This one day workshop, Candidate Assessment through the Lens of Interculturality, aims to equip participants with the skills to assess applicants for admission with cultural sensitivity, acknowledging the socio-economic factors and generational trauma that affect discerners and vowed members today. It addresses the impact of these factors on health and ... Read More

In the ever-expanding world of new technology, communications, and marketing, vocation ministers must communicate well via various forms to promote religious vocations and accompany inquirers and discerners effectively. This hands-on Vocation Promotion for Today's Discerners workshop will explore strategic communication planning, social media content development and analysis of its ... Read More

This Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors is essential for all newly appointed vocation directors and teams. Its goal is to provide participants with the foundational skills, context, theory, challenges, and practicalities of contemporary vocation ministry. Topics will include accompaniment with inquirers, assessment of discerners, application and admission processes, vocation promotion, canon law, ... Read More

This Behavioral Assessment 1 workshop teaches practical interviewing techniques in a theoretical framework of behavioral assessment. While the focus is on the initial assessment of candidates, the methodology is readily adapted to assessing candidates in other stages of formation. Interview topics include family background, educational and occupational histories, psychosexual histories ... Read More