So continuing my Delving into Discernment I thought I would go through the meetings that I have had and the steps I've taken along the way. Bear in mind that each Diocese approaches this differently and not all of them have the initial meetings with vocations team members. All the activities I have done will help focus your mind on your calling and vocation.
So the first stop as far as the Diocese of Blackburn is concerned is for you to have 4 meetings with a member of the vocations team. These take place over as long a time period as you wish, for myself I chose to have them as frequently as possible and got through them in 3 months. The reason for the time between is to give you chance to reflect and to do the tasks that are set for you.
The first meeting is just a general get to know you session. You talk about yourself and about your calling as well as how you are addressing it. The team member makes notes throughout the chat which they will then turn into bullet-point form to send on to the Diocesan Director of Ordinands once all the meetings are over. Anything that will be sent on gets sent to you first to check over and ensure that it is what you want to be seen.
You get set some homework after the meeting, a task to complete and discuss at the following meeting. My first homework was to create a timeline of my life from birth to present covering all the events that have shaped my faith and my personality. It couldn't be longer than 2 sides of A4 and was primarily to be used as a way to focus on your calling throughout life.
I found creating the timeline was incredibly interesting. It was good to talk with family members and people who knew me when I was younger to find out about my early years and how my faith was integral to my weekly life. It was also good to look back on pivotal events of my life with a fresh perspective and see how my faith was guiding me, even though I did not know it at the time - I even actively fought against it!
The second meeting was two weeks after the initial one and we talked in depth about my life and my faith. I've lived quite a full and active life for someone as young as me, so we had a lot to talk about! The team member questioned certain points and helped me see the spiritual significance of certain areas that I hadn't seen before.
It was definitely strange summing up the entirety of my life in an hour. I'm glad I am still young because there's no way I could've made it fit if I was any older than I am now!
At the end of this session the next homework was to look at what a week in the life of Father Roshi would look like. This one took me a little longer to complete but I shall talk about that in my next post!
So the first stop as far as the Diocese of Blackburn is concerned is for you to have 4 meetings with a member of the vocations team. These take place over as long a time period as you wish, for myself I chose to have them as frequently as possible and got through them in 3 months. The reason for the time between is to give you chance to reflect and to do the tasks that are set for you.
The first meeting is just a general get to know you session. You talk about yourself and about your calling as well as how you are addressing it. The team member makes notes throughout the chat which they will then turn into bullet-point form to send on to the Diocesan Director of Ordinands once all the meetings are over. Anything that will be sent on gets sent to you first to check over and ensure that it is what you want to be seen.
You get set some homework after the meeting, a task to complete and discuss at the following meeting. My first homework was to create a timeline of my life from birth to present covering all the events that have shaped my faith and my personality. It couldn't be longer than 2 sides of A4 and was primarily to be used as a way to focus on your calling throughout life.
I found creating the timeline was incredibly interesting. It was good to talk with family members and people who knew me when I was younger to find out about my early years and how my faith was integral to my weekly life. It was also good to look back on pivotal events of my life with a fresh perspective and see how my faith was guiding me, even though I did not know it at the time - I even actively fought against it!
The second meeting was two weeks after the initial one and we talked in depth about my life and my faith. I've lived quite a full and active life for someone as young as me, so we had a lot to talk about! The team member questioned certain points and helped me see the spiritual significance of certain areas that I hadn't seen before.
It was definitely strange summing up the entirety of my life in an hour. I'm glad I am still young because there's no way I could've made it fit if I was any older than I am now!
At the end of this session the next homework was to look at what a week in the life of Father Roshi would look like. This one took me a little longer to complete but I shall talk about that in my next post!
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