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Nurturing Wholeness: Choices, Vocations, Careers

Explore your unique gifts, make wise choices, and discover the path to fulfillment in careers and vocations. Reflect on your strengths, motivations, and aspirations to lead a purposeful life journey.

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Nurturing Wholeness: Choices, Vocations, Careers

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  1. Choices…Vocations… Careers

  2. You…

  3. …are unique

  4. …a sacred creation made in God’s image

  5. Nobody is a mistake

  6. God created you… …lovingly & carefully… “God formed my inmost being; God knit me together in my mother’s womb”- Psalm 139:13

  7. We all have gifts which make us irreplaceable

  8. There are multiple intelligences…

  9. When we make our choices… • We need to be aware of our strengths • We need to realise that it is NORMAL and OK not to be equally strong in all of the “intelligences”

  10. We are made… …to grow to wholeness “I came so that you may have life and have it to the full” -John 10:10

  11. This journey to wholeness… …takes a lifetime…

  12. …and involves making choices about… ?subject choices ?relationships ?careers ?attitudes to life ?motivations ?life-paths

  13. Wise choices… …are rooted in what makes me feel (more) whole… …and in what helps others grow to wholeness

  14. Careers and Vocations Is there a difference?

  15. Career • A means to provide for your life • Always involves payment/ a salary • May be motivated by service to others • May involve a period of preparation/training • May be fulfilling and lead to wholeness • May be founded on a vocation

  16. Vocation • Rooted in love for God, self and others • A Calling (vocare: “to call out”) • A way of life • A state of commitment (e.g. Marriage/ single life/ ordination/ministry/ vowed Religious life) • Service is vital • Payment/ a salary is not a motivating factor • May involve time of preparation/training • May involve a career • May be fulfilling and lead to wholeness

  17. Career& Vocation Continuum Career…Vocation

  18. Grade 9 • What are my gifts and talents? • What are my strengths of character? • What motivates me in life? • List the subjects which allow you to nurture your gifts/ talents/ strengths of character. • What subjects are you thinking of choosing next year and why? • Do these subjects make you feel whole or inadequate? • What life-path/ career-path do these subjects empower you to do?

  19. Grade 10 • What motivates you more…money or serving others? • How do you view work…as a career, a vocation or as a combination of the two concepts? • What life-path/ career-path would you like follow? • Name ONE specific life-choice/ career which fits into your chose life-path/ career-path. • Describe the training/ qualifications needed for your choice of life-choice/career • Name the institutions/ places of training where you would prepare for your life-choice/ career. • Which institution/place of training would you most like to attend and why?

  20. Grade 11 • List the specific vocation/ career you are considering and state your gifts/ talents/ subjects which empower you for this vocation/ career • How does this vocation/ career fit in with your outlook on life? • Do you think that this vocation/ career would assist you in your journey towards wholeness? Give reasons for your opinion. • Job-shadowing experience and project

  21. Grade 12 • Describe the nature/ characteristics of each of the following life-choices: • Marriage • Single life • Ordination/ Ministry • Vowed Religious Life • Explain what the period of preparation/ training for each of the above-mentioned choices involves? • What would the motivating factor be for each of the following choices? • List the questions that one would need to explore when discerning the life-choices listed above. • Which life-choice do you think that you are most suited for? Give reasons for your opinion.

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