Be part of VISION Vocation Guide NRVC's award-winning VISION Vocation Guide can still accept your ad reservation for its 2024 edition, to be published—in print and online—in August 2023.

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The series began in September 2021 and will include five more sessions.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?

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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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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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.

--- Spring & summer events

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

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

National Eucharistic Congress, July 17-21, 2024 July 26-28, 2024, NBSC, Black Catholic Women's Conference, Louisville, KY July 28-31, Black Catholic Joint Conference, Louisville, KY August 1-4, 2024

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

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General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next meeting: December 5, 1:00 - 2:30 pm via Zoom Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August

General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next meeting: Spring TBA Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August 29, 2023 Minutes from

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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

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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

General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next meeting: December 5, 1:00 - 2:30 pm via Zoom Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August

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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Note: NRVC’s fall 2023 workshops will be online, and “Behavioral Assessment 2” will be offered Dec. 2-3 in Tucson, Arizona.

--- 2023 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Come together

year=2023   Toot your own horn VISION is your resource, NRVC Members! And it is award-winning year after year.

--- VISION Vocation Guide

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

General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next meeting: June 22, 2024, Huntingdon Valley, PA Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023,

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The revisions were publicized to all members in the August and September NRVC newsletters and can be accessed here.

--- 2020 Posts

[ National Office ]  

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

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Nominations must be submitted by August 1 for the NRVC Recognition Award. This award honors members of NRVC (for at least three years) who have made an outstanding contribution to vocation ministry.

--- July 2018 newsletter

April meeting by Zoom, doing long-term planning for the organization, preparing for the study release, updating plans for the convocation, and electing three new members who will begin their terms in August

--- April 2020 newsletter

NRVC and VISION will be posting social media updates during the event and will share a World Youth Day report in the August newsletter.

--- July 2016 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

--- July 2018 newsletter

from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August 29, 2023 Minutes from May 18, 2022, November 21, 2022 Minutes from April 27, 2021, Minutes from January 19, 2021 Coordinators Sister Michele

Louis, July 31-August 3.

--- July 2018 newsletter

August 1 is application deadline Deacon Pedro Guevara- Mann NRVC is still accepting candidate applications for our young-adult livestream panel discussion at our convocation

--- July 2016 newsletter

General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next meeting: August 29, 2023, in Philadelphia Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023 Minutes

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NRVC present at summer conferences LCWR, RBC, CMSM, Paluch The World Youth Day Cross, which is on a national tour, was on display August 21 at the Paluch Vocation Seminar in Chicago, which  a number of

--- September 2018 newsletter

5, 1:00 - 2:30 pm via Zoom Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August 29, 2023 Minutes from May 18, 2022, November 21, 2022 Minutes from April 27, 2021, Minutes from January

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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

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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[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

The print edition, out August 1, will do justice to this important year of the vocation-youth synod. NRVC urges you to: Order copies. 

--- June 2018 newsletter

So that members and benefactors can mutually support one another, these prayer requests are now being published on nrvc.net and will appear occasionally in this newsletter.

--- November 2015 newsletter

Marge will be retiring from the NRVC in August 2024.  Email: margyelan@nrvc.net  Sister Dina Bato, S.P.

--- Board & staff

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

Behavioral Assessment 2       October 5-6, 2021 Behavioral Assessment 1       October 8-10, 2021 Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors       October 12-16, 2021  Navigating Uncertainty with

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Communal and personal wellness

If you ask most communicators, they will tell you that they are a jack-of-all-trades operation: writer, editor, copy shop, greeting card design department, newsletter publisher, special event planner,

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[ Jean Dennison ]  

Nominate an outstanding vocation minister or initiative The NRVC welcomes nominations until August 1 for two awards to be given at the convocation this November.

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broad impact on vocation ministry Develops innovative and creative approaches to vocation ministry Contact Brother Paul Bednarczyk, CSC at bpaulbcsc@nrvc.net for the recommendation form, which is due August 1

--- June 2014 newsletter

NRVC members: let us know if you will be taking part in World Youth Day If  you or your religious institute will be present August 1-6 in Lisbon, Portugal for World Youth Day,  please let the National

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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

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

Over the next few months, the NRVC will release the 2022 Convocation video presentations on our NRVC YouTube Channel.

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[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]  

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

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--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry
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[ Joel Schorn ]  

Call the RFC national office for an application packet: 202-827-4562.  

--- April 2016 Newsletter

Storymap: Bold and Faithful: Meet today's religious New interactive vocation resource showcases today’s Catholic sisters, nuns, brothers, and priests Chicago, August 24, 2023— The National Religious

--- 2020 Study on Recent Vocations to Religious Life

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.

--- 2023 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

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

Another Resource to help you unpack Convocation 2022 The second 2022 Convocation video has been published on our NRVC YouTube Channel.

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[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]