By Natalie Salameh
The Maronite Servants
of Christ the Light, in collaboration with the Daughters of St. Paul, presented
at a vocation discussion at St. Edith Stein Roman Catholic Parish in Brockton
on Tuesday evening, March 17 where over 60 high school girls and their
catechists attended.
Fr. Carlos Suarez,
parochial vicar, hosted this event for the Year for Consecrated Life and the sisters
from both congregations addressed the young women sharing on the joys of religious
life, and vocation discernment.
The evening began in
Church with the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours prayer and was followed by
dinner. Afterwards, Mother Marla Marie opened the discussion offering points
of guidance in discerning their vocations, whether to married life or to
religious life. Specifically, Mother Marla Marie highlighted the various and
unique ways that God continues to speak in our lives, and how we need to pay
more attention. Natalie Salameh then gave her personal witness on how she
journeyed with the Lord in her discernment leading to the Maronite Servants. The Daughters of St. Paul also shared on
their vocation stories and consecrated life. 
The night concluded
with a Q&A panel of all the sisters, where the young women had many diverse
questions such as, “what is the typical life in the day of a nun?” and “do sisters
earn any income?”
In the feedback
received from many young women that evening, it was evident that the Lord was
at work in their hearts. Please continue to pray for vocations, as “the harvest is abundant
but the laborers are few” (Luke 10:2).