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Life Commitment Program

Life Commitment is an 8-day program that provides an opportunity for Catholic religious women and men to contemplate and reflect on their call to embrace a life-time commitment to consecrated life. Those discerning or anticipating profession of final vows gather in the company of their peers with presenters, seasoned in religious life and skilled in adult learning processes, to engage the compelling questions, experiences, and insights that speak to the reality of living vowed religious life in the 21st century.

During their time together, participants reflect on their:

  • Relationship with God, Community, Church and Culture.
  • Personal and communal witness to the mission of Jesus Christ as vowed religious.
  • Call to service for the life of the Church, world and Earth.
  • Commitment and authentic living of the vows – poverty, celibacy, and obedience.

The program creates opportunities for participants to:

  • Gain insight into the challenges and blessings of living as vowed religious at this time in history.
  • Enhance their ability to reflect, live, and act in a manner consistent with the prophetic mission and nature of their vocation call.
  • Participate in personal and communal prayer and daily Eucharistic liturgy.
  • Dialogue with peers and share experiences, both challenges and graces, of vowed communal life.
  • Meet new friends and connect with women and men from diverse cultures and congregations/provinces, and experience an array of charisms.

Click here for pictures from the last Life Commitment Program. 

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LCP 2022

Presenters at the 2022 program include:

  • Religious Life as a Prophetic Experience
    Sr. Nicole Trahan, FMI
  • Vow of Poverty
    Br. John Barker, OFM
  • Vow of Chastity/Celibacy
    Sr. Laura Downing, IHM
  • Community Living
    Sr. Nancy Gerth, SCN and Sr. Corrina Thomas, FSPA
  • Vow of Obedience
    Fr. Hai Ho, Capuchin

Date, Location, and Cost of LCP 2022

LCP 2022 will take place June 22-30 at University of St. Mary of the Lake (Mundelein Seminary), Mundelein llinois. Application deadline has been extended to Monday, May 16th. 

Participants should arrive no later than 4:00 pm on June 22. Checkout will be after breakfast on June 30. 

  • Members
    $100.00 Non-refundable deposit plus a $1800.00 payment, a total of $1900.00
  • Non-members
    $100.00 Non-refundable deposit plus a $2500.00 payment, a total of $2600.00

Request for Application

Please fill out and submit the inquiry form below to receive application materials and more information about the program.

If you have questions, please contact the RFC at rfc@relforcon.org.

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The Religious Formation Conference (RFC) is a national Roman Catholic organization serving religious institutes of women and men with programs and services for those in the ministry of initial and lifelong formation, and general congregational membership.

Animated by God’s vivifying presence, the RFC will stand at the forefront of discerning the formative horizon of the emergent in religious life. In concert with members and collaborative partners, the Conference will lead in the areas of initial and ongoing formation and the professional preparation of formators.

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About RFC

About RFC

Mission, Vision, Values

Board of Directors

Staff / Contact

Membership

Congregational Members

Member Areas

Partners & Collaborators

Get news & notes

News Blog

Travel to/from

Privacy Policy

Programs

Attend a Program

ForMission

Program Cost and Payment
Dates and Location

Life Commitment

Program Cost and Payment

Compromiso de Vida

Orientation to Formation

Program cost and payment

Together

InterCongregational Collaborative Novitiate (ICCN)

Webinars

Member Areas

Scholarship Funds

Calendar

Members

Become a Member

Member Areas

Congress

Congress 2023

Congress 2021

Congress 2019

Congress 2017

Congress 2015

Congress 2013

Congress 2011

Resources

Annual Reports

Resources Portal

Scholarship Funds

News Blog

Online Store

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