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In this 50th year as your vocation journal, we want to celebrate and support vocation ministry as it is lived in 2025.
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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
Convocation: Walking humbly together October 31 - November 4, 2024 Join us at Convocation!
Ferraro, November 8, 2023. Endless call: New vocation website highlights the roads less taken, Aleteia, written by John Burger, October 23, 2023.
Convocation: Walking humbly together October 31 - November 4, 2024 Join us at Convocation!
Yes, I met some wonderful vocation directors when I took summer classes in 2014. I am still in touch with many of them.
--- November 2016 newsletter
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At the 2004 Convocation, Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP and Father Andrew Carl Wisdom, OP.
--- History of Religious Life
--- History of religious life, NRVC
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
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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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Minutes from January 20, 2026 Minutes from August 27, 2025 and November 11, 2025 Minutes from April 15, 2025 and February 12, 2025 Minutes from October 3, 2024 and December 10, 2024 Coordinators
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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
Four tips toward a better newsletter Quick ideas to put oomph in your newsletter An excellent newsletter will reflect well on your community.
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
Find archived newsletters Back editions of the "Focus on Vocation Ministry" newsletter are available online.
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 The Member Area Coordinators voted to select the logo design for 2024 Convocation, at their annual gathering last month!
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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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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
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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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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
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
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
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The revisions were publicized to all members in the August and September NRVC newsletters and can be accessed here.
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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.
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
Convocation Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2024 in Minneapolis 2024 Convocation Walking humbly together Registration begins in April.
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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
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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National Vocation Awareness Week is scheduled for November 3-9, 2024. Providentially, it begins just as the 2024 Convocation concludes.
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Monthly updates go out through our province newsletter telling members where we stand for the month and year-to-date. Sometimes a push is needed in November and December to reach this goal.
--- Leadership of religious communities
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 4 -- Leadership and vocation ministers working together
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership
Life and Priesthood 2014 Study on Incorporating Cultural Diversity in Religious Life Executive Summary 2014 Men Religious Moving Forward in Hope Final Report 2014 Men Religious Moving Forward in Hope
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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
--- Popular Media
--- Communications
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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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.
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
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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
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
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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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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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
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
April 22 Religious Brothers Day NRVC Summer Institute May 1 July 10-21 NRVC convocation National Vocation Awareness Week November
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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During a three-hour meeting with the Union of Superiors General on November 29, 2013 Pope Francis announced that 2015 will be a Year of Consecrated Life.
--- 2014 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Vocation to action & contemplation
Calendar Important vocation ministry dates NRVC Convocation National Vocation Awareness Week November 1-5 November 4-10 World Day for Consecrated Life
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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
year=2023 Toot your own horn VISION is your resource, NRVC Members! And it is award-winning year after year.
Calendar Important vocation ministry dates NRVC Convocation National Vocation Awareness Week November 1-5 November 4-10 World Day for Consecrated
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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
April 22 Religious Brothers Day NRVC Summer Institute May 1 July 10-21 NRVC Convocation National Vocation Awareness Week November
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February 2) National Catholic Sisters Week, March 8-14; Religious Brothers Day, May 1st World Day of Prayer for Vocations (Fourth Sunday of Easter) National Vocation Awareness Week, first full week of November
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