How do you help your children discover what God is calling them to be and do on this earth?

Kristen Soley wondered the same question when it came to raising her kids. She began looking around for resources and kept coming back empty-handed. Finally, after a lot of prayer and research, she decided to create her own. Now she offers advice for both parents and inspiration to young children–see below.

First–for the smallest children:

With beautiful images that engage a child’s imagination, Soley’s goal was to create a book that highlighted the many different jobs and roles her children could be called to fill while showing how God guides and helps them fulfill each responsibility–especially through our friends the saints!

Additionally, she hoped that by including priests and sisters in this book, kids would become more aware of these important roles within the Church when children are asked: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

So cute: watch the video below of Caroline reading this book to little friends!

Now–specifically for the girls:

Most kids see priestly vocations on a regular basis (at mass, at various Catholic events, in many picture books, etc.), but many young Catholic girls today don’t have regular interaction with religious sisters and nuns

This picture book helps bridge that gap by illustrating the daily lives of nuns, giving young girls an opportunity to peak into a vocation that they may one day feel called to take up. 

With charming rhyming verses, children can see a glimpse of the everyday life of the Benedictine sisters. Their lives are filled with joy, work, praise — and fun! Experience the excitement of entering the unknown mystery and beginning a new life inside the hallowed walls of the convent.

You will experience the Sisters’ excitement about first receiving their habits, their delight in caring for the elderly Sisters (with wheelchair races!), and their joy in tending the frisky farm animals!

If you have a daughter, please put this story into her hands so that she can see the beauty of this uniquely female vocation:

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