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Kevin J. Banet

Kevin J. Banet is a journalist and publicist. He provides marketing for religious communities, non-profits and healthcare services. Kevin and his family live in the Chicago area. His website is VocationPromotion.com.

Latest Articles By Kevin J. Banet

She Enters the Convent - and Dad Has Mixed Feelings

What is it like for parents whose daughter wants to enter the convent? It is not always one of complete joy. Of course, most parents want their children to be happy in life. But parents often think along the lines of their child finishing their education, getting married and starting a family. This is the common vocation.
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Online Study Guide for St. John Paul II’s “Consecrated Life” Seeks Partners

Catholics know that consecrated life is a gift to the Church and an evangelical witness to the world. But how can this gift be better understood? Why not use an online method to teach others?
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Are Non-Catholics a Gold Mine for Vocations?

There’s a small but sure growth in vocations in the United States, thanks be to God. Most of us think of good Catholic families as the best source for vocations. But what about non-Catholics?
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Visitation Friends Chat, and One of Them Wonders, Should She Join the Convent?

Saint Francis de Sales is known as a master of the spiritual life. One of the religious orders that he helped found is the Visitation Sisters. The discussion below, which has been abridged, is from the “Living Jesus Chat Room,” which takes place every Sunday on the website of the Second Federation of the Visitation Sisters.
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Nigerian Deacon's Ministry Gives Hope to Orphan Children

Little Scholastica rubs her older sister Fustina’s face in a playful manner, just like any other three-year old. But Fustina, who is six years old, seems oblivious to the antics, as seen in a video. Her frozen stare at the camera seems to betray unhappy memories. Those memories might be that of a terrorist attack that destroyed her family’s village only two years earlier, when she was four.
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Where Will Islam Take Us?

I led the work crew into the chapel. A broken appliance awaited their skill. Must have been a heating unit or something - I don’t remember. As always, I genuflected before the Blessed Sacrament. Two of the workers, Hispanics, did the same. Then the third man, the leader, starting talking excitedly about his religion, Islam.
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Alligators Aside, You Might See More of This "New But Old" Religious Order

If you’re on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville on a sunny afternoon, you might see a few men clothed in white, horsing around for a photo op with the giant alligator statue that is the school’s mascot.
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Dad's Bible and My Return to the Church

I scanned all the old books before me. They were all just as I had imagined them, worn covers and all. “Take whatever you want,” my sister said. “I’m giving the rest to the Goodwill.”
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