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Convocation Pilgrimage

Convocation Pilgrimage November 4, 2024 The pilgrimage is sold out.

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Convocation: Walking humbly together

Convocation: Walking humbly together October 31 - November 4, 2024   Join us at Convocation!

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Collaborator News and Events

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

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Member area news

May 18, 2022, November 21, 2022 Minutes from April 27, 2021, Minutes from January 19, 2021 Coordinators Sister Michele Fisher, C.S.F.N. | sorellamichele@aol.com vacant position Heartland Next meeting

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Member Area news

November 11: 9 AM ET and  January 20 - 10 AM ET Minutes from August 27, 2025 Minutes from April 15, 2025 and February 12, 2025 Minutes from October 3, 2024 and December 10, 2024 Minutes from January

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NRVC in the news

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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Convocation: Walking humbly together

Convocation: Walking humbly together October 31 - November 4, 2024   Join us at Convocation!

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Award nominations due August 15

These honors will be presented at the November 2024 convocation. Details about these awards and the form for making nominations are here.

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2024 Convocation Dates, Theme, and Logo Announced

2024 Convocation Dates, Theme, and Logo Announced The Member Area Coordinators voted to select the logo design for 2024 Convocation, at their annual gathering last month!    

--- 2023 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

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Updates

Updates Join us for the 2024 convocation Mark your calendar to attend the convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference October 31 to November 3 in Minneapolis.

--- 2024 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Ministering with balance

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Updates

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

Convocation: Walking Humbly Together

Convocation: Walking Humbly Together Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2024 Minneapolis, MN We are excited to be heading out to Minneapolis-St. Paul for our Convocation October 31- November 4, 2024.

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[ Phil Loftus ]  

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Updates

Updates Minneapolis, pictured here, will be the setting for the 2024 convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference. Photo by Lane Pelovsky, courtesy of Meet Minneapolis.  

--- 2024 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Every member plays a part

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Announcing our 2024 Convocation Keynote Presenters

Announcing our 2024 Convocation Keynote Presenters Invite everyone who supports vocation ministry to join you in Minneapolis, MN, as the Upper Midwest Member Area hosts the NRVC Convocation from October

--- 2024 Posts

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

Convocation Member Incentive

Convocation begins with an opening reception and ritual on Thursday evening, October 31, and ends after the awards dinner on Sunday night, November 3, 2024

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The University of Mary Vocations Jamboree selected for the Mustard Seed Award

The National Board selected the University of Mary Vocations Jamboree hosted by the Saint John Paul II Center for University Ministry, as the 2024 recipient of the Mustard Seed Award.

--- 2024 Posts

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

Convocation

Convocation Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2024 in Minneapolis 2024 Convocation Walking humbly together Registration begins in April. 

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Convocation Registration is Open

Convocation begins with an opening reception and ritual on Thursday evening, October 31, and ends after the awards banquet on Sunday night, November 3, 2024.

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NVAW: Walking humbly with others.

National Vocation Awareness Week is scheduled for November 3-9, 2024. Providentially, it begins just as the 2024 Convocation concludes.

--- 2024 Posts

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

NRVC Annual Report

NRVC Annual Report   Cultivating what’s possible   2023 Annual Report Dear NRVC Members, friends, and benefactors, Grace, peace, and abundant hope to you! 

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Editor's note: HORIZON turns 50!

In this 50th year as your vocation journal, we want to celebrate and support vocation ministry as it is lived in 2025.

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

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

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Events to build relationships with young Catholics

Catholic schools, or during faith formation retreats, here are a few more ideas to consider: The Annual Global Celebration of Youth and Young Adults is celebrated on the Solemnity of Christ the King, (November

--- 2023 Posts

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

Collaborator News and Events

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,

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Collaborator News and Events

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

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Collaborator News and Events

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,

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Collaborator News and Events

March 18-20, 2025 Vocations Jamboree, Bismarck, ND April 22-24, 2025 NCEA Conference, Orlando, FL April 25, 2025, Saint Louis University Vocation Fair, contact susanne.chawszczewski@slu.edu  April 30

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In gratitude for the messengers of the Master’s invitation

In gratitude for the messengers of the Master’s invitation Editor's note:  At the time that Carlo Maria Viganò addressed the National Religious Vocation Conference at its convocation (November 2014),

--- Charism and Religious Life
--- Role of religious life / Nature of religious life
--- 2015 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Rise, have no fear

[ Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ]  

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Leaven of hope

These come from global church statistics as published in the 2023 Pontifical Yearbook. (See them in the box above.)

--- HORIZON No. 1 Winter 2025--Walking humbly together
--- Hope

[ Brother Chris Patiño F.S.C. ]  

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Why do what you do? Embracing transformational values

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 ]  

Collaborators and Partners

At the invitation of the USCCB-CCLV, Sister Debbie attends the annual USCCB CCLV meeting in November.   

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Spes non confundit: Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025

Spes non confundit: Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025 SPES NON CONFUNDIT BULL OF INDICTION OF THE ORDINARY JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2025 FRANCIS BISHOP OF ROME SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS

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National Vocation Awareness Week

National Vocation Awareness Week November 2-8, 2014 National Vocation Awareness Week, to take place November 2-8, is an annual week-long celebration and promotion of vocations to consecrated life, priesthood

--- October 2014 newsletter

Links to research & reports

: Survey of the Ordinands to the Priesthood The Class of 2024: 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

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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.

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

Calendar

April 22 Religious Brothers Day NRVC Summer Institute May 1 July 10-21 NRVC convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November

--- April 2018 newsletter

Year of Consecrated Life plans and schedule

Year of Consecrated Life plans and schedule The Vatican has begun to announce plans for celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life, which begins in November 2014.  

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Calendar

Calendar Important vocation ministry dates   NRVC Convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November 1-5 November 4-10 World Day for Consecrated Life

--- August 2018 newsletter

Calendar

Calendar Important vocation ministry dates     NRVC Convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November 1-5 November 4-10 World Day for Consecrated

--- October 2018 newsletter

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Updates

Updates Pictured here are nine of the 52 people who attended an ethics workshop that NRVC offered online during its 2020 Summer Institute.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Focus on hope, Convocation edition

Calendar

April 22 Religious Brothers Day NRVC Summer Institute May 1 July 10-21 NRVC Convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November

--- February 2018 newsletter

Calendar

Calendar Mark these vocation ministry dates   NRVC Summer Institute July 10-21 NRVC Convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November 1-5 November

--- June 2018 newsletter

Calendar

vocation ministry dates   Religious Brothers Day NRVC Summer Institute May 1 July 10-21 NRVC convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November

--- May 2018 newsletter

Calendar

NRVC Summer Institute "Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment" July 10-21 October 3-28 NRVC Convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November

--- July 2018 newsletter

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2024 Talk It Up Tuesdays is here - Let’s Connect!

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Radiating Joy and Cultivating Possibilities in Vocation Ministry, presented by Brother Brian Poulin, f.m.s.

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

Calendar

Calendar Important vocation ministry dates     NRVC Convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November 1-5 November 4-10 World Day for Consecrated

--- November 2018 newsletter

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Grant Application Window to Open in January 2024

Grant Application Window to Open in January 2024 A Blessed Advent Season to All.

--- 2023 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

Calendar

Calendar Important vocation ministry dates   NRVC Convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November 1-5 November 4-10 World Day for Consecrated Life

--- September 2018 newsletter

Calendar

April 22 Religious Brothers Day NRVC Summer Institute May 1 July 10-21 NRVC convocation  National Vocation Awareness Week November

--- March 2018 newsletter

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Editor's note

This theme of God calling us to cross borders was the focus of our November 2022 convocation, a joyful time for face-to-face learning, sharing, and networking in the beautiful city of Spokane, Washington

--- 2023 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Call beyond borders

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber, editor ]  

2014 Convocation follow up information

2014 Convocation follow up information Chicago convocation The 332 participants in NRVC’s convocation, held November 6-10 in Chicago, gave the gathering high

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