2009 RECongress Updates Religious Education Congress February 26, 2009 (Youth Day) February 27 - March 1, 2009 (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 2009 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONGRESS

• Notable Dates for Congress 2009:
  January 5, 2009 - price increase (after January 5th: Youth Day $25 per person; Congress $70 per person)
  January 30 - Begin mailing of Youth Day and Congress tickets
  February 6 - Youth Day registration deadline extended (from Feb 1).
  February 10 - Volunteer meeting
  February 13 - Last day to mail out-of-country tickets
  February 16 - Last day to mail out-of-state tickets
  February 17 - Last day to mail Youth Day tickets
  February 19 - Online registration ends
  February 20 - Last day to mail tickets to California addresses
   
• Película Padre Pro: "Tertulia: Una noche con Padre Pro"
  FECHA: Febrero 27, 2008
  HORA: 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
  LUGAR: Anaheim Convention Center
  Sala 207 Secciones A-D
  
  Presentación exclusiva en el Congreso de Educación Religiosa 2009 la película mexicana: Padre Pro, Patrocinado por William H. Sadlier, Inc.
  
  Con invitados especiales: • Alberto Vargas, SJ, Director • Eric del Castillo, Actor • Anabel Ferreira, Actriz
   
• January 6: Jim Wallis is announced as Keynote for Congress 2009
  Title: "The Opportunity of Crisis"

  We stand at a unique historical crossroad — a moment pregnant with expectation for progress, and burdened with the reality of hardship. In the context of our faith we call this “hope.” Jim Wallis defines hope as, “believing in spite of the evidence and watching the evidence change.” It is hope, he says, grounded in faith that can stir our nation into the action needed to produce lasting change.
  
  Wallis sees a “new faith coalition” emerging not bound by the usual denominational, cultural, racial, or even political distinctions, but rather, united in its pursuit of the common good and justice for the “least of these.” Together, these believers can open up a new “two-way street” of dialogue in the public square. Here, we can offer prayerful support of our elected officials as they face their responsibilities, especially when their agenda is consistent with our own. At the same time the faith community must exercise it’s prophetic responsibility to challenge our leaders when necessary, particularly in defense of the poor and vulnerable. At the present crossroad we can choose this street of hope and travel this road to progress.

• In the Hotel Listings in the Registration Guidebook, the number for the Hilton Garden Inn (11777 Harbor Blvd,  Garden Grove 92840) is listed incorrectly. The CORRECT number is (714) 703-9100. 
   
• Our Congress Volunteer meeting will be held on February 10, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Vincent Church, 621 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007.
   
• The Registration Guidebook incorrectly lists conflicting information about the locations for Sunday lunchtime entertainment. The listing should be:
  11:45 am - 12:30 pm
  Music (Arena) - Meredith Augustin & John Angotti
  Music (Hall B) - Donna Peña, Santiago Fernández & Pedro Rubalcava
   
• There will be an AA meeting held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday during lunchtime at the San Diego room at the Marriott
   
• The correct title for Abbot Christopher Jamison's Friday workshops should be
       2-10: Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life
   
• An incorrect photo was published in the Registration Guidebook for Joe Paprocki (correct photo here).
   
• The Anaheim Resort Transit (ART), the area shuttle service from hotels to the Disney Theme Parks and the Anaheim Convention Center, announced updated rates on October 9, 2008: one-day unlimited use adult passes are $4, two-day $8, three-day $10. Children one-day passes are $1, two-day $2. (These update the rates posted in our Registration Guidebook.)
   
• Session 6-13 – "Don't Sell Your Soul: Being Church in a Consumer Culture" by Edward Hahnenberg – will be recorded. The recording symbol was missed on the description page of the Registration Guidebook.
   

• Announced incorrectly in our November 2008 Emailing, the Outdoor Entertainment with the Vietnamese Youth and Brother Phong is on Saturday not Friday.
   

• Owen Danaher, friend and committed volunteer to Congress for so many years, has passed away. His Memorial Mass was Tuesday, October 14 at 10 a.m. The Memorial Mass was celebrated at Holy Name of Mary Parish in San Dimas.

"I worked with Owen for over 35 years at Congress. In addition, he was the treasurer of the Pacific Railroad Society (PRS), an organization to which I have belonged for over 35 years. The PRS is a historical and operating railroad organization. We run a museum in the former Santa Fe depot in San Dimas, and own and operate eight private passenger railroad cars, which we house in the City of Commerce. Owen will be sorely missed by both organizations."
            -- John Tellez (October 7, 2008)

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FIND INFORMATION ON:

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

CONGRESS REGISTRATION

The registration fee for the Religious Education Congress is $70 ($60 before January 5, 2009). Registration is available online (until February 20) or by Ordering a Registration Guidebook (until February 20). If you haven't mailed in your registration by February 20, 2009, please either register online or just register on site at Congress.

After Monday, February 23, 2009, 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 27, 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 20 at 11 p.m. PST.

CONGRESS TICKETS

OUT OF UNITED STATES:         Last day we mail tickets out of U.S.: February 13, 2009
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES:   Last day we mail tickets out of state: February 16, 2009
WITHIN CALIFORNIA:                Last day we mail tickets: February 20, 2009

This is our planned mail dates for Congress tickets::
 

If you registered by ...	REGISTRATION #	Your tickets should be mailed on...	SENT?
Nov 24, 2008	1 - 1,000	January 27, 2009	YES
Dec 4, 2008	1,001 - 2,000	January 28, 2009	YES
Dec 8, 2008	2,001 - 3,000	January 29, 2009	YES
Dec 19, 2008	3,001 - 4,000	January 30, 2009	YES
Dec 22, 2008	4,001 - 5,000	January 30, 2009	YES
Dec 29, 2008	5,001 - 6,000	January 30, 2009	YES
Dec 31, 2008	6,001 - 7,000	February 2, 2009	YES
Jan 6, 2009	7,001 - 8,000	February 2, 2009	YES
Jan 5, 2009	8,001 - 9,000	February 2, 2009	YES
Jan 12, 2009	9,001 - 10,000	February 3, 2009	YES
Jan 12, 2009	10,001 - 11,000	February 3, 2009	YES
Jan 13, 2009	11,001 - 12,000	February 3, 2009	YES
Jan 15, 2009	12,001 - 13,000	February 3, 2009	YES
Jan 16, 2009	13,001 - 14,000	February 4, 2009	YES
Jan 19, 2009	14,001 - 15,000	February 5, 2009	YES
Jan 28, 2009	15,001 - 16,000	February 6, 2009	YES
Jan 23, 2009	16,001 - 17,000	February 6, 2009	YES
Feb 9, 2009	17,001 - 18,150	February 9, 2009	YES
Feb 3, 2009	18,151 - 18,274	February 10, 2009	YES
Feb 4, 2009	18,275 - 18,565	February 12, 2009	YES
Feb 6, 2009	18,566 - 18,860	February 14, 2009	YES
Feb 9, 2009	18,661 - 18,662	February 16, 2009 last day we mail to foreign addresses	YES
Feb 11, 2009	18,663 - 18,903	February 17, 2009	YES
mailed registration accepted until Feb 15	18,904 - 19,215	February 18, 2009
online registration ends Feb 19	21,253 - 21,500	February 22, 2009
		February 20, 2009 last day we mail to U.S. addresses
	21,501 - 21,600	tickets for new registrations available only at Congress
		February 22, 2009 last day tickets mailed out

YOUTH DAY

Youth Day registration is separate from Congress registration. The fee is $25 ($20 by January 5, 2009). 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. To be part of the team, 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, please visit archive.recongress.org/YDD 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 11, 2009 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, 2XL
(Youth sizes, 3X in sweatshirts are also available in limited supply.)
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

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?
Jan 21, 2009	1-150	February 5, 2009	YES
Jan 21, 2009	151-300	February 6, 2009	YES
Jan 22, 2009	301-350	February 6, 2009	YES
Jan 22, 2009	351-400	February 9, 2009	YES
Feb 2, 2009	401-623	February 9, 2009	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	1-21	Fr. Richard Rohr	The Emerging Church (*)
ARENA	2-14	Rev. Richard Leonard	"The Dark Knight" and the Dark Night (*)
ARENA	3-10	Dr. Thomas Groome	What Keeps Us Catholic (*)
ARENA	4-12	Rev. Terry Hershey	Sabbath Moments: To See God in All Things (*)
ARENA	5-01	John Allen Jr.	Affirmative Orthodoxy and Benedict XVI (*)
ARENA	6-22	Fr. Tony Ricard	“Don't Be Stupid!” – Simplified Evangelization (*)
ARENA	7-23	Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin	Spirituality of Laughter: Waking Up to the Moment (*)
ARENA	8-20	Rev. James Martin	Laughing with God (*)

 

HALL E/B WORKSHOPS

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 E	1-51	Alejandro Aguilera-Titus	Llamados a ser discípulos en misión permanente (*)
HALL B	2-51	Carlos Carrillo Velásquez	Pautas para comunicarse mejor con adolescentes (*)
HALL B	3-52	Benjamín Bravo Perez	Sacramentos de la Iglesia: ¿Sacramentos de vida? (*)
HALL B	4-57	John Yzaguirre	Cómo educar a los hijos (*)
HALL B	5-57	Fr. Domingo Rodríguez Zambrana	Viviendo un amor que no se acaba, pero que cambia muchísimo (*)
HALL B	6-51	Dionisio Borobio Garcia	Sacramentos de iniciación cristiana y catecumenado: Un reto para la Iglesia actual (*)
HALL B	7-51	Alejandro Aguilera-Titus	Señor, dame ese Espíritu que fortalece matrimonios y familias (*)
HALL B	8-56	Victor Valenzuela	Soy Catequista: Dignidad, vocación y misión (*)

 

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: Jim Wallis
GENERAL	GA3	Sunday English Address: David Wells
GENERAL	GA4	Sunday Spanish Address: Rev. Alvaro Ginel Vielva

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 26, 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 27, 2009 — 5:15 p.m.
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
Character	Location	Presider	Music
African American	Convention Ballrooms	Rev. J-Glenn Murray	Richard Cheri / ValLimar Jansen
Church  on the Way to Unity	Marriott Marquis	Rev. Robert Spitzer	Josh Blakesley / Trevor Thomson
Contemplative	Hilton Pacific Ballroom	Rev. Richard Rohr	Chris de Silva
Hawaiian	Convention Arena	Rev. George DeCosta	Joe Camacho / David Haas
Samoan	Convention 303 (3rd floor)	Rev. Niko Leota	Samoan Community
Spanish	Convention Hall B	Rev. Domingo Rodriguez	Anna Betancourt / Pedro Rubalcava
PRAYER SERVICES
Evening Prayer (5:15 p.m.)	Convention 210 (2nd floor)	Yolanda Brown
Peace Prayer (9:30 p.m.)	Convention 210 (2nd floor)	Rev. Alexis Salvatierra
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009 — 5:15 p.m.
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
Character	Location	Presider	Music
Celtic	Convention Ballrooms	Rev. Martin Delaney	Liam Lawton
Hope for the World	Marriott Marquis	Rev. Richard Leonard	John Angotti / Meredith Augustin
Many Cultures, One Faith	Hilton Pacific Ballroom	Rev. Dan Groody	John Flaherty / Liliana Gutierrez / Multicultural groups
Spanish	Convention Hall B	Bishop Gabino Zavala	Tony Alonso / Karla Carrillo
Vietnamese	Convention 303 (3rd floor)	Bishop Paul Bui Van Doc	Vietnamese Community
Young Adult	Convention Arena	Msgr. Ray East	Jacob & Matthew
PRAYER SERVICES
Morning Praise (8:00 am)	Convention Arena	Helena Taylor	Jesse Manibusan
Evening Prayer (5:15 pm)	Convention 210 (2nd floor)	Juliette Marsh Williams	Mary Janus
*NOTE: There is no late-night prayer to allow time to visit Sacred Space
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
Character	Location	Presider	Music
Morning Liturgy (8:00 am)	Convention Arena	Bishop Tod Brown	Congress Choir 2009
Closing Liturgy (3:30 pm)	Convention Arena	Cardinal Roger Mahony	Congress Choir 2009

 

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