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2014 Programs

with
Richard Gaillardetz, PhD
Joseph Professor of Theology at Boston College
and
Caroljean Willie, SC, PhD
NGO representative at the United Nations for the Sisters of Charity Federation.
Click here for dates and locations. Stay tuned for more information.

Webinars

During the recent Transformation of Religious Life: An Action-Oriented Initiative, participating congregations were surveyed on areas regarding communal life and mission, to determine areas of further interest. As a result of this survey and participants’ evaluations, RFC offers its members the following three webinars listed below. Please mark your calendars and watch for e-mails regarding each webinar and disseminate this information to maximize participation. Read more by clicking on Webinar above...

Life Commitment Program

The program for temporary professed women and men preparing for their final commitment. We encourage you to register for this program as soon as possible.

ForMission Class of Jan 2011 at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago

ForMission Program

The goal of the program is personal and communal transformation for the sake of communal life and mission in the 21^st century context of religious life, church and world...

Congress 2013

To order the recorded Congress and Pre-Congress Keynote presentations and seminars, please contact the RFC office at 202-827-4562 or email: kkandefer@relforcon.org

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2013 Life Commitment Program, Villa Maria Del Mar, Santa Cruz, CA
ForMission participants
Board members share a laugh

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Letter from Sr. Violet Grennan, mfic | Membership Information

Information Bulletin

InFormation Winter 2013

Highlights in this issue:

Mary Pat Garvin, RSM:
Graced Companionship
Book Review:
Buying the Field
Congress 2013:
When we Met in St. Louis...
Upcoming Programs
Take Note
Regional Contacts
Poem by Mary Oliver:
Making the House Ready for the Lord

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Facilitator Guide

Transformation of Religious Life In North-America: An Action-Oriented Initiative

Click here to order the Facilitator Guide.

From The Overview:

History:

This Facilitator Guide grew out of the Religious Formation Conference’s (RFC) programming initiative, Transformation of Religious Life in North America: An Action-Oriented Initiative, which was generously supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The main objective of the final phase of this initiative was a “training of trainers” to continue inviting and facilitating change back home in participants’ respective congregations. RFC is making this Guide available to support those who will engage the work of transformation with their local congregations...