Tag: vocation

• The Medicine

  A young man leaves the ordered stillness of an abbey and steps onto a dusty road, choosing solitude and faith over security in this memoir excerpt from Path Perilous: My Search for God and the Miraculous.

  RMDell’Orfano

  February 13, 2026

  Autobio

  abbey, bell tower, calling, crossroads, decision, departure, discernment, dusty road, faith, farewell, monastic life, perseverance, pilgrimage, silence, solitude, spiritual journey, surrender, vocation, young seeker

• Embracing Poverty—I Found Christ

  An excerpt from Path Perilous recounting chosen poverty, quiet companionship with pensioners, and the discovery of Christ in a wounded World War II veteran.

  RMDell’Orfano

  January 14, 2026

  Autobio

  Beacon Hill, Boston, Christ among the poor, Christian memoir, detachment, Franciscan poverty, funeral Mass, hidden holiness, Path Perilous, Purple Heart, Spiritual Formation, veterans, vocation, World War II

• The Wrong Career

  Even back in 1963, sitting in that lecture hall, I had felt a similar confusion—and quietly recognized that I had entered the wrong room. I just didn’t yet know why.

  RMDell’Orfano

  December 17, 2025

  Autobio

  career discernment, higher education, humanities, lived experieince, memoir vocation higher education misalignment self-knowledge, memori, presitge, vocation