Hope is our North Star – Register for the 2025 conference
*You’re invited to register now for the Vocations Canada (NAVFD) 2025 Conference – Hope is our North Star – Shine your Light!
September 23-25, 2025
This year, the conference will be held at the beautiful Alt Hotel St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador.
Keynote speakers include:
Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ on A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars
Jesuit spirituality is centered on “finding God in all things.” What better represents “all things” than the universe itself? Jesuits have figured prominently in the history of astronomy, engaging both the mind and the heart… the mathematical and scientific study of the phenomena, and also its history and philosophy, and its reflections in art, photography, and poetry… how we find God in the joy we experience observing the sky.
Sr. Barbara Reid, OP on Stars and Biblical Journeys
In the opening chapter of our Scriptures, God creates the heavenly bodies to light the way for humankind (Gen 1:14-18). The immense number of stars points to the surety of God’s promises and divine blessings that are too many to try to count, e.g., descendants to Abraham (Gen 15:5; Deut 1:10-11). Perhaps the most famous star in the Bible is the one that led the magi to the infant Jesus (Matt 2:1-12). In this presentation, we will explore how our biblical ancestors regarded the stars and what they may say to us today about how to discern God’s presence and respond to the divine call to vocation and mission.
Download the registration package and conference poster at NAVFD.info