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Vocation ministers and other religious around the world have been able to share faith and hope with young people and discerners using electronic platforms such as blogs, Facebook, video-sharing, e-mails, e-newsletters
--- 2020 HORIZON No. 2 Spring — New members have abundant hope
Following are April 2016 regional meetings whose agendas were available for newsletter publication. Find regional contacts and see what is happening in all the regions here.
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April 15, 2025 and February 12, 2025 Minutes from October 3, 2024 and December 10, 2024 Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August 29, 2023 Coordinators Sister Michele Fisher
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Vocation ministry dates for 2023 The church has several dates dedicated to promoting and celebrating religious life.
--- 2022 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--Staying grounded
Topics and presenters for 2023 Tuesday, February 21, 2023, Welcome Home: Houses on Discernment and Intentional Communities, presented by Sister Caryn Crook, O.S.F.
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year=2023 Toot your own horn VISION is your resource, NRVC Members! And it is award-winning year after year.
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Monthly NRVC newsletter Focus on Vocation Ministry Monthly newsletters November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017
Reminders: NFCRV grants due April 15 | convocation registration opens From now through April 15, the National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations is accepting new applications for education-debt assistance
NRVC collaborators show support for 2020 study Representatives gathered at a convening in Buffalo prior to the start of the NRVC Convocation Representatives of nine national organizations recently gave
--- 2020 Study on Recent Vocations Archives
Four tips toward a better newsletter Quick ideas to put oomph in your newsletter An excellent newsletter will reflect well on your community.
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Updates Attendees at the 2022 convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference show off a centerpiece candle.
--- 2023 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Call beyond borders
Ferraro, November 8, 2023. Endless call: New vocation website highlights the roads less taken, Aleteia, written by John Burger, October 23, 2023.
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We invite you to prayerfully consider completing a nomination form to serve on the Board beginning in the Fall of 2023 until Fall of 2026. You are welcome to nominate yourself or other NRVC members.
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This list is updated periodically and if you would like to have something added, please email mail@nrvc.net Events April 18-19, 2024 “Moving Along the Arc: Women and Men Religious as Agents of Reconciliation
Brothers to hold symposium April 4 Save the date Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. will speak at the Religious Brothers Symposium.
Brothers Symposium A Religious Brothers Symposium will take place at Boston College on April 4 with a theme of "The Prophetic Call of the Brother in the Church."
The Challenge of Synodality Webinar, January 11, 2022 by AHLMA and RFC Witnessing Joy: Catholic Sisters Today presented by Dr. Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, January 13, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Education grant deadline April 8 Apply online for NFCRV monies The National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations has announced that NRVC members are eligible to apply for grant assistance to cover education
Brothers to hold symposium April 4 Save the date Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. will speak at the Religious Brothers Symposium.
Grants for education debt available Apply by April 8 The National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations has announced that NRVC members are eligible to apply for grant assistance to cover education debt
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Updates Our Fall 2023 workshops will take place online. Photo by headway, Unsplash.
--- 2023 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Synodality and collaboration
Brothers Symposium April 4 To elevate and discuss vocation of brothers Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. will be the keynote speaker at the symposium.
The series began in September 2021 and will include five more sessions.
--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?
Board meeting carries on by Zoom The NRVC board conducted its April meeting by Zoom, doing long-term planning for the organization, preparing for the study release, updating plans for the convocation,
honored by the Catholic Press Association and Associated Church Press in several editorial categories, including best special interest magazine, regular column, reporting on vocations, guest commentary, e-newsletter
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Let's Get Together at Summer Institute The 2023 NRVC Summer Institute will be offered in person this year at the Marillac Center in Leavenworth, KS.
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The NRVC office will be closed on January 16, 2023, as the United States honors the birth, life, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was born on January 15, 1929.
Mental Health Matters Saint Luke Institute and Saint Meinrad Seminary are sponsoring "Mental Health Matters," a human formation conference April 20-23 at St. Meinrad, Indiana.
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In addition many groups now use short films on websites, in e-newsletters, etc.
--- 2018 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Talking with young people
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Conference on Human Formation next April Save the date for the Conference on Human Formation: Mental Health Matters, April 20-23, 2020, to be held at Saint Meinrad, Indiana Archabbey, Seminary, and School
Feb. 14-16, 2025, Dallas Catholic Youth Conference February 20-23, 2025, LA Religious Education Congress March 18-20, 2025 Vocations Jamboree, Bismarck, ND April 22-24, 2025 NCEA Conference, Orlando
To help them be part of the ministry, I send them a monthly e-newsletter. Last March Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M. did an in-service for my community about contemporary vocation ministry.
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2023 NCYC November 16-18, 2023 The NRVC is promoting vocations at NCYC!
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The first NRVC newsletter, long before the days of e-newsletters. Over time it became clear that only one religious vocation conference was needed.
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--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
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Brother Brian began serving in 2020 and chaired the Finance Advisory Committee.
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Mark your calendars to attend Convocation in Orlando, Florida, next year, November 19-23, 2026!
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It is also co-sponsoring a human formation conference, "Mental Health Matters" April 20-23 at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Saint Meinrad, Indiana. Learn more here.
Region 1 May 2 Region 2 March 10, May 5, May 7 Region 3 April 29 Region 4 March 25, May 5-6 Region 5 Met January 15, next meeting September 18 Region 6 May TBA Region 7 April 28 Region 8
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2023 World Youth Day, Portugal August 1-6, 2023 Mark your calendars for World Youth Day celebrated August 1-6, 2023. Check the official website frequently for updated information.
Conference on Human Formation next April Save the date for the Conference on Human Formation: Mental Health Matters, April 20-23, 2020, to be held at Saint Meinrad, Indiana Archabbey, Seminary, and School
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who care about vocations—laity, priests and religious from many walks of life— celebrated the gift of consecrated and ordained life at the Continental Congress on Vocations held in Montreal this past April. (A
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 4 -- Strategic planning for vocations / Responses to the sex abuse crisis
2023 World Youth Day, Portugal August 1-6, 2023 Mark your calendars for World Youth Day celebrated August 1-6, 2023. Check the official website frequently for updated information.
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Three vocation webinars for 2022 On March 3, the National Religious Vocation Conference will continue its free webinar series entitled “Religious Life Today: Learn it! Love it! Live it!”
--- 2022 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Young adult realities
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All women and men who entered religious life from 2003 – 2018 were emailed a questionnaire from CARA in April.
April 22-24, 2025 NCEA Conference, Orlando, FL April 25, 2025, Saint Louis University Vocation Fair, contact susanne.chawszczewski@slu.edu April 30-May 2, 2025 Catholic Volunteer Network Conference,
FL November 20-22, 2025, NFCYM National Catholic Youth Conference January 1-5, 2026, FOCUS SEEK, Columbus, Denver, and Fort Worth February 13-15, 2026, Dallas Catholic Youth Conference February 19
NRVC Board 2025 -2026 The NRVC Board 2025 Row 1: Brother Joseph Bach, O.F.M. Conv.; Board Vice Chair Sister Eileen McCann, C.S.J.; Board Vice Chair Brother John Skrodinsky, S.T.
2023 World Youth Day, Portugal August 1-6, 2023 Mark your calendars for World Youth Day celebrated August 1-6, 2023. Check the official website frequently for updated information.
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