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The three-year term begins in the Fall of 2025. Each NRVC member may submit one recommendation for the Board. At its spring meeting, the National Board selects new members from the recommendations.
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
Following are April 2016 regional meetings whose agendas were available for newsletter publication. Find regional contacts and see what is happening in all the regions here.
April 22-24, 2025 NCEA Conference, Orlando, FL April 25, 2025, Saint Louis University Vocation Fair, contact susanne.chawszczewski@slu.edu April 30-May 2, 2025 Catholic Volunteer Network Conference,
March 18-20, 2025 Vocations Jamboree, Bismarck, ND April 22-24, 2025 NCEA Conference, Orlando, FL April 25, 2025, Saint Louis University Vocation Fair, contact susanne.chawszczewski@slu.edu April 30
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There are four sessions left of our 2025 Talk it Up Tuesdays series. These gatherings allow participants to learn together, encourage each other, and share ideas.
2025 Talk it up Tuesdays NRVC Member meet-up "Talk it Up Tuesdays," are back in January 2025!
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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
Reminders: NFCRV grants due April 15 | convocation registration opens From now through April 15, the National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations is accepting new applications for education-debt assistance
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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
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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
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
Four tips toward a better newsletter Quick ideas to put oomph in your newsletter An excellent newsletter will reflect well on your community.
April 22-24, 2025 NCEA Conference, Orlando, FL April 25, 2025, Saint Louis University Vocation Fair, contact susanne.chawszczewski@slu.edu April 30-May 2, 2025 Catholic Volunteer Network Conference,
Brothers to hold symposium April 4 Save the date Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. will speak at the Religious Brothers Symposium.
Brothers Symposium A Religious Brothers Symposium will take place at Boston College on April 4 with a theme of "The Prophetic Call of the Brother in the Church."
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2025 Membership Fees The National Board of the NRVC met in St. Paul, MN April 25-27, 2024.
Education grant deadline April 8 Apply online for NFCRV monies The National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations has announced that NRVC members are eligible to apply for grant assistance to cover education
., May 15, 2025. House of Discernment blends vocations and intercongregational community, written by Julie Ferraro, National Catholic Reporter, March 6, 2025. A
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Brother Brian began serving in 2020 and chaired the Finance Advisory Committee.
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
Brothers to hold symposium April 4 Save the date Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. will speak at the Religious Brothers Symposium.
Grants for education debt available Apply by April 8 The National Fund for Catholic Religious Vocations has announced that NRVC members are eligible to apply for grant assistance to cover education debt
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appear in the Winter 2025 edition of HORIZON and eventually on YouTube.
--- HORIZON No. 4 Fall 2024--Vocation discernment
Brothers Symposium April 4 To elevate and discuss vocation of brothers Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. will be the keynote speaker at the symposium.
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The NFCRV grant window is now open and we are currently accepting on-line applications from NRVC members who have paid their 2025 membership dues.
Board meeting carries on by Zoom The NRVC board conducted its April meeting by Zoom, doing long-term planning for the organization, preparing for the study release, updating plans for the convocation,
November 20-22, 2025, NFCYM National Catholic Youth Conference January 1-5, 2026, FOCUS SEEK, Columbus, Denver, and Fort Worth February 13-15, 2026, Dallas Catholic Youth Conference February 19-22,
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
Membership dues frozen in honor of Jubilee Year In honor of the Jubilee year, the NRVC board voted during its April meeting to maintain current dues levels in 2026.
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In addition many groups now use short films on websites, in e-newsletters, etc.
--- 2018 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Talking with young people
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After I made my perpetual profession in August 2015 I became the vocation director.
--- November 2016 newsletter
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The NRVC marks the end of an era at the end of July 2025. As she approaches retirement, we wish to congratulate and thank Carol Schuck Scheiber for her many years of dedicated service to the NRVC.
For the NRVC, I've been a Talk it up Tuesday presenter, and I'll be on the board starting in September 2025.
Publications: an annual subscription to the highly respected HORIZON quarterly journal, the only English-language professional vocation journal in the Church; Focus on Vocation Ministry, an online monthly newsletter
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Jan. 22-24, 2015 Meeting of Catholic consecrated religious men and women and consecrated religious from other Christian traditions (to be held during the week of Christian unity) During the second week
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The first NRVC newsletter, long before the days of e-newsletters. Over time it became clear that only one religious vocation conference was needed.
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--- 2013 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- 25 years in the vineyard of the Lord
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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
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
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who care about vocations—laity, priests and religious from many walks of life— celebrated the gift of consecrated and ordained life at the Continental Congress on Vocations held in Montreal this past April. (A
--- 2002 HORIZON No. 4 -- Strategic planning for vocations / Responses to the sex abuse crisis
This list is updated periodically and if you would like to have something added, please email mail@nrvc.net Events April 18-19, 2024 “Moving Along the Arc: Women and Men Religious as Agents of Reconciliation
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The findings were published in Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual lives of American Teenagers (2005).
--- 2010 HORIZON No. 4 -- Global perspectives |Connect with young adults | Gifts of religious priesthood
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The series began in September 2021 and will include five more sessions.
--- 2021 HORIZON No. 4 Fall--What draws people to religious life?
year=2023 Toot your own horn VISION is your resource, NRVC Members! And it is award-winning year after year.
Tentative schedule Nov. 29, 2014: Opening Prayer Vigil Nov. 30, 2014: Opening Mass with Pope Francis Jan. 22-24, 2015: Meeting of Catholic consecrated men and women and consecrated religious from
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Mark your calendars to attend Convocation in Orlando, Florida, next year, November 19-23, 2026!
[ Sister Deborah M. Borneman SS.C.M., Director of Mission Integration ]
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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
--- 2018 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Youth, faith, vocation discernment
Our directional statements for 2025-2028 The NRVC aims to enhance vocation ministry by providing resources, professional development, and shared wisdom while fostering collaboration and inclusivity
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VISION took home first place honors for best photo story originating with a magazine or newsletter, best feature, and best essay.
--- 2014 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Moving forward in hope
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