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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April 15, 2025 and February 12, 2025 Minutes from October 3, 2024 and December 10, 2024 Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August 29, 2023 Coordinators Sister Michele Fisher

--- Member Area News

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

--- 2023 Posts

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

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

Renewing your NRVC Membership for 2023 will continue to provide you with these invaluable resources and opportunities and SO MUCH MORE!

--- 2022 Posts

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

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

--- 2023 Posts

[ National Office ]  

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

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

--- Collaborator Information

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

--- Links to Studies & Reports

[ National Office ]  

In 2013, there are 68,004 Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests in the United States.

--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
--- Future of Religious Life
--- Future of religious life

[ Sister Susan Francois C.S.J.P. ]  

Updates Our Fall 2023 workshops will take place online. Photo by headway, Unsplash.

--- 2023 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Synodality and collaboration

Vocation ministry dates for 2023 The church has several dates dedicated to promoting and celebrating religious life.

--- 2022 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--Staying grounded

Let's Get Together at Summer Institute The 2023 NRVC Summer Institute will be offered in person this year at the Marillac Center in Leavenworth, KS.

--- 2023 Posts

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

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.

--- News

2023 World Youth Day, Portugal August 1-6, 2023 Mark your calendars for World Youth Day celebrated August 1-6, 2023.  Check the official website frequently for updated information.

--- World Youth Day

2023 World Youth Day, Portugal August 1-6, 2023 Mark your calendars for World Youth Day celebrated August 1-6, 2023.  Check the official website frequently for updated information.

--- World Youth Day

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

2023 NCYC November 16-18, 2023 The NRVC is promoting vocations at NCYC!

--- NCYC - National Catholic Youth Conference
--- Fall & winter events

Meinrad, in December 2013 and at Holy Name Retreat Center, Houston, TX in January 2014 to focus on new membership issues. Approximately 125 men attended one of the two identical events.

--- Moving Forward in Hope Gatherings

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]   [ Compiled by Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

2023 World Youth Day, Portugal August 1-6, 2023 Mark your calendars for World Youth Day celebrated August 1-6, 2023.  Check the official website frequently for updated information.

--- Spring & summer events

Meinrad, IN in December 2013 and at Holy Name Retreat Center, Houston, TX in January 2014 to focus on new membership issues. Approximately 125 men attended one of the two identical events.

--- February 2014 newsletter

., November 1-3 Rest Stops for The Soul: Transformation for Vocation Ministers (Redemptorist Renewal Center) by Father Joseph Nassal, CPPS, December 10-13.

--- 2013 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Inviting young people

2023 Talk It Up Tuesdays Member meetup   NRVC is bringing back our popular  "Talk It Up Tuesdays,"  in February.

--- Fall & winter events
--- Spring & summer events

NCYC Nov. 20-23, 2025 Register today...

CARA 2023 Entrance Class Report Published The CARA Entrance Class of 2023 report is published and contains significant information about the 153 men and 126 women who entered religious life last year.

--- 2024 Posts

[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M. ]  

Advent Days of Reflection and Renewal December 14-17, 2015   Advent can be the ideal time for busy vocation and formation ministers to slow down for much needed self-care and intensive prayer.

--- 2016 Programs/Events

International Vocation Conference reconvenes in Paris December 1-2 Sister Nathalie Becquart, Xav. of the French bishops' conference, will host the Paris meeting.

--- December 2015 newsletter

during faith formation retreats, here are a few more ideas to consider: The Annual Global Celebration of Youth and Young Adults is celebrated on the Solemnity of Christ the King, (November 25-26, 2023

--- 2023 Posts

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

We invite you to prayerfully consider completing a nomination form to serve on the Board beginning in the Fall of 2023 until Fall of 2026. You are welcome to nominate yourself or other NRVC members.

--- 2022 Posts

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

Pilgrimage, July 2024.

--- Collaborator Information

, July 2024.

--- Collaborator Information

Registration for the 2023 Fall Institute is Open! The 2023 Summer Institute workshops are in full swing in Leavenworth, KS.

--- 2023 Posts

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

NRVC promoting vocations in church organizations Sister Debbie to do workshops, online chats During December NRVC's Sister Deborah Borneman, SS.C.M., director of member relations and services, will be

--- December 2016 newsletter

Summer Institute is July 10-24, 2023 -- Let’s Learn Together in Leavenworth, KS! The 2023 Summer Institute in Leavenworth, KS, is less than a month away!

--- 2023 Posts

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

NRVC Board 2025 -2026 The NRVC Board 2025 Row 1: Brother Joseph Bach, O.F.M. Conv.; Board Vice Chair Sister Eileen McCann, C.S.J.; Board Vice Chair Brother John Skrodinsky, S.T.

--- Board & staff

NRVC Member Renewal Rates for 2023 To help you budget for the coming year, the NRVC is announcing our 2023 membership renewal rates. Single membership will be $840.00.

--- 2022 Posts

[ Maureen Cetera, Director of Finance and Operations ]  

Executive director search continues Application deadline: December 16 The NRVC Board continues to accept applications from vowed religious for the position of executive director.

--- November 2016 newsletter

West Coast Member Area Gathering December 10, 2025 via Zoom

--- Calendar (Note: Only first 10 events will display on Splash Page)

NRVC to be part of National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry In Tampa in December Two of NRVC's own will be part of the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry December 6-8 in Tampa, Florida

--- October 2018 newsletter

Updates Advent Days of Renewal & Reflection  From December 10-13, 2013 the National Religious Vocation Conference is sponsoring “Advent Days of Renewal and Reflection” with a theme of Rest Stops

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

Updates Summer Institute workshops set Participants in the 2013 Summer Institute in Chicago share a light moment.

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

The Challenge of Synodality Webinar, January 11, 2022 by AHLMA and RFC Witnessing Joy: Catholic Sisters Today presented by Dr. Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, January 13, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

--- Dates to Remember

Member areas update Delaware Valley, Mid-Atlantic, West Coast, Pacific Northwest to meet soon Members of the Mid-Atlantic member area gathered October 5 and will meet again December

--- November 2016 newsletter

It is also one of the goals in the 2019-2023 NRVC Strategic Plan: Enhance collaborative efforts for engaging the culturally diverse young Church in discerning and impacting the future of religious life

--- NCYC - National Catholic Youth Conference

As of December 2003, over $500,000,000 had been spent for therapy for victims and offenders, for settlements, and for attorney’s fees.

--- Sex abuse
--- 2005 HORIZON No. 2 -- Convocation 2004: Fidelity to Jesus, Paradigm of Hope
--- Sexuality & Sexual Misconduct

[ Kathleen L. McChesney ]  

2013 NCYC Catholic teens had a chance to meet and converse with more than 200 vocation ministers and members of religious communities who attended the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis

--- December 2013 newsletter
--- NCYC - National Catholic Youth Conference

cards, published symposium talks, and more RFC to host workshop, webinar The Religious Formation Conference is sponsoring the last of a series of workshops to encourage contemplation and conversation on December

--- December 2016 newsletter

NRVC members are encouraged to renew their membership by December 31 to avoid missing out on benefits, such as the Winter HORIZON and the opportunity to apply for education assistance from the National

--- December 2015 newsletter

In July of 2023, I started my sixth year in vocation ministry.

--- I am NRVC!

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