If you didn't
attend this past Congress, be sure to order your Congress
2009 Registration
Guidebook here
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Online registration
for RECongress is now available!
Remember! The
first 5,000 Congress registrants are "guaranteed" their
first choices. Be among the first to register. And you can
do that now ... online with a credit card! Start planning
and
Register for RECongress 2009.
Pass along this
emailing or our link --
archive.recongress.org -- to share with friends and
encourage them to sign up for our Congress Emailing for
updates. If you do not care to receive future updates, you
can find removal information at the bottom of this message.
Though the Registration
Guidebook for Congress 2009 won't be mailed until the end of
October, you don't have to wait!
You can get a look at the Guidebook now! The 2009
Guidebook is available online in PDF form and as web
pages with workshops listings for all eight periods -- both
in English and Spanish. Find the
Congress 2009 Workshops & Links online.
DATES The 2009 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress dates
are: • February 26, 2009 (Youth Day) • February 27 - March 1, 2009 (Congress days)
LOCATIONCongress is held at the Anaheim Convention Center,
located at 800 West Katella Ave. in Anaheim, Calif.
(just across from Disneyland and Disney’s California
Adventure).
See a Yahoo Map
FEE
The registration fee for Congress is $60. ($70 after
January 5, 2009 deadline.)
2 WAYS TO REGISTER
ONLINE:
• First, pick your sessions -- You may either
Download the Registration Guidebook (in
sections or the complete Guidebook in PDF form) or
check each period's listings on our
web site (Congress
2009 Workshops & Links) to see workshop offerings
for those you
would like to attend.
• Find your interests -- You can also find a listing
of speakers/topics/titles/languages
on our
2009 Topics page.
• Plan out a first and second choices -- Choose a
first and a second choice (in case of a
full or canceled workshop) for each period you wish
to attend
• You can use our new
Workshop Planner (PDF: 2 pgs., 115k)
• Register -- When ready, click the red "Register"
button off our home page or go
directly to
archive.recongress.org/register.htm to register by
credit card.
BY MAIL:
• Order your Guidebook -- If you're new to Congress,
order a copy of the
Registration
Guidebook. The Guidebook provides information about
Congress as well as all workshop
descriptions and two Registration Forms. (NOTE:
Those who registered last year will
automatically receive their Guidebook in early
November.)
• Choose your sessions -- Use the daily events pages
and workshops descriptions to
select a first and second workshop choice (in case
of a full or canceled workshop) for
each of the eight periods you wish to attend.
• Fill out the Registration Form -- The Registration
Form is on the inside back cover
of the Guidebook. Mail it in along with payment ($60
per person before January 5,
2009).
All tickets will be mailed after February 5, 2009.
Registration for Youth Day -- February 26, 2009 -- is a
separate process. Youth Day is geared specifically for
those in the 9th-12th grades. One adult Chaperone is
required for each group of 10 students (maximum), all
attending the same workshop. There also needs to be one
extra Chaperone for all your groups and we suggest that
you add the additional name to your first group
registered.
The registration fee for Youth Day 2009 is $20 per
person ($25 per person after January 5, 2009).
Most of our Congress delegates stay in the surrounding area
hotels. We have contracted with certain hotels for Congress
2009 that will offer special rates for attendees. We suggest
making hotel reservations as soon as possible. A few hotels
have already sold out of their Congress rates (though they
might have rooms available at higher rates). When making
reservations, you must ask for the Religious Education
Congress rate.
You can find the updated listing of contracted hotels at
archive.recongress.org/hotels
This year the Los Angeles Religious Education
Congress offers:
-- 282 Congress Workshops
-- 220 English Workshops
-- 52 Spanish Workshops
-- 8 Vietnamese Workshops
-- 2 Korean Workshops (on Friday)
--
24 Youth
Day Workshops
On Sunday, David Wells will present the English
Address -- "Smoke Signals of Hope in Burnt-out
People" -- and Fr. Antonio Ginel Viela will present
the Spanish Address -- "Te mostraré una tierra y
seré tucompañero, tu futuro."
You can find a complete and updated listing of
speakers for RECongress 2009 online at
archive.recongress.org/2009/speakers.htm
Attention Ralphs shoppers! Ralphs, a major supermarket
chain in the Southern California area, has a program to
help support non-profit organizations with annual
contributions. The Los Angeles Religious Education
Congress is now a member of Ralphs Community
Contributions Program. Simply by using an enrolled Ralphs rewards Card, a portion of eligible purchases
are contributed to the RECongress. (The new card replaces
the previous Ralphs Club Card.)
We encourage all Ralphs shoppers to sign up for a
Ralphs rewards Card -- it's free to join! Once
you've registered your card with the Community
Contributions Program, every time you shop for groceries
and swipe your card at Ralphs, RECongress will
automatically earn up to 5% of all eligible purchases
per enrolled card. The current term runs from September
1, 2008 until August 2009.
You can find information
Ralphs rewards Card and
how to register your card online at
archive.recongress.org/ralphs.
Check out some of the new events for Congress
2009:
SPOTLIGHT -- See our online
RECongress Spotlight of events planned for
this year, ranging from Thursday's Youth Day to
Friday's Catholic Filmmakers' Showcase, from
Sacred Space to Sacred Illuminations.
WORKSHOP PLANNER -- Help plan your
Congress workshops with our new
Workshop Planner (PDF: 2 pgs., 115k). It
will help you sort your first, second and third
choices, and print it out for a record or your
choices.
OUTDOOR STAGE -- In addition to the main
stages of the Arena and Hall B, there will be an
new Outdoor Stage, located on the northeast side
of the Convention Center. The first of the
schedule entertainment has been announced:
Friday, February 27 -- 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Vietnamese Folk Dance Troupe/Lasallian Youth
with Bro. Fortunat Phong
You can find updated information on our web site
--
archive.recongress.org
--
and specific updates about this year's Congress
on our
Congress 2009 Updates page.
Keep checking our web site for updated
information -- and some special
offers that are only available online at
archive.recongress.org.
Watch for coming information on:
• Special ticket pricing for Disneyland Theme
Parks
• Anaheim/Orange County information and maps
• Information about the new Anaheim GardenWalk
• "Show Your Badge & Save" program for special
discount offers.
These will be announced in our November Emailing
and online at
http://archive.recongress.org.
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