A Look at Why There is Such a Pressing Need for Vocations | EWTN News Nightly

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A recent study said 8 in 10 dioceses in the US receive formal applicants for religious life who have student loan debt. And one Catholic group is trying to help. The Vocations Director for the Mercedarian Friars, Fr. Daniel Bowen, joins to share how he heard about the Laboure Society. Fr. Daniel discusses why there is such a pressing need for vocations today. He tells us what advice he gives to someone who is discerning a vocation but also has the roadblock of student debt. Fr. Daniel explains whether it was scary to ask for money and how he overcame that fear. In doing this uncomfortable work of asking for money and in the delay of not being able to enter into a community right away. Fr. Daniel fills us in on whether that brought any spiritual fruit. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf