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

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

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

--- Member Area News

Vocation ambassadors June 9-11 One of the many teams that took part in the 2016 Vocation Ambassador Program.

--- June 2017 newsletter

2017 Vocation Ambassadors Program, June 9-12, 2017                                          The Vocation Ambassador program begins with a four-day "Share the Sacred" workshop that provides participants

--- Vocation Ambassadors

NRVC Board 2025 -2026 The NRVC Board 2025 Row 1: Brother Joseph Bach, O.F.M. Conv.; Board Vice Chair Sister Eileen McCann, C.S.J.; Board Vice Chair Brother John Skrodinsky, S.T.

--- Board & staff

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

--- Member Area News

June 4-6, 2024, CCMA Called 24 Conference June 18-21, 2024, Catholic Media Association Conference, Atlanta, GA July 3-7, 2024, 85th Annual Tekakwitha Conference, Raleigh, NC National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

--- Collaborator Information

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

New executive director starts June 1 NRVC staff and members extend a warm welcome to NRVC's new executive director, Sister Sharon Dillon, S.S.J.-T.O.S.F., who begins the job June 1.

--- April 2017 Newsletter

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

and Transformative Action Towards a More Racially Just Church and Word", Center for the Study of Consecrated Life  June 13-16, 2024, Giving Voice National Gathering for Sisters under 50 National Eucharistic

--- Collaborator Information

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

--- VISION Vocation Guide

2024 Workshop Information Plan now to attend, registration opens in February General Information In 2024, the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) will offer five on-site Summer Intitute workshops

--- Spring & summer events

HORIZON, VISION win 14 awards Honored by Catholic Press Association HORIZON and VISION earned 14 awards in this year's Catholic Press Association awards competition, the results of which were released June

--- July 2014 newsletter

In addition, I have served since 2021 as co-coordinator of NRVC’s New England Member Area with Sister June Fitzgerald, O.P.  How long have you been involved in vocation ministry? Five years.

--- I am NRVC!

Debbi Della Porta; Sister June Fitzgerald, O.P.; Father Adam MacDonald, S.V.D.; Father Larry Rice, C.S.P.; and Sister Theresa Sullivan, D.C.

--- October 2015 newsletter

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 6 Call to Religious Life: Newer Entrants' Stories June 2, 2022 | 7 p.m. Central Primary audience: ALL SUPPORTERS OF MEN & WOMEN IN CONSECRATED LIFE.  All are welcome.

--- 2020 Study on Recent Vocations Archives

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 ]  

Yes, I met some wonderful vocation directors when I took summer classes in 2014. I am still in touch with many of them.

--- November 2016 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!

Summer Institute is July 10-24, 2023 -- Let’s Learn Together in Leavenworth, KS! The 2023 Summer Institute in Leavenworth, KS, is less than a month away!

--- 2023 Posts

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

., the community’s vocation director, during NRVC’s Vocation Ambassadors kickoff workshop in June 2016. YOUR BAGS ARE PACKED, and you are ready to begin a journey.

--- 2016 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Communications | Volunteers
--- Social media
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture
--- Communications

[ Cheryl Aughton ]  

Learn practical tips for developing your social media platforms, website, newsletter, and other technology to share your unique charism.

--- Spring & summer events
--- Spring & summer events

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

--- Collaborator Information

At the 2004 Convocation, Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP and Father Andrew Carl Wisdom, OP.

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

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

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

Updates Hilton grants $2 million to NRVC In June 2014 the National Religious Vocation Conference received a three-year, $2 million grant from the Conrad N.

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

So that a new generation of vowed Vincentians might follow our own, the members of the Eastern Province gathered in convocation in June of 2000 and resolved to develop a new provincial plan that would

--- 2002 HORIZON No. 4 -- Strategic planning for vocations / Responses to the sex abuse crisis
--- Strategic planning / Structuring vocation ministry
--- Strategic Planning for Vocation Culture

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   June

--- March 2015 newsletter

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

2024 Workshop Information Registrations are near capacity General Information In 2024, the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) will offer five on-site Summer Institute workshops at the Marillac

--- Spring & summer events

Denver June 2-5, 2025 Catholic Campus Ministry Association Called Conference, University of Notre Dame, IN June 22-28, 205 Instituto Fe y Vida National Catholic Leadership Program, Lewis University

--- Collaborator Information

A browser released since approximately 2013. These browsers include the following forms or later editions: Chrome v22, Firefox v27, Safari v7, or Internet Explorer 11. 

--- February 2018 newsletter

Denver June 2-5, 2025 Catholic Campus Ministry Association Called Conference, University of Notre Dame, IN June 22-28, 205 Instituto Fe y Vida National Catholic Leadership Program, Lewis University

--- Collaborator Information

-May 2, 2025 Catholic Volunteer Network Conference, Denver June 2-5, 2025 Catholic Campus Ministry Association Called Conference, University of Notre Dame, IN June 22-28, 205 Instituto Fe y Vida National

--- Collaborator Information

2024 Health & Wellness in Candidate Assessment Workshop July 23-24, 2024   Workshop registration is now closed.

--- Spring & summer events

., December 10, 2024. Dare to Love - Let's Hear About LCWR and NRVC Religious Conferences, CAVA  Archdiocese for Chicago, with Sister Dina Bato, S.P. and Mr. Phil Loftus, August 2024. 

--- Media/press

2024 Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors July 10-14, 2024 Registration is at capacity for this workshop.

--- Spring & summer events

Behavioral Assessment 1 Workshop July 21-23, 2022 This workshop will be offered again in 2023.

Our Director of Database Administration, Marge Argyelan, is planning to retire June 30, 2024. We will MISS Marge! That’s the bad news.

--- 2023 Posts

[ Maureen Cetera, Director of Finance and Operations ]  

Free webinars in May and June Youth synod webinar Learn more about the Synod in the four-part webinar "Synodality: Unpacking the Universal Church’s Recent Work on 'Young People, the Faith, and Vocational

--- 2019 Posts

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

Forthcoming editions of HORIZON will contain articles on the connection between vocation ministry and the New Evangelization, and the NRVC newsletter has initiated an “idea of the month” section on the

--- 2012 HORIZON No. 4 Fall -- Value of religious life, Nine ways to thrive

Vocation Ambassadors Program in June Apply by March 25 The Vocation Ambassadors Program will take place June 9-12 at Holy Cross College in South Bend, Indiana.

--- February 2017 newsletter

Monthly updates go out through our province newsletter telling members where we stand for the month and year-to-date. Sometimes a push is needed in November and December to reach this goal.

--- Leadership of religious communities
--- 2007 HORIZON No. 4 -- Leadership and vocation ministers working together
--- Role of Membership and Religious Leadership

[ Jim Kent, O.F.M., Conv. ]  

Jones, Deborah, “The Class of 2005,” Time Magazine, June 28, 1999, Vol. 153, No. 25. Marlatt, Andrew, “Generation Y,” The Internet World, August 15, 1999.

--- 2002 HORIZON No. 2 -- The Millennials

Updates NRVC awarded $650,000 grant In June the National Religious Vocation Conference announced that the Conrad N.

--- 2012 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Cultural and family roots and vocation

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

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

2024 Ethical Issues in Vocation and Formation Ministry Workshop July 16-17, 2024 This workshop will be offered again in July 2025 Workshop description This workshop is designed to assist vocation directors

--- Spring & summer events

If you ask most communicators, they will tell you that they are a jack-of-all-trades operation: writer, editor, copy shop, greeting card design department, newsletter publisher, special event planner,

--- 2008 HORIZON No. 2 -- Communications
--- Advertising & Media
--- Communications

[ Jean Dennison ]