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What skills and qualities do people need for religious life?
--- 2024 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Every member plays a part
--- Membership
--- Assessment
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Book notes: Is your integrity intact?
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
Taking a sexual history
--- 2023 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Vow of celibacy
--- Chastity
--- Assessment
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Book notes: Wise counsel for discerners
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
--- 2014 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Vocation to action & contemplation
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Book notes: Conversion goes under the microscope
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 3 -- Involving membership | Supervision | College outreach
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
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Book notes: Book offers discernment help in a user-friendly way
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Convocation 2010: Casting the net
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
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Book notes: Minding the gap between our vision and our reality
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Theology of vocation
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
--- Book reviews
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Book notes: Minding the gap between our vision and our reality
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When a clear no is called for
--- 2022 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Young adult realities
--- Assessment
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The essential facts about depression
--- Psychological health
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
Men Religious Moving Forward in Hope
[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ] [ Compiled by Carol Schuck Scheiber ]
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Case studies in assessment of international candidates
--- 2020 HORIZON No. 4 Fall — Assessment
--- African American and Asian candidates
--- Psychological health
--- Assessment
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Spiritual development merits careful assessment
--- 2020 HORIZON No. 4 Fall — Assessment
--- Spiritual growth
--- Assessment
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Can this candidate be flexible and adapt?
--- 2020 HORIZON No. 4 Fall — Assessment
--- Psychological health
--- Assessment
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The essentials of candidate assessment
--- 2016 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Assessing candidates
--- Assessment
--- Assessment Tools
--- Psychological health
2009 Study on Recent Vocations Executive Summary—English
--- 2009 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life
--- NRVC Studies Executive Summaries
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What you need to know about civil and canon law
--- Canon law
--- Canon Law
--- 2017 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- The road toward communion
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Vocation Culture assessment instruments for women's and men's community
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Local Pastors Given Tools to Assist with Vocation Discernment
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When a vocation director needs to say “no”
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates
--- Psychological health
--- Assessment Tools
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
--- Assessment
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Assessment with cross-cultural candidates
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 2 -- Psychological assessment of applicants
--- Assessment
--- Admissions
--- Assessment Tools
--- Multicultural issues
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
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Candidates looking for the “best deal” in religious life
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 3 -- Variety issue
--- Assessment Tools
--- Assessment
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Tests for assessing applicants to religious communities
--- Assessment
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 2 -- Psychological assessment of applicants
--- Admissions
--- Assessment Tools
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Faith development takes time, and it can be assessed
--- Theological reflection—encouraging it with young adults
--- Formation
--- Theological Reflection and Spiritual Growth
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 4 -- Encouraging theological reflection | Practicing discernment
--- Assessment Tools
--- Assessment
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Vocation Assessment Helps for Identifying Candidates at Risk for Pedophilia and Ephebophilia
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Initial Contact, Interviewing and Ongoing Form
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When the vocation minister assesses
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 2 -- Psychological assessment of applicants
--- Assessment Tools
--- Admissions Process and Policies
--- Assessment
--- Admissions
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Dissecting a typical conversation about the vow of obedience
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 1 -- The vow of obedience and vocations
2016 The Assessment of Family of Origin Issues for Candidates to Religious Life
2016 Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors,
[ Br. Paul Bednarczyk C.S.C. ] [ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M. ]
Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors, July 21-25, 2017
Understanding, Assessing, and Fostering Psycho-sexual Integration, July 17-20, 2017
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Signs of readiness for community life
--- 2017 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- The road toward communion
--- Communal Life
--- Assessment
--- Community life
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2016 HORIZON No. 3 Summer digital edition and pdf -- Assessing candidates
--- 2016 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Assessing candidates
Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors, Oct. 11-15, 2017
Men Religious Moving Forward in Hope
--- Moving Forward in Hope Gatherings
[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ] [ Compiled by Carol Schuck Scheiber ]
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Updates
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
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What every vocation minister should know about healthy sexuality
--- Sexuality
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Inviting young people
--- Sexuality & Sexual Misconduct
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Updates
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 2 Spring--Vocation ministry and new evangelization
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Updates
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Vocation ministers and reconciliation
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News from the vocation world
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Vocations on campus
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Inviting African American Catholics to religious life
--- African American and Asian candidates
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Cultural and family roots and vocation
--- Multicultural issues
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Nine ways to thrive as a vocation minister
--- Self care for vocation ministers
--- Self-care for Vocation Ministers
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Value of religious life, Nine ways to thrive
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How does charism affect vocation ministry and renewal?
--- Vocation ministry
--- Charism and Religious Life
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry
[ Br. Paul Byrd OP ] [ Sr. Mary Hughes OP ] [ Sr. Mary Emily Knapp OP ] [ Br. Seán Sammon F.M.S. ] [ Sr. Mary Whited C.PP.S. ]
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What are the best practices for “Come and See” events?
--- Program Outlines
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry
--- Program outlines
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Understanding and working with Filipino candidates
--- African American and Asian candidates
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
--- Multicultural issues
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Updates
--- 2014 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Vocation to action & contemplation
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Smart ways to use smartphones
--- Social media
--- Social Media
--- 2014 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Vocation to action & contemplation
--- Communications
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How can we strengthen the witness of religious life?
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads
--- CARA study of new vocations
--- Research and Professional Studies
--- Future of Religious Life
--- Future of religious life
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Good reads for grasping digital culture
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Convocation 2010: Casting the net
--- Advertising & Media
--- Communications
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You are God’s unshakable hope
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 4 -- Global perspectives |Connect with young adults | Gifts of religious priesthood
--- Hope and Humor
--- Hope
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What every vocation minister should know about process addictions
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 3 -- Process addictions | New media | Vietnamese candidates
--- Health Issues
--- Health issues
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
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Editor’s Note
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 2 -- Psychological assessment of applicants
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Psychological assessment: why, what and how to assess
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 2 -- Psychological assessment of applicants
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
--- Admissions
--- Assessment
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Vocational discernment and the psychological report
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 2 -- Psychological assessment of applicants
--- Admissions
--- Assessment
--- Discernment
--- Discernment
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What happens with the assessment?
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 2 -- Psychological assessment of applicants
--- Admissions
--- Assessment
--- Assessment Tools
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Supervision and consultation: the vocation minister meets the mirror
--- Supervision
--- Mentoring and Supervision
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 3 -- Involving membership | Supervision | College outreach
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Human formation never ends: candidates and adult maturity
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 4 -- Preparing discerners for formation
--- Formation Articles
--- Formation
[ Fr. James Greenfield O.S.F.S. ] [ Father Kevin Nadolski O.S.F.S. ]
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Lay vocation ministers speak out
--- Vocation ministry
--- 2014 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Fresh approaches to vocation ministry
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
--- Strategic planning / Structuring vocation ministry
[ Andrew ] [ Andrew O’Connell ] [ Maryellen Glackin, Andrew O’Connell ] [ Len Uhal ]
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Making a vocation journey with a Latino young adult
--- Hispanics
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 1 -- Discernment as a way of life
--- Discernment
--- Discernment
--- Multicultural issues
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Helping college students create their own discernment models
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 1 -- Discernment as a way of life
--- College Students
--- Discernment
--- Discernment
--- Program Outlines
--- Young adults
--- Program outlines
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Tap your Web site's potential
--- Websites
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 2 -- Communications
--- Communications
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Paths to the future
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 3--Forging a future for religious life
--- Future of religious life
--- Future of Religious Life
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One model for vocation ministry
--- Leadership of religious communities
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 4 -- Leadership and vocation ministers working together
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
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Put the Web to work for vocations
--- Websites
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 3 -- Trends and technology
--- Communications
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How to evaluate candidates with chronic health issues
--- Health issues
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 2 -- Health issues in prospective members
--- Health Issues
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What canon law says about health concerns in prospective members
--- Canon law
--- Ethics
--- Health Issues
--- Canon Law
--- Health issues
--- Ethics in Vocation Ministry
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 2 -- Health issues in prospective members
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Developing admissions policies regarding HIV
--- Health Issues
--- Admissions
--- Health issues
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 2 -- Health issues in prospective members
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Mobility issues in prospective members of a religious community
--- Health Issues
--- Health issues
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 2 -- Health issues in prospective members
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Assessing candidates with mental health concerns
--- Psychological health
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
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The obsessive-compulsive candidate: striving for perfection
--- Psychological health
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
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The traumatized applicant and the vocation director
--- Trauma and Its Impact upon Applicants
--- Psychological health
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates
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Recognizing personality disorders in candidates
--- Psychological health
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
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What every vocation director should know about addictions
--- Psychological health
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
Limited space at July workshops
--- July 2014 newsletter
--- January 2015 newsletter DEMO2.1
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Taking a sexual history
--- Chastity
--- Chastity
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 4 -- The vow of celibacy and vocations
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Boundaries for celibates
--- Chastity
--- Chastity
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 4 -- The vow of celibacy and vocations
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Inviting people who are racially or culturally different into our communities
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 3 -- Making the most of diversity
--- Multicultural issues
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
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Multicultural resources
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 3 -- Making the most of diversity
--- Multicultural issues
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
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Dissecting a typical conversation about the vow of obedience
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What do we mean by community? What do candidates dream about?
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 3 -- Vocations and community life
--- Community life
--- Communal Life
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Taking stock of vocation ministry
--- Strategic planning / Structuring vocation ministry
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 1 -- Ten years at the helm / Discernment
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
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Vocation issues raised by younger candidates
--- Generational differences
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 2 -- The Millennials
--- Emerging Adults
--- Young adults
Behavioral Assessment I, July 21-23, 2016
Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors
[ Br. Paul Bednarczyk C.S.C. ] [ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M. ]
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Editor's note
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Assessing cross-cultural candidates
--- 2016 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Assessing candidates
--- Assessment
--- Multicultural issues
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
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Selecting a psychologist to assess candidates
--- 2016 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Assessing candidates
--- Assessment
--- Psychological Assessment and Mental Health
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Book notes: Conversion goes under the microscope
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Book notes: Book offers discernment help in a user-friendly way
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Book notes: Is your integrity intact?
--- Ethics
--- Professional Behavior and Boundaries
--- Ethics in Vocation Ministry
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Book notes: Minding the gap between our vision and our reality
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Book notes: Wise counsel for discerners
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Book Notes: Book offers discernment help in a user-friendly way
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Book Notes: Conversion goes under the microscope
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