2008 RECongress Updates Religious Education Congress February 28, 2008 (Youth Day) February 29 - March 2, 2008 (Congress days)
Sponsored by the Los Angeles Archdiocese's Office of Religious Education Held at the Anaheim Convention Center, 800 West Katella Ave., Anaheim, Calif. (just across from Disneyland & Disney California Adventure)

UPDATES ABOUT THE 2008 RECongress

• Youth Day has closed (on January 22, 2008).
   
• Our Congress Volunteer meeting has been changed.
  NEW DATE AND LOCATION: Monday, February 11th at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm at St. Vincent’s Church, 2333 S. Figueroa St (between 23rd Street and Adams Blvd) in Los Angeles.
   
• The scheduled Friday 5:15 p.m. Vietnamese Liturgy has been moved to Saturday at 5:15 p.m.
   
• The presider for the Friday 9:30 p.m. Peace Prayer has changed to Rev. Alexia Salvatierra.
   
• John O' Donohue, popular poet, dies
  O'Donohue was scheduled to present two workshops at Congress this year:
          4-21: Putting on the Mind of Dawn: Toward a Spirituality of Awakening
          8-17: The Twilight Wisdom of the Heart: The Art of Harvesting Your Inner Light
  David Whyte will present both of these.
   
• Msgr. Jose Luis Guerrero will not be present at Congress. His sessions will be presented by Fr. Leandro Horacio Chitarroni, a priest from Argentina.
          3-56: Qué nos dice Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe(*)
          8-53: Qué nos dice Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe con su imagen(*)
   
• David Hayes-Bautista is not able to attend Congress. Alejandro Aguilera-Titus will present the session:
          5-54: ¡Dios mío, qué será de California!(*) 
   
• Rev. J-Glenn Murray will not be able to present his Sunday workshop. Msgr. Kevin Kostelnik, pastor of Los Angeles' Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral, will present the session: 
          7-19: “I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills”: Living a Contemporary Liturgical Spirituality(*)
   
• Mark Hart is not able to attend Youth Day
   
• Speaker changes at Congress:
  Robert Spitzer could not attend. Sessions presented by:
  3-25  -  Dr. John Bloom
  5-27  -  Fr. Richard Benson
   
  Mark Hart could not attend. Sessions presented by:
  1-11  -  Fr. Jim Clarke
  3-12  -  Rev. Patrick Mullen
   
  John Shea could not attend. Sessions presented by:
  1-21  - Rev. J-Glenn Murray
  3-23  - Bill Huebsch
   
  Eric Reichers could not attend. Sessions presented by:
  5-23  - Dr. Greer Gordon
  7-22  - Dr. Megan McKenna
   
• A correction for what appeared in the 2008 Registration Guidebook for Workshop 4-70 by Sr. Theresa Phan:

• Online registration for Congress will be available until February 21, 2008. After that date, anyone wishing to attend Congress can still register on site in Anaheim, beginning Friday, February 29 at 8:00 a.m. 
   
• There is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting each day of Congress, Friday through Sunday (February 29 through March 2) from 12 noon to 1:00 pm in the Hilton Avila Room. 

Find information on:

• Closed Workshops
• Congress Registration
• Congress Tickets
• Youth Day
• Youth Day Tickets
• Arena Workshops
• Hall B Workshops
• Speaker Update
• Congress Ticket Pick-up
• Taped Sessions
• Announcements
• Congress Liturgies

CONGRESS REGISTRATION

The registration fee for the Religious Education Congress is $70 ($60 before January 5, 2008). Registration is available online (until February 21) or by Ordering a Registration Guidebook (until February 20). If you haven't mailed in your registration by February 17, 2008, please either register online or just register on site at Congress.

After Monday, February 18, 2008, we will continue to process registrations received but will no longer mail them. We will hold them in Will Call at Congress. Tickets pick-up at Congress begins Thursday evening, February 28, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and on each of the days of Congress beginning at 8 a.m.

Online Registration is scheduled to end February 21 at 11 p.m. PST.

CONGRESS TICKETS

OUT OF UNITED STATES:         Last day we mail tickets out of U.S.: February 15, 2008

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES:   Last day we mail tickets out of state: February 18, 2008

WITHIN CALIFORNIA:                Last day we mail tickets: February 22, 2008

This is our planned mail dates for Congress tickets:
 

If you registered by ...	REGISTRATION #	Your tickets should be mailed on...	SENT?
Nov 20, 2007	1 - 1,000	January 29, 2008	YES
Nov 30, 2007	1,001 - 2,000	January 30, 2008	YES
Dec 10, 2007	2,001 - 3,000	January 31, 2008	YES
Dec 13, 2007	3,001 - 4,000	February 1, 2008	YES
Dec 19, 2007	4,001 - 5,000	February 4, 2008	YES
Dec 22, 2007	5,001 - 6,000	February 4, 2008	YES
Dec 27, 2007	6,001 - 7,000	February 5, 2008	YES
Jan 2, 2008	7,001 - 8,000	February 5, 2008	YES
Jan 5, 2008	8,001 - 9,000	February 5, 2008	YES
Jan 6, 2008	9,001 - 10,000	February 6, 2008	YES
Jan 8, 2008	10,001 - 11,000	February 6, 2008	YES
Jan 11, 2008	11,001 - 12,000	February 6, 2008	YES
Jan 12, 2008	12,001 - 13,000	February 7, 2008	YES
Jan 13, 2008	13,001 - 14,000	February 8, 2008	YES
Jan 16, 2008	14,001 - 15,000	February 11, 2008	YES
Jan 21, 2008	15,001 - 16,000	February 11, 2008	YES
Jan 23, 2008	16,001 - 17,000	February 11, 2008	YES
Jan 27, 2008	17,001 - 18,000	February 11, 2008	YES
Jan 30, 2008	18,001 - 19,000	February 12, 2008	YES
Feb 10, 2008	19,001 - 19,822	February 12, 2008	YES
Feb 12, 2008	19,823 - 19,900	February 13, 2008	YES
Feb 13, 2008	19,901 - 20,321	February 14, 2008	YES
Feb 13, 2008	20,322 - 20,359	February 15, 2008 last day we mail to foreign addresses	YES
Feb 18, 2008	20,366 - 20,448	February 19, 2008	YES
Feb 19, 2008	20,449 - 20,977	February 19, 2008	YES
Feb 20, 2008	20,978 - 21,004	February 20, 2008	YES
Feb 20, 2008	21,005 - 21,252	February 21, 2008
mailed registration accepted until  Feb 15	21,253 - 21,500	February 22, 2008
		February 20, 2008 last day we mail to U.S. addresses
online registration ends Feb 21	21,501 - 21,600	tickets for new registrations available only at Congress
		February 22, 2008 last day tickets mailed out

YOUTH DAY

Youth Day registration is separate from Congress registration. The fee is $25 ($20 before January 5, 2008). NOTE: Youth Day has closed to new registrations. Check the Youth Day page for more information.

A SPECIAL INVITATION FOR ADULTS:  The Youth Day Coordinating Team would like to offer a special opportunity to any adult who is not chaperoning a group from a parish or school and would like to be part of our day. The Youth Day Moving Crew is a group of youth-friendly adults who join us and help guide groups with information and instructions throughout the day. To be part of the Moving Crew, an adult needs to have been fingerprinted by the Los Angeles Archdiocese and have taken part in a Protecting God’s Children adult training session (upcoming opportunities for these are available). To get more information about joining Youth Day’s Moving Crew, please visit archive.recongress.org/YD or contact Mike Norman at mnorman@laarchdiocese.org or call (213) 637-7674.

ATTENTION GROUP LEADERS:  Official Youth Day T-Shirts are available for group pre-orders. Orders with payment must be received by February 15, 2008 and will be available for pick-up starting at 8 a.m. on Youth Day at a booth in the Grand Lobby (south side) of the Convention Center Arena.
T-shirts: $15 Sweatshirts $40  --  Available in sizes: S, M, L, XL  --  Special sizes available upon request.
Place your order online at www.Seraph7.com
NOTE: This year, your group can receive their T-shirts in advance of Youth Day! Or if you would like to customize your shirts, email us at store@seraph7.com

SOMETHING NEW FOR YOUTH DAY:  In an effort to enhance the work of the Office of Religious Education in developing youth leaders across the archdiocese and to support the outreach of the Catholic Youth Foundation USA, there will be a collection during liturgies this year at Youth Day. Catholic Youth Foundation USA serves the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry by providing financial resources at the local, diocesan, regional and national levels to promote effective and innovative ministry with adolescents in order to assure a faithful future. We ask that you share this information with young people and adults coming to Youth Day and emphasize how their contribution can continue the formation and education of others. Thank you in advance for your support!

YOUTH DAY TICKETS

Youth Day packets started being mailed on January 28, 2008.

It is important for you to check your Youth Day tickets when they arrive. Please open your packet and make sure your received the tickets for your parish/school. We have gotten calls that some people received the wrong tickets. If, for some reason, you received the wrong tickets please call (213) 637-7348 and we will be glad to help you.

This is the anticipated scheduled mail dates for Youth Day tickets.
 

If you registered by ...	REGISTRATION #	Your tickets should be mailed on...	SENT?
Dec 19, 2007	101 - 200	January 28, 2008	YES
Jan 2, 2008	201 - 300	January 30, 2008	YES
Jan 7, 2008	301 - 350	February 1, 2008	YES
Jan 12, 2008	351 - 400	February 4, 2008	YES
Jan 24, 2008	400 - 450	February 8, 2008	YES
Jan 26, 2008	451 - 500	February 13, 2008	YES
Jan 28, 2008	501 - 589	February 13, 2008	YES

ARENA WORKSHOPS

If you register and do not select workshop choices or you register on-site at Congress you will be assigned Arena workshop tickets. NOTE: All session tickets are good for Arena session and Hall B sessions. Asterisks (*) indicate recorded workshops.

LOCATION	SESSION	SPEAKER	WORKSHOP
ARENA	1-12	Terry Hershey	The Sacred Present: Finding, Loving, Living(*)
ARENA	2-19	Sr Anne Bryan Smollin	The Spirituality of Connectedness: Lifting Our Gaze(*)
ARENA	3-21	Rev. Ronald Rolheiser	Radical Faith -- The Struggles with Faith and the Dark Night of the Sprit(*)
ARENA	4-10	Rev. Richard Fragomeni	Seven Steps to Prayer Better: or, Why Do I Feel That God is Far Away?(*)
ARENA	5-17	Fr. Joe Kempf	Forgiveness(*)
ARENA	6-23	Rev. Patrick Mullen	The Women in the New Testament(*)
ARENA	7-01	John Allen Jr	The Future of Liberal Catholicism(*)
ARENA	8-15	Rev. James Martin	Catholic Laughter(*)

HALL B WORKSHOPS

If you register for Spanish workshops and do not select session choices, or if you register on-site at Congress and prefer Spanish workshops you will be assigned Hall B workshop tickets. NOTE: All session tickets are good for Arena session and Hall B sessions. Asterisks (*) indicate recorded workshops.

LUGAR	SESION	CONFERENCISTA	TALLER
HALL B	1-51	P. Alvaro Ginel Vielva	Transmitir la fe en familia(*)
HALL B	2-52	Ricardo Grzona	Señor que vea(*)
HALL B	3-55	Rev. Armando Noguez Alcantara	Aprender a ser discípulos y misioneros de Jesucristo(*)
HALL B	4-54	Ana García-Mina Freire	¿Cómo poder reconciliarnos con nosotros mismos?(*)
HALL B	5-56	Julia Villa García	¿Por qué se rompe la relación de pareja?(*)
HALL B	6-57	Rev. Luigi Zanotto	Pascua: Las huellas del “paso de Dios” en la comunidad hispana(*)
HALL B	7-51	Rev. Ángel de la Parte París	Animar a padres y catequistas en tiempos difíciles(*)
HALL B	8-54	Mons. José Luís Guerrero Rosado	Qué nos dice Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe con su imagen(*)

TAPED GENERAL ASSEMBLIES

In addition to the taped workshops, the following General Assemblies will be taped by Convention Seminar Cassettes. (Find information on ordering Congress recordings.)

ASSEMBLY	SESSION	EVENT / SPEAKER
GENERAL	GA1	Opening Event: Sr. Edith Prendergast, RSC
GENERAL	GA2	Saturday Keynote: Rev. Robert Barron
GENERAL	GA3	Sunday English Address: Mike Patin
GENERAL	GA4	Sunday Spanish Address: Rev. José-Román Flecha Andrés

CONGRESS TICKET / PROGRAM PICK-UP

Advance ticket pick-up and RECongress Program Books will be available for pick-up at Congress. Times begin Thursday evening, February 28, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Regular Congress hours begin at 8 a.m. each day of Congress.

RECONGRESS EMAILING

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CONGRESS LITURGIES

Congress strives to offer experiences that stimulate new ideas and renew excitement about ministry, reinvigorate faith and help restore a spirit of hope. This happens through ritual, prayer, music, dance and Word – not only from workshops, but through the various daily liturgies we offer. We invite you to experience a liturgy from among the many cultures represented.

 

Friday, February 29, 5:15 p.m.
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
Character	Location	Presider
General	Convention Grand Ballrooms	Rev. Richard Fragomeni
Contemplative	Marriott Marquis Ballroom	Rev. Bryan Massingale
Jazz	Convention Arena	Rev. R. Tony Ricard
Nigerian	Hilton Pacific Ballroom	Rev. Ikechukwu Ikeocha
Spanish	Convention Hall B	Bishop Gabino Zavala
PRAYER SERVICES
Vespers (5:15 p.m.)	Convention 303 (3rd floor)	Yolanda Brown
Peace Prayer (9:30 p.m.)	Convention 303 (3rd floor)	Rev. Alexis Salvatierra
Saturday, March 1, 5:15 p.m.
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
Character	Location	Presider
General	Hilton Pacific Ballroom	Rev.Robert Scholla
Black Culture	Convention Arena	Rev. J- Glenn Murray
Celtic	Convention Grand Ballrooms	Rev. Brendan McGuire
Spanish	Convention Hall B	Bishop Rutilio del Riego
Young Adult	Marriott Marquis Ballroom	Rev. Joe Kempf
Vietnamese*	Marriott Grand Ballroom	Bishop Dominic Luong, presider Bishop Anton Chuong, homilist
*Note: This is a move from Friday, as printed in the Registration Guidebook
PRAYER SERVICES
Character	Location	Presider
Morning Praise (8:00 a.m.)	Convention Arena	Juliette Marsh-Williams
Vespers (5:15 p.m.)	Convention 303 (3rd floor)	Douglas Leal
Lamentation (9:30 p.m.)	Convention 303 (3rd floor)	Rev. Jim Clarke
Sunday, March 2
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
Character	Location	Presider
Morning Liturgy (8:15 a.m.)	Convention Arena	Bishop Tod Brown
Closing Liturgy (3:30 p.m.)	Convention Arena	Cardinal Roger Mahony

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