Mentoring

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NRVC survey on mentoring reveals positive experiences

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

Clearly, mentoring has a positive impact on both parties involved, as well as on the larger religious community. That is the overriding message from the membership survey on mentoring that the National Religious Vocation Conference conducted last summer. Read more...

Handling the subtleties of vocation mentoring

By Carole A. Riley C.D.P.

Usually a 10 p.m. phone call signals a student canceling an appointment. As I answered the telephone, Molly said, “You’re the most spiritual person I know; could I be a nun?” Read more...

Effective vocation programs with a mentoring dimension

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

There are many ways to bring together those who are considering religious life and those who have lived it for years. Any time people from those two groups come together, the door is opened for mentor-type relationships to emerge. Read more...

Walking with someone in discernment

Walking with someone in discernment

By Sr. Virginia Herbers A.S.C.J.

It is a sacred moment to accompany another person on the journey toward self-understanding and spiritual awareness. Let’s do it consciously. Read more...

Lessons in mentoring from the rich young man

Lessons in mentoring from the rich young man

By Father Kevin DePrinzio O.S.A.

A chance encounter gets Father Kevin DePrinzio, O.S.A. thinking about the story of the rich young man and its wealth of implications for vocation ministry. Read more...

The subtleties of mentoring

The subtleties of mentoring

By Carole A. Riley C.D.P.

Mentors do best when they are prepared and self-aware. The best mentors also bring particular skills and qualities to the relationship. Read more...

Accompaniment for discernment

Accompaniment for discernment

By Colleen Campbell and Thomas Carani

What is accompaniment? What are the particulars of this encounter between seeker and mentor? Read more...

Four vocation ministry ideas from the synod

Four vocation ministry ideas from the synod

By Brian Rhude

Now that the energy of the youth and vocation synod is flowing into ministry strategy, what should vocation ministers understand? Here is the perspective of a college student who took part in a post-synod gathering. Read more...

Connect to Gen Z: what the data reveals

Connect to Gen Z: what the data reveals

By John M. Vitek and Christian Jesús Camacho

Research shows that many in Gen Z are seeking spiritual connection and desire mentorship. Even those who are not practicing a religious tradition often remain open to spiritual growth and faith-based relationships. Read more...

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Mrs. Teri Iverson

Mrs. Teri Iverson

“I’m an off-the-charts extrovert,” says Mrs. Teri Iverson, vocation ministry coordinator for the Sisters of the Precious Blood in Dayton, Ohio. “I love building relationships and connecting with people in person at conferences and events.” She comes to vocation ministry after three decades in youth ministry. Read more...

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