Category Archives: NCCL Friday Session 18

NCCL Friday Specialized Session “Proclamations of Joy” 2018

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NCCL Friday Session 18, NCCL Saturday 18, NCCL Thursday Session 18, NCCL Wednesday 18

Schedule

Maps

HANDOUTS:

Thursday | 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm
Moving Forward in Hope: The Joy of Adolescent Catechesis
Andrea D. Chavez-Kopp & Michael Theisen

Updated slides of presentation

NCCL2018 Transcript of “TodaysMeet”

Friday | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
When We Visit Jesus in Prison: A Ministry of Hope, Courage and Joy
Dale S. Recinella – Heathrow B

#1 – NALM Outline for Chicago

#2 – Flyer with Chapter Headings for When We Visit Jesus in Prison: A Guide for  Catholic Ministry (ACTA Publications: Chicago, 2016)

#3 – General Speaking cv for Chaplain Dale & Dr. Susan Recinella

8:45 – 9:45 am | General Address | Proclaiming the Joy Experienced

NCCL Friday Session 18

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.

9:45 – 11:45 am | NALM Diocesan Formation Directors’ – Dr. Ed Hahnenberg

NCCL Friday Session 18

9:45 am – 10:45 am
Hartsfield

The Practice of Practical Theology: Ministry Formation from the Ground Up

By design, by necessity, and sometimes by accident, lay ministry formation programs have cultivated distinctive modes of theological reflection that sprout up from the contexts, communities, and concrete practices of faith today. As co-workers in the vineyard of the Lord, have we claimed the fruits of these methods? Have we attended enough to the potential of practical theological reflection? This workshop opens up a conversation about the place of practical theology within both Catholic theology in general and lay ministry formation in particular. It looks toward the future with hope, and with the help of a few themes from the ministry of Pope Francis.

Edward P. Hahnenberg, Ph.D.

Edward P. Hahnenberg, Ph.D. is the Breen Chair in Catholic Theology at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He taught previously at Xavier University in Cincinnati and at the University of Notre Dame, where he received his Ph.D. in 2002. Dr. Hahnenberg is the author or co-editor of five books—A Church with Open Doors: Catholic Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium (edited with Richard Gaillardetz, Liturgical Press, 2015), Theology for Ministry: An Introduction for Lay Ministers (Liturgical Press, 2014), Awakening Vocation: A Theology of Christian Call (Liturgical Press, 2010), A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2007), and Ministries: A Relational Approach (Crossroad, 2003)—and numerous articles in academic and pastoral journals. He is currently a delegate to the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue and was a theological consultant to the U.S. Bishops’ Subcommittee on Lay Ministry in its preparation of the document Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord. In 2011 he received the Spirit of the Conference Award from the National Association for Lay Ministry in recognition of his contributions to the church’s ministerial life.

2:30 – 4:00 pm | Proclaiming the Glory of God through our Stories of Grace

NCCL Friday Session 18

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 – 4:00 pm | Front and Center: The Eucharist and Missionary Discipleship

NCCL Friday Session 18

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/