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Brother Larry Schatz, F.S.C.

The 2022 convocation in Spokane was delightful, letting me finally meet my peers in person, rather than on a screen. What ideas have you used lately that you have been excited about?

--- I am NRVC!

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Member area news

General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next meeting: August 29, 2023, in Philadelphia Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023 Minutes

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Monthly NRVC newsletter

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

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5, 1:00 - 2:30 pm via Zoom Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August 29, 2023 Minutes from May 18, 2022, November 21, 2022 Minutes from April 27, 2021, Minutes from January

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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.

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Member area news

General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next meeting: Spring TBA Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023, August 29, 2023 Minutes from

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Updates

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?

NRVC in the news

In a secular age, some young Americans still choose religious life, Religion News Service, written by Elizabeth Evans,  January 2, 2024.

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NRVC office closed MLK day

NRVC office closed MLK day The NRVC office will be closed on January 17, 2022 as the United States honors the birth, life, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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2022 Convocation

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

--- Fall & winter events

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Convocation Business Meeting

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

--- 2022 Posts

[ Maureen Cetera, Director of Finance and Operations ]  

Four tips toward a better newsletter

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

--- May 2014 newsletter

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Vocation ministry in Canada today

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

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

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Grant Application Window Opens for the National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations (NFCRV)

Grant Application Window Opens for the National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations (NFCRV) The National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations will accept on-line applications from NRVC members from January

--- 2022 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

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Member Area news

General member area information Member Directory and interactive map Delaware Valley Next gathering: June 22, 2024, Huntingdon Valley, PA Minutes from January 23, 2023, March 2, 2023, June 5, 2023

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Updates

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

Where to find NRVC publications online and how to submit article ideas

find NRVC publications online and how to submit article ideas Digital edition/online archives/submissions NRVC news Archives While news is now posted on the homepage, archived editions of the former newsletter

--- About HORIZON

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Updates

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

Collaborator News and Events

, July 2024.

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NRVC publications win nine awards

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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GHR Foundation awards grant to NRVC

GHR Foundation awards grant to NRVC In January the NRVC was awarded a grant by the GHR Foundation to enhance the use of data collected in its 2020 study and to use the study’s information to articulate

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2020 Virtual Convocation Update

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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2021 Talk it Up Tuesdays

Topics and presenters for 2021 Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Intentional Approaches to Engage Young Adults presented by Brother John Eustice, C.S.V. and Daniel Masterton Tuesday, February 2, 2021  Join the

Fall Institute educates 59

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

Collaborator News and Events

September 14, 2024, Diocese of Sacramento, Vocations Carnival September 28-29, 2024, Christ Our Life Regional Catholic Conference,  Des Moines, IA October 5, 2024, Eucharistic Congress, Ocean City, MD

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Here's an idea for animating membership

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

--- 2022 Posts

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

News of our collaborators

Fifty-five people took part in a January Life Awareness Retreat hosted by the Archdiocese of San Antonio, with assistance from many religious communities.

--- February 2018 newsletter

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Nominate a member of the NRVC for Recognition

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

--- 2022 Posts

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

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Hilton Foundation grant, 2023-2025 Grappling with interculturality continues to emerge as a need among our members.  Thanks to a generous three-year grant from the Conrad N.

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HORIZON and VISION win 12 awards

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

Webinar on vocation ministry strategies Nov. 17

Save the date for a January 13 evening webinar on collaboration in vocation ministry!

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NRVC collaborators show support for 2020 study

NRVC collaborators show support for 2020 study Representatives gathered at a convening in Buffalo prior to the start of the NRVC Convocation Representatives of nine national organizations recently gave

--- 2020 Study on Recent Vocations Archives

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Discernment approaches

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

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Sister Mary Yun, O.P.

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
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New knowledge about sexual abuse by Catholic clergy

The January 2002 revelations by the Boston Globe and other media characterized a crisis that the Catholic Church could neither refute nor accurately describe.

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

[ Kathleen L. McChesney ]  

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Talking with video

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 ]  

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Vocation

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.

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[ Craig Dykstra ]  

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How it all began

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

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

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Updates

Updates Pictured here are nine of the 52 people who attended an ethics workshop that NRVC offered online during its 2020 Summer Institute.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Focus on hope, Convocation edition

Ministry openings

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

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Updates

• Understanding, Assessing, and Fostering Psycho-Sexual Integration, July 20-23, 2020, Presented by Sister Lynn M. Levo, C.S.J., Ph.D.

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 1 Winter — Accompaniment

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What are the best practices for “Come and See” events?

NRVC-CARA study of new members  Involving others in the community Most vocation directors communicated news of an upcoming discernment event by e-mail blasts to members, information in the community’s newsletter

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--- 2011 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Charism and vocation ministry
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[ Joel Schorn ]  

Pre-Convocation: Dynamic Communication Strategies

Pre-Convocation: Dynamic Communication Strategies Pre-Convocation Workshop Communiucation Pre-Convocation Workshop on November 3, 2022 This Pre-Convocation workshop will focus on three areas: internal

--- Fall & winter events

2022 Convocation

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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Convocation

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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Updates

., 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

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What vocation education for adults might look like if we got serious about it

The listening sessions from January 1998 until the NRVC convocation in September 1998 produced reams of information which is discussed in other articles in this edition of HORIZON.

--- 1999 HORIZON No. 2 -- Parent nurturing of vocations

[ Jane Mary Lorbiecki S.S.N.D. ]  

For Vocation Directors: How VISION Vocation Guide works for you

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

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Updates

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

NRVC Staff

Marge will be retiring from the NRVC in August 2024.  Email: margyelan@nrvc.net  Sister Dina Bato, S.P.

--- Board & staff