November 2013 newsletter
November 2013 newsletter
"Listen, listen, listen. Be available to young people. Go where they are and stay awake, literally as well as figuratively. Their schedule is not 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday! Don’t be afraid to ask lots of questions, especially of seasoned vocation directors. Don’t get stuck on numbers. Be faithful to your call as a vowed religious, and live with joy!". Read more...
This 1998 resource was created by the Asian Pacific Standing Committee of NRVC to help vocation directors work with people from Asian Pacific backgrounds. It covers Asian culture in general and gives specifics about the values, customs, communication styles and spirituality of the following cultures: Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean. Read more...
This winter the National Religious Vocation Conference will begin formally surveying the major superiors of U.S. religious communities on the topic of integrating candidates of non-Caucasian, non-Anglo descent. The study will examine how communities welcome and retain non-Caucasian candidates during formation. Read more...
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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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