Thursday 9:30 – 10:15 am | Grand Ballroom 5-8

Keynote: Evangelization Within the Diocesan Structure

Bishop Michael Byrnes was born in 1958 and grew up in Detroit, MI. After graduating from Detroit Catholic Central High School 1976, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology. He spent some time working as a lab technician before he began serving in a campus ministry organization in the Ann Arbor area.

In 1990 he entered Sacred Heart Major Seminary and was ordained to the presbyterate of the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1996. He served for three years as an associate pastor at St. Joan of Arc parish in St. Clair Shores before being assigned to graduate studies in Rome. Upon completing a doctoral degree in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 2003 he joined the faculty at Sacred Heart as Assistant Professor of Scripture and Dean of Seminarian Formation; during those years he also served as pastor for Presentation-Our Lady of Victory Parish in Detroit.

In May 2011 he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and presently serves as the regional moderator of Northeast Region of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

Wednesday 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Grand Ballroom 5-8

Capstone Address

Sr. Maureen Sullivan, O.P. is a Dominican Sister of Hope from New York. She received her M.A. in Theology from Manhattan College in the Bronx and her Ph.D. from Fordham University, also in the Bronx. She is Professor Emerita of Theology at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. Prior to her ministry at St. Anselm College, she served two years as Academic Dean for Freshmen at Fordham College, followed by two years as the Associate Dean of the College.

Sr. Maureen is a religion consultant for the William H. Sadlier Publishing Company , a position that enables her to speak to Catholic school teachers, catechists, and diocesan leaders on contemporary theological issues.

She has written two books on the Second Vatican Council, both published by Paulist Press: “101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II”, 2002 and “The Road to Vatican II: Key Changes in Theology”, 2007.

Wednesday 9:30 – 10:15 am | Grand Ballroom 5-8

General Address: Unity Without Uniformity: Diversity in the Universal Church View

Rev. Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ph.D. is a Paulist priest and a liturgical composer, currently teaching at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the main facilitator of the Cultural Orientation Program for International Ministers/Priests (COPIM) of Loyola Marymount University. He studied composition and piano at the Manhattan School of Music, theology at the Washington Theological Union, and liturgy, culture, and sociology at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), Berkeley, CA.

Fr. Manalo’s music is published chiefly by Oregon Catholic Press. Some of his best known hymns include:

• Beyond the Days
• Pange Lingua
• Spirit and Grace
• With One Voice
• Worthy Is the Lamb
• Mass of Spirit and Grace      

In 2007, his collaborative hymn, That All May Be One In Christ, won the National Hymn Competition of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM).

Fr. Manalo is also known for pioneering and popularizing Asian Catholic liturgical music in the United States with his hymns, By the Waking of Our Hearts, Many and Great, Ang Katawan Ni Kristo (Filipino: “The Body of Christ”), and his music has been sung during papal Masses of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis.

In 2008, Fr. Manalo’s course, Asian Liturgies and Devotions, marked the first time this subject was ever taught in a Roman Catholic theological institution in the U.S. (The Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, CA). He has written numerous articles and books on liturgy, culture, liturgical music, and intercultural communication. More recently, his book, The Liturgy of Life: The Interrelationship of Sunday Eucharist and Everyday Worship Practices (Liturgical Press, 2014) was a finalist for the 2015 Excellence in Publishing Awards by the Association of Catholic Publishers. He is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, the Catholic Theological Society of America, the International Societas Liturgica, and NPM (board member, 2008-12).

Currently, Fr. Manalo is a member of a USCCB steering committee which is creating a national pastoral plan for U.S. Asian Pacific Catholics (publishing date to be announced). He remains an advisor to the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church and the Committee on Divine Worship.

When he is not traveling throughout the world, he resides at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in Chinatown, San Francisco, CA.

Tuesday 9:30 – 10:15 am | Grand Ballroom 5-8

General Address: Care of God’s Creation-Catholic Social Teaching

Joan Rosenhauer, Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations, Catholic Relief Services

Joan joined CRS in April 2009 and is responsible for leadership of the agency’s mission of assisting Catholics in the U.S. to act on their faith by helping people in need around the world. She leads CRS’ domestic programs and advocacy, including five regional offices across the U.S. She also oversees CRS’ marketing strategy including communications, media, web and social media.

As a member of the CRS executive team, Ms. Rosenhauer has visited CRS programming in East and Central Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America. Programs in these regions include agriculture and food security, health, microfinance, peacebuilding and others.

Prior to joining CRS, Ms. Rosenhauer spent 16 years working for the justice and peace office at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. She has a B.A. in Social Work from the University of Iowa and a Master’s degree in Public Policy Management from the University of Maryland. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from Dominican College and St. Ambrose University as well as the Harry A. Fagan award from the Roundtable Association of Diocesan Social Action Directors.

Tuesday 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Grand Ballroom Foyer

Capstone Address

Sr. Maureen Sullivan, O.P. is a Dominican Sister of Hope from New York. She received her M.A. in Theology from Manhattan College in the Bronx and her Ph.D. from Fordham University, also in the Bronx. She is Professor Emerita of Theology at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. Prior to her ministry at St. Anselm College, she served two years as Academic Dean for Freshmen at Fordham College, followed by two years as the Associate Dean of the College.

Sr. Maureen is a religion consultant for the William H. Sadlier Publishing Company , a position that enables her to speak to Catholic school teachers, catechists, and diocesan leaders on contemporary theological issues.

She has written two books on the Second Vatican Council, both published by Paulist Press: “101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II”, 2002 and “The Road to Vatican II: Key Changes in Theology”, 2007.