Behavioral Assessment 2       October 5-6, 2021 Behavioral Assessment 1       October 8-10, 2021 Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors       October 12-16, 2021  Navigating Uncertainty with

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Communal and personal wellness

Digital edition and pdf     View or download a pdf of the 2021 Summer HORIZON edition. Readers, please limit your sharing of material to 50 distributions or less.

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--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?

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--- 2021 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Focus on hope, Convocation edition

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--- 2022 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Young adult realities

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--- 2021 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Race, culture, and new members

HORIZON awards Best Essay - Religious Order Magazines First Place HORIZON, Sister Addie Lorraine Walker, S.S.N.D.

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Updates Resources help break down study’s meaning for individual communities Religious communities now have several resources to help them identify and absorb the most important messages from the 2020

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 4 Fall — Assessment

Board selects new chair, vice chairs, and members At March 2021 meeting Top row: Mindy Welding, I.H.M., chair; and vice chairs Father Adam MacDonald, S.V.D., and Sister Belinda Monahan, O.S.B.

--- Board & staff

IN MAY 2021 HORIZON asked the members of the National Religious Vocation Conference to answer one question: What do you wish your community’s membership understood about vocation ministry?

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Communal and personal wellness
--- Vocation ministry
--- Community life

[ HORIZON readers ]  

• Behavioral Assessment II, Oct. 20-21, 2017, led by Father Raymond P.

--- 2017 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry with vitality

In addition, I have served since 2021 as co-coordinator of NRVC’s New England Member Area with Sister June Fitzgerald, O.P.  How long have you been involved in vocation ministry? Five years.

--- I am NRVC!

It is as if there was a collective call to new horizons in the audience. To give credit where due, the phrase originated with Stuart Kaufmann who used it to describe biological evolution.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?
--- Spiritual growth
--- Hope

[ Sister Margo Ritchie C.S.J. ]  

Hilton Foundation grant, 2023-2025 Grappling with interculturality continues to emerge as a need among our members.  Thanks to a generous three-year grant from the Conrad N.

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What vocation directors can learn from the youth synod HORIZON interviews Sister Nathalie Becquart The exuberance of the young people who took part in the 2018 synod injected it with energy and a positive

--- 2019 HORIZON No. 3 Summer — Refining ourselves & our ministry
--- Youth, youth ministry

[ HORIZON interviews Sister Nathalie Becquart X.M.C.J. ]  

They have a 100 percent acceptance rate into college for their seniors; in 2022 over $3 million dollars of scholarships were awarded to 100 graduating students. It’s tremendous.

--- 2022 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Accompaniment | Vocation Culture
--- African American and Asian candidates
--- Multicultural issues

[ HORIZON interviews Father Joseph Brown, S.J. ]  

His dissertation for a 2017 Ph.D. in organizational development looked at clerical sexual abuse and organizational socialization Related reading Fall 2018 edition of HORIZON, “Ministry Amid the Storm

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 4 Fall — Assessment
--- Sex abuse
--- Community life

[ HORIZON interviews Father John Tourangeau O. Praem. ]  

But when the Vatican issued a document in 2021 about clergy “not blessing sin,” she stopped her discernment with my community and looked to another Christian church.

--- 2022 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Accompaniment | Vocation Culture
--- Culture of vocations
--- Vocation ministry

[ Sister Susan Kidd C.N.D. ]  

With that in mind, HORIZON begins a series of reflections on the evangelical counsels. We invite readers to give their feedback to keep the conversation going.

--- 2017 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Forward in faith
--- Vow of poverty
--- Vow of poverty

The 2001 message, for instance, says “every life is a vocation.”

--- 2012 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Theology of vocation
--- Theology of Vocation
--- Theology of vocation

[ Fr. Brendan Leahy ]  

Paul’s path toward reconciliation This article was the second of two keynote presentations delivered at the November 2012 convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference held in Plano, TX.

--- Reconciliation
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Vocation ministers and reconciliation
--- Reconciliation

[ Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes F.S.P. ]  

PDF of 2001 HORIZON No. 4 -- Vocation communications Click here to download the 2001 Horizon No. 4 Summer edition in pdf form. Theme:  Vocation communications.

--- 2001 HORIZON No. 4 -- Vocation communications

PDF of 2001 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety issue Click here to download the 2001 Horizon No. 1 Fall edition in pdf form. Theme: Variety issue.

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PDF of 2011 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Convocation 2010: Casting the net, Vocation ministry in a global church and world Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Winter issue.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Convocation 2010: Casting the net

PDF of 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Fall issue. Theme:  Charism and vocation ministry.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry

PDF of 2011 HORIZON No. 3 -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Summer issue. Theme: Vocation ministry at the crossroads.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads

PDF of 2001 HORIZON No. 2 Winter -- Convocation Click here to download the 2001 Horizon No. 2 Winter edition in pdf form. Theme: Convocation 2000,  Building bridges to young adults.  

--- 2001 HORIZON No. 2 -- Convocation 2000, Building bridges to young adults

PDF of 2001 HORIZON No. 3 -- Admissions Click here to download the 2001 Horizon No. Spring edition in pdf form. Theme: admissions.

--- 2001 HORIZON No. 3 -- Admissions

PDF of 2011 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Encouraging quality discernment Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Spring issue. Theme: Encouraging quality discernment  

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Encouraging quality discernment

HORIZON Index 2012 Volume 37, Number 1 | Winter 2012 Theology of vocation Updates: Snapshot of vocation ministry, p. 4 Vocation as a lifelong, personal adventure for every Christian, by Archbishop

--- 2013 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Vocation ministers and reconciliation

Summer Institute offers five workshops In Chicago July 10-21 Participants in the 2016 Summer Institute take an outdoor break.

--- February 2018 newsletter

2018 NRVC Summer Institute July 10-21, 2018   Our annual Summer Institute will offer five workshops at the downtown campus of DePaul University, July 10-21, 2018.

--- Spring & summer events
--- Spring & summer events
--- Spring & summer events

Index of 2000-2001 HORIZON Variety Issue — Fall 2000, Volume 26, Number 1 “Developing a culture of vocations,” by Bishop Robert J.

--- 2001 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety issue

2018 NRVC Summer Institute July 10-21, 2018   Our annual Summer Institute will offer five workshops at the downtown campus of DePaul University, July 10-21, 2018.

--- 2018 Summer Institute

Charlotte McCorquodale will lead this research in two phases beginning November 2021 and concluding February 2023. This study will include fifty focus groups in 35-40 dioceses throughout the country.

--- 2021 Posts

[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]  

The NRVC Fall Institute will take place in Leavenworth, Kansas, October 10-21, and anyone still seeking to register is welcome. Click below for details and registration. 

--- October 2017 newsletter

2021 NCYC November 18-20, 2021 The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is a biennial three-day experience to encounter Christ, experience Church, and be empowered for discipleship, sponsored

--- NCYC - National Catholic Youth Conference
--- Fall & winter events

This issue of HORIZON is dedicated to helping you reach those one, two or three people in the crowd who will say, “Yes.”

--- 2001 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety issue

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

Editor's Note Encouraging quality discernment: Season of hope Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Spring issue.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Encouraging quality discernment

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

Editor´s Note Charism and vocation ministry: A jambalaya of ideas and information   Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Fall issue.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

Editor’s Note Casting the net: Finding joy as we cast the net in new ways Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Winter issue.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Convocation 2010: Casting the net

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

Topics and presenters for 2021 Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Intentional Approaches to Engage Young Adults presented by Brother John Eustice, C.S.V. and Daniel Masterton Tuesday, February 2, 2021  Join the

October 28, 2021, Minutes from April 22, 2021 Coordinators  Sr.

--- Member Area News

PDF of 2000 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety issue Click here to download the 2001 (2000) Horizon No. 1 Fall edition in pdf form. 

--- 2000 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety issue

Editor´s Note Vocation ministry at the crossroads: Have Merton, will travel Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Summer issue.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

The 2021 NRVC Annual Report We are happy to share the NRVC 2021 Annual Report  with all of you. 

--- 2022 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

2021 Fall Virtual Institute Join us in learning together   This year, NRVC is offering four workshops at the Fall Institute in October intended for vocation ministers and others entrusted with the

--- Fall & winter events

HORIZON RESOURCES   Bertrand, Catherine SSND. "What I expect from a vocation minister." HORIZON, 2007, No. 4. Carey, Raymond P. "Assessing candidates with mental health concerns."

--- 2016 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Assessing candidates
--- Assessment
--- Assessment Tools
--- Psychological health

[ Father Raymond P. Carey ]  

See the HORIZON library and the Vocation Directors Manual at nrvc.net. What can I do to help keep the church honest and accountable and to help prevent sexual abuse or harassment?

--- 2018 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Ministry amid the storm
--- Sex abuse
--- Sexuality & Sexual Misconduct

[ HORIZON editors ]  

HORIZON posed that question to its brother readers, and here are some of their answers. What do you tell young adults about who you are? How do you communicate this?

--- Brotherhood
--- 2018 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Talking with young people
--- Charism and Religious Life

[ HORIZON readers ]