4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
DFW AB

Los participantes descubrirán cómo proclamamos al Pueblo de Dios. Descubriendo herramientas y medios para proclamar el Evangelio haciendo uso de las inteligencias múltiples con inclusividad, más no siendo limitados por el idioma o la edad. Los enfoques incluirán música moderna, narración de historias, tecnología y arte.

Dr. Patricia Jimenez

Patricia Jiménez, DMin completed her Doctorate in Ministry from Barry in 2014, specializing in Hispanic and Latino Theology and Ministry. She is the Webmaster for www.ushispanicministry.com and has served for over 20 years in the areas of youth ministry, catechesis, and teaching and administering lay formation programs. Ms. Jiménez has experience in parish and diocesan ministry as well as academia, and has been a speaker at local, regional, and national events. In what follows, she recounts some of her experiences at Barry University and discusses her development of a national website designed to serve Hispanic/Latino Catholics.

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Grand ABCDE

In his Apostolic Exhortation The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis challenges all of us to embark on “a new chapter of evangelization.” This presentation will examine what this might mean in a world “pervaded as it is by consumerism…desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart.”

Dianne Bergant, CSA

Dianne Bergant, CSA is Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She was President of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (2000-1) and has been an active member of the Chicago Catholic/Jewish Scholars Dialogue for the past thirty years. For more than twenty-five years she has been the Old Testament book reviewer of The Bible Today, having been a member of the editorial board for twenty-five years. Five of these years she served as the magazine’s general editor. She wrote the weekly column The Word for America magazine (2002-5), reflections that have now been published by Paulist Press. She is currently working in the areas of biblical interpretation and biblical theology, particularly issues of peace, ecology and feminism.

8:45 am – 9:45 am
Grand ABCDE

Walking the walk and talking the talk. As life progresses it is easy to get lost in the happiness or sadness brought by change. There is at the heart of these feelings the sacred heart of Christ – an eternal source of personal joy, strength, and refuge. Fr. Fragomeni will discuss finding perspective in life’s great triumphs, leveling defeats, small pleasures, and minor annoyances, and placing these experiences into the context of Christ’s long suffering love and compassion for each of us, for all of us, and for the world.

KEYNOTE: Father Richard Fragomeni

Richard Fragomeni is a presbyter of the Diocese of Albany, New York, and has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1990. His teaching involves him in Roman Catholic theology, interpretation theory, and poetry. His current work is in the field of word and sacrament: the intersection of symbolic activity and language as it creates insights into the Christian proclamation of grace. Central to this work is a fascination with the power of liturgy and preaching in the transformation of the human heart. Richard is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University. He also serves as the Rector of The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, an Italian-American spiritual center in Chicago’s historic Little Italy. In addition to his teaching duties he is a preacher of parish missions and gives presentations nationally and internationally on liturgical, sacramental, and catechetical topics. He is author of Come to the Feast and co-author with Br. Michael McGrath, OCFS, of both Blessed Art Thou Mother, Lady, Mystic, Queen, At the Name of Jesus: The Way, The Truth and The Light. He has published In Shining Splendor: Fifty Eastertime Meditations, and The Eucharist: 50 Questions from the Pews.

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Hartsfield

Recent research shows that the single greatest difference between those who identify as Catholic and those who identify as former-Catholics is “the belief that God is a personal being personally involved in the lives of people today.” If we are to shape our whole lives as a Christian story, we must first learn to recognize, craft, and share stories of grace about particular life experiences. This session will introduce seven principles for crafting stories of grace for teens, young adults, and even not-so-young-anymore adults that allow us to speak of God’s action in our lives in persuasive and very real terms.

Leonard DeLorenzo

Leonard J. DeLorenzo, Ph.D., is a faculty member of the McGrath Institute for Church Life and teaches theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored What Matters Most: Empowering Young Catholics for Life’s Big Decisions (Ave Maria, 2018), Witness: Learning to Tell the Stories of Grace that Illumine Our Lives (Ave Maria, 2016), Work of Love: A Theological Reconstruction of the Communion of Saints (University of Notre Dame Press, 2017), and he is the co-editor of Dante, Mercy, and the Beauty of the Human Person (Cascade, 2017). Please visit his personal website for more information at leonardjdelorenzo.com.

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Narita AB

The Eucharist is “the source and the summit of the Christian life” and is the very fabric out of which the Christian life is woven, since it is none other than Christ Himself among us. This workshop takes up the theme of “missionary discipleship”–so clearly put before us by Pope Francis–and hopes to inspire participants, examining and affirming the deep connection between the Eucharist and the EVERYDAY missionary work of the Church. The importance of storytelling and the witness of the saints will guide the presentation. The presenter gives special attention to pedagogy, suggesting ways to make these connections in the lives of our young people, inviting them into the missionary, Eucharistic life of the Church.

Kevin Dowd

Kevin Dowd is a doctoral candidate in theology and education at Boston College, working under the advisement of Thomas H. Groome. He is the third of eight sons from Worcester, Massachusetts, and has taught in Catholic schools and religious education programs in both Massachusetts and New York. After graduating from Harvard University with a bachelor of arts degree in history, Kevin volunteered for two years with the Franciscans at the Capuchin Youth and Family Ministries (CYFM) in Garrison, New York. He earned his master’s degree in education from the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry (IREPM) at Boston College in 2008. His research interests include religion and public education, inter-religious dialogue, and bullying. Currently, Kevin teaches theology at Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts, and he writes a weekly blog on the Sunday readings available at www.bayardinc.com/the-word-is-life/

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
DaVinci AB

Fr. Ray East

Monsignor East is the son of the late Thomas and Gwendolyn East. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. Raised in San Diego, he graduated from the University of San Diego. After attending Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas, Texas and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland he was ordained in 1981 for the Archdiocese of Washington by Cardinal James Aloysius Hickey.

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Malpensa

While David’s mom is Puerto Rican and fluent in Spanish, and Noelle’s dad is Mexican and fluent in Spanish, neither one grew up with Spanish spoken in their home. For the past four years, however, Noelle and David have been ministering in a bilingual community at a bilingual parish. This workshop, based on personal experience, will give some practical advice for ministering in a community that embraces more than one culture. Discover ways to plan events and liturgies that bring diverse groups together and explore the realities experienced by different generations within the same family.

Noelle Garcia

Noelle Garcia and David McHugh have been married for 9 years and are parents to five children. They travel around the country doing music and youth ministry but their home base is in Dodge City, Kansas! Noelle is finishing her Masters of Theological Studies at Newman University in Wichita, and David has a B.A. in Theology from Franciscan University. They minister together at the National Catholic Youth Conference, LA RECongress, and have also performed internationally at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. Noelle also appeared in the 2009 CNN documentary, “Latino in America” sharing her music and testimony. David has a unique style of playing guitar on his own invention – Percoustix (patented) – which allows him to play drums and guitar at the same time. When not chasing around and homeschooling their five kiddos, the husband and wife team enjoy sharing their faith with lots of laughs, prayer, and music!

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
DFW AB

Experiences, tools, and methods that St. Paul Street Evangelization have found to be fruitful in evangelizing communities.

Adam Janke

Adam oversees the development of programs and resources for SPSE including the Urban Missionary Program, Regional Missionary Program, Leadership Training Institute, and the online School of Evangelization. As a public speaker he offers keynote talks and workshops on the New Evangelization. After converting to Catholicism from biblical fundamentalism in 2005, Adam obtained a BA in Theology and Catechetics and an MA in Theology in Christian Ministry from Franciscan University. Adam has been featured on EWTN Television and Radio, Catholic Answers Live, the Radio Maria Network, the National Catholic Register, as well as in several other Catholic news publications. He resides in Michigan with his wife and six children.