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RECongress 2017
RECongress Dates
February 23 (Youth Day) &
February 24-26, 2017
2017 Congress Theme
"Embrace Trust"
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2017 Youth Day Theme
"What Are You Waiting For?"
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Youth Day/Congress
Wrap-up
Our 2017 Los Angeles
Religious Education
Congress was an amazing
event! It boasted 37,247
in attendance, with 199
speakers presenting 308
workshops in three
languages (English,
Spanish and Vietnamese),
and with 20,189
registered for Congress.
Youth Day attendance was
an additional 12,750. Our Exhibit Hall
had 545 booths with
1,499 representatives
from 257 different
companies and
organizations.
Don't
forget to take the
Congress survey. If you
attended Congress – and
haven't already done so
– please take a few
minutes and complete our
online evaluation. Use
the QR code or find the
survey at
archive.recongress.org/survey.
Our online Congress
survey is set to close
on Monday, March 6.
Pass along this emailing
or our link
–
archive.recongress.org
–
to share with friends and encourage them to sign up for the Emailings to receive the latest information about RECongress. 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! »
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FUTURE DATES
Be sure to mark your calendar! The 2019 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress dates are:
• March
15, 2019 (Youth Day) &
• March
16-18, 2019
FUTURE THEMES
And the themes for
Congress 2019 have also
been announced.
Youth Day 2019:
Dare to Believe
RECongress 2019:
Rise Up / ¡Levántate!
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Youth Day 2017
A
big THANK YOU to all those who
attended and supported Youth Day
2017! In a special way, we thank
the Youth Day Coordinating Team
and the 400 youth and adult
volunteers who made the day
possible. More than 13,000 youth
from across the Archdiocese and
beyond gathered to explore our
theme, "What
Are You Waiting For?"
Relieve the magic by watching
our recorded session available
on our YouTube Channel.
Remember, the day doesn’t end
here! Make sure to keep
connected with us all year long
on Facebook, Instagram, and
Twitter @LAYouthDay. Share your
pictures and posts from the day
using #LAYouthDay.
For those who attended Youth
Day, please don’t forget to
complete the
Youth Day Evaluation. Be
sure to give us your feedback;
it helps us to know what we are
doing well, and how we can
continue to improve Youth Day so
that young people have the best
experience possible.
Mark your calendar and make sure
to join us next year on March
15, 2019 for Youth Day 2019:
Dare to Believe!
See the Youth Day page »
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RECongress.org/Live
Since Congress 2010 we have
live-streamed the events in the
Anaheim Arena. This year we
streamed Youth Day
and Congress Arena
events and Spanish events held
in Hall B. Again there were two
playlists – one in English
(Arena events) and one in
Spanish (Hall B events) – all
found at RECongress.org/LIVE. If you
didn't get a chance to see the
sessions live, you can still
watch them online.
You can find
the links to these as well
online:
REC2017 | Opening
Ceremony & Welcome |
Rito de Apertura y
Bienvenida |
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REC2017 | Saturday
Keynote by Msgr. Ray
East |
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REC2017 | Closing
Eucharistic Liturgy:
Archbishop Gomez,
presider |
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See the
YouTube/RECongress Channel »
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Congress Registration Statistics
At Congress 2017, we
had registrants representing
(nearly) every state in the nation
--
(just 3 were missing)! On
our Congress statistics page you
can find details on the number
of registrations by state and
country. We had
attendees from Canada (498
registered), Australia (141),
Mexico (26), United Kingdom
(22), Ireland (20), New Zealand
(16), Dominican Republic (14),
Philippines (11), Puerto Rico
(8), Singapore (7), with 3 each
from Belgium, Belize and Guam, 2
from Indonesia and 1 each
from Austria, Burkina Faso,
Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala and
Spain. And see our interactive
map to find how many came from
your state.
TOP TEN STATES
California - 22,014
registrants
Nevada - 499
Arizona - 345
Texas - 229
Hawaii - 220 |
Washington - 206
Oregon - 173
Illinois - 161
Utah - 113
Indiana - 95 |
See the Congress 2017 Statistics
page »
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Lost and Found
Feel like you left something
behind at Congress? Every year
after our Religious Education
Congress event there are a great
many unclaimed items that end up
in our Lost and Found. We have
several pairs of eyeglasses,
jackets, travel mugs and more!
Let us know what you are missing
and we'll see if it is among our
Lost and Found items.
Go to the Lost & Found page
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Audio Recordings
Still thinking about that
Congress session you missed?
Wish you could have shared a
talk with a friend? It's not too
late! There were 247 Congress
workshops recorded at Congress
by CSC Digital Media that are
available on Audio CDs — and
soon, as downloadable MP3s. The
order form in is the Program
Book (page 27) or online at
archive.recongress.org/recordings.htm. Also, from that page you can
order recordings from past years
as well.
Go to the Recordings page »
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Our Web Site – RECongress.org
You can find all Congress information and updates online. Our RECongress Emailings
highlight Congress 2017 updates
and coming website additions.
Go to RECongress.org »
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RECongress Emailing
Be sure to sign-up for our twice-a-month Emailing about Congress updates and events. You may opt out from our Congress Emailing at any time from the "Manage Your Subscription" link below. Our Emailings for Congress 2017 are scheduled through
April 2017.
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