Topics and presenters for 2023 Tuesday,  February 21, 2023, Welcome Home: Houses on Discernment and Intentional Communities, presented by  Sister Caryn Crook, O.S.F.

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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

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., May 15, 2025. House of Discernment blends vocations and intercongregational community, written by Julie Ferraro, National Catholic Reporter, March 6, 2025.

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

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

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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., campus minister, and Craig Gould, young adult minister, will be the speakers for the interactive webinar on March 3, "Wellsprings of support for vocations."

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

Catholic Sisters Week (CSW), March 8-14, is right around the corner!

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

The series began in September 2021 and will include five more sessions.

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

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.

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appear in the Winter 2025 edition of HORIZON and eventually on YouTube.

--- HORIZON No. 4 Fall 2024--Vocation discernment

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.

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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.

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Feb. 14-16, 2025, Dallas Catholic Youth Conference February 20-23, 2025, LA Religious Education Congress March 18-20, 2025 Vocations Jamboree, Bismarck, ND April 22-24, 2025 NCEA Conference, Orlando

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The NRVC office will be closed on January 16, 2023, as the United States honors the birth, life, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   Dr. King was born on January 15, 1929.

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[ Phil Loftus ]  

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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Mental Health Matters Saint Luke Institute and Saint Meinrad Seminary are sponsoring "Mental Health Matters," a human formation conference April 20-23 at St. Meinrad, Indiana.

--- March 2020 newsletter

The Synod began in 2021 and is still continuing beyond 2024. Learn more about the Synod by using these helpful links. 

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2025 Vocation Promotion for Today’s Discerners July 19-20, 2025 on-site   Workshop description Have you ever tried to connect with young people about how God may call them to serve, only to find that

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Catholic Sisters Week, March 8-14   Catholic Sisters Week (CSW) invites all to celebrate women religious from March 8-14.

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National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, 2014 National Catholic Sisters Week is taking place March 8-14, 2014 with a series of events taking place at St.

--- March 2014 newsletter

Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, 2026 Plan now...

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Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14 About Catholic Sisters Week Catholic Sisters Week (CSW) invites all to celebrate women religious (Sisters and nuns) from March 8-14.

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[ National Office ]  

Catholic Sisters Week Plans underway for March 8-14 National Catholic Sisters Week will take place March 8-14.

--- March 2018 newsletter

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

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

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.

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

Still time to nominate a board member March 1 deadline Some of NRVC's current board members: Sister Anita Quigley, S.H.C.J.; Sister Kristin Matthes, S.N.D.de N.; and Brother Tom

--- February 2017 newsletter

Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14 Join our celebration in Chicago Catholic Sisters Week will take place March 8-14, and organizers are asking groups to share information about how they are marking the celebration

--- March 2020 newsletter

March 8-14 National Catholic Sisters Week Celebrate women religious The 2016 National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW) takes place March 8-14.

--- March 2016 Newsletter

Press Release: 2020 Study on U.S. Catholic Religious Vocations reveals steady entrance since 2003 FOR RELEASE MARCH 25, 2020 NATIONAL RELIGIOUS VOCATION CONFERENCE NRVC.NET   2020 Study on U.S.

--- 2020 Study on Recent Vocations Archives

National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14, 2014, part of Women's History Month Molly Hazelton and Mary Soher, OP, are heading up the National Catholic Sisters Week event in March.  

--- February 2014 newsletter

February 25 Delaware Valley, Philadelphia March 2 Mid-Atlantic, Baltimore March 12, West Coast (meeting by ZOOM)

--- February 2020 newsletter

I’ve been our  vocation director since March 2003. Are you part of a vocation team?

--- November 2013 newsletter
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2023 NCYC November 16-18, 2023 The NRVC is promoting vocations at NCYC!

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Region 1   May 2 Region 2   March 10, May 5, May 7 Region 3   April 29 Region 4   March 25, May 5-6 Region 5   Met January 15, next meeting September 18 Region 6   May TBA Region 7   April 28 Region 8  

--- March 2015 newsletter

Nominate a colleague to NRVC Board Submit names by March 1 The current NRVC Board. Do you know an outstanding vocation minister? 

--- January 2017 newsletter

Updates News about religious vocations NRVC condemns racism The 2019-2020 NRVC Board The national reckoning over racial injustice in the United States has been part of the conversation at the National

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 3 Summer — Inviting diversity

Webinar 4 | Wellsprings of support for vocations March 3, 2022 | 7 p.m. Central Primary audience: CAMPUS MINISTERS | YOUTH MINISTERS | VOCATION MINISTERS | DISCERNERS.  All are welcome.

--- 2020 Study on Recent Vocations Archives

by Thomas Ryan, CSP, in America (March 24, 2003).

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--- 2004 HORIZON No. 3 -- Making the most of diversity

[ Patricia McCann R.S.M. ]  

A report released in March 2021 showed that 309 men and women entered U.S. religious orders in 2020 in spite of the many restrictions brought on by COVID-19.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 2 Spring -- Race, culture, and new members

I’m part of a “Pray, Walk, Eat” event taking place in Washington, DC in March 2022. It is something very new to me, and I am looking forward to the experience.

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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 ]  

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.

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

Education grants Applications due March 15 Vocation directors have until March 15 to request help with education debt of candidates.

--- March 2016 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

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[ 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.

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

Pilgrimage, July 2024.

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, July 2024.

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

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

.; concludes: June 13, noon REGISTRATION: Applications accepted Feb. 1 - March 15, 2016 Who is participating? Participants in the Vocation Ambassadors Program have now been selected.

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