Updates Attendees at the 2022 convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference show off a centerpiece candle.

--- 2023 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Call beyond borders

Register for the 2023 Fall Institute. It’s a new year to learn. Register for the 2023 Fall Institute today!

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[ Sr. Dina Bato S.P., Director of Membership ]  

Young nuns: Two diverse paths to a rare a life of faith, written by Jessie Wardarski, AP News, December 20, 2024.

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Monthly NRVC newsletter Focus on Vocation Ministry Monthly newsletters November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017

2022 Convocation Registration is open Join us for Convocation! Registration is open for our biennial Convocation hosted by the Pacific Northwest Member Area, in Spokane, WA, November 3-6, 2022. 

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Your Golden Opportunity – 2022 NRVC Membership Renewal of your NRVC Membership for 2022 (which includes a subscription to the HORIZON journal) will continue to provide you with valuable resources for

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[ Sr. Charlene Herinckx, SSMO, Director of Membership ]  

Convocation Business Meeting Friends, before you know it, we will be gathering in lovely Spokane, Washington, for our 2022 Convocation.

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[ Maureen Cetera, Director of Finance and Operations ]  

Four tips toward a better newsletter Quick ideas to put oomph in your newsletter An excellent newsletter will reflect well on your community.

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Take Behavioral Assessment 2 in Tucson in December   The NRVC will offer the workshop “Behavioral Assessment 2” by Father Raymond P.

--- 2023 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Vow of celibacy

Behavioral Assessment 2       October 5-6, 2021 Behavioral Assessment 1       October 8-10, 2021 Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors       October 12-16, 2021  Navigating Uncertainty with

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Communal and personal wellness

Membership Payment/Dues All memberships are annual beginning January 1 and terminating December 31, regardless of when the membership is paid. 

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., July 20-22 Orientation Program Details and registration by Brother Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C. and Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M., July 24-28 The Assessment of Family of Origin Issues for Candidates

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NRVC publications win nine awards NRVC is honored that its publications won nine awards from the Catholic Press Association in 2022. Congratulations to our outstanding writers and editors!

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The next opportunity for professional education will be February 20-22, 2018 at the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio, Texas.

--- November 2017 newsletter

2020 Virtual Convocation Update Updated Sept. 3, 2020 What Convocation is all about  In collaboration with its members and strategic partners, the National Religious Vocation Conference's biennial Convocation

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[ NRVC National Board ]  

Behavioral Assessment 2 offered Dec. 2-3 in Tucson The NRVC is offering the workshop "Behavioral Assessment 2" December 2-3 at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, Arizona.

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Monthly updates go out through our province newsletter telling members where we stand for the month and year-to-date. Sometimes a push is needed in November and December to reach this goal.

--- Leadership of religious communities
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 4 -- Leadership and vocation ministers working together
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership

[ Jim Kent, O.F.M., Conv. ]  

Look specifically at page six, Responsibilities of Members for Vocation Ministry and consider ways to communicate these eight areas to every member of your institute: Share at summer assemblies, newsletters

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[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]  

Nominations are due by August 1, 2022. The NRVC Board selects from the nominations at its Fall meeting.

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[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]  

Belinda Monahan, O.S.B. to serve as the Vice Chair of Membership and Data until her Board term ends in December 2023. Sr.

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[ National Office ]  

honored by the Catholic Press Association and Associated Church Press in several editorial categories, including best special interest magazine, regular column, reporting on vocations, guest commentary, e-newsletter

--- July 2018 newsletter

Vatican releases statement on brothers Affirms vocation On December 14, the Vatican released a 54-page statement that examines the vocation of brotherhood and affirms its validity.

--- January 2016 newsletter

certain that the Jubilee Year will be for the entire Church a lively experience of grace and hope, I hereby decree that the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican will be opened on 24 December 2024

--- Jubilee Year 2025

HORIZON and the NRVC website and newsletter will carry news of special activities and materials related to the 2015 Year of Consecrated Life. 2014 convocation theme:   “It is good that we are here.

--- 2014 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Vocation to action & contemplation

When people visit your Web site, pick up your newsletter or come across one of your ads in a program book, they should immediately recognize it as belonging to your congregation.

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[ Jean Dennison ]  

In addition many groups now use short films on websites, in e-newsletters, etc.

--- 2018 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Talking with young people
--- Popular Media
--- Communications

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

To help them be part of the ministry, I send them a monthly e-newsletter. Last March Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M. did an in-service for my community about contemporary vocation ministry.

--- November 2016 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!

The first NRVC newsletter, long before the days of e-newsletters. Over time it became clear that only one religious vocation conference was needed.

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--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord

By late 2002, at the end of three rounds of funding, 88 church-related colleges and universities all across the country had received grants to enable them to mount programs focused on this theme.

--- Theology of Vocation

[ Craig Dykstra ]  

Currents in vocation ministry My religious life in three photos In December 2024, the Viatorian Brothers and Priests launched a five-part video series called “My religious life in 3 photos.”  

--- HORIZON No. 2 Spring 2025--New takes on old traditions

The administrative support includes handling correspondence, maintaining financial and other records, processing payments and receipts, coordinating registrations, and updating the website and e-newsletter

--- February 2016 newsletter

2022 Convocation Register today Join us for Convocation! Registration is open for our biennial Convocation hosted by the Pacific Northwest Member Area, in Spokane, WA, November 3-6, 2022. 

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November 15-17, 2025, Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice, Washington DC November 20-22, 2025,  NFCYM National Catholic Youth Conference January 1-5, 2026, FOCUS SEEK, Columbus, Denver, and Fort Worth

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., July 20-22 Orientation Program by Brother Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C. and Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M., July 24-28 The Assessment of Family of Origin Issues for Candidates to Religious Life by Father

--- 2015 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Rise, have no fear

Infographic in Spanish           NRVC/CARA studies & reports 2020 Study on Recent Vocations  2020 Study Brochure 2015 Study on the Role of the Family in Nurturing Vocations to Religious

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[ National Office ]  

Vocation ministers and other religious around the world have been able to share faith and hope with young people and discerners using electronic platforms such as blogs, Facebook, video-sharing, e-mails, e-newsletters

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 2 Spring — New members have abundant hope

Read more here.     2022 Convocation Call Beyond Boards For those who welcome details about our recent convocation in November 2022, that information is below.

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A formal come-and-see-experience, "A Monastic Observance," is scheduled each year from December 26-January 1.

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year=2023   Toot your own horn VISION is your resource, NRVC Members! And it is award-winning year after year.

--- VISION Vocation Guide

2022 NCYC November 10-12, 2022   NCYC (National Catholic Youth Conference) is a powerfully unique three-day experience in Long Beach, CA, of prayer, community, evangelization, catechesis, service,

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Attendance in our churches seems to be mainly the older population, although World Youth Day 2002 helped.

--- International approaches to vocation ministry
--- Immigration and International Issues
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 1 -- Vocation realities around the world

2022 Winter Book notes: Books to read with discerners Both of these books are available at nrvc.net/store For purchase at nrvc.net/store.

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--- 2022 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Young adult realities
--- Discernment

[ Sister Marcia Ziska O.S.B. ]  

honored by the Catholic Press Association and Associated Church Press in several editorial categories, including best special interest magazine, regular column, reporting on vocations, guest commentary, e-newsletter

--- 2018 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Youth, faith, vocation discernment

USCCB CCLV March 8, 2022 Principles of the PPF pre-Confirmatio Bulletin USCCB CCLV March 15, 2022 Principles of the PPF pre-Confirmatio Bulletin USCCB CCLV March 22, 2022 Principles of the PPF pre-Confirmatio

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., July 20-22 Orientation Program by Brother Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C. and Sister  Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M., July 24-28 The Assessment of Family of Origin Issues for Candidates to Religious Life by Father

--- 2015 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Pope Francis and vocations

The suggestions are based on the 2020 Study of New Vocations to Religious Life conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the National Religious Vocation Conference.

--- 2023 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Synodality and collaboration
--- Leadership of religious communities
--- Vocation ministry

2022 Convocation

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Robin Ryan on young adults (scroll to second story) HILTON GRANT   General Overview Moving Forward in Hope Project Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL September 16-18, 2010 In December of 2009

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The remaining five webinars are: Using all avenues to support vocation ministry November 17, 2021. Primary audience: vocation directors Creating a collaborative environment  January 13, 2022.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?

World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2 Celebrated in parishes Feb. 3-4, 2024 About World Day for Consecrated Life In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day for women and men in consecrated

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