New? Take NRVC's orientation workshop

Are you new or recently appointed to vocation ministry? Or do you know someone recently appointed as vocation minister for a religious institute?

The presenters at the NRVC Orientation Program for New Vocation Ministers will be Brother Paul Bednarczyck, C.S.C. and Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M.

The Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors will be offered July 24-28, 2015 in Chicago, and October 18-22 in Leavenworth, Kansas.

This workshop is foundational. It provides participants with skills, context, theory, challenges, and practicalities of contemporary vocation ministry. Topics include:  theology of call; candidate issues; discernment, assessment and the application process; the role of membership and religious leadership; advertising and education; ethics and boundaries; and self-care of the vocation director.

Limited housing is available. For details and registration see nrvc.net.