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Congress 2008
Feb. 28, 2008
(Youth Day) &
February 29 -
March 2, 2008
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DATES
The 2008 Los Angeles Religious Education
Congress dates are:
• February 28, 2008
(Note: Youth Day
has closed to new registrations)
• February 29 - March 2,
2008 (Congress days)
LOCATION
Congress 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).
REGISTRATION
Haven't registered yet? You can mail in
registrations until February 15. You can
register online until February 21.
Here are some
approaching deadlines...
Disney Tickets
-- February 11:
Today
is the deadline to
advance order specially
priced one-day and
multi-day Disney Theme
Park Tickets. These
tickets are especially
for Congress attendees
and not all are
available at the front
gates of theme parks.
ONE-DAY/ONE PARK:
Admission to either
Disneyland park or
Disney California Adventure park for
one day.
PARK HOPPER:
Available in 1-day,
2-day, 3-day, 4-day
and 5-day admissions
to visit both
Disneyland park and
Disney California Adventure park.
TWILIGHT CONVENTION
TICKET: Admission to
either Disneyland or
Disney California Adventure after 4
p.m. (or 4 hours
before park closing,
whichever is
earlier).
Find the order link on
our site's
Home Page.
Youth Day Moving
Crew -- February 15:
We are still looking for
adults who can join us
on Youth Day for the
Adult Moving Crew. These
adults helps groups find
their way around the
Convention Center, keeps
an eye out for “lost
young people,” energizes
slow moving groups, and
other fun activities on
the day. If you, or an
adult you know, is
interested in coming to
Youth Day – and will not
be a chaperone with a
parish/school group –
you can download the
Moving Crew sign-up form
from
archive.recongress.org/YD.
Mail In
Registrations --
February 15: We
continue to process all
Congress advance
registrations, but If
your haven't mailed in
your Congress
registration by Feb. 15,
HOLD ON TO IT and
register onsite at the
Convention Center.
Last Day We Mail
Out-of-state Tickets --
February 20:
Congress tickets are
mailed out in order of
registration number. We
will continue to mail
all Congress tickets
until February 20. You
can get updated ticket
mailing information at
RECongress.org/2008/updates.htm
Register
Online --
February 21:
Our online
pre-registration
system will end
Feb 21 at
midnight PST. If
you haven't yet
registered, you
may still do so
onsite any of
the three days
of Congress.
Last Day We
Mail Out Tickets --
February 23:
After Feb. 23, we
no longer mail out
Congress tickets. If
you haven't received
your tickets by
then, check our
online
Help Page
For those who have "A Quick
Question about Congress,"
try our online
Help Page.
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CONGRESS
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
CENTER |
 Win
a “Congress 2008 Special Edition”
iPod Nano. Stop by any
MINISTRY MINUTES session at the
Technology Innovation Center,
located near the center of Exhibit
Hall A, for your chance to win one
of 24 iPods! The Special Edition
Nano is loaded with exclusive
Congress-related video and content,
compliments of MyCatholicVoice.
Along with presentations from a variety
of Congress exhibitors, this yea the
Technology Innovation Center features a
complete series of Ministry
Minutes sessions, presented by
MyCatholicVoice. Ministry Minutes will
give you easy, step-by-step instructions
for how YOU can use technology for
personal inspiration and community
ministry.
Check the Center's schedule for
presentation times of these MINISTRY
MINUTES (and their sponsors):
1-1: Registration and
Logging on to Online Systems
(MyCatholicVoice)
2-1: How to Join an
Online Community (MyCatholicVoice)
3-1: What is an MP3
Download? (MyCatholicVoice)
4-2: Como Buscar y
Descargar el Rosario (ACTA
Publications)
5-2: How to Find and
Download a Playlist (GIA/OCP/WLP)
6-2: Easy Access to
Legal Music (GIA/OCP/WLP)
7-3: How to Find and
Download a Lenten Prayer (USCCB)
8-3: How to Find
Homilies and Talks (MyCatholicVoice)
9-3: Using iTunes to
Organize Your Stuff (MyCatholicVoice)
10-4: How to Find and
Download a Bible Study (ACTA
Publications)
11-4: How to Record a
Talk (MyCatholicVoice)
12-4: How to Upload a
Video (MyCatholicVoice)
13-5: Connecting to the
Global Church (Ad
Sodalitatem/1Body1Spirit)
14-5: Sharing Prayers &
Praying Online (Claretian Pubs/Loyola
Press)
15-5: Finding God in
Your Daily Life; Ignatian Spirituality
(Loyola Press)
16-6: Saving
Money/Travelling Less; Online Education
(Loyola Univ.)
17-6: Keeping Teens in
the Room (Prince of Peace Church,
Olathe, KS)
18-6: Building a
Dynamic Parish (St Isidore Church,
Bloomingdale, IL)
19-7: Safe
Supplementals for Kids Catechesis
(Twenty-Third Publications)
20-7: Construyendo
una Parroquia Dinámica (St Isidore,
Bloomingdale, IL)
21-7: Catechist
Training and Faith Formation (RCL
Benziger)
22-8: Creating a
Vibrant Online Community (National
Catholic Reporter)
23-8: Conectar a la
Iglesia Global (Ad Sodalitatem /
1Body1Spirit)
24-8: Ministry Support
for Job Seekers (St. Joseph's Career
Transition Group)
You can find the Center's schedule and
updates online at
archive.recongress.org/2008/tech.htm.
Don’t miss it!
We've had some speaker changes
announced:
Want to be a Congress
"insider"? Want to plan
your Congress weekend ahead of
time? Download your copy of the
Congress Program Book now. The
Program Book (the one handed out
Congress) includes a daily
schedule, all workshop
locations, maps to the
Convention Center, Exhibit Hall
A, and Anaheim-area
restaurants. You can also find
Exhibitor listings and
categories, and Office of
Religious Education staff and
program offerings.
Arena Sessions
are the most
popular English-language
workshops in each
period. If you request
Arena-only workshops, or
you register onsite at
Congress, the following
will be your assigned
sessions. The asterisk
(*) indicates a recorded
session. NOTE: Any
workshop ticket is good
for an Arena or Hall B
sessions.
SESSION - SPEAKER -
WORKSHOP
1-12 - Terry Hershey -
The Sacred Present:
Finding, Loving,
Living(*)
2-19 - Sr Anne Bryan
Smollin - The
Spirituality of
Connectedness: Lifting
Our Gaze(*)
3-21 - Rev. Ronald Rolheiser - Radical
Faith -- The Struggles
with Faith and the Dark
Night of the Sprit(*)
4-10 - Rev. Richard Fragomeni - Seven Steps
to Prayer Better: or,
Why Do I Feel That God
is Far Away?(*)
5-17 - Fr. Joe Kempf -
Forgiveness(*)
6-23 - Rev. Patrick
Mullen - The Women in
the New Testament(*)
7-01 - John Allen Jr. -
The Future of Liberal
Catholicism(*)
8-15 - Rev. James Martin
- Catholic Laughter(*)
Hall B
Sessions
are the most popular
Spanish-language
workshops in each
period. If you
request Hall B-only
workshops, or you
register on-site at
Congress and ask for
Spanish workshops,
the following will
be your assigned
sessions. The
asterisk (*)
indicates a recorded
session.
SESION -
CONFERENCISTA - TALLER
1-51 -
P. Alvaro Ginel Vielva -
Transmitir la fe en
familia(*)
2-52 -
Ricardo Grzona -
Señor que vea(*)
3-55 -
Rev. Armando Noguez
Alcantara
- Aprender
a ser discípulos y
misioneros de
Jesucristo(*)
4-54 -
Ana García-Mina Freire
- ¿Cómo
poder reconciliarnos con
nosotros mismos?(*)
5-56 -
Julia Villa García
- ¿Por qué
se rompe la relación de
pareja?(*)
6-57 -
Rev. Luigi Zanotto
- Pascua:
Las huellas del “paso de
Dios” en la comunidad
hispana(*)
7-51 -
Rev. Ángel de la Parte
París -
Animar a padres y
catequistas en tiempos
difíciles(*)
8-54 -
Mons. José Luís Guerrero
Rosado
- Qué nos dice
Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe con su imagen(*)
You can find these
workshop listings
and updates at
"When do
we get our
tickets?"
That's
a question we're
hearing quite a
lot these days.
Youth Day and
Congress tickets
started being
mailed out the
end of January.
There are being
mailed out in
order of
registration
number. Our
anticipated
mailing schedule
is:
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If you
registered
by ...
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Registration
#
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Your
tickets
should
be
mailed
around...
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Nov 20,
2007
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1 -
1,000
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January
29,
2008
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Nov 30,
2007
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1,001 -
2,000
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January
30, 2008
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Dec 10,
2007
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2,001 -
3,000
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January
31, 2008
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Dec 13,
2007
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3,001 -
4,000
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February
1, 2008
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Dec 19,
2007
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4,001 -
5,000
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February
4, 2008
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Dec 22,
2007
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5,001 -
6,000
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February
4, 2008
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Dec 27,
2007
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6,001 -
7,000
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February
5, 2008
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Jan 2,
2008
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7,001 -
8,000
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February
5, 2008
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Jan 5,
2008
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8,001 -
9,000
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February
5, 2008
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Jan 6,
2008
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9,001 -
10,000
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February
6, 2008
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Jan 8,
2008
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10,001 -
11,000
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February
6, 2008
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Jan 11,
2008
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11,001
- 12,000
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February
6, 2008
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Jan 12,
2008
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12,001
- 13,000
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February
7, 2008
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Jan 13,
2008
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13,001 -
14,000
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February
8, 2008
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Jan 16,
2008
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14,001 -
15,000
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February
11, 2008
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Jan 21,
2008
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15,001
- 16,000
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February
11, 2008
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Jan 23,
2008
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16,001 -
17,000
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February
12, 2008
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Jan 27,
2008
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17,001 -
18,000
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February
13, 2008
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Jan
30, 2008
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18,001 -
18,400
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February
14, 2008
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Feb 2,
2008
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18,401 -
19,000
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February
15, 2008
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Quick Links to RECongress
2008 information:
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"JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS".
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Some of our last-minute questions
answered:
QUESTION:
I would like to purchase
items from the Exhibit Hall
but according to your rules,
I cannot visit the
exhibitions because I am not
registered. Is there anyway
I can get a name badge just
to purchase and visit the
exhibitions and to attend
the Masses?
ANSWER:
At this time, we do not
offer an Exhibit Hall-only
pass. Visiting the Exhibit
Hall is a "perk" of your
registration fees for
Congress, as are the
workshops and other events
we host. However, our
evening liturgies and
evening concerts are
available to those who are
not registered.
QUESTION:
I haven't yet looked more
closely at the Registration
Guidebook, but are there any
options for child care
(5-year-old girl) at
Congress?
ANSWER:
We do not offer child care.
Congress is intended as an
adult/young adult-ONLY
religious education event.
All workshops are directed
to these age groups. Our
policy states: "If you must
bring your child(ren), they
MUST be registered and they
must accompany you. We ask
that they be your sole
responsibility so they do
not disturb the other
delegates."
QUESTION:
I'm a 15-year-old youth
from Northern California
and my first experience
with Youth Day was last
year! It was
incredible! All the
music and atmosphere
really made it very
cool. So, I was
wondering because the
Congress is in Southern
California, can us
NorCal-ers still
participate in being in
the choir?
ANSWER:
Unfortunately, we cannot
accommodate people in the
choir from Northern
California because the choir
rehearsals (there are about
six of them) are all held
down in and around the area
of the Los Angeles
Archdiocese.
See more of what people ask, or leave
your own question or comment, on our
Congress Comments Page.
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