NRVC Staff Carol is retiring at the end of July! Carol Schuck Scheiber Carol Schuck Scheiber is a significant contributor to key messaging, content,  and communications in vocation ministry! 

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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

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Sister Julie Vieira, I.H.M., is a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Monroe, Michigan.

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--- 2015 HORIZON No. 3 Summer -- Midlife vocations
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[ Sister Julie Vieira I.H.M. ]  

., newsletters). These are the most significant because they are your home base, they are the place where you are saying in your own voice who you are as a community.

--- 2019 HORIZON No. 2 Spring — Cultivating callings
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[ Sister Julie Vieira I.H.M. ]  

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

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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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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Details are being finalized and will be announced in this newsletter and on nrvc.net.

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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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, July 2024.

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

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

2025 Summer Institute Registration is Open! The 2025 NRVC Summer Institute will be offered at the Marillac Center in Leavenworth, KS.

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

July 28 - August 3, 2025, Jubilee Celebration of Young People in Rome July 29-31, 2025, ¡El Futuro is Here!

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

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2025 Behavioral Assessment 1 Workshop July 15-17, 2025 on-site This workshop is at capacity, please contact Sister Dina to be on the waiting list.

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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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Four tips toward a better newsletter Quick ideas to put oomph in your newsletter An excellent newsletter will reflect well on your community.

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

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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

2025 Orientation Program for New Vocation Directors July 9-13, 2025 on-site This workshop is at capacity, please contact Sister Dina to be on the waiting list.

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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.

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

The July 8-22 Summer Institute workshops of the National Religious Vocation Conference have been confirmed; learn more at nrvc.net.

--- 2014 HORIZON No. 1 Winter -- Vocation to action & contemplation

., 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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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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2025: A Year to Birth Something New Over the Thanksgiving break, I visited a friend who had recently given birth to a baby girl, whom she and her husband named Juliet.

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

Vocation Promotion Workshop July 19-20, 2025 Register today...

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2025 Vocation Promotion for Today’s Discerners July 19-20, 2025 on-site Register in our online store.

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National Office Closed September 1, 2025 Federal holiday

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  February 2 - World Day For Consecrated Life March 8-14 - Catholic Sisters Week May 1 - Religious Brothers Day May 11, World Day of Prayer for Vocations July 8-21, NRVC Summer Institute October

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Develop your skills in vocation promotion at July workshop Sharpen your communication skills at the workshop "2025 Vocation Promotion for Today’s Discerners," to be held July 19 and 20 in Leavenworth,

The final decision on 2020 grants will be made mid-July 2020.

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[ Phil Loftus ]  

The fund was established by NRVC and in July 2015 distributed its first 10 grants to pay student debt of sisters in formation.

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Carol Schuck Scheiber, editor of our award-winning quarterly journal, HORIZON, has announced her retirement in July 2025.

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[ Maureen Cetera, Director of Finance and Operations ]  

Pilgrimage, July 2024.

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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

--- July 2018 newsletter

NRVC publications earn 9 awards The Catholic Media Association presented nine awards to HORIZON vocation ministry journal and VISION Vocation Guide and at its most recent conference, held in June 2025

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In addition many groups now use short films on websites, in e-newsletters, etc.

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[ Carol Schuck Scheiber ]  

2017 NRVC Summer Institute, July 10-25, 2017 Registration and accommodation information   Our annual Summer Institute will offer four workshops at the downtown campus of DePaul University

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

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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

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage May - July 2024 What is a National Eucharistic Pilgrimage?

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Communication Skills to Promote Vocations Workshop July 22-24, 2019 Click here to register now This workshop is created from the syllabus of the NRVC Vocation Ambassadors Program and will teach those

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The administrative support includes handling correspondence, maintaining financial and other records, processing payments and receipts, coordinating registrations, and updating the website and e-newsletter

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World Youth Day Look for NRVC in Krakow NRVC and a number of its members will be part of World Youth Day, to be held in Krakow, Poland July 25-31.

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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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May 1 World Day of Prayer for Vocations May 7 Vocation Ambassadors Program June 9-12 NRVC Summer Institute July

--- April 2017 Newsletter

Learn to assess candidates Behavioral Assessment workshop prepares you The NRVC will offer the workshop "Behavioral Assessment" July 10-12 in Chicago at the De Paul downtown campus. Father Raymond P.

--- June 2017 newsletter

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

--- VISION Vocation Guide

Sister Julie Myers, O.S.F., Sylvania I am NRVC   How long have you been involved in vocation ministry? I spent 18 years in full-time ministry as a physical therapist assistant at Mercy St.

--- December 2013 newsletter
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