For the NRVC, I've been a Talk it up Tuesday presenter, and I'll be on the board starting in September 2025.

--- I am NRVC!

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

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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

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Vietnamese Marian Days, Carthage, MO August 4, 2024, The FEST, Wickliffe, Ohio August 9-12, 2024, Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement Convention, High Springs, FL September 28-29, 2024, Christ Our

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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

September 4, 2025, 8:00 pm ET, Roundtable on the Vietnamese Catholic Migrant Experience, via Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89202435594 (Password: 000629) September 4-7, 2025 National Black Catholic

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World Meeting of Families September 22-25, 2015 NRVC will be part of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia September 22-25, which is expected to gather 10-15,000 Catholics from 150 countries.

--- September 2015 newsletter

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

Brother Brian began serving in 2020 and chaired the Finance Advisory Committee.

--- 2025 Posts

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

appear in the Winter 2025 edition of HORIZON and eventually on YouTube.

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

The revisions were publicized to all members in the August and September NRVC newsletters and can be accessed here.

--- 2020 Posts

[ National Office ]  

2025 Talk it up Tuesdays NRVC Member meet-up "Talk it Up Tuesdays," are back in January 2025!

--- Fall & winter events
--- Spring & summer events

June 13, 2025, Delaware Valley Member Area, at Redeemer Health Spark Transformation Center, 521 Moredon Rd, Huntingdon Valley, PA (near Philadelphia)  September 2, 2025, Southwest Member Area, St.

--- 2025 Posts

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

Each will begin their 3-year term of service at the autumn Board meeting in Chicago, September 8-12, 2025.

--- 2025 Posts

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

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.

--- 2025 Posts

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

Summer Institute will offer three onsite workshops at the Marillac Center, in Leavenworth, KS, July 8-21, 2025.

--- Spring & summer events
--- Fall & winter events

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 Posts

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

Len Uhal as he completes seven remarkable years of dedicated service on our National Board at the September meeting in Chicago.

--- News

Vocation directors, communicators, and a focus group of young adults convened by NRVC met in September in Chicago to begin designing a "Vocation Ambassadors" program.

--- October 2015 newsletter

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

--- Membership Services, Benefits & Fees

My most fruitful and fun vocation event was in September 2015 when the Holy Father came to Philadelphia. Our Jesuit school St.

--- August 2016 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!

Cultural awareness matters in assessing candidates for religious life, written by Helga Leija, Global Sisters Report, September 16, 2025.

--- Media/press

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

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 ]  

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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Dates and venues This one day workshop will be offered 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in the following Member Areas: June 13, 2025, Delaware Valley Member Area, at Redeemer Health Spark Transformation Center, 521

--- Spring & summer events
--- Fall & winter events

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

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

After I made my perpetual profession in August 2015 I became the vocation director.

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

Published by the National Board, September 2025 Current NRVC National Board Advance our mission Contribute today, inspire tomorrow. 

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[ NRVC National Board ]  

Pilgrimage, July 2024.

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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.

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

The results of the study will be released in time for the World Synod of Families in Philadelphia in September 2015. This study is made possible through the generosity of the Conrad N.

--- March 2015 newsletter

NRVC Member Area Coordinator Gathering  The National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) hosted its annual Member Area Coordinator Gathering from September 15-18, 2025, at the Carmelite Spiritual Center

--- 2025 Posts

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

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

2020 Convocation pivots to virtual gathering Schedule, speakers, and registration to come. Updated July 15, 2020. 2020 Convocation will be a virtual gathering rather than a convening in Spokane, WA.

--- 2020 Posts

[ NRVC National Board ]  

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

NRVC Awards 2024 Outstanding Member award winners, left to right, Mr. Greg Darr (Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers) , Brother David Henley, G.H.M., and Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C.

--- Fall & winter events

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

--- VISION Vocation Guide

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

--- Membership Services, Benefits & Fees

2015 Study on Vocations and the Role of the Family overview NRVC/CARA Study In conjunction with the 2014 and 2015 Synod on the Family in Rome and the eighth World Meeting of Families, to be held in Philadelphia

--- 2015 Study on Vocations and the Role of Family

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

Note: If you vaguely remember having read an article like this last summer in this newsletter, you're not losing your mind. 

--- February 2018 newsletter

The NRVC Curriculum for Vocation Ministers was ratified by the National Board in 2009 and was amended at its fall meeting in September 2022.

--- 2022 Posts

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

After much prayer and discernment with our Leadership Team, I transitioned into the vocation world in September 2009.

--- December 2013 newsletter
--- I am NRVC!

2020 Virtual Convocation registration to open by September. This article was updated July 15, 2020.

--- 2020 Posts

[ Marge Argyelan, Director of Database Administration ]  

No increase to 2021 NRVC annual membership fees We are happpy to report that NRVC annual membership fees will remain the same in 2021.

--- 2020 Posts

[ Maureen Cetera, Director of Finance and Operations ]  

NRVC Awards 2024 Outstanding Member award winners, left to right, Mr. Greg Darr (Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers) , Brother David Henley, G.H.M., and Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C.

--- Fall & winter events

Day of Prayer with Religious September 13 As part of the Year of Consecrated Life, the U.S.

--- July 2015 newsletter
--- September 2015 newsletter

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 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. ]