Vocations Focus: Sr Catherine-Maria

Sr Catherine-Maria of the Community of Our Lady of Walsingham shared her journey of religious life as part of the Diocese of East Anglia's 50th Jubilee Year celebrations. The diocese is featuring different members of its clergy and those in formation each month to reflect on their ministry and calls to service.

Sr Catherine-Maria told the diocese that she did not discern a religious vocation during her childhood or teenage years. While she noticed early signs of a calling around age 11, she instead focused on career paths such as becoming a veterinarian, a jockey, a pilot, or a corporate banker. She noted that she previously felt her energetic personality did not fit within a parish environment that she perceived as rigid at the time, which led her to stop attending Mass during her late teenage years.