Here’s an idea to keep unpacking Convocation! NRVC just released two captivating 2024 Convocation video presentations on our NRVC YouTube Channel.

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

Dream brother, dream sister, dream Look to the future opening new horizons Like the grain of wheat dies to give life Help us, Lord, to be a small seed Simple, tender, happy Help us to allow love to envelop

--- HORIZON No. 1 Winter 2025--Walking humbly together
--- Hope

[ Brother Chris Patiño F.S.C. ]  

This question has personal resonance for me, for I am not a Jesuit. At times I speak to several hundred people about Ignatian discernment, and no one in the room is a Jesuit.

--- HORIZON No. 4 Fall 2024--Vocation discernment
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[ Father Timothy Gallagher O.M.V. ]  

They have a 100 percent acceptance rate into college for their seniors; in 2022 over $3 million dollars of scholarships were awarded to 100 graduating students. It’s tremendous.

--- 2022 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Accompaniment | Vocation Culture
--- African American and Asian candidates
--- Multicultural issues

[ HORIZON interviews Father Joseph Brown, S.J. ]  

One interviewee summed up the feelings of others with this comment:  “I think we need to define a little bit more fully the genuine celibate life, not only NOT to have sex, but how to live a whole life

--- 2020 HORIZON No. 4 Fall — Assessment
--- Sex abuse
--- Community life

[ HORIZON interviews Father John Tourangeau O. Praem. ]  

Digital edition and pdf Put HORIZON on your devices View or download a pdf of 2020 HORIZON No. 3 Summer — Inviting diversity

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2015 HORIZON No. 3 Summer digital edition, pdf, and tablet files -- Midlife vocations   Download the 2015 Summer edition -- Midlife vocations PDF Tablet Kindle

--- 2015 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Midlife vocations

2014 HORIZON No. 3 Summer digital edition, pdf, and tablet files -- Moving forward in hope   Download the 2014 HORIZON No. 3 Summer issue -- Moving forward in hope PDF TABLET KINDLE

--- 2014 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Moving forward in hope

PDF of 2012 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Cultural and family roots and vocation Download the 2012 HORIZON No. 3 Summer issue --  Cultural and family roots and vocation PDF TABLET KINDLE  

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PDF of 2005 HORIZON No. 3 -- Psychological health in candidates Click here to download 2005 HORIZON No. 3 Spring in pdf form.  Theme: Psychological health in candidates.  

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2013 HORIZON No. 3 Summer Digital Edition, pdf and tablet files -- Inviting young people   Download the 2013 HORIZON No. 3 Summer issue --Inviting young people TABLET KINDLE   

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2016 HORIZON No. 3 Summer digital edition and pdf -- Assessing candidates   Click here to download a pdf of the 2016 No. 3 Summer HORIZON--Assessing candidates.

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PDF of 2005 HORIZON No. 1 -- Vocation realities around the world Click here to download the 2005 (2005) HORIZON No. 1 Fall edition. Theme: Vocation realities around the world.

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2017 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry with vitality Digital edition and pdf Readers, please limit any article or edition sharing to 50 distributions or less.

--- 2017 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry with vitality

2015 HORIZON No. 1 winter digital edition, pdf, and tablet files -- Rise, have no fear   Download the 2015 HORIZON Winter edition -- Rise, have no fear PDF Tablet Kindle

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PDF of 2005 HORIZON No. 4 -- Creating a vocation culture on campus Click here to download 2005 HORIZON No. 4 Summer in pdf form. Theme: Creating a vocation culture on campus

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PDF of 2005 HORIZON No. 2 -- Convocation 2004: Fidelity to Jesus, Paradigm of Hope Click here to download the 2005 HORIZON No. 2 Winter edition.

--- 2005 HORIZON No. 2 -- Convocation 2004: Fidelity to Jesus, Paradigm of Hope

2015 HORIZON No. 4 Fall digital edition and pdf -- Family and vocations   Click here to download a pdf of 2015 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Family and vocations Note to phone and tablet users: The digital

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Collaborator News and Events Links for more information Below is a gleaning of events and news from our collaborators, partners, and HORIZON advertisers. 

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PDF of 2003 HORIZON No. 3 -- Vocations and community life Click here for the 2003 HORIZON No. 3 Spring pdf. Theme: Vocations and community life.  

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Collaborator News and Events Links for more information Below is a gleaning of events and news from our collaborators, partners, and HORIZON advertisers. 

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PDF of 2002 HORIZON No. 3 -- Variety issue Click here to download the 2002 Horizon No. 3 Spring edition in pdf form. Theme: Variety issue.

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1999 HORIZON No. 3 pdf -- How Gen X fits into religious life Click here to download the 1999 Horizon No. 3 Spring edition in pdf form. 

--- 1999 HORIZON No. 3 -- How Gen X fits into religious life

PDF of 2006 HORIZON No. 3 -- Theology and culture of vocation Click here to download the 2006 HORIZON No. 3 Spring edition. Theme: Theology and culture of vocation.

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notes: Book is a substantive guide to spiritual growth, by Sister Patricia Kenny, RSM, p. 38 HORIZON Index 2012, p. 40 Volume 38, Number 2 | Spring 2013 Vocation ministry & new evangelization

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

PDF of 2007 HORIZON No. 3 -- Trends and technology Click here to download the 2007 HORIZON No. 3 Spring edition. Theme: Trends and technology.

--- 2007 HORIZON No. 3 -- Trends and technology

2015 HORIZON No. 2 Spring digital edition, pdf, and tablet files -- Pope Francis and vocations   Download the 2015 Spring edition -- Pope Francis and vocations PDF Tablet Kindle

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

PDF of 2009 HORIZON No. 3 -- Involving membership | Supervision | College outreach Click here to download the 2009 HORIZON No. 3 Spring issue.

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2008 HORIZON No. 3 pdf --Forging a future for religious life Click here to download 2008 HORIZON No. 3 Spring in pdf form. Theme:  Forging a future for religious life.

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PDF of 2004 HORIZON No. 3 -- Making the most of diversity Click here to download 2004 Horizon No. 3 Spring edition in pdf form.  Theme: -- Making the most of diversity.

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PDF of 2010 HORIZON No. 3 pdf -- Process addictions | New media | Vietnamese candidates Click here to download the 2010 HORIZON No. 3 Spring issue. 

--- 2010 HORIZON No. 3 -- Process addictions | New media | Vietnamese candidates

PDF of 2006 HORIZON No. 4 -- Variety issue Click here to download the 2006 HORIZON No. 4 Summer edition in pdf form. Theme:  Variety issue.

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PDF of 1999 HORIZON No. 4 -- Using the wisdom of the business world Click here to download the 1999 Horizon No. 4 Summer edition in pdf form.   

--- 1999 HORIZON No. 4 -- Using the wisdom of the business world

NRVC convocation talks to be available in print & online HORIZON readers and NRVC members will be able to savor and discuss presentations from the November 2024 convocation because the talks will

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

PDF of 2000 HORIZON No. 4 -- Mentoring and programs for youth and young adults Click here to download the 2000 Horizon No. 4 Summer edition in pdf form.

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PDF of 2011 HORIZON No. 3 -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads Click here to download the 2011 HORIZON Summer issue. Theme: Vocation ministry at the crossroads.

--- 2011 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Vocation ministry at the crossroads

Do you understand? Clearly? The answer, of course, might be a comfortably Catholic one: a resounding yes—and no—which makes for some obvious discomfort.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?
--- Theological reflection on vocation ministry

[ Father Kevin DePrinzio O.S.A. ]  

PDF of 2001 HORIZON No. 3 -- Admissions Click here to download the 2001 Horizon No. Spring edition in pdf form. Theme: admissions.

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2025 Summer Institute Registration is Open! The 2025 NRVC Summer Institute will be offered at the Marillac Center in Leavenworth, KS.

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

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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Digital edition and pdf Add HORIZON to your devices Download a pdf of the 2018 HORIZON, Number 3, Summer edition. To order additional print copies, click here.

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PDF of 2012 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Theology of vocation Download the 2012 HORIZON No. 1 Winter issue. Theme: Theology of vocation. PDF TABLET KINDLE

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PDF of 2002 HORIZON No. 2 -- The Millennials Click here to download a pdf of the 2002 HORIZON No. 2 Winter edition. Theme:  The Millennials.

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PDF of 2001 HORIZON No. 1 -- Variety issue Click here to download the 2001 Horizon No. 1 Fall edition in pdf form. Theme: Variety issue.

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PDF of 2010 HORIZON No. 4 -- Global perspectives | Connect with young adults | Gifts of religious priesthood Click here to download the 2010 HORIZON No. 4 Summer issue.

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PDF of 2006 HORIZON No. 2 -- Health issues in prospective members Click here to download the 2006 HORIZON No. 2 Winter edition. Theme: Health issues in prospective members.

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PDF of 1999 HORIZON No. 2 -- Parent nurturing of vocations Click here to download the 1999 Horizon No. 2 Winter edition in pdf form. Theme: Parent nurturing of vocations

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2014 HORIZON No. 2 Spring digital edition, pdf, and tablet files -- Fresh approaches to vocation ministry   Download the 2014 HORIZON No. 2 Spring issue -- Fresh approaches to vocation ministry.

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2025 Workshop Information Registration is closed General Information   This year the NRVC is offering three workshops on-site at the Summer Institute in Leavenworth, KS, and five workshops virtually

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--- Fall & winter events

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation In gratitude for multiple grants Conrad N. Hilton Foundation grant, 2023-2025 Grappling with interculturality continues to emerge as a need among our members.  

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