RECongress
Is Happening NOW!
The
2020 Los Angeles Religious Education
Congress is underway, beginning with
Youth Day on Thursday. And we had
over 10,000 in attendance! And if you're attending RECongress
this year, we ask that you take a
few minutes to evaluate your
experience of RECongress. We'd like
to know what you especially liked
... as well as what could be
improved.
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
2020. If you do not care to receive
future updates, you can find removal
information at the bottom of this message.
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RECongress 2021 Dates & Theme
Be sure to get these dates on
your calendar now! Dates for the
2021 Los Angeles Religious
Education Congress are:
• February 18, 2021 (Youth Day)
• February 19-21, 2021 (Adult Days)
We
are going to announce our
RECongress 2021 theme during
Sunday's Closing Liturgy. If
you're not in attendance, watch
for it on our live stream!
See our RECongress Themes here
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RECongress.org/Live
Starting
in 2010, we have live-streamed
our RECongress events at the
Anaheim Convention Center. This
year, we again have live streams
from Youth Day as well as our
Adult Days Arena events and
Spanish events held in Hall B.
You can find our three playlists
— Youth Day, English and Spanish
— on
RECongress.org/Live. And
even if you're not with us this
year, you can still watch
the sessions live online.
Watch our RECongress Live events
here »
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RECongress Registration
Statistics
Congress 2020 brought together
attendees from around the world!
Our foreign registrations
totaled nearly 600, with
attendees from Canada (344 registered), Australia (127), Mexico (33), New Zealand (17), Ireland (13), Spain (8), Singapore (7), Colombia (5), Korea (5),
as well as from Argentina, Belize, Italy, Mariana Islands, Philippines, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
And our U.S. registrants
represented nearly every state
in the nation (just 4 are missing:
Delaware, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and West Virginia)! On our RECongress
statistics page you can find
details on the number of
registrations by state, and
there you can find our
interactive map to see how many
came from your state.
TOP TEN STATES:
California - 15,689
registrants
Arizona - 254
Texas - 228
Nevada - 206
Washington - 195
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Oregon -
110
Hawaii - 102
Illinois - 100
New York - 99
Minnesota - 85 |
Find the RECongress 2020
Statistics page here »
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Audio Recordings
Remember,
if you miss a workshop, you
might still be able to get a
recording of it. Many of the workshop sessions
are recorded with
speaker permission. (NOTE: Attendee
recording in any medium of any workshop
or general assembly is NOT permitted.) MP3s are available for purchase on site at the
Conference Media booth at the east wall in Hall A
as well as Audio CDs after RECongress. You can use the order
form in the Program Book, or download the form
here or call (406) 682-7278.
Go to the Recordings page »
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Lost and Found
Are you missing something? If
you've lost your eyeglasses,
hat, keys, jacket, etc. check
with our Lost & Found located
in the Arena Lobby outside AR-1.
If you realize you've left something at RECongress, you can
contact us after RECongress
using our Lost & Found page. Let
Jan know what you are missing
and we'll see if it is among our
Lost and Found items.
Find our Lost & Found page here
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Just for Southern Californians
Ralphs
Grocery Company, a major supermarket
chain in the Southern California
area, supports schools, churches
and other non-profit organizations
with annual contributions. Here
is an easy way to help the Los Angeles
Religious Education Congress, a
member of Ralphs Community Contributions
Program. Simply by using your Ralphs
Rewards Card, a portion of eligible
purchases are contributed to the
RECongress.
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 the easiest way to contribute
to the RECongress.
Name: Archdiocese
of Los Angeles - Religious Education
Organization Number:
KV939
Find step-by-step instructions and
information online and
See more about the Ralphs program
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RECongress Emailing
Be sure to sign-up for our twice-a-month
Emailings about the latest updates
and information about the Religious
Education Congress. You may
opt out from our Congress Emailing
at any time from the "Manage
Your Subscription" link
below.
Find past Emailings at
archive.recongress.org/emailing.htm
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© 2020 Los Angeles Religious
Education Congress
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RECongress 2020
RECongress Dates
February 20
(Youth Day) &
February 21-23,
2020
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Youth Day Theme
"20/20 Through God's Eyes”
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Adult Days Theme
"Live Mercy – Be Holy” /
“Vive la misericordia y
la santidad” / “Sống Nhân
Từ - Hãy Nên Thánh”
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2020 Theme Reflection
See what the ORE Director
wrote about the 2020 RECongress
theme.
Read
the Reflection
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Location
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Ave.
Anaheim, Calif. 92802
(just south of Disneyland
and Disney California Adventure).
See a Yahoo Map
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Registration
The key to registration
is the Registration Guidebook.
If you attended RECongress
2019, you will automatically
be mailed a Guidebook (available
in October).
Order a Guidebook »
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Important Deadlines
Jan 3 - Last day
to request refunds
Jan 20 - Registration
fees increase
Jan 31 - Last day
to register by mail (register
online or on site)
See REC 2020 Updates»
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Congress Milestones
1956
- first two-day CCD Institute
(500 teachers in attendance)
1967 - first three-day
“Southern California Confraternity
Congress” (7,000 in attendance)
1970 - CCD Congress
moves from Los Angeles to
Anaheim Convention Center
1973 - first "Religious
Education Congress"
as CCD office renamed to
Office of Religious Education
See the REC Milestones »
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