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Communities that attract and the people who are entering them

By Sr. Mary Bendyna R.S.M.

After years of speculation, at last the NRVC-CARA study provides solid information about what attracts today’s candidates and who is joining religious communities. Read more...

What newer members say about discernment programs

By Sr. Mary Bendyna R.S.M.

Newer members tell what they found helpful as they discerned whether religious life was their calling. Read more...

What does it take to attract and sustain new members to religious communities?

In my years as executive director of NRVC, there are two questions that I’m asked most often. What signs of hope do you see regarding the future of religious life? And which communities are attracting new members? This article will attempt to answer the second question, and in doing so may shed some light on the first one as well. Read more...

Process for preparing a community to welcome and mentor new members

By Carole Riley C.D.P.

This author led a men’s community through a five-year process of evaluating its way of incorporating new members and creating a new way to meet that need. Read more...

Religious life history and new membership

Through the lens of the paschal mystery.

By Joel Rippinger O.S.B.

Dying and resurrection are central tenets of our faith. They are also central concepts in understanding religious life as it has waxed and waned over the centuries Read more...

Common Attitudes on New Membership

(Imagine six community members enjoying supper and conversation and suddenly the topic turns serious and a discussion ensures about the future of the community and vocations.) Read more...

Statistics on Recent Vocations

Statistics on recent vocations to religious life and the priesthood 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...

Book notes: Once you’ve taken the plunge

Book notes: Once you’ve taken the plunge

By Father Jim Kent, O.F.M. Conv.

Scripture gives us a sense of what Peter and Andrew, James, and John went through after leaving their nets at the seashore to follow Christ, but what’s it like to make a committed choice as a religious in the 21st century? Read more...

Summer Institute ...

Our annual Summer Institute will offer three workshops in Leavenworth, KS. ... More

HORIZON ...

In our latest edition, writers look at the "unity" in community. ... More

Ordination report ...

This annual report describes responses for ordinands in 116 dioceses and ... More

Profession report ...

The findings in this report demonstrate consistency with those in the ... More

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"I have been in relationship with the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa my entire life as a neighbor, teacher, parish co-worker, and as a Dominican Associate." Read more...

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