{"id":20542,"date":"2025-07-14T14:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T14:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/?p=20542"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:50:29","slug":"vocation-is-a-gift-received-and-a-path-freely-chosen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2025\/07\/vocation-is-a-gift-received-and-a-path-freely-chosen\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Vocation is a gift received and a path freely chosen.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr. Andr\u00e9 is leading a vocational discernment course with 15 young participants. Over the course of five weeks, they reflect on their call to holiness and explore their vocation. \u201cThe first four weeks are focused on strengthening the foundations of discernment and deepening the understanding of the universal call to holiness,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn the final week, we present the specific vocation to the priestly and religious life within Regnum Christi, as Legionaries of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr. Andr\u00e9 Blanchette, L.C., has been serving as a novice formator in Europe for the past three years. This summer, he is leading a vocational discernment course organized by the Legionaries of Christ, together with Br. Javier Bendek. 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