May 2018 newsletter

Phil Loftus, a marketing professional with extensive Catholic ministry experience, has been named executive director of the National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations (NFCRV), effective May 1. Read more...

NRVC thanks and honors brothers around the world for their service and witness on this, the second annual Religious Brothers Day. Read more...

With the title "Rejoice and Be Glad: the Call to Holiness in Today's World," the pope's newest apostolic exhortation, released in April, provides much for vocation ministers to rejoice over. Read more...

The 2018 report on U.S. ordinations shows a decline in the number of ordinations but steadiness in many of the trends noted in previous reports regarding age, ethnicity, education, etc. Read more...

If you have not yet taken Behavioral Assessment 1, consider enrolling in this key workshop, to be held July 16-18 in downtown Chicago. Read more...

Online registration opens May 1 for NRVC's 2018 convocation, which will take place November 1-5 in Buffalo, New York. Read more...

The NRVC continues to welcome gifts to its Misericordia Fund, which allows financially burdened communities to become members of the organization or attend workshops. Read more...

The Pacific Northwest and the Mid-Atlantic member areas will gather in May. The Mid-Atlantic meeting in Marriottsville, May 7-8, includes a presentation on assessment. Remember: NRVC members may attend any member area gatherings that interest them. Read more...

NRVC recently released a new prayer card featuring the words of Sister Ita Ford, M.M., martyred in El Salvador in 1980. Read more...

Get all the details about a free youth ministry webinar, a Catholics on Call summer conference, a gathering of communicators this fall, and a new book published by LCWR. Read more...

Review opportunities to celebrate consecrated life and take part in professional development. Read more...