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A POST CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE!

September 9, 2017LV 17 Youth EventSusie Boone

Youth Event on Saturday night
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Special Guest ALOB

ALOB is from Southern California where he grew up going to Mass, playing sports, hanging at the beach and was always into music – and partying. After a wake-up call resulting from bad decisions, he attended a Steubenville Youth Conference where he encountered God in a way that changed his life forever. He graduated Franciscan University with a Degree in Theology and a Minor in Philosophy. ALOB is a full time Conference and Retreat Speaker and leads Praise & Worship and Liturgical music for all ages.

103 | Dauphine C-D | Heavenly BFFs

September 9, 2017LV17 Workshop 1Susie Boone

Dauphine C-D – MAP

Handouts:

LA AFRICAN

LA CONGRESS ASIAN

LA SAN JOSE

Using his own paintings and the stories behind them, Bro Mickey will share new ways of seeing Jesus and the saints in all their multi-cultural glory. With St. Kateri Tekakwitha as our inspiration in this hands-on workshop, we will explore ways in which saints befriend all youth, but especially those who feel lonely, marginalized, and bullied because of who they are or what they look like. Practical suggestions for creative activity and prayer such as coloring and writing, will be presented.

Sponsored by World Library Publications

Brother Mickey McGrath, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, paints pictures and tells stories. In between the occasional layovers in his studio, Mickey keeps himself busy as a speaker and retreat director for audiences around the world. He also creates art for many of today’s leading Catholic publishers including World Library Publications, America Magazine, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, for whom he has designed posters for Catechetical Sunday, the Bishops’ Home Missions Appeal, and National Migration Week. His books have won awards from the Catholic Press Association, the Association of Catholic Publishers, and the Illumination Book Awards. Since 1987 Mickey has been a teacher and director at the Grunewald Guild, an ecumenical art community in Leavenworth, Washington. Mickey’s books, videos, and artwork are available through World Library Publications and his own website, http://bromickeymcgrath.com. Whatever the titles of his presentations and whatever type of audience, Mickey’s message, to quote St. Francis DeSales, is basically the same: “We pray best before beauty.”

102 | Esplanade K/L | A Call to Discipleship, Turning Challenges into Opportunities

September 9, 2017LV17 Workshop 1Susie Boone

Esplanade K/L – MAP

Handout:

A Call to Discipleship, Turning Challenges into Opportunities

Let’s admit it, most of us would prefer to not address some of the challenging issues in our time. The question is, do disciples have a choice? Being faithful to the Gospel calls us out of our comfort zones to turn these challenges into opportunities and be messengers of hope and light.

Sponsored by William H. Sadlier, Inc

Father John Hurley is a Paulist and was ordained priest in 1977. His formal evangelization ministry began in 1979 when he founded the Paulist Center for Catholic Evangelization in Portland, Oregon. His evangelization efforts went national as the former Executive Director for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Evangelization, the National Pastoral Life Center and the Department of Evangelization in the Archdiocese of Baltimore of Baltimore. After leaving the USCCB, he served for six years as consultant to the Bishops’ Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis. In May 2014, Fr. Hurley launched a new Paulist ministry, New Evangelization Strategies where he serves as a consultant to those parishes, dioceses and Catholic organizations who want to be more mission driven. He is a consultant to the San Jose Diocesan Office of Evangelization and adjunct faculty to the Academy of Church Leadership at Santa Clara University. He has spoken in over 120 US. dioceses and resides at historic Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco where he once served as pastor.

101 | Bienville I | Confirming Adult Catholics

September 9, 2017LV17 Workshop 1Susie Boone

Bienville I – MAP

Handout:

Confirming Adult Catholics

This workshop explores ways to evangelize and form already practicing Catholics who simply “missed” the sacrament of confirmation. Using a liturgical approach, Mary Birmingham has used this formation process successfully in her parish for decades.

Sponsored by World Library Publications

Michael Ruzicki serves as Editor and as the Media and Events Coordinator for Liturgy Training Publications and the Director of Music for Notre Dame de Chicago Parish. Before arriving at LTP, Michael served as a team member of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate and as a parish Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and at the Archdiocese of Baltimore as Coordinator of Adult and Sacramental Formation and the Director of the Archdiocesan Music Ministry. Michael is a graduate of The Catholic University of America (religion, art and theatre) and the Washington Theological Union (theological and pastoral studies) in Washington, DC and is the author of the “Guide for Training Initiation Ministers: An Introduction to the RCIA” (LTP, 2017).

SATURDAY KEYNOTE: Maria H. Sedano

September 9, 2017LV17 KeynotesSusie Boone

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Saturday | 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Maria H. Sedano – Sponsored by RCL Benziger

Bilingual – Bilingüe

We Remember! We Celebrate! We Believe!
Gathered as a family of believers, we are here to remember and to celebrate the actions of our God and the journeying of our global and local church. We are also gathered to renew our Faith, our beliefs and our commitment to maintain the “historical memory”, passing along to others what we received from our elders

¡Recordamos! ¡Celebramos! ¡Creemos!
Reunidos como una familia de fe, hemos venido a recordar y a celebrar las acciones de nuestro Dios y el caminar de nuestra Iglesia tanto mundial como local. Hemos venido a renovar nuestra fe, nuestras creencias y nuestro compromiso con un Dios que nos llama a mantener la “memoria histórica” y a transmitir a otros lo que recibimos de nuestros antepasados.

Maruja Sedano es la directora del Departamento de Formación para los Ministerios en la Diócesis de San Bernardino, CA. De 2002-2015 fue Directora la Oficina de Catequesis y Ministerio Juvenil en la Archidiócesis de Chicago. Previamente fue directora asociada, responsable de Educación Religiosa de Adultos y del Instituto Bíblico en la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles, donde trabajo por 26 años desarrollando programas para la formación de catequistas, evangelizadores y animadores bíblicos. Posee diplomas en Educación y Teología Pastoral; Maestría en Educación Religiosa de la Universidad de Fordham, NewYork. Su trabajo en catequesis tanto en español como en inglés la llevó a ser cofundadora de la Organización Nacional para Catequesis Hispana (NOCH), presidenta de la Conferencia Nacional de Líderes Catequéticos (NCCL) y miembro activo de la Comisión Catequética de los Obispos de Alta y Baja California. Al presente sirve como secretaria de la Federación de Institutos Pastorales FIP. Desde 1980 Maruja ha servido en diversos comités nacionales de la Conferencia Episcopal Católica de USA, entre ellos el Comité de Evangelización y Catequesis de la Conferencia Episcopal Católica de USA. Maruja ha presentado numerosas charlas sobre diversos temas and congresos y conferencias de catequesis como Los Ángeles, Chicago, Boston, Houston, el Paso, Baltimore, Stockton, San Bernardino etc.

Maruja Sedano is director of the Department of Ministry Formation and the Ministry Formation Institute in the diocese of San Bernardino, CA. Her ministry in the USA began in 1968 in the Diocese of Fresno, CA where she served as Associate Director of Hispanic Apostolate Office coordinating catechesis and ministry for migrant workers. Later she was Associate Director at the Office of Religious Education in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles where she worked for 26 years managing the overall Religious Education programs in Spanish and Religious Education Division for Adults and Young Adults in English. From 2002 to 2015 she was the Director of the Office for Catechesis and Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Her work with in Spanish and English catechesis, led her to become the co-founder of the National Organization for Hispanic Catechesis (NOCH), president of the National Conference of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) and active member of the Catechetical Commission of Bishops Upper and Baja California. At the present she serves as secretary for the Federación de Institutos Pastorales. Moreover, since 1980 Maruja has served in various national committees of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the United States, including the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis. She is the author of the “Book Catechist Training,” and has co-authored several series and has been an advisor for catechetical material. Maruja holds degrees in Education, Pastoral Theology and a Master in Adult Education from Fordham University, New York. During her ministry Maruja has presented lectures on various topics and catechetical congresses and conferences in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Houston, El Paso, Baltimore, Stockton, San Bernardino etc. conferencias de catequesis como Los Ángeles, Chicago, Boston, Houston, el Paso, Baltimore, Stockton, San Bernardino etc.

FRIDAY KEYNOTE: At the Finish Line, Call Me Faithful

September 8, 2017LV17 KeynotesSusie Boone

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Friday | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

We remember. We celebrate in gratitude! We continue to believe it is all about the journey. Pope Francis simply reminds us that “a spark of divine light is within each of us”. We gather to proclaim and embrace “the Spark” as the energy, the hope to lead us forward through moments of transition, change and challenge to discover a more peaceful world for all.

Sister Pat McGinley, a Sister of Saint Joseph from Philadelphia has served in many areas of church life before her present ministry as Pastoral Associate in Lawrenceville, NJ. East coast experience includes diversified assignments in the teaching profession, Parish Director of Religious Education, Director for the Department of Small Christian Communities in the Archdiocese of Newark, NJ, and staff member for the International Office of Renew. In 1999, she found a new home in the Diocese of Las Vegas, serving as Vicar for Ministry and Faith Formation until 2007. Onward to Iona College in New Rochelle, NY where she served as Special Executive Assistant to the President. Sr. Pat has presented at national and diocesan events on the topics of spirituality, catechetical and pastoral ministry.