Catholic On Yap

The young men and women of Yap are back in school now, but summer break gave some young Catholics a chance to reflect on the meaning of "vocation". Through two four-hour "camps", one for boys and one for girls, a total of 60 young people came together to sing songs, reflect on Scripture, and listen to vocation testimonies from faith filled adults. Leaders of the camps included two diocesan seminarians, Jesuit scholastics Dickson and Siwi, Ed Quinnan, and Tom Frink. The boys' camp began with Dickson narrating the Biblical story "The Call of Samuel" and then weaving it into his own vocation story. Dickson's "call" began, in fact, when he as a preteen heard his father telling the story of Samuel. Enthralled, he stayed awake all night praying, "God, call me the way you called Samuel!" In the years that followed, God masterfully answered that prayer, using people and circumstances (including a literal three-part call!) to prepare...