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

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

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

--- Member Area News

Vocation ambassadors June 9-11 One of the many teams that took part in the 2016 Vocation Ambassador Program.

--- June 2017 newsletter

2017 Vocation Ambassadors Program, June 9-12, 2017                                          The Vocation Ambassador program begins with a four-day "Share the Sacred" workshop that provides participants

--- Vocation Ambassadors

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

--- VISION Vocation Guide

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

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.

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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

--- Member Area News

June 4-6, 2024, CCMA Called 24 Conference June 18-21, 2024, Catholic Media Association Conference, Atlanta, GA July 3-7, 2024, 85th Annual Tekakwitha Conference, Raleigh, NC National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

--- Collaborator Information

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

New executive director starts June 1 NRVC staff and members extend a warm welcome to NRVC's new executive director, Sister Sharon Dillon, S.S.J.-T.O.S.F., who begins the job June 1.

--- April 2017 Newsletter

and Transformative Action Towards a More Racially Just Church and Word", Center for the Study of Consecrated Life  June 13-16, 2024, Giving Voice National Gathering for Sisters under 50 National Eucharistic

--- Collaborator Information

Summer Institute is July 10-24, 2023 -- Let’s Learn Together in Leavenworth, KS! The 2023 Summer Institute in Leavenworth, KS, is less than a month away!

--- 2023 Posts

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

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

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

HORIZON, VISION win 14 awards Honored by Catholic Press Association HORIZON and VISION earned 14 awards in this year's Catholic Press Association awards competition, the results of which were released June

--- July 2014 newsletter

In addition, I have served since 2021 as co-coordinator of NRVC’s New England Member Area with Sister June Fitzgerald, O.P.  How long have you been involved in vocation ministry? Five years.

--- I am NRVC!

Vocation ministry dates for 2023 The church has several dates dedicated to promoting and celebrating religious life.

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

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

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.

--- 2023 Posts

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

Webinar 6 Call to Religious Life: Newer Entrants' Stories June 2, 2022 | 7 p.m. Central Primary audience: ALL SUPPORTERS OF MEN & WOMEN IN CONSECRATED LIFE.  All are welcome.

--- 2020 Study on Recent Vocations Archives

Debbi Della Porta; Sister June Fitzgerald, O.P.; Father Adam MacDonald, S.V.D.; Father Larry Rice, C.S.P.; and Sister Theresa Sullivan, D.C.

--- October 2015 newsletter

Behavioral Assessment 1 Workshop July 21-23, 2022 This workshop will be offered again in 2023.

In addition many groups now use short films on websites, in e-newsletters, etc.

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

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

2023 Orientation Program for New Vocation Ministers July 11 - 15, 2023   This workshop is currently filled to capacity.

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.

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

., the community’s vocation director, during NRVC’s Vocation Ambassadors kickoff workshop in June 2016. YOUR BAGS ARE PACKED, and you are ready to begin a journey.

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

[ Cheryl Aughton ]  

Ethical Issues in Vocation and Formation Ministry Workshop July 18-19, 2022 This workshop will be offered again in 2023.

2023 NCYC November 16-18, 2023 The NRVC is promoting vocations at NCYC!

--- NCYC - National Catholic Youth Conference
--- Fall & winter events

Learn practical tips for developing your social media platforms, website, newsletter, and other technology to share your unique charism.

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

The first NRVC newsletter, long before the days of e-newsletters. Over time it became clear that only one religious vocation conference was needed.

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

Capitalizing on the fact that our schools are the primary way many young people experience the Marist charism, we decided to coordinate a Year of Marist Vocations to run from June 2013 to May 2014.

--- 2014 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Fresh approaches to vocation ministry
--- Program Outlines
--- Program outlines

[ Brother Mike Sheerin F.M.S. ]  

2024 Workshop Information Plan now to attend, registration opens in February General Information In 2024, the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) will offer five on-site Summer Intitute workshops

--- Spring & summer 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

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.

--- World Youth Day

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.

--- World Youth Day

Updates News about religious vocations NRVC condemns racism The 2019-2020 NRVC Board The national reckoning over racial injustice in the United States has been part of the conversation at the National

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 3 Summer — Inviting diversity

Updates Hilton grants $2 million to NRVC In June 2014 the National Religious Vocation Conference received a three-year, $2 million grant from the Conrad N.

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

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

--- Collaborator Information

Ethical Issues in Vocation and Formation Ministry Workshop July 18-19, 2023 Workshop registration is closed.

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

NFCYM webinars on the synod National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry is presenting a webinar series on the youth synod on several dates in June.

--- June 2019 newsletter

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

So that a new generation of vowed Vincentians might follow our own, the members of the Eastern Province gathered in convocation in June of 2000 and resolved to develop a new provincial plan that would

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

Behavioral Assessment 1 workshop July 21 - 23, 2023 Workshop registration is closed.

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

        $525 – NRVC Member               $780  –   Non-NRVC Member Resident:           $985 – NRVC Member               $1,240 – Non-NRVC Member     Late registration Registrations received after June

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

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   June

--- March 2015 newsletter

2025 Vocation Promotion for Today’s Discerners July 19-20, 2025 on-site   Workshop description Have you ever tried to connect with young people about how God may call them to serve, only to find that

--- Spring & summer events

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

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--- February 2018 newsletter