HORIZON No. 4 Fall 2024

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HORIZON No. 4 Fall 2024

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Digital edition and pdf

Find the e-edition of the Fall 2024 HORIZON, as well as a pdf of the whole edition. Read more...

Editor's note: Crossroads moment

By Carol Schuck Scheiber, editor

Over the centuries the church has developed a sophisticated body of thought about spiritual guidance during decisions. This Christian practice of discernment is the bread and butter of vocation ministry. Read more...

Updates

Learn more about convocation follow up, CARA reports on vocation-related studies, and important dates in 2025 Read more...

Discerning a call together

Discerning a call together

By Sister Elizabeth Liebert S.N.J.M.

It is no small thing to accompany someone making a vocation decision. Here are the elements of a prayerful process. Read more...

Discernment insights for seekers and vocation directors

Discernment insights for seekers and vocation directors

By Father Timothy Gallagher O.M.V.

How does a vocation director who is a sister, brother, or priest deal with these issues: with the personal pressures and anxieties that accompany the role, and with understanding the changing spiritual experiences of those they accompany? Read more...

Influences on young adults in discernment

Influences on young adults in discernment

By Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M. and Father Alex Rödlach S.V.D.

The culture in the United States—and in the American church—affects the discernment process. A recent NRVC initiative digs into the impact of culture. Read more...

Trauma can impact candidates and communities

Trauma can impact candidates and communities

By Stephen Carroll Ph.D.

The tentacles of trauma can run deep, but communities can identify and cope with this too-common condition. Read more...

Book notes: Encounter, listen, discern

Book notes: Encounter, listen, discern

By Sister Susan Francois C.S.J.P.

"God's call is everywhere" offers an ideal forum for looking at what is happening in religious life. It lends itself to the same process used in the synod on synodality: listen, encounter, and discern. Read more...

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Entrance Class Report ...

This annual CARA report presents the findings of 362 women and ... More

Profession Class Report ...

This annual CARA report showed 91 women and 103 men professed ... More

Bold and Faithful Storymap ...

Many vocation ministers are coping with losses in their communities at ... More

Ordination Class Report ...

This annual USCCB/CARA Study found that 89% reported being encouraged to ... More

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Sister Carolyn Martin, L.S.P.

Sister Carolyn Martin, L.S.P.

Sister Carolyn Martin, L.S.P. was a carefree teenager when she first met her community, the Little Sisters of the Poor by happenstance. "They were happy, genuinely happy," she recounts. Read more...

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