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Mentoring and programs for youth and young adults - Sharing our wisdom

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

Sharing our wisdom comes naturally, doesn’t it? When moms get together, they compare notes on everything from teething to handling kids that talk back. When writers gather, they dissect their latest projects and which editors are good to work with and which to avoid. Read more...

NRVC survey on mentoring reveals positive experiences

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

Clearly, mentoring has a positive impact on both parties involved, as well as on the larger religious community. That is the overriding message from the membership survey on mentoring that the National Religious Vocation Conference conducted last summer. Read more...

Handling the subtleties of vocation mentoring

By Carole A. Riley C.D.P.

Usually a 10 p.m. phone call signals a student canceling an appointment. As I answered the telephone, Molly said, “You’re the most spiritual person I know; could I be a nun?” Read more...

Effective vocation programs with a mentoring dimension

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

There are many ways to bring together those who are considering religious life and those who have lived it for years. Any time people from those two groups come together, the door is opened for mentor-type relationships to emerge. Read more...

How we stay in touch with promising high school students

By John Hanley O.S.F.S.

In the preface of Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales pointed out that the advice given in his new book was not original, nor should it be. Read more...

Vocation outreach to former and current volunteers

By Sr. Theresa Rickard O.P.

Who do we want to target in our vocation outreach efforts? Are they not young adults with hearts on fire with compassion for the poor, young adults seeking a faith community, who are generous risk-tak-ers, seeking to live simply and justly? The many and varied apostolic volunteer programs attract people like this, and these are the types of young adults with whom we want to be engaged. Of course, not all should or will enter a religious congregation, but many have the capacity, skills and interest to at least consider religious life as a viable option. Read more...

Forming youth leaders in a vocation ministry context

By Corey Brost C.S.V. and Mike Moseley

Here’s a vocation story from the Viatorians. John (not his real name) moved around a lot with his family, finally winding up in a Viatorian high school. Read more...

Sister, you go girl: a cool way to present religious life to young people

By Danielle Rossi

I am very interested in the future of religious life. As a candidate for the Sisters of St. Read more...

Volleyball as a vocation tool

By Vicki Lichtenauer S.C.L. and Barbara Schrader S.C.L.

They ask us, “Where are you?” As women religious we are frequently asked this question. Many of us no longer wear a habit or work in the traditional settings of education or health care, so it is a challenge to be a visible sign of religious life. Read more...

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Short-term volunteer stints have proven to be a good way for Sister Jenny Wilson, R.S.M. to get to know women who might consider religious life. Building a relationship with people is key, she says, and the volunteer experience allows time for that. Read more...

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