June 2015 newsletter

The NRVC Misericordia Scholarship Fund has been established to provide grants for NRVC membership and programs to religious institutes in need. Read more...

NRVC's CARA survey on families and their effect on church vocations has had a strong response rate. Read more...

NRVC is continuing to plan for next summer's World Youth Day, to be held in Krakow in July, 2016. Read more...

NRVC extends its deep appreciation to members who are transitioning out of vocation ministry this summer. Read more...

Help NRVC to better meet your needs. Tell us what those needs are in our online survey. Read more...

NRVC and the Religious Formation Conference (RFC) are collaborating to offer a four-day Advent retreat December 14-17 at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, AZ Read more...

NRVC members will have the opportunity to nurture relationships with Catholic youth leaders by mentoring NCYC's "animators." Read more...

This important workshop will be offered during the Summer Institute in July in Chicago and again in October. Read more...

Dolores Orzel, creative director of the National Vocations Awareness Division of the J.S. Paluch Company, in May received the Mandatum Award of the National Federation of Priests Councils. Read more...

As part of the Year of Consecrated Life, 26 religious communities in the Louisville, Kentucky region are working together with service volunteers this summer to build a house for a low-income family. Read more...

Debuted in 2012, the “Moving Forward in Hope: Keys to the Future” process has helped many religious communities to re-energize their membership to support and participate in vocation ministry. Read more...

Instagram is a photo-and-video-sharing app that is easy to use on a smartphone or tablet. Religious orders use it to show images of their lives to others, share spiritual messages, and to interact with young people. Read more...

Collaborating organizations are offering workshops and conferences for education and enrichment--from a communications conference for women religious to the Catholics on Call partner conference. Read more...

NRVC's "Orientation Program" was a lifeline for Sister Sarah Roy, O.S.F, Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception, West Peoria, Illinois. "It gave me a strong foundation of what vocation ministry is all about and the tools I needed to be a good vocation minister." Read more...