2012 Theme
"Voice Infusing Life" /
"Voz que Infunde Vida"

 • What is Congress?

 • Dates

 • Sunday Address

 • Youth Day Arena

 • Registration Book

 • Speakers

 • Hotels

 • So. Cal-ers Only

 • RECongress.org

 • Emailing

Online at archive.recongress.org


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congress
@la-archdiocese.org

Office of Religious Education - Archdiocese of Los Angeles

This RECongress Emailing was delayed to announce the completion of the Registration Guidebook for Congress 2012. Though the Guidebook won't be mailed until later this month, you can see it NOW online at archive.recongress.org/2012/guidebook.htm. You can find posted information online about the Congress schedule, spotlights, speakers, and more. Also be sure to check the web site for updated hotel properties -- and be sure to ask for the special RECongress attendee rates. So start your planning now to attend Congress 2012! Pass along this emailing or our link — archive.recongress.org — to share with friends and encourage them to sign up for our Congress Emailing for updates. If you do not care to receive future updates, you can find removal information at the bottom of this message. ¡Para información en español, clic aquí!

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 2011, brought together nearly 40,000 people during the four-day weekend! We had registrants from across the country and as far away as Ireland and Australia.

See 2011 Congress Statistics

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 registration fee for Congress is $60 per person. Youth Day has a separate registration and fee of $20 per person. (Fees go up after February 4, 2012.)

Registration
The Registration Guidebook contains all workshop and speaker descriptions, entertainment and liturgy options, and all events during Congress. There are two Registration Forms per book. If you attended RECongress 2011, you will automatically be mailed a Registration Guidebook. Guidebooks will be available late-October.

See the Registration Guidebook

SUNDAY ADDRESS ANNOUNCED
"Live, Laugh and Be Happy"
Anne Bryan Smollin,
To be truly human means to be fully alive, to seize life and the possibility of each moment, reaching out and connecting with those who need our presence. We are touched with graced moments. Research shows that happy people are more altruistic, more productive, more helpful, more likable, more creative, more resilient, more interested in others, friendlier and healthier. These holy moments offer us the opportunity to live, laugh and be happy.

SUNDAY SPANISH ADDRESS
"Viviendo la misión de Jesús en nuestro mundo de hoy”
Cardenal Oscar Rodriguez
Como personas de fe somos enviadas a participar en la misión evangelizadora de la Iglesia. A proclamar la Buena Nueva; actúa con justicia, ama tiernamente y dar testimonio de nuestra relación con Jesucristo. Esta sesión examinará las esperanzas y desafíos envueltos en vivir esta visión y misión en nuestro mundo de hoy.

You can find our updated online listing of Congress speakers — 193 scheduled for this year — presenting 308 workshops over the four-day weekend. Find the complete listing online.

RECongress 2012 Speakers Page

YOUTH DAY ARENA SESSION
Mike Patin
“Sync-tification”
Phones and MP3 players rock! Texts, voice mail, music, apps: You can “trip out” your device ... but unless it’s charged and sync-ed … it doesn’t do a lotta good. Be ready to be “called out” to charge yourself up and then to share and blare your playlist to the world!

A reminder about the change to the format of Youth Day 2012: This year there are two Tracks at Youth Day, and everyone will get to experience the same Arena events -- a Rally, a Liturgy ... and this Arena workshop session by Mike Patin. Depending on whether you are in Track 1 or Track 2 will determine if you see the Arena events in the morning or in the afternoon.

Find out more on the Youth Day page

The Registration Guidebook contains a complete overview of the Congress weekend including Youth Day. Included is a welcome message from Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez and Sister Edith Prendergast, Archdiocesan Director for the Office of Religious Education, in addition to speaker listings, workshop and event descriptions, hotel listings, transportation opportunities and an Anaheim area map.

If you didn't attend Congress 2011 and would like to receive the Guidebook, you can sign up online to be mailed a copy. Also, to save paper, the Guidebook — like most of our Congress materials — is also be available for download.

See the Registration Guidebook

CONGRESS SPEAKERS

We have our complete list of Congress speakers -- 185 of them -- now online. You can find their session workshop numbers, workshop titles and if the session will be recorded. And soon we will have an update to our online Speakers Topics page.

See the Speakers Page

HOTELS
Check online for our most current listing of hotels for Congress attendees. RECongress has contracted with local hotels to offer special rates for attendees. We suggest making hotel reservations as soon as possible.  When making reservations, be sure to ask for the Religious Education Congress rate. You can find information about contracted hotels on our web site.

RECongress Hotels Page

JUST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS
NOTE: The new term just began September 1. Everyone needs to renew each year.
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 rewards 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, 2011 through August 31, 2012.)

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
Organization Number: 90658

Find step-by-step instructions and information online.

RECongress Ralphs Program

RECONGRESS.ORG
You can find all the latest Congress information and updates online. We are always adding new speaker and hotel information. Check our site for updates and announcements.

archive.recongress.org

EMAILING
Our Emailings for Congress 2012 run from September 2011 through April 2012. Be sure to Sign-up for our Congress Emailing List for Congress reminders and news.  If you missed any you can find them all online at archive.recongress.org/Emailing.

You may opt out from this Emailing at any time from the link below.

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