All posts by Susie Boone

RM 136 | C-3 La Sanación interior como, regalo del amor de Dios

Session C 18

Dios quiere la felicidad para el ser humano, no significa exento de dolor, pero es un camino donde el siempre quiere darnos la sanación interior para que seamos capaces del perdón y la libertad que nos brinda, el quiere que estemos sanaos para ser capaces de amar.

Hermana Maryud Milena Cortes, nació en Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia, es la primera de 9 hermanos. Ingreso a la Congregación Hermanas Misioneras Siervas del Divino Espíritu el 30 de enero de 2006.

Tiene una experiencia Misionera de 11 anos en diferentes lugares de la geografía Colombiana y se ha desempeñado como misionera en Ecuador y Estados Unidos.

En este momento hace parte de una iniciativa de Catholic extensión, en un programa de intercambio de Hermanas latinas en Estados unidos, y realiza su labor misionera en la diócesis de Kalamazoo, Michigan en compañía de tres hermanas más de su congragación.

Dimensión: Teología

 

RM 307 | C-5 Life Isn’t a Television Drama

Session C 18

As consumers of television most of us get our idea of “witness and testify” from popular crime drama shows. A witness sees a crime and testifies in court. Does that same idea transfer to our idea of Christian Witness? And to what do we testify? In this workshop we will discuss the themes of what we are witnesses to. What do we see God doing in the world today? With an understanding of these themes we will consider our own personal testimony. Does what we witness line up with our testimony? And how does that play out in our ministry?

Dianna Rottiers is Pastoral Associate at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Comstock Park. Dianna and her husband Dave have three adult children, raise puppies for Paws With a Cause, and enjoy traveling, biking, and craft beers.

Dimension: Spirituality

Also offered as B-14

 

Board Room | C-9 Stages of Developing an Informed Conscience

Session C 18

After hearing students substitute “my consciousness” for “my conscience tells me,” I became interested in Conscience Formation. This workshop will foster an informative adult conversation on our images of God and our formation of conscience. We meet people of all ages who live and face difficult choices, yet often are using an image of God and an understanding of conscience from their much earlier developmental understandings of these two graced realities. How do we as educators help to develop and nurture the growth of these essential understandings in ourselves and in young and older fellow Christians as we walk with, mentor or teach these faith understandings. And, how do these understandings affect our ongoing relationships with God and the Church?

Sr. Mary Kay Oosdyke, OP is a Dominican Sister, currently involved in itinerant ministry of Faith Education and Spiritual Formation for Adults. Her area of ministry has included theology and education on many levels from 2nd grade through higher education, including lay and ordained ministry education and spiritual formation.

Dimension: Evangelization 

Also offered as B-25

RM 402 | C-06 | The Key to Successful Classroom Management? Relationships!

Uncategorized

Session C | 11:15 am- 12:15 pm

Terry Cotting-Mogan

Come and learn some practical ways to strengthen your classroom management skills by strengthening your relationship with and among your students. Creating a classroom community will increase attendance, participation, smiles and decrease discipline issues.

​About the Speaker:
Currently the Pflaum Publishing Group’s Western Regional Manager, Ms Cotting-Mogan has over 40 years in catechetical, campus, family, and youth/youth adult ministries at the parish, school, and diocesan levels. She has spoken at numerous events at diocesan and national levels. She earned a BA from Marquette University, a MS from Cardinal Stritch College, both of Milwaukee WI, and an Advanced Studies Certificate in Youth Ministry Training from St Mary U, MD.

RM 225 | B-9 Behold the Cross: The Power and Mystery of God’s Love

Session B 18

In the shadow of the cross, with pain etched across the faces of Jesus and all humanity, let us contemplate sin, suffering, death and new life in resurrection. God’s love and mercy break forth as light in our darkness. We all long to be saved and God has sent a Savior to renew the face of the earth.

We will share in a theological reflection rooted in Ronald Rolheiser’s The Passion and the Cross, Elizabeth Johnson’s Creation and the Cross and Barbara Reid’s Wisdom’s Feast.

Sr. Diane Zerfas OP, is a Grand Rapids Dominican Sister who has taught for many years in high schools, Aquinas College, in bible study and faith formation programs. She currently serves as Coordinator of Spirituality at Dominican Center, forming spiritual directors, offering retreats and presenting in programs for women’s spirituality, mysticism, and  prayer practices.

Dimension: Spirituality

Also offered as C-7

 

Board Room | B-25 Stages of Developing an Informed Conscience

Session B 18

After hearing students substitute “my consciousness” for “my conscience tells me,” I became interested in Conscience Formation. This workshop will foster an informative adult conversation on our images of God and our formation of conscience. We meet people of all ages who live and face difficult choices, yet often are using an image of God and an understanding of conscience from their much earlier developmental understandings of these two graced realities. How do we as educators help to develop and nurture the growth of these essential understanding in ourselves and in young and older fellow Christians as we walk with, mentor or teach these faith understandings. And, how do these   understandings affect our ongoing relationships with God and the Church?

Sr. Mary Kay Oosdyke, OP is a Dominican Sister, currently involved in itinerant ministry of Faith Education and Spiritual Formation for Adults. Her area of ministry has included theology and education on many levels from 2nd grade through higher education, including lay and ordained ministry education and spiritual formation.

Dimension: Evangelization 

Also offered as C-9

 

RM 133 | A-4 TOB 101: Teología del Cuerpo I con las enseñanzas del Santo Juan Pablo II.

Session A 18

Esté preparado para tener una inmersión de mente y corazón mientras aprendemos sobre cómo hablar de la castidad con niños y jóvenes dependiendo de su desarrollo en etapas y edades.

Verónica Quintino-Aranda MSW-Tiene su maestría como Trabajadora social con un enfoque en el ministerio juvenil. Verónica es una candidata para la certificación de Teología del Cuerpo. Tiene 17 años de experiencia trabajando con familias en diferentes capacitaciones incluyendo mujeres embarazada por medio del ambiente de la medicina. Su experiencia incluye Desarrollo de Edades y Etapas y Salud Socio-emocional desde la preconcepción hasta dos años de edad. También incluyendo, jóvenes de adolescencia entre las edades de secundaria y preparatoria.

Ella ofrece conocimiento entre la comunidad con diferentes programas y agencias que ofrecen recursos y servicios para Latinos. Verónica es la Directora del ministerio juvenil en la Iglesia de San José Obrero.

Dimensión: Teología

También se ofrece en B-3

 

RM CLC | A-08 | Social Savvy 101: A Jr High/High School Leaders Guide to Using Social Media the Right Way

Sacramento MD Session A

​​Session A | 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Sherry Hayes-Peirce

This session will focus on sharing best practices for using social media. We will review how important it is to craft an appropriate image on social media explore the consequences when you don’t. The course will help students and teachers understand the relevance and importance of social media as a communication tool in framing who they are and how it can be interpreted by others. Attendees will be able to form a personal standard of conduct on social media that frames them as a person not just a profile for popularity!
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​About the Speaker:
Sherry Hayes-Peirce is an internationally known speaker on church social media strategy. She has worked with the Archdiocese of Seattle, been a featured speaker at the 2015 Northwest Regional Catholic Stewardship Conference, 2017 Los Angeles Archdiocese C3 Technology Conference and wrote a featured article for Angelus News on social media titled “5 Things Every Parish Should Post”.

Sunday 8:30 am – Noon | Morning Session

Uncategorized

Location: Finnegan Fieldhouse

“Made for More: A Prodigal’s Journey”
 –Leah Darrow

“We Don’t Run this Race Alone: Surrounded by a Cloud of Witnesses”
–Kimberly Hahn

Celebration of Holy Mass
–Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton

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Leah Darrow is an international Catholic speaker inspiring others to embrace Christ’s mercy, reclaim beauty, and become who God made them to be. She was on the reality TV show America’s Next Top Model and later worked as a professional model before experiencing a conversion back to her Catholic faith. Leah is author of the book The Other Side of Beauty and podcast host of Do Something Beautiful, where she shares inspirational people who are truly doing something beautiful to make our world better. She is a mama to four wild saints-in-training and wife to a pretty cool dude named Ricky. *appropriate wording for adult conferences?

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Kimberly Hahn married Scott in 1979 and became a Catholic during the Easter Vigil of 1990. She wrote a book with Scott on their journey to the Catholic Church titled Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism. Kimberly’s other books include Life-Giving Love: Embracing God’s Beautiful Design for Marriage, and the four-book and DVD series on Proverbs 31 that includes Chosen and Cherished, Graced and Gifted, Beloved and Blessed, and Legacy of Love. She holds an MA in theology from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Kimberly and Scott have 6 children and 15 grandchildren. Learn more about Kimberly at scotthahn.com.

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Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton is the fifth bishop of Steubenville, ordained and installed September 10, 2012. He is a member of the Board of Governors and the Development Committee of the Pontifical North American College, Rome. Bishop Monforton serves on the USCCB Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. He also serves on the Board of Regents and Priestly Formation Board, St. Vincent Seminary, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and as episcopal moderator of the Diocesan Information Systems Conference. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in sacred theology from Franciscan University, where he is an adjunct faculty member. In addition, he is a presenter on three Catholic radio stations and pens a monthly article, “Ask the Bishop,” in the diocesan newspaper, The Steubenville Register.

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3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Saturday | Answering ‘Bible Christianity

Uncategorized

Location: Chapel

Trent Horn earned a master’s degree in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville after his conversion to the Catholicism and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in philosophy from Holy Apostles College. A staff apologist for Catholic Answers, Trent dialogues with atheists, pro-choice advocates, and other non-Catholic callers on the weekly radio program Catholic Answers Live. He is also the co-host of Hearts and Minds, a weekly radio program that discusses timely issues from an eternal perspective and a lecturer who travels throughout the world speaking on subjects related to the Catholic faith. Trent is also the author of four books: Answering Atheism, Persuasive Pro-life, Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach to Answering Bible Difficulties, and his latest, Why We’re Catholic.