Discount Disney Resort Tickets

Religious Education Congress attendees can purchase specially priced Disneyland resort eTickets, including Twilight Convention tickets (after 4 pm), 1-day 1-park, multi-day and park hopper tickets. The offer is only available online and is not available at the Park. Order online at  disneytickets.disney.go.com/store/ZMRB16A
 
Note: eTickets are valid from Thursday, February 18, 2016 to Monday, February 29, 2016.
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Youth Day Speaker Feature: Robert Feduccia

Both Youth Day tracks get to see the Youth Day Arena keynote and two chosen workshops, including this one and 11 others whose sessions are held in the Convention Center meeting rooms.

“I Don’t Believe in God; I Believe in Science”
“I don’t believe in God; I believe in science,” states Esqueleto, Nacho’s tag team partner in the movie “Nacho Libre.” Was Esqueleto right? Must we choose between science and faith? Science and modern atheists present believers in God with real challenges that can feed our natural questions and doubts. Come to this open discussion about the universe, science and God. Your doubts, your questions and hard questions that your friends ask are here.
Robert Feduccia Jr. was formerly General Manager at Spirit & Song and is now Executive Director and Producer for Mission Eighty5 at Saint Mary’s Press. He is founding Director of the national Youth Liturgical Leadership Program and an instructor for the Permanent Deacon Formation Program at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana as well as for the Diocese of Knoxville, Tenn. Feduccia has been keynote speaker and retreat leader at liturgical conferences, diocesan youth conferences and college events.
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RECongress Live!

Every year since RECongress 2010, there has been a live webcast from the Congress Arena. And this past Congress, we also live-streamed the Spanish sessions held in Hall B. After Congress, those workshops appear on our YouTube Channel, and there are two channels this year — one in English (Arena events) and one in Spanish (Hall B events). And you can watch all the Arena and Hall B sessions (for free).
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Speaker Feature: Dr. Saundra Kennedy

Over the three days, Congress 2016 will offer over 300 workshops presented by more than 200 speakers. Topics range from personal growth to music to spiritual topics — in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Each Emailing we spotlight one of our speakers:

As a Catholic schoolteacher, Dr. Saundra Kennedy has taught at the elementary, junior high and high school levels. Based in New Orleans, she began working in Catholic publishing 26 years ago serving as a national consultant, speaker and contributor to catechetical basal series. Dr. Kennedy has presented keynotes and workshops at diocesan events across the country, in addition for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Presently, she serves as Our Sunday Visitor’s Senior National Curriculum Consultant.

Do You See What I See: From a Catholic Schoolteacher’s Perspective
What we see in life depends on lots of things. What is it that contributes to how we see or how we form our perspectives? What are the perceptions that we hold as Catholic schoolteachers? It’s important to ask ourselves these questions from time to time to make sure that our answers reflect the call of Jesus in our lives. This session will discuss perspectives and perceptions that Catholic schoolteachers might hold in regard to their ministry, their faith and their students and how these perspectives and perceptions contribute to our teaching as Jesus did.
 

Keys to Proclaiming the Word: The Task of Catechesis
Our key objective as catechists, who echo the person of Jesus, is to proclaim God’s Word to those to whom we minister. Thus, we embrace Jesus’ mission to “Go ... make disciples of all nations.” As catechists, how do we go about doing this? What might we do to ensure that the disciples of Jesus today come to know and understand God’s Word and their own mission? This workshop will discuss the goal of catechesis, proclaiming the Word and making new disciples, in light of “The Six Tasks of Catechesis” outlined in the General and National Directories for Catechesis.
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