Vocationist Fathers are called 'Vocationist'. They are a Catholic Religious Congregation founded by Fr. Justin Russolillo,S.D.V. to foster vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life, especially among the poor.
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Umm, didn't you answer your own question in the details?  If you are looking for different information, post it and I will see what I can find for you.
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There are three levels of Holy Orders, Deacon, Priest, and Bishop.\n\nBishops are the Apostles of today. Each one leads a diocese. Special types of bishop are archbishop, cardinal, and pope (who leads the whole Church).\n\nPriests are co-workers of the bishops and can lead a parish, and celebrate the sacraments.  A special title for a priest is monsignor.\n\nDeacons assist the bishop and priests in the celebration of the Eucharist, in the distribution of Holy Communion, in assisting at and blessing marriages, in the proclamation of the Gospel and preaching, in presiding over funerals, and in dedicating themselves to the various ministries of charity.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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The Vicar of Christ.\n\nThe Lord made St. Peter the visible foundation of his Church. He entrusted the keys of the Church to him. The bishop of the Church of Rome, successor to St. Peter, is head of the college of bishops, the Vicar of Christ and Pastor of the universal Church on earth.\n\nWe call the pope "Holy Father" not as an acknowledgement of his personal state of soul, but as an expression of respect for his office as the successor to St. Peter as head of the Church on earth.
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Here we go Again.\n\nThey are NOT prayed to, they are prayed through and with.  In the prayer Catholics ask for their help, as a mediators.  Suppose you want to meet with the Kind, can you just go directly to the Kind, walk  into his house, and ask Him for what you want! No.  Each Saint, is a patron of something.  such as Patron of children, of lost causes, etc.  If all we need is to go directly to God, then what was the need for God to send us so many Prophets, Saints, and other to aid us! think of that one!\n\nI hope that was helpful.  It is not to, but through them.  OK!
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I'm thinking the guy you're looking for is St. Simeon Stylites.  \n\nThat is, I know there's a saint depicted in traditional imagery as being in a barrel on a post, and I think this is the same guy.\nAnother possibility would be Diogenes.  \nHope it fits.
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St. Vincent de Paul was a priest.\n\nSt. John Vianney was not a slave.  Go here for his bio.\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/st_john_vianney/biography.html
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My friend called his biological mother mum (australian spelling) and his other mother by her name. My other friend raised by two dads did the same.\nAs for the father figure... how many families are there that are single parent families? Millions...its kind of abnormal to have a father figure these days.
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Please be advised that religion has no color.  Possibly, you may find solace in the information provided below:\n\nVOCATION AND MEMBERSHIP:\n\nIn "Vocation to Opus Dei as Vocation in the Church," Fernando Ocariz (Opus Dei in the Church 1994) says that within the baptismal vocation of all Christians to become holy, the Catholic faithful of Opus Dei have a specific vocation of spreading the knowledge of the universal call to holiness while they strive to sanctify their work. Opus Dei members, he says, have "one vocation," because they are called to have the same apostolic aim, practice the same spirit and ascetical means, and receive the same training. Due to this "oneness of vocation," Ocariz says Opus Dei has the atmosphere of a Christian family, where the faithful call the prelate "the Father."\n\nBecause the vocation is the same for all the faithful, there are no degrees of membership. There are, however, different ways of living that same Christian vocation, according to the different circumstances of each one: married, single, healthy or sick, etc. Unlike religious or consecrated persons, the members of Opus Dei are incorporated into the prelature by means of private contracts and not vows. To be incorporated into the Opus Dei prelature, one must freely ask to do so, convinced that one has received a vocation.\n\nThe majority of the faithful of Opus Dei are supernumeraries, who currently account for about 70% of the total. Generally they are married men or women, for whom the sanctification of their family duties is their "most important business" and their "path to holiness," in the words of Escrivá. Supernumeraries are not as available as the other faithful in the prelature for administrative tasks, but lend assistance as their circumstances permit. According to Vittorio Messori, in Opus Dei, "supernumeraries represent the 'normal,' the most frequent vocation in statistical terms, and in them is seen most clearly the purpose of Opus Dei—to Christianize the world from the inside through people of the world who are not worldly."\n\nThe rest of the faithful of the prelature are men and women who commit themselves to celibacy for apostolic reasons. Numeraries, who comprise less than 20% of the faithful, are usually able to live in centers of Opus Dei. Their circumstances allow them to be more available to attend to the apostolic undertakings and the training of the other faithful of the prelature. Like all the rest, they carry out their professional work in the middle of the world. For a few of them, this could involve directing the apostolic activities of the prelature for a span of time. Numerary assistants are women of Opus Dei whose professional work is to look after the domestic needs of its centres. Escrivá liked to call their work "the apostolate of apostolates," since it provides the foundation of the prelature's apostolic efforts. Associates live with their families or wherever is convenient for professional and personal reasons. It is generally from the numeraries and associates that the prelate calls men to the priesthood. The Priestly Society of the Holy Cross is an association of clergy intrinsically united to Opus Dei that fosters personal sanctification, brotherhood among priests and unity with their own bishop.\n\nCooperators of Opus Dei are non-members who collaborate with the faithful of Opus Dei by praying, giving alms or providing assistance to the prelature. \n\nINSTRUCTION AND TRAINING:\n\nA Christian becomes a saint, according to Opus Dei's founder, through God's grace and mercy, and through the use of some principal means of sanctification: (1) interior life, activities turned into contemplation, which Jesus Christ calls "the one thing necessary" (Lk 10:42), and (2) doctrinal training, a well-reasoned understanding of God and his ordered work as revealed in the Catholic faith. Escrivá say
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1.  Yes, a few other denominations have nuns.  Namely, Eastern Orthodox, as well as some Anglicans and Lutherans.\n2.  In general, when a person enters a convent she first undergoes an initial period of testing the life, known as postulancy, for a period of six months to a year. If she, and the order, determine that she may have a vocation to the life, she receives the habit of the order and undertakes novitiate, a period of living the life of a nun that lasts one to two years. After, she may take her initial, temporary vows, which may last for several years.  This is the last chance to get out, if she wants to.  Finally, she will ask for permission to make her "perpetual profession," taking permanent, lifelong vows.\n3.  Yes.  The Church says that being homosexual is not a sin, only practicing (which is why I think they will eventually remove that restriction on the priesthood.).\n4.  First of all, talk to your priest.  Do some research to find out what orders you might be interested in.  Once you've decided, talk to the vocation director.  You should be able to find contact information online.\n5.  Yes, going to college is frequently helpful.  Many religious women in the past have been great theologians and scholars, so you might look towards a religion or philosophy degree.  Alternatively, (and especially if you're looking at a non-cloistered order) you might look at something with professional merit.  For instance, a degree in education, counseling, language, even pre-med.  This will help you in your minestry.  Some orders will on their own send sisters to get degrees, but this isn't always the case.\n6.  Yes, nuns in the technical sense of the word, live in contents.  Look online, and you'll find there are still orders today like this, though they are dwindling.  Sisters, on the other hand, are un-cloistered, and these orders are much more prevelant.
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the templar knights were the ones that protected and found holy relics.  i know somewhere a few of the disbanded templars' familys later formed the free masons, but ive never heard of the bilterburgers.
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I don't think so, but go to this website and see if it helps.\n\nhttp://www.catholic.org/saints/
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I'm not sure what "real" means in this context.  It seems like people shouldn't sweat it too much.  But I guess if someone is looking for some kind of "official" imprimatur, Catholicism would be a logical candidate, as according to the Bible it was the enduring church founded by Jesus through Peter.  Subsequent spinoffs were created much later by mortal men who wanted to go their own way, whether a theologian with different ideas, or a King who wanted the right to get divorced, or what have you.
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There are three levels of Holy Orders, Deacon, Priest, and Bishop.\n\nBishops are the Apostles of today. Each one leads a diocese. Special types of bishop are archbishop, cardinal, and pope (who leads the whole Church).\n\nPriests are co-workers of the bishops and can lead a parish.  A special title for a priest is monsignor.\n\nDeacons assist the bishop and priests in the celebration of the Eucharist, in the distribution of Holy Communion, in assisting at and blessing marriages, in the proclamation of the Gospel and preaching, in presiding over funerals, and in dedicating themselves to the various ministries of charity.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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I do not know in which context you read that. The Brahmans were scholars. And there was a kind of hierarchy in Brahmanism. Something like a dean in a university may not be much impressed by a school teacher. Just thinking himself to be more knowledgeable.\n\nBut priests are pretty high in the this hierarchy rather on top.\n\nthey can be devided roughly in two types:\n1: Learned brahmans, performing all the rites, and receving great respect\n2: village brahmans, who made much of their living by fortune telling and magic and were less honoured.\n\nActually the brahmans related with tantrik practices were not that respected.\n\nOf professional priests there were various types and classes.\n \n# rishis or seers, who composed the vedic hymns\n# ritvij who performed sacrificial ritual and had speciallised duties\n# hotra- invokers\n# udgatra-canters\n# ardhvaryu- priests to perform the manual operations of the ceremony.\n\nSo priests are the one making all rules how can they look down upon thmselves?? the notion is misunderstood.\n\nThere were other divisions within the order. The brhman of lateer vedic age were devided into exogemous septs (gotra), a system copied by other classes and has survived even today.\n\nBut the varied duties of priests did not provide a livelihood for more than a few brahmans. The smriti literature contains special sections on duties when in distress which carefully defines what to do legitimately when unable to earn living by normal calling.\n\nOpinions differed as to whether brahmans engaged in secular professions was worty of respect according to practicing members or not. no clear rule about that but in practice , priests got the privilages other brahmans did not.\n\nThe brahmans who were related with medicines and especially those who performed surgeries were looked down. The reason was that it required study of corpse and priestly brahmans thought it lowly practice to study dead. \n\nSo I doubt that anybody ever looked down on priests among brahmans. It is other way round. Though brahmans were never unchallanged and people have been making fun of them even in vedic age. The excessive rituals were one reason for that.Many thought priests were making things complicated to look more special. Hindus are not known to follow their brahmans with their mouth shut, though they may avoid it in a direct way. But still priests are well respected.
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you can have a godmother/father if you are christened, the are meant to guide you through life and be there if anything happens to your parents. i dont think there is such thing as a godsister/brother
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Wow!  You're really catching some crap here!  Looks like Y!Answers users really like to take out their religious frustration on a man of the cloth!  Although I wonder if any of them refuse to call a judge "Your Honor" if they ever appear in court!\n\nI have no problem with a member of the clergy being called reverend in any sense of the word as long as they are not trying to infer that they are God.  And I find it highly unlikely that anyone would REALLY make the mistake of thinking that using "reverend" somehow meant that.\n\nFor centuries people have referred to God using adjectives to that were also used to refer to people of respect in their society.  It was simply understood that, when referencing God in that way, it was because He was the ultimate perfection of that term, but it did not preclude them from using the same word to describe honored people who exemplified the same attributes to a lesser degree.  \n\nMy personal opinion is that our society as a whole is losing respect for one of the highest callings a human can have -- devoting one's life to the service of God and others, and, consequently, they do not like to see a title of respect attached to it.  Unfortunately, that means that they will bash the name, position, and people until that respect is regained.\n\nGod Bless Reverend!
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If you are asking for historys sake, Ronin is right about the mostly Protestant, and Anglican thing. (In England.) If you are asking for now a days... don't worry so much about what church is right, and focus on getting your heart right. Your local pastor isn't going to be your judge, God is. Line up with His rules. Get a relationship with Him. Notice I said relationship, not religion?