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New at 2024 Summer Institute! Today’s discerners come with varied healthcare preferences, chronic illnesses, and problematic medical issues that may complicate vocation discernment and the admissions process. Canon law 642 informs vocation directors and major superiors “to exercise a vigilant care to admit only those who, besides being of ... Read More
If you need to stay an extra overnight on July 29 for Summer Institute, please use this option to confirm a reservation. Please note that this option is only for those registered for the workshop, Being Human and Sexual: An Evolving Understanding.
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This Summer Institute workshop provides vocation directors and those in leadership clarity to adequately assess a candidate’s ability to live celibacy within vowed communal life. Beginning with fundamental understandings that sexuality is integral to being human, centered in relationship and presence, participants will explore the following: well-being, an integrated understanding ... Read More
The NRVC Convocation begins at the opening reception on Thursday evening, October 31, and includes lunch on Friday and Saturday, concluding with the closing awards banquet on Sunday, November 3 at 9:00 pm. Pre-convocation workshops and the Sacred Sites Bus Pilgrimage must be purchased as separate items in the ... Read More
This Summer Institute workshop is essential for all newly appointed vocation directors and teams. Its goal is to provide participants with the foundational skills, context, theory, challenges, and practicalities of contemporary vocation ministry. Topics will include accompaniment with inquirers, assessment of discerners, application and admission processes, vocation promotion, canon law, boundaries, animating vowed ... Read More
This Summer Institute workshop teaches practical interviewing techniques in a theoretical framework of behavioral assessment. While the focus is on the initial assessment of candidates, the methodology is readily adapted to assessing candidates in other stages of formation. Interview topics include family background, educational and occupational histories, psychosexual histories ... Read More
This Summer Institute workshop is designed to assist vocation ministers, congregational leaders, and vocation team members in understanding and articulating the basic ethical values, principles, and standards of vocation ministry. Topics include the ethical principles governing agency, confidentiality, and obligations related to positions of trust; dissemination of information; the timeliness ... Read More
This colorful brochure answers 10 commonly asked questions about vocations to religious life. Each packet comes with 100 brochures, to make this resource easy to send to members to place in parishes, ministries, and orientation folders for students, board members, volunteers, and employees, as well as those inquiring about religious ... Read More
This colorful, four-panel brochure treats 10 questions, giving accurate answers to things parents commonly ask about vocations to religious life. Sold in packages of 100, this brochure is affordable as a giveaway in parish bulletins, vocation fairs, and large events. It answers the following: Are people entering religious life? Why ... Read More
This director's manual is the companion to the discerner's journal which contains 14 themes with scripture reflection, quotes from Vatican II and Church Documents, as well as reflection questions. This resource is intended for vocation ministers who work with inquirers who want more in-depth assessment in discernment as it contains ... Read More
This 63-page booklet is an affordable resource for seekers and inquirers who want to pray more about their vocation. It is written as a thirty-day retreat using Scripture, reflection, activities, and questions to help discernment. One way to use this booklet is to give it to students after their Busy ... Read More
These colorful business-sized cards make ideal giveaways at Catholic events as a way to begin a discussion about religious vocations. This popular resource has been used at exhibits such as the National Catholic Youth Conference and World Youth Day. Designed to promote all religious vocations, these cards come in a pack ... Read More
College students participating in campus Busy Persons Retreats can use this colorful booklet with 17 themes. Students select a theme that includes at least 8 scripture choices and a variety of reflection questions that can be used throughout the retreat. What makes this resource ideal, is that these booklets can ... Read More
This attractive postcard-size prayer card can complement the vocation promotion resources given at events, especially those with a diverse crowd. This prayer card also makes a perfect gift enclosure for building relationships with catechists and directors of religious education, especially for Catechetical Sunday. The front of the card has space ... Read More
These postcard-sized cards featuring two beautiful Kente cloth designs are a perfect resource to promote all vocations in a variety of settings. The front of the prayer card contains a moving prayer by Sister Beatrice Jeffries, S.B.S., and the back has Scripture verses from 1 Kings 19:11-12. This new resource ... Read More
This discernment journal contains 14 themes with scripture reflection, quotes from Vatican II and Church Documents, as well as reflection questions. This resource is intended for use by inquirers who want more in-depth conversation and assessment in discernment. This resource is available in English and is best used together with ... Read More
Dios concedeme un corazon que pueda discernir This is a favorite resource for vocation ministers because this folder contains 14 relevant topics for those who are prayerfully considering their future. The resource is intended to be used by vocation directors, spiritual directors, campus ministers, and vocation team members. The approach ... Read More
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