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Click here to download the 2001 (2000) Horizon No. 1 Fall edition in pdf form. Read more...

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Gearing up for fall

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

It’s that time of the year again. For me, mom duties have kicked in full blast. Read more...

Developing a culture of vocations

By Bishop Robert J. Carlson

What would American Catholic life be like if vocations were a high priority in every parish, school and Catholic institution? In the following article, Bishop Robert J. Carlson reflects upon what a “culture of vocations” would mean for our church. Read more...

A new form of membership: temporary commitment

HORIZON interviews Joan Chittister, OSB, about the temporary membership program of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pa.

Permanent commitment scares away young people. That’s not news to vocation ministers, for American culture has made a decisive shift toward postponing major life commitments. Read more...

Seeking a new dawn together: organizing a vocation symposium

By Mary Pat LeRoy S.N.J.M.

This is an adventure story lived by many people for the sake of mission and new life in our congregation, the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.1 There are hundreds of versions of this story about how our congregation turned our collective focus toward new membership for the sake of mission. Read more...

Young men speak out about priesthood and religious life

By Marvin Kitten S.J.

Vocations seem to be like juries these days, a friend of mine once observed: many people think they are a good idea, want to have them, would be upset if they went away, but not too many want to serve on them! Read more...

What religious communities should know about Gen X

A young vocation minister speaks out

By Sister Mary Pellegrino C.S.J.

Born in 1963, I am one of Generation X’s older members. And as a member of the Sisters of St. Read more...

Meeting our diocesan counterparts: a positive joint meeting of NRVC and NCDVD

By Kathleen Pales S.S.J.

Aware that both national vocation organizations have long recognized the value of collaboration, members of the two groups in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey region decided last year to meet. We felt the time was right to come together to pray, socialize, and talk about how we can work together more effectively. Read more...

Index of 1999 - 2000 HORIZON

“Hope in vocation ministry is not an oxymoron,” by Catherine Bertrand, SSND, p. 3. Read more...

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