Moving Forward in Hope Gatherings

Moving Forward in Hope

Moving Forward in Hope Gatherings

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Today's Catholic Sisters

Today’s Catholic Sisters Gatherings Executive Summary

By Br. Paul Bednarczyk C.S.C.

The Today’s Catholic Sisters gatherings, sponsored by the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) and funded by the GHR Foundation, were designed to commemorate the Year of Consecrated Life and serve as follow-ups to the NRVC’s Women Religious Moving Forward in Hope and Keys to the Future programs, also sponsored by GHR Foundation. Read more...

Women Moving Forward in Hope

Women Moving Forward in Hope

Final Report

Our very well-received Women Religious Moving Forward in Hope gatherings have concluded. Download or view the Final Report. “When I go home, I have to embrace being an animator and agitator. We need to animate our communities to get out of our comfort zones.” Read more...

Men Religious Moving Forward in Hope

Men Religious Moving Forward in Hope

Final Report

By Carol Schuck Scheiber and Compiled by Carol Schuck Scheiber

Some 125 vocation directors and superiors gathered in December 2013 and January 2014 to learn, discuss, and begin forming vocation strategies. Read more...

MFIH: Keys to the Future

MFIH: Keys to the Future

Keys to the Future -- A Great Success!

In June of 2012, 89 women and men religious came together at the Oblate Renewal Center in San Antonio to engage in an exchange about the results of the NRVC/CARA Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life and the implications for apostolic religious life. Read more...

2010 Symposium overview

In December of 2009, the NRVC was awarded a $47,450 grant by the GHR Foundation to sponsor a vocation symposium as a follow-up to the NRVC/CARA Study on Recent Vocation to Religious Life. This symposium was to serve as a think tank composed of highly skilled experts in various fields of church life and ministry. Read more...

2010 Symposium talks

2010 Symposium talks

Moving Forward in Hope addresses, presentations, and formal responses delivered Sept. 16-18. Read more...

2010 Symposium participants

List of invited participants. Read more...

2010 Symposium photos

2010 Symposium photos

Photos from the Moving Forward in Hope Symposium, Sept. 16-18, 2010. Read more...

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Religious Brothers Day

May 1, 2025,

Resources to celebrate...

Southwest Member Area Meeting

May 7, 2025,

via Zoom

Mid-Atlantic Member Area Gathering

May 8, 2025,

Baltimore, MD

Upper Midwest Member Area Meeting

May 14,

10 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom

World Day of Prayer for Vocations

May 11, 2025,

Candidate Assessment through the Lens of Inteculturality

June 13, 2025,

Huntingdon Valley, PA

Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors

July 9-13, 2025,

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Behavorial Assessment 1 Workshop

July 15-17, 2025,

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Vocation Promotion Workshop

July 19-20, 2025,

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National Vocation Awareness Week

November 2-8, 2025,

VISION Discerner Guide

HORIZON Journal

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Friar Emanuel Vasconcelos, O.F.M.Conv.

Friar Emanuel Vasconcelos, O.F.M.Conv.

Being connected to others doing similar ministry is a big reason that Friar Emanuel Vasconcelos, O.F.M.Conv. is part of the NRVC. He is vocation director for the Franciscan Friars Conventual, Our Lady of the Angels province. He is also a Mid-Atlantic Member Area Coordinator, along with Sister Jean Rhoades, D.C. Read more...

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