Breakout Session 1

Breakouts

Saturday 1:45 pm

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers (Arena)

Go and Make Disciples: The Call to Evangelization

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers will discuss the relationship between the sacredness of family life and the brokenness of the culture, and how the grace received in the Eucharist deepens and strengthens both parents and children on their journey toward heaven.

Curtis Martin (Hall B)

The Method Modeled by the Master

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Kendra Tierney (Hall C)

The Apostolate of Family Life: Evangelizing within our Homes

We are called by God to love and serve those closest to us, beginning with those in our own homes. Learn how the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar and your own dinner table can be the foundation for a deeply lived family faith and strong family culture. Warning: there will be feast day food puns.

Amanda Zurface (Spruce, Pine, Oak & Maple Rooms)

Proclaiming God’s Glory to Children in a Pornographic Culture

The earth is filled with the glory of God. God’s deeds are wondrous and are to be proclaimed to every nation and people. This includes his designs and will for man and woman. God has created us for more—more beauty, more virtue, to share more and more in God’s glory. A life that includes pornography offers less and less—less beauty, less virtue, less glory, less freedom. God desires us to truly know we are made for more and to then pass this knowledge and understanding onto our children. Here you will learn how to confidently guide your children to say no to porn and at the same time form them in a better understanding of God’s glory and designs for them to pass onto their peers.

Spiritual Direction (Cottonwood and Birch Rooms)

Have you ever wondered what spiritual direction means? Have you ever wondered how to find a spiritual director for yourself? If you have answered yes to these questions, this breakout is for you! A group from “The Road to Emmaus Spiritual Director Program” will answer these questions and more during this session. Come fin out how God may be calling you to deepen your spiritual life.