Transforming Vocation

Vocation and the call to serve is one of those challenges. In a hierarchical and clerical church, the main purpose of Christian discernment is professional ordination-either to the priesthood or to the vocational diaconate. But where does this leave the rest of the people of God in their quest to find the right setting and shape for their ministries? Sam Portaro uses the Bible, theology, and personal story to envision a church where all vocations are equally treasured and all members supported in discerning their place in God's plan. He challenges the church to move beyond the status quo and end its confusion about the differing role and authority of all its ministers, ordained and lay.Portaro, Sam is the author of 'Transforming Vocation', published 2008 under ISBN 9780898695861 and ISBN 0898695864.