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2023 RFC Congress: Together We Thrive!

Dear Members, Partners, and Friends of the Conference,

For the past several months the 2023 Congress Planning Committee has been working hard on next year’s event. We’re excited to greet folks in-person and cultivate connection and community!

We’re delighted to share that the biennial national gathering will now be organized and promoted under the banner “Thrive,” focusing on the approaches, best practices and resources that empower women and men religious and those who serve them in formation.

While the broad theme of Thrive will be used for Congress generally, each gathering will have a particular theme. In 2023, for example, it will be “together in formation” and highlight the ways that we, as people committed to the synodal path, best accompany those called to this way of life. A few guiding questions:

  • What does it look like for those in religious life and formation ministry, specifically, to thrive?
  • What kinds of gifts do we need for authentic synodality?
  • What is the role of formation in exercising synodal leadership?

Please save November 9-12, 2023 for the next RFC Congress. A year from now we'll gather at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare. Those in formation ministry, congregational leadership, and partners and collaborators are encouraged to attend.

Congress offers presentations that engage, educate, and strengthen those in the ministry of formation as well as elected leaders and members. Topics touch on both initial and lifelong (ongoing) formation and the contexts and settings where formation takes place.

Registration will open in April with a discount registration deadline of Sunday, October 15. A fee schedule for the 2023 Congress will be made available by the end of the month to allow participants to plan and budget for the gathering. We’ll let you know when that information has posted to our website. 

We invite you to mark your calendar for the 2023 Congress and plan to join us.

Together (in formation!), we'll embark on a journey of connection and networking, dialogue and learning, prayer and Eucharist. This time will inspire and inform the future.

See you in Chicago next November!

-2023 Congress Planning Committee

Adriana Calzada, CCVI
Nancy Gerth, SCN
Mary Ann Nelson, OP
Elyse Marie Ramirez, OP
Corrina Thomas, FSPA
Ellen Dauwer, SC (staff)
Ryan Hoffmann (staff)
Brian Michalski (staff)
Sofia Mikolyash (staff)

 

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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

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Staff / Contact

Membership

Congregational Members

Member Areas

Partners & Collaborators

Mary Emil Penet, IHM Award

Formators Network

Get news & notes

News Blog

Privacy Policy

Request More Information

Programs

Attend a Program

Request More Information

ForMission

ForMission 2.0

Life Commitment

Compromiso de Vida

Orientation to Formation

Ongoing Formation Circles

Webinars and Workshops

InterCongregational Collaborative Novitiate (ICCN)

Together

Programs and Initiatives Advisory Committee

Member Areas

Scholarship Funds

Cancellation Policies

Congress

Congress 2025

Congress 2023

Congress 2021

Congress 2019

Congress 2017

Congress 2015

Congress 2013

Congress 2011

Resources

Resources Portal

Online Formators Network

Webinar Recordings

Workshops & Presentations

InFormation Bulletins

Annual Reports

Scholarship Funds

News Blog

Online Store

Cancellation Policies

Request More Information

Members

Become a Member

Member Areas

Online Formators Network

Group Supervision

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