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Moving on from vocation ministry?

steps to a smooth transition out of vocation ministry,” by Sister Anita Louise Lowe, p. 16,  Fall 2010 “Healthy transitions for new members, ministers and the community,” by Sister Mercedes McCann, p. 20, Fall

--- May 2016 newsletter

Seminarian numbers holding steady with slight dip

CARA identified a total of 204 active lay ecclesial ministry formation programs in 2017-2018, enrolling 16,585 candidates, of which 12,226 are working toward a certificate in ministry and 4,359 are working

--- June 2018 newsletter

Moving out of vocation ministry?

steps to a smooth transition out of vocation ministry,” by Sister Anita Louise Lowe, p. 16,  Fall 2010 “Healthy transitions for new members, ministers and the community,” by Sister Mercedes McCann, p. 20, Fall

--- May 2017 Newsletter

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NRVC survey on mentoring reveals positive experiences

Of the 20 newcomer-respondents, all but three gave their mentor relationship the highest possible rating (five on a scale of one to five).

--- Mentoring
--- Mentoring and Supervision
--- 2000 HORIZON No. 4 -- Mentoring and programs for youth and young adults

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

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What do the popes say about vocation?

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 ]  

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The vow of consecrated poverty and other scary words

For other uses of narrative in vocation ministry see “The Autobiography in Vocation Discernment,” Human Development, Vol. 20, No. 4, 1999, pp. 22- 28; and “Narrative and the Formative Process,” In- Formation

--- Vow of poverty
--- Vow of poverty
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 4 -- The vow of poverty and vocations

[ Mary Pat Garvin R.S.M. ]  

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Religious poverty: witness to the risen Christ

Israel was forbidden, as part of the Ten Commandments, to make images of God (Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 5:8). The living God of Israel can be imaged only by living beings who do what God does.

--- Vow of poverty
--- Vow of poverty
--- 2003 HORIZON No. 4 -- The vow of poverty and vocations

[ Michael D. Guinan O.F.M. ]  

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Exploring images of God during discernment

In the 10 commandments, we are told: “ You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth” (NAB Exodus 20:4).

--- 2012 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Value of religious life, Nine ways to thrive
--- Theology of Vocation
--- Theology of vocation
--- Discernment
--- Discernment

[ Fr. Harry Hagan O.S.B. ]   [ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

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Daring to live as Pope Francis encourages

It presumes the creation of a new mindset which thinks in terms of community and the priority of the life of all over the appropriation of goods by a few” (Evangelii, sec. 202, 204, 188).  

--- Pope
--- Priesthood, Popes and Papal Messages
--- 2015 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Pope Francis and vocations

[ Friar Matthew Gummess O.Carm. ]  

2019 NRVC Workshop Information

here to register for the Summer Institute Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors,  July 9-13 Ethical Issues for Vocation and Formation Directors, July 15-16 Behavioral Assessment 1,  July 18-20

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

2019 NRVC Workshop Information

Catholic Theological Union,  Chicago, IL Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors,  July 9-13 Ethical Issues for Vocation and Formation Directors, July 15-16 Behavioral Assessment 1,  July 18-20

--- Spring & summer events

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Snapshot of Latinos in the United States

Relying on 2021 U.S.

--- 2024 HORIZON No. 2 Spring--Latino cultural patterns
--- Hispanics

Summer Institute offers five workshops

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

--- February 2018 newsletter

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Updates

The grant objectives include: The Hilton grant will help NRVC in developing an English-language vocation program for the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakow.

--- 2014 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Moving forward in hope

NRVC Board

NRVC Board 2023 - 2024 The NRVC Board Row 1: Brother Joseph Bach, O.F.M. Conv., Mrs. Nancy Costello, Sister Margarita Hernandez, S.P.

--- Board & staff

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A new generation of Catholics

Generation, born between 1961 and 1981, includes those who are age 20 to 40 in 2001.

--- 2002 HORIZON No. 2 -- The Millennials
--- Young adults
--- Emerging Adults

[ Margaret M. Howard ]  

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Digital edition and pdf

Digital edition and pdf Add HORIZON to your devices View or download a pdf of the 2020 Fall HORIZON edition. Readers, please limit your sharing of material to 50 distributions or less.

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 4 Fall — Assessment

2016 Vocation Ambassadors Program, June 10-13, 2016

2016 Vocation Ambassadors Program, June 10-13, 2016   Do you want to learn relevant, practical, and affordable marketing strategies that you can implement immediately to promote vocations

--- Vocation Ambassadors

Additional vocation-related Church documents

Additional vocation-related Church documents Links to Church documents related to vocations to religious life The following Church documents are helpful in understanding vocations to religious life Synod 2021

--- Vatican/USCCB documents

Calendar

Calendar Dates for 2019-20 vocation ministry   Summer Institute July 9-24 Fall Institute October 8-23 National Vocation Awareness

--- July 2019 newsletter

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Updates

     October 8-9 Behavioral Assessment 1     October 11-13 Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors          October 15-19 The Art of Accompaniment and Discernment                    October 21-23 HORIZON

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

Links to studies & reports

: Survey of the Ordinands to the Priesthood The Class of 2023: Survey of the Ordinands to the Priesthood The Class of 2022: Survey of the Ordinands to the Priesthood The Class of 2021: Survey of the

--- Links to Studies & Reports

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What's happening in the regions

Region 11, May 25, 2016, Belmont, CA. Region 12, May 20-21, 2016, Beaverton, OR. Presenter: Rhonda Gruenewald, author of Hundredfold, published by Vianney Publications. Joint event with RFC.

--- May 2016 newsletter

Calendar

March 8-14 Religious Brothers Day May 1 World Day of Prayer for Vocations May 12 Summer Institute July 9-24 Fall

--- January 2019 newsletter

Calendar

March 8-14 Religious Brothers Day May 1 World Day of Prayer for Vocations May 12 Summer Institute July 9-24 Fall

--- February 2019 newsletter

Fall Institute still accepting registrations

Fall Institute still accepting registrations Orientation, Accompaniment, Behavioral Assessment 1 & 2 Last-minute registrations are still being accepted for the October 8-23 Fall Institute in Leavenworth

--- October 2019 newsletter

2021 NCYC

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

NRVC in the news

, Religion News Service, written by Elizabeth Evans, March 1, 2024

--- Media/press

Calendar

2019 vocation ministry   Religious Brothers Day May 1 World Day of Prayer for Vocations May 12 Summer Institute July 9-24 Fall

--- May 2019 newsletter

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What's happening in your region?

Attend your regional gathering Region 1 (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) April 30, 2016, Immaculate Conception Spiritual Renewal Center, Putnam, CT Presenter: Mary Jo Place Theme: The Demystification of Digital

--- Member Area News

Calendar

Calendar Dates for 2019 vocation ministry   Summer Institute July 9-24 Fall Institute October 7-24 National Vocation Awareness Week

--- June 2019 newsletter

Calendar

March 8-14 Religious Brothers Day May 1 World Day of Prayer for Vocations May 12 Summer Institute July 9-24 Fall

--- December 2018 newsletter

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Annual article index

Annual article index Volume 38, Number 1 | Winter 2013 Vocation ministers & reconciliation Convocation 2012 Updates: News from the vocation world, p. 4 Vocation ministers as ambassadors for Christ

--- 2014 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Vocation to action & contemplation

World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2

World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2 Celebrated in parishes Feb. 3-4, 2024 About World Day for Consecrated Life In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day for women and men in consecrated

--- Fall & winter events

Attend Fall Institute

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

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The heart's calling: feelings in vocational self-discovery

“What matters,” writes José Garcia, “is that the world should touch the heart and that the heart should go out towards the world.”20 To whom does our heart go out the most?

--- 2008 HORIZON No. 1 -- Discernment as a way of life
--- Discernment
--- Discernment

[ John Neafsey ]  

2018 NRVC Summer Institute

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

Navigating Uncertainty with Young People through Accompaniment

Navigating Uncertainty with Young People through Accompaniment October 19, 2021 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

--- Fall & winter events

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Updates

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

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

2018 NRVC Summer Institute

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

NRVC Annual Report

Phil Loftus NRVC Director of Development     2022 Annual Report 2021 Annual Report 2020 Annual Report 2019 Annual Report 2018 Annual Report 2016-17 (combined) Annual Report 2015 Annual Report

--- Annual Report

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Collaborative Efforts Underway

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 ]  

2017 NRVC workshops

2017 NRVC workshops Plan now to attend one A young adult preparing to be a Vocation Ambassador makes a point during the inaugural Vocation Ambassadors training program held in 2016

--- January 2017 newsletter

The Roots of Racism workshop, Feb. 18-21, 2018

Fees Workshop fees include materials, speaker, lunch and facility fees: Commuter   (for commuters, fees do not include breakfast, welcome reception, supper or evening socials)      $200 – NRVC member

--- Roots of Racism workshop

World Day of Prayer for Vocations

-Pope Francis,  World Day of Prayer for Vocations, 2024 2024 World Day of Prayer for Vocations Papal message 2023 World Day of Prayer for Vocations Papal message 2022 World Day of Prayer for Vocations

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

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

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.

--- Mission & benefactors

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The 2021 NRVC Annual Report

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

--- 2022 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

Vocation-related events of NRVC's collaborators

Institute of Religious Formation The Institute of Religious Formation at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago is still accepting applications for the 2015-2016 academic year.

--- August 2015 newsletter

World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2

World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2 Celebrated in parishes Feb. 3-4, 2024 About World Day for Consecrated Life In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day for women and men in consecrated

--- Fall & winter events

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Reach young adults where they are

This growth occurred in just three years since its launch in February 2004. The potential to reach out to young people from social networking sites is extraordinary.

--- Social Media
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 3 -- Trends and technology
--- Communications

[ Brian Halderman SM ]