This weekly series of online Tuesday events each last an hour and begin at 1 p.m. Central Time. They involve a 20-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of small group discussion and 15 minutes of large group discussion. The "Talk it up Tuesday" events are for NRVC members only. Sign up for "Talk it up Tuesdays" here. Join the National Religious Vocation Conference here.

Catholic Sisters Week is March 8-14,  and as part of this celebration of women religious, the NRVC will co-host with A Nun's Life Ministry a special online conversation on March 9, from 6-7 p.m. Central Time.  "Let's talk about it! Asking the questions, living into the answers" will begin with icebreaker questions and move into more serious topics.

Catholic Sisters Week is meant to call attention to the vibrant service and lifestyle of sisters. Find details and resources for your own commemoration here.

These two companion resources—a journal for discerners, and a guide for vocation directors—are indispensable for accompanying those who are exploring a call to religious life. These resources explore 14 themes using scripture reflection, quotes from Vatican II and church documents, and reflection questions. The discerner journal is $7 for members, $11 for non-members. The director's manual is $15 for members and $23 for non-members. Order your set today. Available in Spanish and English.

If  you or your religious institute will be present August 1-6 in Lisbon, Portugal for World Youth Day,  please let the National Religious Vocation Conference know so we can add you and/or your community's name to a list of NRVC members taking part. This allows pilgrims and others to network with our members. Most who visit our webpage on World Youth Day are planning to attend; many are pilgrims, youth ministers, and parents. The NRVC's VISION Vocation Guide will be present in Lisbon.

If you or your community will attend World Youth Day, please email Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M. at debbiesscm@nrvc.net with 1) the full name of you and/or your religious institute and 2) whether you will have a booth at the Vocation Fair.

NRVC's award-winning VISION Vocation Guide is now accepting ad reservations for its 2024 edition, to be published—in print and online—in August 2023. As NRVC's recent study showed, men and women continue to choose religious life. And VISION is one of the premier ways they learn about it. Reach VISION's 400,000 print and online readers by being part of it. Contact publisher Patrice Tuohy at 312-356-9900 or pjtuohy@truequestweb.com. Find further details here.

Those seeking education grants from the National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations have until April 17 to apply. These grants are for college debt of people entering a religious community; the grants are a benefit exclusive to members of the National Religious Vocation Conference. Please go to vocationfund.org to start the application process. Questions may be answered at vocationfund.org or directed to Phil Loftus, executive director, at ploftus@nfcrv.org.

The NRVC Summer Institute will take place in-person at the Marillac Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, July 6-23. Four workshops will be offered: “Psycho-sexual Integration,” “Orientation for New Vocation Ministers,” “Ethical Issues in Vocation and Formation Ministry,” and “Behavioral Assessment 1.” Registration is now open. Find details at nrvc.net, including information about other workshops to be offered online in 2023. (Pictured here is Father Raymond P. Carey, Ph.D., who will lead some of the workshops.)

Sister Jean Rhoads, D.C. says that more recently she has been working at strengthening her relationship with campus ministers so that she can be invited to events they are already doing. Prospective discerners will participate more when an event is already a part of campus ministry. Learn more about Sister Jean here.