RECongress 2007 - Period 4: Saturday, March 3, 2007

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Embodied spirituality makes sense for an Incarnational People. In this workshop, we will share an ease-filled way of nurturing an embodied life through play, affirmation and community-building called InterPlay. Developed by playful theologians, InterPlay invites light-hearted discovery through spontaneous expressions of song, story and movement. Come play with possibility, learn tools and be refreshed for your ministry!

All parishes are systems. Sometimes the system the parish uses is from a different era, and does not fit the time nor serve the true mission of the Church, which is the emergence of the Reign of God. This workshop will look at systems of congregational and parish life in both Roman Catholic and Evangelical cultures to explore what is really working and to help congregations approach greatness.

4-03 Sacred Moments – Our Children and Youth Long For Them (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

This workshop will actively engage participants in developing skills in facilitating meditation and ritual with children and youth, which can draw them into deep stillness and intimate prayer. Using Scripture, storytelling, mime, sacred clowning, music and ritual, together with active imagination and visualization, Monica Brown and Hilary Musgrave will demonstrate how we can provide sacred moments for our young people ... even in our classrooms!

Monica Brown, who lives in Australia, has composed and recorded 16 collections of songs for children, youth and adults, and has written and produced videos and other resources in the areas of faith formation, liturgy and ritual. She is an author and teacher with expertise in religious education, worship and ritual. Brown is also founding Director of Emmaus Productions.

Hilary Musgrave, a Religious Sister of Charity, is former teacher, principal and Religious Education Advisor in the Diocese of Dublin, Ireland. In more recent years, she became a clown and facilitator in creative spirituality, working in Ireland and many other parts of the world. Sr. Musgrave is presently Director of the Croí‑Ruah Creative Spirituality Centre in Dublin, Ireland.

Giving praise to an awesome God is a simple act of giving energy and excitement to what comes naturally. We all have the ability to give a joyful noise. Come and share a good time singing songs that lift up praise.

Richard Cheri is Director of Liturgy at Our Lady of the Sea Catholic Church in New Orleans. He formerly served on the faculties at the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana and at Loyola University of New Orleans. Cheri has published several musical compositions and has made numerous presentations at liturgical and catechetical conferences throughout the country with his team of liturgical musicians.

It has been said that home is the place where, when you return, they have to take you in. Good times unite us, but tough times define us. Crisis molds and shapes a family. Some families are torn apart by crisis. Others grow stronger. What makes the difference? How do we create home bases that are safe, where you can return to catch your breath and never be tagged out?

This workshop will cover ways to buffer kids from sexual promiscuity, drug abuse and suicide, while helping them grow in increased self‑discipline, independent problem-solving skills and responsibility.

Barbara Coloroso is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the areas of parenting, school discipline and nonviolent conflict resolution. A classroom teacher, a laboratory school instructor, and a university instructor – Coloroso now serves as an educational consultant for school districts, the medical and business community, the criminal justice system and other educational associations in the United States, Canada, Europe and elsewhere.

This workshop explores celibacy as a spiritual calling and as a burden of obligation. While the gift of celibacy is to be cherished, the obligation or law of celibacy is to be questioned.

For more than a decade, Fr. Donald Cozzens has been writing and speaking internationally about the crisis facing the Church and the priesthood; one of his latest book offerings is “Freeing Celibacy.” He is presently Writer in Residence at John Carroll University in Cleveland, where he teaches in the Religious Studies Department. A pastoral theologian and psychologist, Fr. Cozzens has served as spiritual director, counselor and retreat master.

With great rhetorical style, Israel’s poets down through the ages have tried to sketch a portrait of the grandeur of God, according to how they perceived and understood God who acted dynamically with peoples and communities that were often at odds with one another. This presentation explores the prophets’ artistic portrayal of God, and how prophetic imagination and life experience, as they relate to God, continue to inform and influence one’s understanding of God and God’s ways in present times.

Easter fills us with hope and promise throughout our whole lives. As we prepare for this great season, we are already celebrating. Come, experience and meditate on the richness of the rituals, symbols and spirituality of this glorious season of the liturgical year.

4-10 Horizons and Hopes for Religious Education: Our Way Forward (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

This workshop will pick up the key “principles” from the “General Directory for Catechesis” and from the “National Directory for Catechesis” to weave a vision statement to guide the Church’s “best practices” in catechetical ministry. These documents offer us a new horizon; let us work into it together.

4-11 Reading Them Again for the First Time: The Documents of Vatican II Today (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

The 16 documents of the Second Vatican Council are the most important texts produced by the Catholic Church in the past 400 years. They shape virtually every aspect of Church life today. But hardly anyone ever reads them. This session seeks to empower participants to read and understand the documents themselves. It also explores strategies for incorporating the documents of Vatican II into our religious education and adult faith-formation programs – with special emphasis on the challenge of introducing the Council to the next generation.

Dr. Edward Hahnenberg is Assistant Professor of Theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He is a past consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on Lay Ministry. He has presented at conferences across the country, and is author of numerous articles and two books, “Ministries: A Relational Approach” and “A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II.”

4-12 “I’d Like to See That”: Getting Young People Excited About Scripture (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

You know the challenges. You know the audience. You know the Lord. You have the Gospel. It’s time to connect the dots for them. Right now. They need it … and so do we.

This session arose out of a request to provide simple and accessible musical resources for parish worship. Music that is scripturally based and faithful to the Eucharistic Rite will be presented, along with examples of how music is wedded to Word and Rite.

Often we live a postcard’s truth: Having a good time, wish I was here. We live out of breath and out of time. In the words of TS Eliot, we are distracted from distractions by distractions. And we see less, listen less and savor our own fullness less. Terry Hershey agrees with Henry David Thoreau, “Nothing can be more useful to a man or woman than a determination not to be hurried.” To be lost in wonder is to be present in our lives. So let us rediscover Radical Amazement. Let us be free to see our worth and significance, not in power or possessions, but in the extraordinary Grace of our Creator.

Sometimes termed “windows onto Heaven,” icons are a distinctive form of Christian liturgical and devotional art. We will explore the theological and catechetical insights to be gleaned from contemplative engagement with icons of the Trinity, Christ, Mary and liturgical feasts.

Ordained in 1980 as a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Fr. Michael Joncas serves as Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. He is the author of three books and over 100 articles and reviews in journals, including Worship, Ecclesia Orans, and Questions Liturgiques. Fr. Joncas has composed and arranged over 200 pieces of liturgical music.

4-16 Seven Styles of Learning in the Pre-school Environment (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

Keri Krout will apply Dr. Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences at the pre-school level. In this highly interactive workshop, participants will develop a daily curriculum where all seven styles of learning are present, ensuring success for every child.

Intimacy is not an option for adults striving to live full, spiritually connected lives. Yet, women and men, including religious and clergy, are not exempt from this desire and type of connection. This presentation will assist participants to understand intimacy as fundamental to being human and being sexual and will include discussion of what is intimacy, ways of being intimate, how men and women address intimacy in healthy and unhealthy ways, supports for developing a healthy intimate life, and the negative consequences for one’s personal and ministerial life of ignoring/denying this fundamental need.

Lynn Levo, a sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, is a licensed psychologist, consultant and lecturer. She has presented nationally and internationally to women and men religious. Currently, Sr. Levo is Director of Education and Editor of Lukenotes at Saint Luke Institute in Silver Spring, Md. Prior to serving in this capacity, she was a member of her congregation’s leadership team, acting as Congregational Director.

This workshop will examine ways of transforming adversarial relationships into partnerships. Participants will examine means of dealing with ideological differences that intensify community rather than fragment it.

Sr. Donna Markham holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and is a Fellow at the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. She has authored numerous articles on organizational change, leadership development and group behavior. She is currently Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Mich.

4-19 Does Religion Have a Place in a Technological Society? (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

This session will approach the question of religion and the digital age from an overarching aspect, that of the centrality of the human person, which is always a primary focal point when reflecting on ethics and religious thought.

Fr. Diarmuid Martin was appointed Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland, in 2004. He previously served on the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Family and as Secretary of the Council for Justice and Peace. During his service there, Archbishop Martin represented the Holy See at the major U.N. conferences, and took part in activities of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, especially on the topics of international debt.

This session examines the way in which the Catholic Church understands dialogue with people of other religions and faiths. It expounds the various theories that underlie inter-religious dialogue and shows how the Catholic Church is committed to this dialogue as a result of Vatican II’s declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions. These issues are particularly pertinent in this age of conflict. This session will also suggest ways in which dialogue can progress.

Since 2000, Malcolm McMahon has served as the ninth Bishop for the Diocese of Nottingham, England. The London-born former provincial for the English Dominican Province has served in a variety of pastoral and academic posts, including lecturing at Blackfriar’s College at Oxford University. Bishop McMahon is a member of Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission and contributed to its recent Agreed Statement.

Loving our Lord Jesus requires us to take seriously one of the least appreciated and understood aspects of Jesus’ life – his roots in Judaism. The Bible is clear that both he and his parents were steeped in all that was best in Judaism, and that they were concerned to be faithful to their Jewish beliefs and practices. This workshop will help to increase our understanding of Jesus’ devotion to Judaism in order to expand our appreciation of how and what Jesus taught, and why we might want to imitate him with a similar appreciation for contemporary Judaism.

There are more permanent deacons in the United States than anywhere else in the world. This workshop will consider the role of the permanent deacon in today’s American Church. Such a role involves three elements: theology, ministry, and the self‑identity of the deacon. If these elements are healthy, the deacon is doing well; but if any one of these elements is at risk, the deacon is also at risk. A major aspect of today’s deacon is diaconal spirituality. All of these issues will be considered during the workshop.

Fr. Kenan Osborne is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at the Franciscan School of Theology, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., where he has taught for 38 years. He has lectured throughout the world and is a frequent speaker at the Religious Education Congress. Fr. Osborne is author of a number of books, and he has published three volumes in 2006-07.

The American Catholic Church is becoming an “institutional immigrant” again. What does it mean for the Church to be an immigrant? What does “immigrantness” add to the “one, holy, catholic, apostolic” characters of the Church? What do immigrants bring to the American Church? What gifts does the American Church offer to immigrants?

Since coming to the United States as a Vietnamese refugee, Peter Phan has taught at the University of Dallas; at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.; at Union Theological Seminary in New York; at Elms College in Chicopee, Mass.; and at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he currently holds the Ignacio Ellacuría Chair of Catholic Social Thought. He is author of a dozen books and over 300 essays.

Fr. Richard Rohr is convinced that many people do not like St. Paul because they interpret him dualistically (either-or thinking) instead of dialectically (the overcoming of presented contradictions by a “reconciling third”). To live and think “in Christ” is, for Paul, to overcome all the usual oppositions between flesh and spirit, law and freedom, weakness and strength, male and female, the individual and the community. Christian “justification” and the unique Christian meaning of justice are found in this synthesis. (This workshop expands upon Session 3-21.)

4-25 Seeing By the Light of Another: Learning from Other People’s Stories (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

A tool of spiritual development is reflection on our own experiences, especially those experiences that have brought us significant and long-lasting insights into the ways of the Spirit. But another tool is to listen to the illuminating experiences of others and learning to see through their experiences. This workshop will borrow light from others. We will ponder the stories of people coming into the light, seeing themselves, others and the world from a spiritual perspective. Our pondering will lead to standing in their light and allowing it to inform our seeing.

John Shea is Director of Program and Processes Development for the Ministry Leadership Center in Sacramento, Calif. A theologian and storyteller, he is an author and lectures both nationally and internationally. His latest books are a four-volume series on “The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers” and a reprint of “Starlight: Beholding the Christmas.”

4-26 Helping Our Children, Adolescents & Adults When They Are Grieving the Death of a Loved One (workshop closed)

Drawing from the gifts, wisdom and resources of our faith, we can offer hope, comfort and compassion to those who mourn the illness and death of a loved one. Children of all ages need to be surrounded by security and honest, gentle information. Adults (family, parish staff, friends) can best help when given practical tools and resources to guide conversations. As people of faith, we can find and offer solace and love to the grieving in our midst – no matter their age.

Liz Sumner is Palliative Care Coordinator for The Elizabeth Hospice, based in Escondido, Calif. She has spent her lengthy career in hospice, working with all age groups. She is also Editor of the California Catholic Conference website, EmbracingOur
Dying.com. She has been involved in initiatives on end-of-life care for children and collaborates on Catholic conferences. She lectures nationally on a range of topics.

4-27 Adolescent Catechesis: New Approaches to Old Truths (workshop closed)

The Church has been struggling lately with how to help teens embrace the fullness of their Catholic identity. The secret to success is not in diluting the message, but in taking more risks with the methods. Come and enjoy a lively and engaging examination of some models and methods that will give you a new sense of mission for adolescent catechesis today.

Michael Theisen is author of over 15 books and numerous articles on adolescent catechesis and youth ministry. With more than 20 years of experience at the parish, diocesan and national levels, he is a frequent speaker and trainer throughout the United States and Canada. Theisen is currently Director of Membership Services for the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry in Washington, D.C. His latest book, “FaithSharing,” is to be released February 2007.

4-28 Crossing the Desert: The Spirituality of Letting Go and Inner Freedom (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

There are four questions and three steps everyone must encounter on the spiritual journey. How they are navigated – especially in the “deserts” of life – can make all the difference. This presentation draws upon contemporary and ancient desert wisdom to provide guidance./p>

Dr. Robert Wicks is a Professor at Loyola College in Maryland. He has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, social work, nursing and theology. Over the past several years he has spoken on the prevention of secondary stress and the integration of psychology and spirituality. Dr. Wicks has served as General Editor of three series of books, and published over 40 books for both professionals and the general public.

4-29 There is Much More to Not Drinking than Just Not Drinking (WORKSHOP CLOSED)

The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have helped thousands of people recover from a seemingly hopeless condition of mind and body. What can these simple tools show to the larger community, and how can we all benefit from this practical experience of grace and community?

Susuriin ng workshop na ito ang mga tradisyonal na konseptong “Katawan” ni Kristo at “Ministri” sa paggamit ng mga katutubong pang-unawa sa “Katawan” at “Pagdadaup-palad.”

2007 RECongress Period 4

Religious Education Congress
Saturday, March 3, 2007
10:00 - 11:30 am

2007 RECongress Period 4

Religious Education CongressSaturday, March 3, 2007 10:00 - 11:30 am

Religious Education Congress
Saturday, March 3, 2007
10:00 - 11:30 am