this moment,

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    Do you want to die? Neither did the people of Salem, but they did, and all because of the use of religious beliefs to justify prejudice. For the Vocation as Biography project, our group decided to create a character within the period of time of the Salem witch trials that we named Alice Harris. Through this project, we gained an improved knowledge of: the Salem witch trials, the effect of religion on moral perspective, and how groups of people can use religion in controlling ways. These are relevant

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    In “Listening Well – A Chaplain Vocation,” Nicole Chivilis surprises me when he points out that listening has a sacramental dimension. I have no doubt of that, but I never think of listening as sacrament. Indeed, Chivilis indicates that in the hospital setting, circles of unity, understanding, reconciliation and forgiveness among family members and friends could be formed to share about their loved ones. They form a “communion table” and the chaplain is in the “sacred space.” Thus, according to Chivilis

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    Art therapy is a common mental health vocation that utilizes the ingenious practice of art making to ameliorate and improve the mental, emotional, and physical healthfulness of people of all age groups. It is predicated on the credence that the creative operation involved in imaginative self-expression avails people to undertake conflicts and quandaries, develop interpersonal skills, manage comportment, reduce stress, increment self-esteem and self-cognizance, and accomplish understanding of themselves

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    “He who seeks the salvation of the soul, of his own and of others, should not seek it along the avenue of politics, for the quite different tasks of politics can only be solved by violence”, stated Max Weber in his lecture “Politics as a Vocation” (Weber 4). In order to participate in politics, an individual will inevitably encounter times when they must break with traditional morality. An ethic of ultimate ends is not realistic or plausible for the field of politics, particularly when it is followed

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    brashness, entire lack of eloquence, and discriminatory tendencies, Trump was in fact elected. Many of Trump’s supporters attribute his success to his fundamentally different approach to politics and leadership. Max Weber’s lecture, Politics as a Vocation, provides an explanation of how Trump’s campaign was successful, why he is perceived as refreshing and different by his supporters, and how these same supporters were able to overlook Trump’s flaws. Weber defines in his lecture, three ideal types

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