Title: ONE RACE: A DIALOGUE TO DEFEAT
RACISM
Speaker: John Angotti
Location: ACC North 252-253
(upper Level 200)
Times: 8:15 am & 12:45 pm
This is a workshop that will break open the
reality that racism occurs because we don’t know each other. Through
music and dialogue, John Angotti along with hip hop producer James
Dukes from Unapologetic Records will use real situations of racism
today and how we can learn from each other to unite and celebrate
our differences.
John
Angotti travels the world presenting concerts, workshops, retreats,
missions and worship. Angotti is a frequent presenter at diocesan
and regional conferences in the United States and abroad, including
all the major national youth conferences and World Youth Days in
Sydney (2008) and Madrid (2011). He is also Director of Music and
Liturgy at St. Philip Church in Franklin, Tenn. He is an accomplished
composer, with numerous music collections under the World Library
Publications label. John Angotti Music Mission (JAMM) debuted his
original musical, “Job: The NOW Testament” in 2013. His articles
have appeared in Today’s Liturgy and Pastoral Music Magazine among
others.
Title: CAN YOU REPLY: JESUS, I GOTCHU
BACK!
Speaker: Katherine Angulo
Location: ACC North 251-252
(upper Level 200)
Times: 8:15 am & 12:45 pm
Have you found yourself hanging out with people
who don’t believe in God? Have you found that your family’s faith
does not match your needs? Do you find that people are making fun
of your faith? More and more I hear of teens feeling hopelessly
alone in their faith by being “Catholic at church” but simply avoiding
the topic of religion everywhere else. In this session, Katherine
Angulo will point out the many obstacles that can keep us away from
Jesus and will encourage us to be the counterculture that strongly
responds: “Jesus, I gotchu back!”
Born
in Mexico and raised in Bogota, Colombia, Katherine Angulo is fluent
in English, Spanish and French, and has over 19 years of experience
in youth ministry. Presently, she is Program Director of the Thriving
in Ministry Initiative for the McGrath Institute at the University
of Notre Dame in Indiana. Angulo has presented at diocesan and national
events, including the National Catholic Youth Conference, the National
Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry and the Los Angeles Religious
Education Congress. She is also Editor of The Mark, a Catholic magazine
for teens, and Executive Producer for the volunteer training program,
Called to Accompany/Llamados a Acompañar.
Title: TO BE THE HANDS AND FEET OF
GOD
Speaker: Bishop Frank Caggiano
Location: ACC North Hall (upper
Level 200)
Times: 8:15 am & 12:45 pm
St. Theresa of Avila once taught her sisters,
“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but
yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassionately
on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good.
... Christ has no body now on earth but yours.” What she reminds
us is the obligation to live our Christian faith effectively in
the world. Pope Francis speaks of our obligation to make mercy real
in the world, living Christian charity one person at a time. During
our time together, we will explore the meaning of serving as God’s
instruments of justice and mercy in the world and how such service
can deepen our own life of faith in Christ.
Bishop Frank Caggiano is currently head of Diocese
of Bridgeport, Ct. The noted catechist was a speaker at World Youth
Days in Sydney (2008), Madrid (2011) and a catechist in Rio de Janeiro
(2013) and Krakow (2016). He was a featured speaker at World Youth
Day REUNITE in Washington, D.C. (2017) and preached at the Youth
2000 Summer Festival in Tipperary, Ireland. Bishop Caggiano has
also served as episcopal advisor of The National Federation for
Catholic Youth Ministry.
Title: UNDERSTANDING THE MASS
Speaker: Robert Feduccia
Location: ACC North 256-258
(upper Level 200)
Times: 8:15 am & 12:45 pm
You probably know the “what” about Mass. It
is when we worship God and the bread and wine become the Body and
Blood of Christ. But, so what? Why does this matter and what does
it mean for a high school student trying the best with her or his
life? Come to this workshop and you will never look at the Mass
in the same way again.
Robert Feduccia Jr. was founding director of
the national Youth Liturgical Leadership Program at Saint Meinrad
School of Theology in Indiana. In addition to his work as a parish
youth minister, keynote speaker and retreat leader, he has been
an instructor in deaconate formation programs and a speaker at various
diocesan and major national youth conferences. Feduccia has led
diocesan in-services in over 20 dioceses. He has several publications
and is a regular contributor to “Youth Ministry Access” by the Center
for Ministry Development and to “Today’s Liturgy,” a magazine from
OCP. Now based in Tennessee, he now serves as Vice President of
Christian Faith Events for Declan Weir Productions.
Title: MY GOD IS BIGGER
Speaker: Fr. Rob Galea
Location: ACC North 155-157
(lower Level 100)
Times: 9:45 am & 2:15 pm
Sometimes we just don’t realize how BIG God
is. We limit God in our lives because we don’t know what He is capable
of. He is bigger than your anxiety, bigger than your worries, bigger
than sickness, death and the universe as we know it. Come and be
amazed at the greatness of my God! Fr. Rob Galea will use music
and story in this workshop to remember.
Fr.
Rob Galea is a parish priest and university chaplain in the Diocese
of Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. He is also founder and Director
of FRG Ministry and, in 2008 (with the late Australian Bishop Joseph
Grech) founded the Stronger Youth Program “By God’s Grace.” Fr.
Galea speaks and sings at schools, churches and conferences across
Australia and around the globe. The singer/songwriter has seven
CD releases and has written a number of songs for various campaigns
and international conferences, and his latest book is entitled “Breakthrough.”
Title: GOD’S GOTCHU
Speaker: Christina Lamas
Location: ACC North 256-258
(upper Level 200)
Times: 9:45 am & 2:15 pm
Come listen and dialogue with your peers. A
panel of young people will share how they are living the Gospel
in their home, at school and on social media. Pope Francis would
call them “callejeros de la fe” (“street preachers”) in today’s
world. Learn what’s working for them and walk away with a desire
to trust in God and the confidence to say, “God’s Gotchu.”
Christina
Lamas made her way into the field of Youth Ministry after 10 years
of volunteering at her home parish. She went on to serve as Associate
Director and Division Coordinator of Youth Ministry in the Los Angeles
Archdiocese. Lamas has presented to national and international audiences.
Currently, she is serving as Executive Director of the National
Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry and brings with her more
than 20 years of experience in catechesis and youth ministry.
Title: SHE SAID WHAT? MARY, OUR MOTHER
Speaker:
Katie Prejean McGrady
Location: ACC North Hall (upper Level 200)
Times: 9:45 am & 2:15 pm
Who is Mary? The nice, kind looking lady we
see in statues, pictures, religious medals and holy cards? She always
looks super calm and peaceful, with a slight smile and knowing eyes.
But who is she really? She potty-trained baby Jesus, after all,
so you know she’s got some stories, and can probably help us get
to know Jesus pretty well. This workshop will explore who Mary is,
why she’s important to us as Catholics, and how the life she lived
– however quiet she may have been – is one that gives us a perfect
example of how to be a faithful disciple of her Son, Jesus.
Katie Prejean McGrady is a freshman theology
teacher at Saint Louis Catholic High School in Lake Charles, La.
She has spoken at various events in 38 states and three countries.
McGrady is also author of several books, including “Room 24: Adventures
of a New Evangelist” and “Follow: Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus,”
and host of the podcast, “The Electric Waffle.” In addition to being
one of three delegates chosen by the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops (USCCB) to attend the 2019 Pre-Synod Gathering, McGrady
was also a presenter at that year’s USCCB General Assembly Meeting.
Title: FEEL THE POWER: EXPERIENCE GOD
IN MUSIC
Speaker: Joe Melendrez
Location: ACC North 252-253
(upper Level 200)
Times: 9:45 am & 2:15 pm
It is said that music expresses that which
cannot be shared through words. Music is powerful, it can change
a person’s mood, attitude and energy. Why did God give us music?
What is its purpose? How can we use music to glorify God? In this
session, we will feel the power of God in music! Get ready to reflect,
pray, dance and praise Jesus with every breath we take and every
sound we make!
Billed
as a Catholic performer who is “Latino, relevant, relatable, and
deep,” Joe Melendrez is a speaker, musical performer, MC and retreat
leader who currently serves as Assistant Director of Campus Ministry
at Chaminade College Preparatory in West Hills, Calif. He has presented
at numerous national and diocesan youth conferences across the United
States in addition to World Youth Days in Brazil and Spain and the
God is Good Festival in Germany. His CDs include “Kingdom Come”
and “Fully Alive” along with his latest digital release, “Chosen.”
Title:
MISSION-DRIVEN LEADERSHIP: MAKE
YOUR DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
Speaker: Ted Miles
Location: ACC North 160 (lower
Level 100)
Times: 9:45 am & 2:15
pm
Have you ever thought of your life as a mission?
Do you see yourself as mission, or as called to holiness? Pope Francis
reminds us that “every man and woman is a mission; that is the reason
for our life on this earth” (Message for World Mission Day 2019).
Explore the difference God invites YOU to make in helping to build
the Kingdom! We live in a world in which God’s people and resources
need to be watched over and protected. TRUST that YOU have something
to offer, that our world needs YOUR leadership, and that God’s Gotchu
in your efforts to make a difference. Join this interactive workshop
of story-telling, dialogue and stepping toward global action to
discover how to charge your life with mission! From his formative
years as a Jesuit Volunteer in Belize to his current role as Executive
Director for Maryknoll Lay Missioners,
Ted Miles has spent nearly 30 years exploring the
social mission of the Church. Prior to arriving at Maryknoll, he
served for 12 years at Catholic Relief Services, coordinating their
youth and religious education outreach. Miles has presented in numerous
international, regional, diocesan and parish/school settings and
in addition to published articles he has developed educational,
prayer and retreat resources for both Catholic Relief Services and
the Center for Ministry Development.
Title: DISCONNECTED
Speaker: Mike Patin
Location: ACC North 155-157
(lower Level 100)
Times: 8:15 am & 12:45 pm
All you wanna do
is livestream, post, chat or text. Then you lose your signal or
connection – so frustrating! Today, we’re gonna look at SIN. We
are all sinners. How does sin disconnect, frustrate, weaken us?
And how do we get the “signal” back? Fear not. “Trust! God’s Gotchu.”
Mike
Patin, the “engaging” Cajun, lives in Lafayette, La. He has served
the church as a high school teacher, coach and diocesan staff person.
Patin previously was with the CYO/Youth Ministry Office for the
New Orleans Archdiocese and, since 2003, he has been a full-time
“faith horticulturist” addressing groups across the United States
and Canada as parish mission presenter, trainer, retreat facilitator
and more. He has published two books: “A Standing Invitation” and
“This Was Not in the Brochures: Lessons from Work, Life and Ministry.”
Title: ADOPTED: DESIRING GOD
Speaker:
Bob Perron
Location: ACC North 251-252
(upper Level 200)
Times: 9:45 am & 2:15 pm
Everyone knows someone who is adopted. But
did you know that you are also adopted? Learn from a dad who has
three adopted children what it means to be an adopted child of God
and how that adoption has changed your life forever.
Bob
Perron is Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese
of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va. For over a decade he has presented
in over 60 dioceses across the United States and Canada. Perron
has been a keynote presenter at the National Catholic Youth Conference
and the L.A. Youth Day along with numerous work-shops at the National
Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry. His latest book is entitled
“God Sized Family.”
Title: LEAN ON ME: HELPING YOUR FRIENDS
WITHOUT HURTING YOURSELF
Speaker: Roy Petitfils, MS,
LPC
Location: ACC North 161-162
(lower Level 100)
Times: 9:45 am & 2:15 pm
It’s hard watching your friends struggle. It’s
like, “I wanna help, but I’m not sure how, and I don’t want to say
the wrong thing! And I’ve got my own problems, so will helping them
make mine worse?” In this session, you’ll learn how by using a few
simple skills and remaining connected to Jesus you can help your
friends while taking care of yourself.
For
20 years, Roy Petitfils has ministered in parish, school and diocesan
settings. Today, he is a counselor in private practice in Lafayette,
La., and hosts a podcast, “Today’s Teenager,” to help adults understand,
reach and influence teens. He continues to present at regional and
national conferences and workshops in over 30 dioceses across the
United States. He has spoken at TEDx and has published several articles
and books; his latest title is “Helping Teens with Stress, Anxiety,
and Depression: A Field Guide for Catholic Parents, Pastors, and
Youth Leaders.”
Title:
MEDITATION: PAYING ATTENTION
TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD
Speaker: Susan Searle
Location: ACC North 160 (lower
Level 100)
Times: 8:15 am & 12:45
pm
Yes, even you can learn to meditate! Sitting
in meditation takes practice and, by its very nature, requires some
preparation and training. A meditative prayer practice can teach
you to be attentive to the presence of God while helping you to
cope with the distractions and stresses in your daily life. Besides
the obvious spiritual benefits, there are also several well-documented
health advantages to beginning a meditation practice. We will practice
meditation using a variety of techniques to help you develop the
habit of praying in this transformative way. Come begin your quest
into stillness and paying attention to the presence of God.
Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., Susan Searle is
a Coordinator for Youth Ministry Services for The Center for Ministry
Development (CMD) and is Project Coordinator for their Just5Days
middle school missions and YouthLeader high school programs. She
also provides nationwide ministry workshops, trainings and teaches
courses for the National Certificate in Youth Ministry Studies.
Searle has several published sessions for youth ministry and blogs
quarterly for CMD.
Title: LIVING AN AUTHENTIC LIFE IN
CHRIST
Speaker: Doug Tooke
Location: ACC North 161-162
(lower Level 100)
Times: 8:15 am & 12:45 pm
In this workshop, Doug Tooke will guide to
an exploration of the dynamic invitation to be a contagious, compelling
and enthusiastic Catholic. Especially in a world needing the light
of Christ now more than ever!
Doug
Tooke is Director of Partnerships for ODB Films and owner of Monarch
Catholic Ministries, based in Helena, Mont. He has over 20 years
of professional ministry experience, traveling to over 75 dioceses
in the past 20 years teaching, keynoting conventions and training
youth ministers. Tooke has spoken at World Youth Day, the National
Catholic Youth Conference, the National Conference on Catholic Youth
Ministry and continues to serve as a leader in the field.
Fr.
Michael Schmitz is Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for
the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., and Chaplain for the Newman Center
at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He has presented and preached
to youth and young adults across the country, including the Steubenville
Youth and Young Adult Conferences. Fr. Schmitz offers weekly homilies
on iTunes and has appeared in programs for youth and young adults
through Ascension Press, as well as through regular short video
messages on Ascension PresentsCanada using her original blend of
humor and storytelling to speak at events ranging from small sessions
to national conferences.
