Speaker
Juan Martinez will not be attending RECongress.
Speaker Dra. María Teresa Dávilar will not be attending RECongress.
Session 1-52 is cancelled
She will not be a part of the panel in Session 5-53
A correction to the first sentence of the
description for Session 6-0
The Good Kangaroo: Songs and Stories of Faith and Justice for the Early Childhood Classroom (*) Join Australians Andrew Chinn and James Wahl as they journey from Down Under and across the States, with stories and songs from the Bible, our faith traditions and various cultures.
(James Wahl is not from Australia.)
There is an updated bio for
Javier Stauring - Sesión 2-57
Javier Stauring tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en el uso de prácticas de justicia restaurativa para acompañar a las familias directamente afectadas por la violencia. El supervisa una organización sin fines de lucro Hamada, Healing Dialogue and Action. HDA facilita retiros de sanación que reúnen a familias de víctimas de asesinato junto con familias que tienen seres queridos que cumplen cadena perpetua en prisión. Antes de HDA, Stauring trabajó como director de la Oficina de Justicia Restaurativa de la Arquidiócesis Católica de Los Angeles desde 1995 hasta 2016.
page 65 of the Program Book
In the song “Boundless Love,” the first sentence
in the Vietnamese lyric, the word ”Chùa” should spelled
with the correct accent as “ Chúa.” The incorrect
spelling “Chùa” means Buddhist Temple or Pagoda.
The correct spelling “Chúa” means God. Also,
the words in the second line of music “cân xứng”
should be spelled “xứng.”
Youth
Ministry Coordinator Victoria Radleigh Smith was
admitted to the hospital with a serious medical
condition. She is currently receiving treatment and is
doing better, but we foresee that she will be out of the
office for some time as she recovers. The Office of
Religious Education (as well as Victoria) would deeply
appreciate your prayers and support during this
difficult time.
Mar 4:
Sweepstakes
winners are announced: Theodore Musco
of Montebello, CA Katie Notterman
of Long Beach, CA Mike St. Pierre
of Los Angeles, CA Ofelia Hernandez
of Bakersfield, CA
Mar 4:
24-hour Sweepstakes for new registrations
from Sunday 4 pm to Monday 4 pm
Mar 1:
RECongress Choir reservation deadline
Mar 1:
Last day to
register by mail (online or on-site registration still
available)
We
were informed of the death on July 11, 2019 of Bishop
Richard Garcia, prefect of the Diocese of Monterey,
Calif. He was a priest in San Francisco and served in
San Jose before being appointed Auxiliary Bishop of
Sacramento in 1997. In 2007 he was installed as Bishop
of Monterey. Bishop Garcia was originally scheduled to
be with us to celebrate the Friday liturgy at RECongress
2019 in the Marriott Marquis but was unable to attend.
The regular registration fee for adult days of the Religious
Education Congress is $85 with special discount pricing of
$75 extended through February 28, 2019. Registrations
by the end of January will receive mailed tickets. After March 1, registrations can only be made online or on site at
Congress. We will continue to process registrations and send
email confirmations. Tickets can be printed at Congress in the
Registration area. Registration area hours are: -- Thursday, March 21 - 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
-- Friday, March 22 - 7:00 am to 3 pm
-- Saturday, March 23 - 7:30 am to 3 pm
-- Sunday, March 24 - 8:00 to 11 am
The regular registration fee for Youth Day 2019 is $40 (special
discount pricing of $35 extended through February 28, 2019).
Check the
Youth Day page for
more information.
A Special Invitation for Adults: The Youth Day
Coordinating Team would like to offer a special opportunity to
any adult who is not chaperoning a group from a parish or school
and would like to be part of our day. To be part of the team, an
adult needs to have been fingerprinted by the Los Angeles
Archdiocese and have taken part in a Protecting God’s Children
adult training session (upcoming opportunities for these are
available). To get more information about joining Youth Day,
please visit
archive.recongress.org/YD
or contact Victoria Radleigh Smith at
vradleigh@la-archdiocese.org
or call (213) 637-7674.
It is important for you to check your Youth Day packet when
it arrives. Make sure that it includes all the Badges for
each Adult Chaperone in
your parish/school group and that you have enough badges for each student. We will mail out all
Youth Day packets by March 15, 2019. If you do not receive
your packet, check your email for a confirmation of your
registration with a barcode. Print that email out and bring it
with you to
the RECongress Registration Area. If you haven't received a
barcode confirmation, please visit the Registration Area on site during registration hours for assistance. If you have further
inquiries, please call the RECongress Registration Desk at
213-637-7348,
Youth Day packets include Badges for all youth and Chaperones,
a badge holder and lanyard for each Chaperone and also information about the day.
Scheduled packet
mailing dates are:
Feb 1: First mailing
of Youth Day packets Feb 26:
Second mailing
of Youth Day packets
Mar 15: Third (final) mailing
of Youth Day packets
After Mar 15: Any remaining packets can be picked-up
onsite at the Registration area
NEW LOCATION FOR
HALL B EVENTS & SACRED SPACE
There are two
big relocations for RECongress 2019
that utilize the ACC North building.
Hall B:
ALL Hall B events
have moved to the 200 Level — the upper level —
of ACC North.
Both Youth Day and our Adult Days will
utilize the upper level area we call
“North Hall.”
Sacred
Space: Sacred
Space also moves to the lower level
of ACC North. The Chapel and the Labyrinth
will move to North rooms 151-152. The
Sacrament of Reconciliation will
be available in North rooms 153-156.
SPECIAL DISNEY TICKET OFFER FOR RECONGRESS
ATTENDEES
Religious
Education Congress attendees may purchase specially priced
Disneyland Resort Theme Park eTickets prior to their arrival. There is
special pricing for Twilight Convention tickets (after 4 pm),
1-day 1-park, multi-day and park hopper tickets. This eTicket
offer is only available online at
http://mydisneygroup.com/ZMRC19A until 9:00pm
PST on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
Tickets are valid from Saturday, March 16, 2019 through
Wednesday, March 27, 2019.
Note: These special ticket
prices are not available once you arrive at the Resort. Prices
are subject to change without notice. Note for foreign
attendees: Please only enter 2 letters in the state/territory
field (fill it out with only two letters). Any more than two and
the system will not accept it.
These specially priced tickets are intended
only for RECongress attendees and their guests.
Only registered attendees are allowed to purchase tickets
from this discounted ticket store link and can purchase up
to 6 tickets maximum per order (two orders maximum per
credit card).
For orders of more than 12 tickets, we recommend
using additional credit cards due to the limit of 12 tickets
per card.
Disney reserves the right to contact the ticket
purchaser to request event registration confirmation. If it
is discovered that the purchaser of the ticket is not
participating or attending this event it will be considered
a misuse of this offer and ticket, and the ticket(s) will be
blocked and will not be eligible for a refund. In addition,
these tickets cannot be purchased for the purpose of being
resold.
"SHOW YOUR BADGE & SAVE" DISCOUNT PROGRAM
RECongress attendees can find information
here about promotional offers
and discounts during RECongress with the "Show Your Badge & Save"
program. Discounts are exclusively available to attendees during
the conference for participating attractions and restaurants.
Show your event badge and save at participating restaurants,
attractions and much more!
RECONGRESS 2019 "SWAG BAG"
Every
RECongress attendee on our adult days receives a souvenir tote
bag including a RECongress
lanyard, a name badge holder and a copy of the 2019 Program
Book. Wells of Life is providing the tote bags. Franciscan Media
and Bookmasters – Baker & Taylor Publisher Services are
sponsoring the lanyards.
RECONGRESS 2019 APP!
When it becomes available, be sure to download the Religious
Education Congress 2019 app – available on both the iOS and Android
platforms – as your mobile guide to RECongress. The application is
available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users and on the
Play Store for Android smartphone and tablets users. The app
features information for both Youth Day and the adult days -- with
speaker information, session schedules, workshops, maps and
more! See the App Installation guide
here.
AIRPORT SHUTTLE SERVICE
The Religious
Education Congress has made arrangements for airport
transportation with Karmel Shuttle, offering direct service
between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), John Wayne
Airport (SNA) and Long Beach Airport (LGB) to and from the Anaheim Resort.
See our Travel page for additional
information.
3 WAYS TO REGISTER: 1) Visit
www.karmel.com and enter Promo Code: RECON19.
2) Call toll free 1-888-995-RIDE (888-995-7433). Mention Promo
Code “RECON19” at the time of reservation.
3) Click this
link -- exclusively for Religious Education Congress
attendees.
EXHIBIT HALL
Exhibit Hall (Hall A) hours during RECongress adult
days are:
-- Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
-- Saturday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
-- Sunday from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Find the listing of 2019 Exhibitors
here.
You can also download a map of Hall A
here.
In addition to the indicated taped workshops, the General
Assemblies (Arena and North Hall [upper level] sessions) will be taped by
Convention Media. You can contact them at
www.conferencemedia.net
This is a listing of all sessions that will take place in the
Arena. NOTE: All Arena tickets are good for Arena or North Hall
(upper level)
sessions. Asterisks (*) indicate recorded sessions.
LOCATION
PERIOD
TIME
SPEAKER
WORKSHOP
ARENA
1-01
Friday - 10:00-11:30 am
Bishop Robert Barron
Giving a Reason for the Hope That is Within Us
ARENA
2-01
Friday - 1:00-2:30 pm
Dr. Phyllis Zagano
Women Deacons: Who Were They? What Did They Do?
(*)
ARENA
3-01
Friday - 3:00-4:30 pm
Fr. R. Tony Ricard, MTh, MDiv
"Dreams I Never Had" – Justice Denied
(*)
ARENA
Keynote
Saturday - 8:30 am
Sr. Kathleen Bryant, RSC
"Thirsting for Justice"
ARENA
4-01
Saturday - 10:00-11:30 am
Fr. Ronald Rolheiser
Speaking Prophetically for Justice – Principles for Christian Prophecy
(*)
ARENA
5-01
Saturday - 1:00-2:30 pm
John Allen Jr.
Thirsting for Justice: Global Perspectives on Clergy Abuse in the Church
(*)
ARENA
6-01
Saturday - 3:00-4:30 pm
Fr. James
Martin, SJ
"Lazarus, Come Forth!" (*)
ARENA
7-01
Sunday - 10:00-11:30 am
David Haas
Rejoice and Be Glad: (Y)Ours is the Kingdom of God!
ARENA
8-01
Sunday - 1:00-2:30 pm
David Wells
Thirsting for Justice: Teaching Virtues as Tools for Change
(*)
This is a listing of all the "Spanish Arena" sessions that will take place in
the North Hall (upper level) and formerly Hall B. NOTE: All
North Hall tickets are good for either
the Arena or North Hall sessions. Asterisks (*) indicate recorded
sessions.
LUGAR
SESION
TIEMPO
CONFERENCISTA
CONFERENCIA (* =
grabacion)
North
Hall (upper level)
1-51
Friday - 10:00-11:30 am
Canónigo Dr. Eduardo Chávez Sánchez
La verdad de Guadalupe (*)
North
Hall (upper level)
2-51
Friday
- 1:00-2:30 pm
Rev. Domingo Rodríguez Zambrana, ST
Las siete tentaciones en búsqueda de la justicia
(*)
North
Hall (upper level)
3-51
Friday
- 3:00-4:30 pm
Santiago Fernández
¡Convergencias divinas, amistades santas! – Santos famosos que eran amigos (*)
Constanza Palomo de Fernández
North
Hall (upper level)
Alabanza matutina y asemblea general
Saturday - 7:50-9:30 am
Sr. Norma Pimentel, MJ
Saciando la Sed de Jesús
(*)
North
Hall (upper level)
4-51
Saturday - 10:00-11:30 am
Rev. José-Román Flecha Andrés
¿Como buscar hoy a Jesús?
(*)
North
Hall (upper level)
5-51
Saturday -
1:00-2:30 pm
Msgr. Arturo Bañuelas
Guadalupe, migración y justicia social (*)
North
Hall (upper level)
6-51
Saturday
- 3:00-4:30 pm
Rev. Rogelio Alcántara Mendoza
La llamada oración de "sanación del árbol genealógico": Praxis pastoral y doctrina que subyace (*)
North
Hall (upper level)
7-51
Sunday
- 10:00-11:30 am
Dr. John Yzaguirre
Como ser una familia más feliz (*)
North
Hall (upper level)
8-51
Sunday
- 1:00-2:30 pm
María Elena Ocegueda Juárez
¡La dicha de los que tienen “sed de justicia”! (*)
TICKETS
-- RECongress adult days tickets is available on site at the Convention Center in the
Prefunction Registration area of Hall A. Hours are scheduled:
-- Thursday, March 21 - 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
-- Friday, March 22 - 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
-- Saturday, March 23 - 7:30 am to 3:00 pm
-- Sunday, March 24 - 8:00 to 11:00 am
PROGRAM PICK-UP -- Watch for the new
locations and times for distribution of the RECongress
tote bag with Program Book, lanyard and name badge holder:
-- Thursday, March 21 - 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm in ACC North (Plaza
level).
-- Friday, March 22 - 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in ACC North (Plaza
level) & 7:00 am to noon at the Arena east doors.
-- Saturday, March 23 - 7:30 am to 2:30 pm in ACC
North (Plaza level).
-- Sunday, March 24 - 8:00 to 11:00 am in the
Registration Area, Hall A Prefuction Lobby.
Scheduled mailing of RECongress adult days tickets are:
Feb 11:
First mailing of
RECongress tickets (for registrations
processed by Feb. 4)
Mar 5:
Second (final) mailing of
RECongress tickets (for
registrations processed by Feb. 28)
Note: After
this date you will need to print your RECongress tickets on
site in Anaheim.
Mar 1:
Last day
to register by mail (only online or on-site after this date)
See our for the latest
RECongress
Emailing. Receive updates about RECongress 2019 emailed twice monthly,
from June 2019 through April 2019. You can sign up
here.
SPEAKER SIGNINGS
On Friday through Sunday of RECongress, authors and performing
artists have scheduled times to sign their books and CDs at the
Signing Area. The tables are located in the northeast corner of
Hall A.
See the Speaker Signing Schedule here.
PERFORMANCE STAGE IN HALL A
Several of the performing artists at RECongress have scheduled
time to appear at the new Performance Stage in Hall A. The
stage,
located in the southeast area of Exhibit Hall A,
runs Friday through Sunday and showcases 20-minute sets of live
music. Check the posted schedule onsite for appearance times.
See the Performance Stage Schedule
here.
People
from more than 140 countries, speaking 224 different identified
languages, currently call Los Angeles home. Within
the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, liturgy is celebrated
every Sunday in no fewer than 40 different languages. Living in
the gift, promise and spirit of the Second Vatican Council, the
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress liturgies have grown as
they have embraced this wonderfully diverse church. Without
exaggeration, complimentary reports and reviews come from six of
the world’s seven continents. From Gregorian chant to gospel
choirs; from Aztec dancers to Vietnamese and African drummers;
we’ve worked diligently to inculturate the liturgies at RECongress
to accurately and authentically reflect the church of Los
Angeles.
Youth
Ministry Coordinator Victoria Radleigh Smith was
admitted to the hospital with a serious medical
condition. She is currently receiving treatment and is
doing better, but we foresee that she will be out of the
office for some time as she recovers. The Office of
Religious Education (as well as Victoria) would deeply
appreciate your prayers and support during this
difficult time. 
We
were informed of the death on July 11, 2019 of Bishop
Richard Garcia, prefect of the Diocese of Monterey,
Calif. He was a priest in San Francisco and served in
San Jose before being appointed Auxiliary Bishop of
Sacramento in 1997. In 2007 he was installed as Bishop
of Monterey. Bishop Garcia was originally scheduled to
be with us to celebrate the Friday liturgy at RECongress
2019 in the Marriott Marquis but was unable to attend.
RECONGRESS 2019 "SWAG BAG" 
