Please introduce yourself and your role with the NRVC. I am Sister Lisa Laguna, and I am a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. I am also a former NRVC Board member. How did you come to vocation ministry? In 2010, I was asked by my community to work in vocation ministry. You could say I came to vocation ministry through obedience. However, I also feel that my greatest lessons as a vocation director have been gained through obedience to the needs of discerners, rather t

Please introduce yourself and your role with the NRVC. My name is Sister Caryn Crook, and I am a Sister of Saint Francis of the Neumann Communities. I have been a vocation minister for almost 12 years. I am also a Member Area Coordinator with the Lake Erie, Ohio River Member Area. How did you come to vocation ministry? In 2014, my community participated in the “Moving Forward in Hope” Vocation Ministry Program. There were pink pieces of paper in the middle of the table. Siste

Briefly introduce yourself and your role with the NRVC. I am Sister Eileen McCann, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. I am the Vocation Promoter for my congregation and also serve on our Congregational Leadership Team. Presently, I serve on the NRVC Board as one of the vice chairs. How did you come to vocation ministry? I was privileged to minister to and with the younger members of our Church for many years. I then left that ministry to serve in lea

Please introduce yourself and your role with the NRVC. My name is Sabrina Harper. I am the Vocations Promoter for the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, East-West Province. I am also a MAC with NRVC for the West Coast. How did you come to vocation ministry? I came to vocation ministry through parish work. I served as a Pastoral Associate at a parish within the Archdiocese of San Francisco. My role included administration of the parish, as well as faith formation for families, yo

Please introduce yourself and your role with the NRVC. My name is Bro. Mark Motz, and I am a Marianist in the Society of Mary. I currently serve as the MAC for the Southwest Member Area and have been in active Vocation Ministry for 14 years, while also being the full-time Province Vocation Director for the last 9 years. How did you come to vocation ministry? The Vow of Obedience. I say that with some jest, but seriously, I hate to travel and didn't think I was good at pub

Please introduce yourself and your role with the NRVC. I am Friar Mario L. Serrano, OFM Conv., a Franciscan Friar Conventual, currently serving as the vocation director for the Province of Our Lady of Consolation (Midwest | Southwest Province). I also serve as the current board chair for the NRVC and have assisted with the Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors and the Fall Convocation. How did you come to vocation ministry? As a Franciscan, I was appointed vocation d

Please introduce yourself. I am a vocation minister for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, NY. I have been a contributing writer to Horizon, a presenter for NRVC Convocation & workshops, and I am the grateful recipient of the 2022 NRVC Outstanding Member Recognition Award. How long have you been involved in vocation ministry? Tell us about your other ministries. I have been a Vocation Director since 2003 and an SSJ Volunteer Coordinator since 1996. I have also been a Pub

Please tell us a little about yourself. I am a codirector of the InterCongregational Collaborative Novitiate in Chicago and the novice director for my community, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. At this time in my life, I am at a crossroads space because I am moving out of my current position as a formator into another beautiful, sacred space of sabbatical time. At the end of the year, I will have discerned/been called to a new ministry. This much I know: that I

Sister Carolyn Martin, L.S.P. was a carefree teenager when she first met her community, the Little Sisters of the Poor, by happenstance. "They were happy, genuinely happy," she recounts on a 2016 Moth Radio Hour segment, "I remember thinking, I see people racing all around frantically looking for happiness and these women in their poverty and simplicity, they have it!" That hooked her, and she has now been with her community for 50+ years. What roles do you play in vocation

“I’m an off-the-charts extrovert,” says Mrs. Teri Iverson, vocation ministry coordinator for the Sisters of the Precious Blood in Dayton, Ohio. “I love building relationships and connecting with people in person at conferences and events.” She comes to vocation ministry after three decades in youth ministry. Are you part of a vocation team? Yes. The other team members are the director of initial formation, director of novices, director of temporary professed, and the congre

Being connected to others doing similar ministry is a big reason that Friar Emanuel Vasconcelos, O.F.M.Conv. is part of the NRVC. He is vocation director for the Franciscan Friars Conventual, Our Lady of the Angels Province. He is also a Mid-Atlantic Member Area Coordinator, along with Sister Jean Rhoades, D.C. How long have you been in vocation ministry, and what did you do prior to this? This is my third year in vocation ministry, and I work alongside another friar in my p

Sister Kim Xuan Nguyen C.C.V.I. is a chiropractor. But now, instead of, "Where does it hurt?" she may be more likely to ask, “What brings you joy?” She is the vocation minister for the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston. She’s also the Southwest Area Coordinator of the NRVC. How long have you been a vocation minister? I’m in my third year. What has helped you with this ministry? The NRVC has been very helpful to me as I’ve begun my role as a vocation direct