2016 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Mercy and vocations

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Editor's note

Mercy and meaning

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

What do we live for? How do we show God’s mercy? To what do we dedicate our lives? Read more...

Updates

Vocation activites and opportunities this summer, Convocation "save the date," plug into parishes April 17, and more. Read more...

Year of Mercy: renewing a cornerstone of faith

The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is an opportunity to reflect on the nature of mercy and to renew our efforts to practice it. Read more...

How mercy connects to vocation

By Br. Jonathan Beebe C.S.C., Sr. Camille D’Arienzo R.S.M., Sr. Michelle Lesher S.S.J., and Br. William Sprauer O.S.B.

Vocation directors and other leaders in religious life respond to the question of how mercy is related to a religious life vocation--and to vocation ministry. Read more...

How universities can cultivate vocations

By Fr. Vincent J. O’Malley C.M.

A study of 22 universities sheds light on what encourages young people to choose a church vocation. Read more...

Equipping teens with tools for discernment

By Sister Julia Walsh F.S.P.A.

What do teenagers need from religious communities and vocation directors? Can our contact with them help foster vocational discernment? Read more...

How one community renewed its spirit and attracted new members

By Fr. Dave Donnay O.S.C. and Fr. Richard McGuire O.S.C.

The Crosier community’s renewal process was not easy, but ultimately it created a stronger community that is now attracting new members. Read more...

Feed your spirit

Who are we?

By Father Timothy Radcliffe O.P.

Our lives as religious point to the central question of every life. Who is God calling me to be? Vocation directors keep raising this sacred question. Read more...

Book notes

Classic Nouwen wisdom

By Edward Hahnenberg

"To read Nouwen’s simple stories is to be reminded that the call of vocation ministry is not to manage a decision, but to nurture growth in the awareness that Jesus is the beloved of God and—just as important—that every single one of us is God’s beloved." Read more...

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