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Involve your whole community
--- Membership
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 3 -- Involving membership | Supervision | College outreach
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
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A conversation with cultural diversity teachers
National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations (NFCRV)
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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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What does it mean to be a priest within a religious community?
--- Priesthood, Popes and Papal Messages
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 3--Forging a future for religious life
--- Future of religious life
[ Father Kevin Nadolski O.S.F.S. ] [ Father Ken Schnipke C.PP.S. ] [ Father Andrew Carl Wisdom O.P. ]
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What does it mean to be a priest within a religious community?
--- Priesthood within a religious community
[ Father Kevin Nadolski O.S.F.S. ] [ Father Ken Schnipke C.PP.S. ] [ Father Andrew Carl Wisdom O.P. ]
Sister Priscilla Moreno, R.S.M., South Central
--- April 2014 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Sister Jo-Anne Miller, C.S.J.P.
--- March 2014 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Sister Virginia Herbers, A.S.C.J.
--- February 2014 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Sister Julie Myers, O.S.F., Sylvania
--- December 2013 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Sister Donna Del Santo, S.S.J., Rochester, NY
--- November 2013 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Friar Paul Schloemer, OFM.Conv., Province of Our Lady of Consolation
--- May 2014 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Nan Brenzel, Ed.D., Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
--- June 2014 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Sister Pat Twohill, O.P., Dominican Sister of Peace
--- July 2014 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
Sister Vicki Lichtenauer, S.C.L.
--- August 2014 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!
2009 Study on Recent Vocations Executive Summary—English
--- 2009 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life
--- NRVC Studies Executive Summaries
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How vocation ministers handle initial inquiries
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety edition
--- Admissions Process and Policies
--- Communications
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Vocation survey shows continued openness to religious life
--- Generations
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 3 -- Involving membership | Supervision | College outreach
--- Generational differences
--- Emerging Adults
--- Young adults
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25 ideas that worked
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
--- Program outlines
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The wisdom of obedience for communities in mission
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The wisdom of obedience for communities in mission
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 1 -- The vow of obedience and vocations
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Reach young adults where they are
--- Social Media
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 3 -- Trends and technology
--- Communications
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Use new media to promote vocations
--- Social media
--- Popular Media
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 3 -- Process addictions | New media | Vietnamese candidates
--- Social Media
--- Popular media
--- Advertising & Media
--- Communications
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Feed your spirit: What are you really doing?
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Apply best practices from young adult ministry to vocation ministry
--- Young Catholics
--- Young adult ministry
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 4 -- Preparing discerners for formation
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Feed your spirit: What are you really doing?
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Lessons for vocation ministers from the RCIA
--- Vocation ministry
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 4 -- Variety issue
--- Strategic planning / Structuring vocation ministry
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Parish outreach builds vocation awareness
--- Parishes
--- Parishes
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 3 -- Process addictions | New media | Vietnamese candidates
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Study looks at vocation consideration; challenges among Hispanics
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
--- Hispanics
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Vocation ministers and reconciliation
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Latino diversity: complex but important to vocation ministry
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
--- Hispanics
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Vocation ministers and reconciliation
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You're not alone
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 1 -- Ten years at the helm / Discernment
--- Discernment
--- Discernment
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Vitality of mission encourages a vocation culture
--- Culture of vocations
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 4 -- Variety issue
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Survey shows Busy Person's Retreat holds some value for vocation ministers
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 1 -- Ten years at the helm / Discernment
--- College Students
--- Campus ministry
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Reframing religious presence in a digital culture
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Convocation 2010: Casting the net
--- Advertising & Media
--- Communications
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Profile of contemporary college students
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Vocations on campus
--- College Students
--- Campus ministry
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Book Notes: Conversion goes under the microscope
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Campus ministry and how vocation ministry fits in
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Vocations on campus
--- College Students
--- Campus ministry
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Social media is everywhere: steps to using it in vocation ministry
--- Social media
--- Social Media
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Vocations on campus
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Connecting with Millennials
--- Young Catholics
--- Youth, youth ministry
--- Outreach
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 2 -- The Millennials
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Turning point: building consensus to make membership a priority
--- Membership
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 1 -- What is the study of new membership telling us?
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines
[ Father Jim Kent, O.F.M. Conv. ] [ Fr. Jim Kent, O.F.M. Conv. ] [ Sr. Patricia Donlin R.S.M. ]
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Getting college students to think vocation
--- Campus ministry
--- College Students
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 4 -- Creating a vocation culture on campus
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What every vocation minister should know about campus ministry
--- Campus ministry
--- College Students
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 4 -- Creating a vocation culture on campus
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Vocation exhibits at large events: What happens? Is it worthwhile?
--- Program Outlines
--- Young Catholics
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Theology of vocation
--- Youth, youth ministry
--- Outreach
[ Sr. Pat Dowling C.B.S. ] [ Sr. Durstyne Farnan OP ] [ Br. David Henley ] [ Sr. Michelle Sinkhorn O.S.B. ]
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Can we allow a new generation to shape religious life?
--- Generations
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 2 -- Convocation 2006: Committed
--- Future of religious life
--- Future of Religious Life
--- Generational differences
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Reflections from a new member on the vow of poverty
--- Vow of poverty
--- Vow of poverty
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 4 -- The vow of poverty and vocations
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Inquirers and applicants continue to increase
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 3--Forging a future for religious life
--- Future of Religious Life
--- Future of religious life
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Why our students give church vocations careful thought
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 4 -- Creating a vocation culture on campus
--- College Students
--- Campus ministry
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Updates
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Cultural and family roots and vocation
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How one community is using the NRVC-CARA study to move forward
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads
--- CARA study of new vocations
--- Research and Professional Studies
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines
[ Sr. Maria Therese Healy, O.Carm ] [ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]
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Developing a strategic plan with a consultant
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety issue
--- Strategic planning / Structuring vocation ministry
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
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Understanding and serving young adults in a changing world
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Boundaries for celibates
--- Chastity
--- Chastity
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 4 -- The vow of celibacy and vocations
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What we see in religious life and some ways to reach out
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads
--- Emerging Adults
--- Young adults
[ Nicolette Langlois ] [ Alycia Murtha, Kristen Leaderstorf ]
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Updates
--- 2014 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Fresh approaches to vocation ministry
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Who are the emerging pastoral leaders?
--- Generations
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads
--- Generational differences
--- Future of Religious Life
--- Future of religious life
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A conversation with cultural diversity teachers
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 3 -- Making the most of diversity
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
Hilton grants NRVC $2 million
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HORIZON Annual Article Index
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 1 -- What is the study of new membership telling us?
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Building bridges with a Family Gathering
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Inviting young people
--- Parents and Families
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Secrets of strong parish vocation committees
--- Parishes
--- Parishes
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Inviting young people
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Five winning ways to extend contact with young adults
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads
--- Emerging Adults
--- Program outlines
[ Sr. Gloria Ann Fiedler C.D.P. ] [ Sr. Elsa Garcia C.D.P. ]
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How we organized a Day of Discussion for leadership and vocation directors
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 1 -- Discernment as a way of life
--- Leadership of religious communities
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines
[ Fr. Scott Jones S.D.S. ] [ Sr. Barbara Linke S.S.N.D. ] [ Sr. Rose Sevenich O.S.F. ] [ Fr. Joachim Studwell O.F.M. ]
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My week with the sisters
--- Service projects
--- Service Immersion Experiences
--- 2012 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Value of religious life, Nine ways to thrive
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines
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The current state of vocations and where we go from here
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 1 -- Discernment as a way of life
--- Strategic planning / Structuring vocation ministry
--- Future of Religious Life
--- Future of religious life
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
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The new evangelization is interwoven with vocation ministry
--- New evangelization
--- Emerging Communities & Secular Institutes
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 2 Spring--Vocation ministry and new evangelization
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A workshop to energize the community and form bonds with young adults
--- Program Outlines
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 2 -- Vocation themes in popular media
--- Program outlines
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Invite overwhelmed young adults to come, rest in Christ
--- New evangelization
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 2 Spring--Vocation ministry and new evangelization
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We’re moving forward
--- Reconciliation
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 2 Spring--Vocation ministry and new evangelization
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines
[ Sr. Krista von Borstel S.S.M.O. ] [ Mother Katherine Caldwell T.O.R.. ] [ Sr. Ginny Heldorfer O.S.F. ]
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Feed your Spirit: What are you really doing?
--- Self-care for Vocation Ministers
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 2 Spring--Vocation ministry and new evangelization
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Outline of a successful vocation retreat for Hispanic young adults
--- Hispanics
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
--- Multicultural issues
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 3 -- Vocations and community life
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines
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Book notes: Conversion goes under the microscope
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Join hands with young adult ministers
--- Emerging Adults
--- Young adult ministry
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 4 -- Global perspectives |Connect with young adults | Gifts of religious priesthood
--- Young adults
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Pilgrimage as a way to build vocation culture
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Encouraging quality discernment
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines
[ Sr. Carolyn Hoying C.PP.S. ] [ Father Ken Schnipke C.PP.S. ]
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Membership makes a difference in attracting new members
--- Membership
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 4 -- Global perspectives |Connect with young adults | Gifts of religious priesthood
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Go pro: work effectively with a communications staff
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 2 -- Communications
--- Advertising & Media
--- Communications
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Helping serious discerners prepare for human formation
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 4 -- Preparing discerners for formation
--- Formation
--- Formation Articles
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Reach out, draw in
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
--- Theology of vocation
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Forming a vocation culture since the Continental Congress
--- Culture of vocations
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 3 -- Theology and culture of vocation
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Issues of sexual diversity and the call to religious life
--- Sexuality
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 2 -- Dimensions of Diversity: Convocation 2002
--- Sexuality & Sexual Misconduct
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Two programs that further a vocation culture
--- Culture of vocations
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
--- 2006 HORIZON No. 3 -- Theology and culture of vocation
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