2021 HORIZON No. 3 Summer

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2021 HORIZON No. 3 Summer

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Invite healthy people into a healthy community

We’re glued to our families and communities by sacred bonds, for better or for worse. I like to think, however, that there is a dynamic like the waterfall on our cover: new life, motion, change within sameness. Read more...

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Building blocks for healthy community

Building blocks for healthy community

By Brother Sean D. Sammon F.M.S.

The issues of life together challenge men and women religious. We can find ways to establish communities that are life-giving for both new and old members. Communities and individuals can cultivate the qualities that strengthen communal life dedicated to the gospel. Read more...

What to know about candidates with a history of depression or anxiety

What to know about candidates with a history of depression or anxiety

By Sister Karen Coté I.H.M.

Depression and anxiety can undermine a person's ability to live religious life well. It helps to have a basic understanding of these conditions when assessing candidates so that compassionate, informed decisions can be made in regard to entrance. Read more...

What I wish my community understood about vocation ministry

What I wish my community understood about vocation ministry

By HORIZON readers

Vocation ministers to communities: You are part of this ministry. It’s sacred and complicated. Don’t ask us to quantify it, but know it has profound impact. Read more...

Understand candidates on the autism spectrum

Understand candidates on the autism spectrum

By Brother John Mark Falkenhain O.S.B.

The characteristics of those on the autism spectrum present challenges to religious communities. Learn what the characteristics of this condition are and what they mean in the context of religious life. Read more...

Young adults seek prayer and community

Young adults seek prayer and community

By Keilah Blohm

Irish religious face concerns similar to their American counterparts. They are responding by cranking up efforts to offer prayer and community to young people. Read more...

Feed your spirit: Hope calls us to something bigger than ourselves

Feed your spirit: Hope calls us to something bigger than ourselves

By Brother Joseph Bach O.F.M.Conv.

Tell the story of your founders and foundresses, those first brothers or sisters who took the risk to travel to a new place or undertake a new ministry. They had hope. Read more...

2021 Summer Book notes: Explore the values of the young

2021 Summer Book notes: Explore the values of the young

By Amy Potthast

This slim, highly readable book packs powerful lessons into a short volume. Every generation renews and evolves, as do trends in what young people expect in the organizations they join. This book helps us understand our newest generation and how to minister to it. Read more...

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HORIZON turns 50! ...

As it begins its 50th year, HORIZON provides articles by speakers ... More

Profession Class Report ...

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Bold and Faithful Storymap ...

The Bold and Faithful Storymap is designed to help connect discerners ... More

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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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