NRVC Awards

2024 Outstanding Member award winners, left to right, Mr. Greg Darr (Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers) , Brother David Henley, G.H.M., and Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C.

NRVC awards 2024

The NRVC presents awards at its biennial convocation. These may include the NRVC Harvest Award, the Lifetime Member Award, the Mustard Seed Award, and the Recognition Award (for members who have demonstrated outstanding service within the field of vocation ministry). 

Recognition awards

At its September 2024 meeting, the NRVC board selected three NRVC members to receive its Recognition Award, which honors members who have provided outstanding service to vocation ministry as a whole. Congratulations to each of them for their commitment and expertise in this important ministry. The awards will be given during the 2024 convocation.

  • Mr. Greg Darr, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers vocation team member
  • Brother David Henley, Glenmary Home Missioners vocation director
  • Sister Lisa Laguna, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul, Province of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton vocation director

Mustard Seed Award

For the NRVC  biennial Mustard Seed Award—also to be given during the 2024 convocation—the board selected the University of Mary Vocations Jamboree. This North Dakota annual event began in 2016. It is carried out through a partnership between the University of Mary, the Diocese of Bismarck, Annunciation Monastery, and Assumption Abbey. The Vocations Jamboree is described by proponents as a “welcoming and dynamic vocation event.”

Lifetime member awards

At its April meeting, the National Board selected Ms. Marge Argyelan and Sr. Josita Colbert, SNDdeN, to receive Lifetime Member Awards, ensuring that they will receive NRVC memberhip and all its benefits for the rest of their lives. They join this elite group: Brother Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C., Sister Catherine Bertrand, SSND, Rev. Raymond Carey, Sister Charlene Diorka, S.S.J., Sister Maryann Hamer, O.S.F., Sister Charlene Herinckx, S.S.M.O., and Miss Dolores Orzel. 

Harvest Award



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