Media information Press release on the NRVC/CARA Vocation Study, Aug. 6, 2009 Press release of NRVC Executive Director to the U.S.

--- 2009 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life

July 20, 2017 2017 July NRVC mid-month update | Invitation to be part of 2017 NCYC June 16, 2017 NRVC updates: NRVC by the numbers | Summer Institute May 18, 2017 Recommend a favorite book for vocation

--- Member Area News

Our iceberg is melting Some of you may be familiar with John Kotter’s fable titled Our Iceberg is Melting,2 about a penguin colony in Antarctica.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Convocation 2010: Casting the net
--- Advertising & Media
--- Communications

[ Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski M.H.S.H. ]  

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

Four tips toward a better newsletter Quick ideas to put oomph in your newsletter An excellent newsletter will reflect well on your community.

--- May 2014 newsletter

THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS VOCATION CONFERENCE was born the way many organizations are: in response to a need.

--- History of Religious Life
--- History of religious life, NRVC
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord

We are constantly working to engage discerners in new and varied ways: online, in print, at conferences, and via social networking.

--- VISION Vocation Guide

VIDEO HAS QUICKLY BECOME a major way to communicate, especially with young adults. Social media platforms are encouraging video use more and more.

--- 2018 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Talking with young people
--- Popular Media
--- Communications

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

After I made my perpetual profession in August 2015 I became the vocation director.

--- November 2016 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!

: TBD Minutes from May 30, 2025 Minutes from April 28-30, 2025 Minutes from April 30-May 2, 2024 Minutes from May 11, 2023 Coordinators Sister Réjane Cytacki, S.C.L. | rcytacki@scls.org Sister Suzanne

--- Member Area News

: April 30 - May 2, 2024, Atchinson, KS Minutes from May 11, 2023 Minutes from October 13, 2022 Minutes from April 22, 2021 Coordinators Sister Réjane Cytacki, S.C.L. | rcytacki@scls.org Ms.

--- Member Area News

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

--- July 2018 newsletter

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

--- 2018 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Youth, faith, vocation discernment

., May 15, 2025. House of Discernment blends vocations and intercongregational community, written by Julie Ferraro, National Catholic Reporter, March 6, 2025.

--- Media/press

NRVC Awards 2024 Outstanding Member award winners, left to right, Mr. Greg Darr (Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers) , Brother David Henley, G.H.M., and Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C.

--- Fall & winter events

The administrative support includes handling correspondence, maintaining financial and other records, processing payments and receipts, coordinating registrations, and updating the website and e-newsletter

--- February 2016 newsletter

Updates Our Fall 2023 workshops will take place online. Photo by headway, Unsplash.

--- 2023 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Synodality and collaboration

, July 2024.

--- Collaborator Information

Is there a weekly e-newsletter to learn more about campus ministry at this particular university?

--- 2012 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Vocations on campus
--- Campus ministry
--- College Students

You may want to remind members of that if they ask, or consider keeping members informed as you move through your research and create your plan.

--- 2016 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Communications | Volunteers
--- Social media
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
--- Communications

[ Cheryl Aughton ]  

Publications: an annual subscription to the highly respected HORIZON quarterly journal, the only English-language professional vocation journal in the Church; Focus on Vocation Ministry, an online monthly newsletter

--- Membership Services, Benefits & Fees

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

--- Member Area News

find NRVC publications online and how to submit article ideas Digital edition/online archives/submissions NRVC news Archives While news is now posted on the homepage, archived editions of the former newsletter

--- About HORIZON

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

Tweeting and posting may not seem like a method of maintaining contact, but I assure you we have found it essential! 

--- 2017 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry with vitality
--- Vocation ministry
--- Communications
--- Discernment
--- Program outlines

[ Sr. Virginia Herbers A.S.C.J. ]   [ Len Uhal ]   [ Sister Nancy Gilchriest S.S.N.D. ]  

NRVC Board 2025 -2026 The NRVC Board 2025 Row 1: Brother Joseph Bach, O.F.M. Conv.; Sister Margarita Hernandez, S.P.; Board Vice Chair Sister Eileen McCann, C.S.J. 

--- Board & staff

Publications: an annual subscription to the highly respected HORIZON quarterly journal, the only English-language professional vocation journal in the Church; Focus on Vocation Ministry, an online monthly newsletter

--- Membership Services, Benefits & Fees

Vocation ministry has consistently been crucial to our way of life, as witnessed by unqualified support in financial, programmatic and especially human resources.

--- Leadership of religious communities
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 4 -- Leadership and vocation ministers working together
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership

[ Jim Kent, O.F.M., Conv. ]  

Pilgrimage, July 2024.

--- Collaborator Information

May God richly bless our efforts to encourage a new generation of vowed Vincentians to follow Jesus Christ, Evangelizer of the Poor. I.

--- Strategic planning / Structuring vocation ministry
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 4 -- Strategic planning for vocations / Responses to the sex abuse crisis
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture

This was going to be a financial concerns edition, but life has a way of leading us down unexpected paths.

--- 2002 HORIZON No. 3 -- Variety issue

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

NRVC convocation talks to be available in print & online HORIZON readers and NRVC members will be able to savor and discuss presentations from the November 2024 convocation because the talks will

--- HORIZON No. 4 Fall 2024--Vocation discernment

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

Tuohy and Carol Schuck Scheiber   VISION awards (general and religious order magazine) Best photo story originating with a magazine or newsletter, 1st place: "Silent preachers amid nature's song"

--- July 2014 newsletter

NRVC-CARA study of new members  Involving others in the community Most vocation directors communicated news of an upcoming discernment event by e-mail blasts to members, information in the community’s newsletter

--- Program Outlines
--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry
--- Program outlines

[ Joel Schorn ]  

Find archived newsletters Back editions of the "Focus on Vocation Ministry" newsletter are available online.

--- November 2014 newsletter

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage May - July 2024 What is a National Eucharistic Pilgrimage?

--- Spring & summer events

Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying him and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that

--- Theology of Vocation

[ Craig Dykstra ]  

Let us take a long view at what is happening in our country in 2024 to see the misuse of power.

--- HORIZON No. 1 Winter 2025--Walking humbly together
--- Multicultural issues

[ Sister Patricia Chappell SNDdeN ]  

Register for the 2023 Fall Institute. It’s a new year to learn. Register for the 2023 Fall Institute today!

--- 2023 Posts

[ Sr. Dina Bato S.P., Director of Membership ]  

So maybe your Web site goal is that visitors forward your Web address, or URL, to friends or family who may be interested in religious life.

--- Websites
--- 2008 HORIZON No. 2 -- Communications
--- Communications

[ Anne Boyle ]  

Leads efforts in support of annual events such as Summer Institute, World Day for Consecrated Life, Catholic Sisters Week, World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Religious Brothers Day, and Vocation Awareness

--- Board & staff

Please click the links to review NFCRV Grant Application Guidelines and the 2020 Grant Application or contact executive director Phil Loftus at ploftus@nfcrv.org or 773-595-4028.

--- April 2020 newsletter

Updates Handout encourages member involvement If you seek greater membership involvement in vocation ministry, NRVC’s newest resource may be for you.

--- 2022 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--Staying grounded

Institutes may purchase multiple 5-user licenses.  The Misericordia Fund is available to assist those who require financial assistance.

--- Terms & Conditions

Quick link at the top of the monthly newsletter and other tips File under "good to know:" There is a "quick link" at the top of the NRVC newsletter email and at the top of the website post for the

--- 2019 Posts

[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M. ]  

The congregation’s internal newsletter carries articles related to cultural understanding, including features about members’ international experiences, advice for cross-cultural communication, features

--- 2012 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Cultural and family roots and vocation
--- Intercultural Wealth & Multicultural Awareness
--- Multicultural issues

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

Religious Brothers Day May 1 On Thursday, May 1, the church celebrates Religious Brothers Day—an opportunity to focus on the community, lifestyle, and good works of brothers—through social media, events

--- News

It may be a hackneyed metaphor at this point, but what comes to my mind with regard to effective vocations ministry is that “it takes a province.”

--- Membership
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
--- 2009 HORIZON No. 3 -- Involving membership | Supervision | College outreach

[ Andrew ]   [ Father Andrew Carl Wisdom O.P. ]  

Region 4 meets next on May 3-4 in Mariottsville, Maryland. NRVC members are welcome to attend the many professional development opportunities offered by our 14 regions.

--- April 2016 Newsletter