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Admissions - Won’t you be mine?

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

Remember those funny little candy hearts that show up around Valentine’s Day? Despite some strange new ones like, “E Mail,” “Time out,” and “Whatever,” most are expressions of affection: “Dream girl,” “Lover Boy,” “EZ to love.” And then some go right to the heart of the matter. Read more...

The basics of psychological assessment

HORIZON interviews Donna Markham, OP, Ph.D.

Yes, there are three requisites vocation ministers should evaluate when considering accepting a candidate for entry to a community. The first concerns the capacity a person has to form healthy attachments to other people. Read more...

Finding a psychologist to help with assessment

By Sr. Carol Mucha R.S.M.

While doing its own behavioral assessment of a candidate is the first step for any community, it’s also good to work with a psychologist who can answer the community’s questions and conduct psychological tests. Many experienced vocation ministers feel such tests should primarily serve to confirm a community’s own behavioral assessment. Read more...

Developing policies regarding HIV testing for applicants

By Jon Fuller S.J., MD

In recent years the number of known instances of HIV-infected religious and clergy has grown. In response many dioceses and religious orders have grappled with the question of whether to institute HIV antibody tests for those who request admission to the order or seminary. Read more...

Religion during adversity: What it tells us about vocation candidates

By Joseph J. Guido OP

Vocation ministers often hear stories of how grace has triumphed over adversity and in the process revealed or confirmed a vocation to church life and ministry. Candidates tell stories of conversion, renewal and return to the practice of the faith, of turning away from sin, the development of prayer and the deepening of understanding, the decisive importance of a mystical experience, a devotion to Mary or the role of a confessor, and the sudden or gradual conviction that one has been called. Read more...

Reflections on “emerging adults”

They don't make 30 like they used to!

By Don Bisson F.M.S.

Religious love to tell stories, especially stories from the trenches of difficulties and struggles. The stories have both drama and humor, with some hyperbole attached to scenes, and the stories seem to grow through the years. Read more...

How communities are using admissions boards

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

The matter of whether to allow someone to join your religious community is delicate. The stakes are high because the very course of a person’s life is at hand, and so is the vitality and health of the larger community. Read more...

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