2009 HORIZON No. 3 -- Involving membership | Supervision | College outreach

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Editor´s Note

Involving membership, supervision, college outreach, and more...: Discerning new directions

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

I hope that with this edition we’re bringing you some fresh thoughts. From getting membership involved in your ministry to learning how a supervisor can enhance the quality of your work—this edition has plenty to offer. Read more...

Involve your whole community

By Andrew and Father Andrew Carl Wisdom O.P.

Do more with less. You’ll save money and have more impact if membership and other stakeholders are committed and involved in vocation ministry. Read more...

The things they carry: burdens and blessings of emerging adults today

By Avis Clendenen

A university professor assesses the literature about young adults, considers her own experience with them, and offers a few ideas about what it all means to the vocation world. Read more...

What I learned from launching a discernment group for college women

By Sr. Maria Sally Willitzer S.N.D.

College women responded enthusiastically when offered a chance to sort through vocation options in a safe, unpressured, faithful environment. Read more...

Supervision and consultation: the vocation minister meets the mirror

By Sister Cindy Kaye R.S.M.

Supervision provides the support, guidance and oversight that every vocation minister needs to be both faithful and fruitful. Read more...

Vocation ministry in Ireland today

By Andrew and Andrew O’Connell

Irish church vocations have diminished dramatically in recent decades, but the Presentation Brothers are making strides within a new social and church context. Read more...

Vocation survey shows continued openness to religious life

By Patrice J. Tuohy

Most discerners agree on two things: they want to deepen their spiritual lives, and the Internet is helping them find communities where they can do so. Read more...

Book notes: Conversion goes under the microscope

Book notes: Conversion goes under the microscope

By Sr. Patricia Kenny R.S.M.

When the call to religious life taps at our hearts, it’s fear of how that would change things that makes us back away and ask for time. Read more...

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Profession Class Report ...

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Sister Kim Xuan Nguyen C.C.V.I. is a chiropractor. But now, instead of, "Where does it hurt?" she may be more likely to ask, “What brings you joy?” She is the vocation minister for the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston. She’s also the Southwest Area Coordinator of the NRVC. Read more...

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