2001 HORIZON No. 4 -- Vocation communications

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Click here to download the 2001 Horizon No. 4 Summer edition in pdf form. Theme: Vocation communications. Read more...

Editor´s Note

Vocation communications - Tell your story!

I was with a group of vocation ministers one day hashing over the subculture that religious life is. One sister rolled her eyes, “We women religious always want to tell our stories. Read more...

With one voice: Addressing vocation communications throughout the congregation

By Annmarie Sanders I.H.M.

With one voice. Read more...

Work effectively with the news media

By Beth Murphy OP

In the best of all possible worlds, you have a team of people who work with you to help you accomplish your goals in the vocation office. One of those people is your community communication director. Read more...

What every vocation minister should know about public relations and advertising

HORIZON interviews Helen Wilkie

Religious need to put themselves into young people’s field of vision. They have a lower visibility than they did years ago. Read more...

A good story is still the most valuable tool of vocation directors

By Fr. Eugene Hemrick

There’s no denying that our electronic age is providing us with wonder tools that are a marketer’s delight, making it much easier to promote an idea or a product. These tools not only hold out enormous promise for the secular world, but also for those who promote vocations. Read more...

10 tips to make you a better speaker

By Gregory Sandler

How can vocation ministers make the most of public speaking engagements? Gregory Sandler, a business writer based in Northhampton, Mass. (greg@ thinkglobal. Read more...

Make the most of your Web site by promoting it

Your Web site is up and running. You’re proud of that little baby and maybe a little tired of tweaking it into perfection. Read more...

Preaching vocations: Telling the story and wooing hearts

The act of preaching is an opportunity to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ through inspiring the hearer and evoking a response. The preaching of the Gospel must not demand, persuade or coerce others to follow Christ. Read more...

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