2024 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Every member plays a part

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2024 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Every member plays a part

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Bring HORIZON along wherever you go. See the electronic version of this edition or download a pdf. Read more...

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Beautiful music together

Consecrated life and vocation ministry seem to work best when they operate something like a jazz band. Read more...

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How our members integrate vocation ministry into their lives

How our members integrate vocation ministry into their lives

By Sister Tarianne DeYonker O.P.

Our team invites, reminds, encourages, cultivates, and supports members at every step of their involvement in this ministry. Read more...

Lighting the fire and keeping it lit: Membership and vocation ministry

Lighting the fire and keeping it lit: Membership and vocation ministry

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

As we think about ways to involve membership in vocation promotion, we must ask ourselves if we are willing to allow the Holy Spirit rekindle the missionary fire of our charism in our hearts so that we may “speak of what we have seen and heard” (1 John 1:3). Read more...

Animate support for vocations

Animate support for vocations

By Father Andrew Carl Wisdom O.P.

In the chapel or on the street, with a vocation mindset, any man or woman religious can find opportunities to bear witness, pray, invite, or welcome. Read more...

Hollowed and hallowed: vocation minister as leader into the future

Hollowed and hallowed: vocation minister as leader into the future

By Sister Julie Vieira I.H.M.

Ministry can wear us down, hollow us out. Can it be that this very experience is sacred and can lead to a deeper, richer understanding from which to minister? Read more...

What skills and qualities do people need for religious life?

What skills and qualities do people need for religious life?

HORIZON presents the qualities that candidates ideally have in order to live consecrated life well--especially the call to live communally. Read more...

Book notes: Asian Americans reflect on vocation and identity

Book notes: Asian Americans reflect on vocation and identity

By Father Linh Hoang O.F.M.

Faith and spirituality are integral to the identity and vocation of Asian American Christians, who encounter challenges and also opportunities in their religious vocational journeys. Read more...

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Sister Caryn Crook, O.S.F.

Sister Caryn Crook, O.S.F.

Sister Caryn Crook is a Sister of Saint Francis of the Neumann Communities. She has been a vocation minister for almost 12 years. She is also a Member Area Coordinator with the Lake Erie, Ohio River Member Area. Read more...

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