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JUST ANNOUNCED:
Los Angeles Coadjutor Archbishop
José Gomez will conduct an online chat this
year. Sacred Illuminations returns
to Congress 2011. And “The Stations
of the Cross: A Contemporary
Meditation on the Passion of Christ”
will be on display at Sacred Space. Our RECongress Emailings
highlight some of the events
going on at Congress 2011 —
including added events and a spotlight
on some of the musical artists coming
to Congress. Also, be sure
to check the web site for hotel properties
with special attendee rates and
updated speaker information. So
start your planning now to attend Congress
2011.
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WHAT IS
CONGRESS?
The
Religious Education Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles Office of Religious Education, is the
nation's largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics!
Our last RECongress, held in March 2010, brought together
nearly 40,000 people during the four-day weekend! We
even had 438 foreign registrants -- from Canada (324
of them!), Australia (36), England (30), Mexico
(20), Ireland (15), Pakistan (10), and New Zealand
(1).
See 2010 Congress Statistics
DATES
The 2011 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
dates are:
•
March 17, 2011
(Youth Day)
•
March 18-20, 2011
(adult 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).
See a Yahoo Map
Fee
The fee for Youth Day is $20
per person. The fee for Congress, with separate registration
form and
fee, is $60 per person. Rates
are scheduled to increase after February 4, 2011.
Registration
You can register for Youth Day and Congress days
online by credit card. For those paying by check,
you can use the forms in the Registration Guidebook.
The Guidebook contains all workshop and
speaker descriptions and one Youth Day form and two
individual Congress Registration
Forms per book. If you attended RECongress 2010, you
will automatically be mailed a Registration Guidebook.
If you need a Guidebook, you can view one or order
one online.
See the Guidebook
 YOUTH DAY - MARCH 17, 2011
Theme: Godbook: Everyone Invited
We want to remind you of important ways that young
people can be involved in the day. We are looking
for MCs, Singers, Musicians and other interested
youth to be part of the activities in Anaheim. We
would also love to have adults volunteer for our
day. Those interested must be over 21 and NOT
planning to chaperone a parish or school group. You
can download registration forms and get much more
information online at archive.recongress.org/YD.
For
Youth
Arena Choir -
To find out about becoming a singer or
instrumentalist for the Arena Choir, download the
YD Choir Flyer. (Deadline by January 4, 2011.)
Grand Ballroom Choir -
To find out about being part of the the Grand
Ballroom Choir,
sponsored by the Santa Barbara Region,
contact Daryl Hitt at dhitt@holycross-moorpark.org.
YD MCs -
Young people who would like to be MCs for Youth Day, with duties to introduce speakers
and more, can download the
YD MC flyer. (Deadline is February
4, 2011)
For Adults
Adult Volunteers
- Adults who are
NOT chaperones can find out about volunteer
opportunities by downloading the
YD Volunteer form. The deadline is February 15,
2011.
Go to the RECongress.org/YD Page
 ARCHBISHOP
GOMEZ CHAT
Friday, March 18,
10-11 am
Our new Coadjutor
Archbishop for Los Angeles, José Gomez, has announced he will conduct
on online chat this year from Congress. This will be
among his first events as Archbishop of Los Angeles,
effective with Cardinal Mahony's retirement in
February 2011.
Born in 1951 in Monterrey, Mexico,
José
Gomez was ordained a priest in 1978 in Spain, and after
serving in parish ministry in San Antonio and in
the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, he was
appointed in 2001 as Auxiliary Bishop of Denver. In
2005, he was installed as Archbishop of San Antonio,
and in April 2010 he was appointed as Coadjutor
Archbishop for Los Angeles.
You can find transcripts of Cardinal Mahony's 15 years of online chats on
the Congress web site.
RECongress Chats Page
 SACRED
ILLUMINATIONS
Saturday, March 19,
8-9 pm
Convention 213
Featured again at
Congress is Sacred
Illuminations, a mystical choreography of light and
sound. Incorporating her newest liturgical and fine
art photography and reflections,
Sister Rose Marie Tulacz, SND
will bring us
deeper in surrender to the care, to the heart, of
God. Come reflect and pray.
Congress 2011 Spotlight Page
REGISTER ONLINE
Registration Guidebooks for Congress
2011 have been mailed! But you don't need one to
register. You can view the Guidebook online NOW and
register online by credit card for Youth Day and
Congress.
If you haven't already done so, there are two ways to register for Youth Day and
Congress:
Online
with credit card:
• First, choose 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 2011
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 2011
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
• 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
with check:
• Order your Guidebook
-- If you're new to Congress, either view the
Guidebook online or order your own copy. 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.)
• Choose your sessions
-- Use the daily events pages and workshops
descriptions (online as the
Overview page) 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 February 4, 2011).
See the Congress Registration
Page
 THE
STATIONS @ SACRED SPACE
“The Stations of the Cross: A Contemporary
Meditation on the Passion of Christ”
Illustrated: The 12th Station
Sacred Space
Friday through Sunday – Convention 304
This year
Sacred Space will
feature
15 original acrylic paintings, each with
an accompanying Scripture passage, verse of poetry and a prayer,
portraying the 14 traditional Stations of the Cross plus the
Resurrection. A collaborative effort between a Protestant, Chris
Hull (the artist), and a Catholic, John Hull (the writer), this
ecumenically sensitive presentation explores the application of each
“station” to the contemporary spiritual struggles of today’s men and
women. In addition, artist Chris Hull has combined the use of shape,
color and light to create each individual portrayal of Christ, which
offers rich and varied possibilities for meditation.
RECongress Spotlight Page
BRING YOUR OLD CELL PHONES TO
CONGRESSS
Last year we witnessed two of the largest natural disasters in recent memory in Haiti and Pakistan. And through the generous participation of Congress 2010 attendees in our Cell Phone Recycling Initiative, we have been able to donate $1,800 to Catholic Relief Services’ emergency assistance to Haiti. Again this year we are partnering with GetGreenToGetGreen.com to collect phones to benefit Haiti and Pakistan.
Bring your old cell phones — working or not — with you to Congress. More than 130 million cell phones are thrown away every year. Don’t throw away electronics that should be recycled. Do your part to recycle your old cell phone — and help us help Haiti and Pakistan in the process.
RECongress Spotlight Page
 JUST
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS
Ralphs
Grocery Company, a major supermarket chain in the Southern
California area, supports schools, churches and other
non-profit organizations with annual contributions.
The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress is a member
of Ralphs Community Contributions Program. Simply by
using your Ralphs rewardss Card
a portion of eligible purchases are contributed to the
RECongress. (Note: This is an annual program that must
be renewed each year. The current term is September
1, 2010 through August 31, 2011.)
Even if you were part of this program last year, you will need to
update your account again this year. We encourage all
Ralphs shoppers to sign up for the free Ralphs rewards
Card and register their card with the Community Contributions
Program. It’s easy! Every time you shop for groceries
and scan your card at Ralphs, RECongress will automatically
earn up to 5% of all eligible purchases per enrolled
card. Sign up now! It’s never been easier to contribute
to the RECongress.
Organization Name:: Archdiocese of Los
Angeles - Religious Education
Address: 3424 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor,
Los Angeles, CA
Organization Number: 90658
Find
step-by-step instructions and information online.
RECongress Ralphs Program
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