2018 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Emotional health | Vow of obedience

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2018 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Emotional health | Vow of obedience

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Shared experiences

That sense of common experience runs through our articles on both emotional health and obedience. Read more...

Updates

Summer Institute, convocation

NRVC is offering numerous opportunities for professional development in vocation ministry during summer 2018 and at its November 1-5, 2018 convocation. Read more...

The psychological tasks of emerging adults

The psychological tasks of emerging adults

By Father David Songy O.F.M. Cap.

What’s happening psychologically to people in their 20s and 30s? And how do those concerns affect vocation discernment? Read more...

Working with candidates who are sexual abuse survivors

Working with candidates who are sexual abuse survivors

By Sister Cindy Kaye R.S.M.

Religious communities can be part of the healing process for candidates who have experienced sexual abuse. Read more...

Obedience: showing up and listening for God

Obedience: showing up and listening for God

By Sister Mary Pellegrino C.S.J.

How an individual “shows up” in the discernment process usually reveals interior attitudes and dispositions. And these reflect his or her capacity, or lack thereof, for living a life of vowed obedience. Read more...

How we see the vow of obedience

How we see the vow of obedience

By Sister Judith Schaefer O.P., Sister Julia Walsh F.S.P.A., and Father Daniel Horan O.F.M.

Three religious tell how they understand and experience the vow of obedience. Read more...

Five tips to up your communications game

Five tips to up your communications game

By Miranda Caulkins

Looking to be an effective vocations communicator? Here are five tips from a Millennial expert in branding and communications. Read more...

Book notes: Young voices brim with insight

Book notes: Young voices brim with insight

By Sister Katarina Schuth O.S.F.

In an exceptional book, 13 young women describe their journey into religious life and provide details about their present experience and hopes for the future. Read more...

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