, July 2024.

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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

--- Member Area News

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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Convocation: Walking humbly together October 31 - November 4, 2024   Join us at Convocation!

--- Fall & winter events

Virtual workshops offered in October The National Religious Vocation Conference is offering three online workshops this October.

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

Ferraro, November 8, 2023. Endless call: New vocation website highlights the roads less taken, Aleteia, written by John Burger, October 23, 2023.

--- Media/press

We invite you to read this Synthesis Report and continue being involved in Synod activities leading up to the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2024).

--- 2024 Posts

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

Convocation: Walking humbly together October 31 - November 4, 2024   Join us at Convocation!

--- Fall & winter events

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

--- Spring & summer events

2024 Convocation Dates, Theme, and Logo Announced The Member Area Coordinators voted to select the logo design for 2024 Convocation, at their annual gathering last month!    

--- 2023 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

Convocation: Walking Humbly Together Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2024 Minneapolis, MN We are excited to be heading out to Minneapolis-St. Paul for our Convocation October 31- November 4, 2024.

--- 2024 Convocation

[ Phil Loftus ]  

Updates Join us for the 2024 convocation Mark your calendar to attend the convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference October 31 to November 3 in Minneapolis.

--- 2024 HORIZON No. 1 Winter--Ministering with balance

in Romeoville, IL July 28 - August 3, 2025, Jubilee Celebration of Young People in Rome July 31-August 3, 2025, Marian Days, Carthage, MO August 3, 2025, The Fest, Wickliffe, OH  November 20-22, 2025

--- Collaborator Information

Register for the 2023 Fall Institute. It’s a new year to learn. Register for the 2023 Fall Institute today!

--- 2023 Posts

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

The National Board selected the University of Mary Vocations Jamboree hosted by the Saint John Paul II Center for University Ministry, as the 2024 recipient of the Mustard Seed Award.

--- 2024 Posts

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

Updates Minneapolis, pictured here, will be the setting for the 2024 convocation of the National Religious Vocation Conference. Photo by Lane Pelovsky, courtesy of Meet Minneapolis.  

--- 2024 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Every member plays a part

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

--- Collaborator Information

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

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,

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Announcing our 2024 Convocation Keynote Presenters Invite everyone who supports vocation ministry to join you in Minneapolis, MN, as the Upper Midwest Member Area hosts the NRVC Convocation from October

--- 2024 Posts

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

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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Convocation Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2024 in Minneapolis 2024 Convocation Walking humbly together Registration begins in April. 

--- Fall & winter events

The upcoming themes are: •  2023: "Rejoicing in hope" (cf. RM 12:12) •  2024: "Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary" (cf.

--- 2023 Posts

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

Olivas served as the youngest voting delegate to the Synod on Synodality held in Rome in October 2024.  

--- HORIZON No. 1 Winter 2025--Walking humbly together
--- Theological reflection on vocation ministry

[ Wyatt Olivas ]  

Book notes: Encounter, listen, discern SYNODALITY, POPE FRANCES PROCLAIMED in his homily opening the synodal path in October 2021, “means walking on the same road, walking together.”

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

[ Sister Susan Francois C.S.J.P. ]  

Encounter, listen, discern SYNODALITY, POPE FRANCES PROCLAIMED in his homily opening the synodal path in October 2021, “means walking on the same road, walking together.”

--- Book reviews

[ Sister Susan Francois C.S.J.P. ]  

Source: Identity and Mission of the Religious Brother in the Church Vatican Document approved by Pope Francis, October 4, 2015.

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

NEncounter, listen, discern SYNODALITY, POPE FRANCES PROCLAIMED in his homily opening the synodal path in October 2021, “means walking on the same road, walking together.”

--- Book reviews

[ Sister Susan Francois C.S.J.P. ]  

Encounter, listen, discern SYNODALITY, POPE FRANCES PROCLAIMED in his homily opening the synodal path in October 2021, “means walking on the same road, walking together.”

--- Book reviews

[ Sister Susan Francois C.S.J.P. ]  

In the last three recorded years, 2019 to 2021, over 1,000 people entered initial formation in U.S. religious institutes. The significance of those new members cannot be underestimated.

--- Synodality
--- Divisions in church and religious communities
--- 2023 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Synodality and collaboration
--- Ecclesial diversity
--- Membership
--- Church documents
--- Theology of vocation
--- Vocation ministry
--- Future of religious life

[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

Fall Institute will take place on the beautiful grounds of the Marillac Center in Leavenworth, Kansas October 8-23.

--- July 2019 newsletter

The following workshops will be offered: Behavioral Assessment 2—October 5-6, 9:30am - 3:00pm CT Behavioral Assessment 1—October 8-10, 9:30am - 3:00pm CT Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors

--- 2021 Posts

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

Orientation workshop being offered in October Part of Fall Institute workshops "Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors" will be offered October 15-19 at the NRVC Fall Institute in Leavenworth

--- September 2019 newsletter

2021 Fall Virtual Institute Join us in learning together   This year, NRVC is offering four workshops at the Fall Institute in October intended for vocation ministers and others entrusted with the

--- Fall & winter events

Louis, Missouri October 5-19. Learn more about Fall Institute at nrvc.net.

--- 2021 HORIZON No. 3 Summer--Communal and personal wellness

Register now for fall workshops The National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) offers four workshops at its Fall Institute, to take place at the Marillac Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, October 8-23

--- 2019 HORIZON No. 3 Summer — Refining ourselves & our ministry

Ethical Issues for Vocation and Formation Directors, July 15-16 Behavioral Assessment 1,  July 18-20 Due Diligence in Vocation Ministry,  July 18-20 Communication Skills to Promote Vocations,  July 22-24

--- Spring & summer events

Ethical Issues for Vocation and Formation Directors, July 15-16 Behavioral Assessment 1,  July 18-20 Due Diligence in Vocation Ministry,  July 18-20 Communication Skills to Promote Vocations,  July 22-24

--- Spring & summer events

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.

--- Dates to Remember

NRVC Member Renewal Rates for 2023 To help you budget for the coming year, the NRVC is announcing our 2023 membership renewal rates. Single membership will be $840.00.

--- 2022 Posts

[ Maureen Cetera, Director of Finance and Operations ]  

Updates Five online workshops offered this October The NRVC is offering the following vocation ministry workshops via Zoom this October.

--- HORIZON No. 3 Summer 2025--New life in the midst of grief

That is one of several key findings in the 2014 study, “Incorporating Cultural Diversity in Religious Life,” which was released in October 2014 by the National Religious Vocation Conference.

--- November 2014 newsletter

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

--- 2023 Posts

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

The NRVC board has elected four new members to begin serving in October 2014: Sisters Gayle Lwanga Crumbley, R.G.S.; Anna Marie Espinosa, I.W.B.S.; Anita Quigley S.H.C.J.; and Mr.

--- May 2014 newsletter

Convocation Pilgrimage November 4, 2024 The pilgrimage is sold out.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Radiating Joy and Cultivating Possibilities in Vocation Ministry, presented by Brother Brian Poulin, f.m.s.

--- 2024 Posts

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

Grant Application Window to Open in January 2024 A Blessed Advent Season to All.

--- 2023 Posts

[ Phil Loftus ]  

World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2 Celebrated in parishes Feb. 3-4, 2024 About World Day for Consecrated Life In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day for women and men in consecrated

--- Fall & winter events

2024 Convocation in Minneapolis Click here for complete information about our convocation in Minneapolis Oct. 31-Nov. 4.

--- 2024 Convocation

Our 2024 Convocation theme:  Walking Humbly Together, recognizes the unity of our diversity as consecrated people of God.

--- 2024 Posts

[ Phil Loftus, Director of Development ]