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The NRVC Curriculum for Vocation Ministers was ratified by the National Board in 2009 and was amended at its fall meeting in September 2022.
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
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Updates Attendees at the 2022 convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference show off a centerpiece candle.
--- 2023 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Call beyond borders
2020 Virtual Convocation Update Updated Sept. 3, 2020 What Convocation is all about In collaboration with its members and strategic partners, the National Religious Vocation Conference's biennial Convocation
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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
2022 Convocation Registration is open Join us for Convocation! Registration is open for our biennial Convocation hosted by the Pacific Northwest Member Area, in Spokane, WA, November 3-6, 2022.
Four tips toward a better newsletter Quick ideas to put oomph in your newsletter An excellent newsletter will reflect well on your community.
The series began in September 2021 and will include five more sessions.
--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?
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2022 Winter Book notes: Books to read with discerners Both of these books are available at nrvc.net/store For purchase at nrvc.net/store.
--- 2022 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Young adult realities
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Convocation Business Meeting Friends, before you know it, we will be gathering in lovely Spokane, Washington, for our 2022 Convocation.
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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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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
Cultural awareness matters in assessing candidates for religious life, written by Helga Leija, Global Sisters Report, September 16, 2025.
NRVC publications win nine awards NRVC is honored that its publications won nine awards from the Catholic Press Association in 2022. Congratulations to our outstanding writers and editors!
The next opportunity for professional education will be February 20-22, 2018 at the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio, Texas.
Convocation 2020 virtual The NRVC board has made the decision to convert 2020 Convocation to a virtual gathering rather than meeting in Spokane.
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When the NRVC Member Area Coordinators (MACs) gathered for their annual meeting in September, 2022, they visited the Gateway Arch and the Basilica of St. Louis as part of a vocation pilgrimage.
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
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Nominations are due by August 1, 2022. The NRVC Board selects from the nominations at its Fall meeting.
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
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Look specifically at page six, Responsibilities of Members for Vocation Ministry and consider ways to communicate these eight areas to every member of your institute: Share at summer assemblies, newsletters
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
Vocation directors, communicators, and a focus group of young adults convened by NRVC met in September in Chicago to begin designing a "Vocation Ambassadors" program.
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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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
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., July 20-22 Orientation Program by Brother Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C. and Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M., July 24-28 The Assessment of Family of Origin Issues for Candidates to Religious Life by Father
--- 2015 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Rise, have no fear
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
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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.
--- History of Religious Life
--- History of religious life, NRVC
--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
For the NRVC, I've been a Talk it up Tuesday presenter, and I'll be on the board starting in September 2025.
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By late 2002, at the end of three rounds of funding, 88 church-related colleges and universities all across the country had received grants to enable them to mount programs focused on this theme.
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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2020 Virtual Convocation registration fees This article was updated July 15, 2020. Registration for 2020 Virtual Convocation begins by September 2020. Schedule and fees to be determined.
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2020 Pre-Convocation virtual workshops to be determined Updated Sept. 29, 2020.
2022 Convocation Register today Join us for Convocation! Registration is open for our biennial Convocation hosted by the Pacific Northwest Member Area, in Spokane, WA, November 3-6, 2022.
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2020 Convocation pivots to virtual gathering Schedule, speakers, and registration to come. Updated July 15, 2020. 2020 Convocation will be a virtual gathering rather than a convening in Spokane, WA.
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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.
Pre-Convocation: Dynamic Communication Strategies Pre-Convocation Workshop Communiucation Pre-Convocation Workshop on November 3, 2022 This Pre-Convocation workshop will focus on three areas: internal
Logo chosen for 2020 convocation Summer Institute participants vote This article was updated July 15, 2020. Please not that the 2020 Convocation will NOT be in Spokane, WA.
2022 NCYC November 10-12, 2022 NCYC (National Catholic Youth Conference) is a powerfully unique three-day experience in Long Beach, CA, of prayer, community, evangelization, catechesis, service,
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Attendance in our churches seems to be mainly the older population, although World Youth Day 2002 helped.
--- Immigration and International Issues
--- International approaches to vocation ministry
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 1 -- Vocation realities around the world
Read more here. 2022 Convocation Call Beyond Boards For those who welcome details about our recent convocation in November 2022, that information is below.
Sister Corrina Thomas, F.S.P.A. is one of four new NRVC Board members as of September 2025.
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2020 Virtual Convocation registration to open by September. This article was updated July 15, 2020.
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An insightful analysis of youth today is reported in an article by Mary Anne Reese published in the September 22, 2003 issue of America.3 What follows is a brief summary of her work.
--- Reconciliation
--- 2004 HORIZON No. 3 -- Making the most of diversity
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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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No increase to 2021 NRVC annual membership fees We are happpy to report that NRVC annual membership fees will remain the same in 2021.
FL November 20-22, 2025, NFCYM National Catholic Youth Conference January 1-5, 2026, FOCUS SEEK, Columbus, Denver, and Fort Worth February 13-15, 2026, Dallas Catholic Youth Conference February 19
Note: If you vaguely remember having read an article like this last summer in this newsletter, you're not losing your mind.
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The suggestions are based on the 2020 Study of New Vocations to Religious Life conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the National Religious Vocation Conference.
--- 2023 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Synodality and collaboration
--- Leadership of religious communities
--- Vocation ministry
After much prayer and discernment with our Leadership Team, I transitioned into the vocation world in September 2009.
--- December 2013 newsletter
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