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RECongress
2021
RECongress
Dates
February
18-21,
2021
2021
RECongress
Theme
Proclaim
the
Promise!
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¡Proclama
la Promesa!
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Tuyên
Xưng
Lời
Giao
Ước!
2021
RECongress
Pricing
The
registration
fee
for
the
four
days
of RECongress
-- Thursday,
Feb.
18 through
Sunday,
Feb.
21 --
is $35.
2021
Location
Since
1970,
you
have
had
to travel
to the
Anaheim
Convention
Center
to attend
RECongress.
Now
that
our
upcoming
event
will
be virtual,
you
can
attend
right
from
home
or work!
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What
is RECongress?
Begun
as an
Institute
in 1956,
our
first
event
was
held
at Mount
Carmel
High
School
in Los
Angeles.
There
were
some
500
teachers
and
catechists
in attendance
at the
two-day
conference.
Our
last
gathering
brought
together
30,000
over
a four-day
event.
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Director's
Welcome
See
the
welcome
by Sr.
Rosalia
Meza,
Director
of the
Office
of
Religious
Education.
Find
it here
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Theme
Reflection
Read
a reflection
on the
theme
and
the
artwork
created
by artist
Val
MacRae.
Read
it here
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REC
Milestones
1956
- first
two-day
CCD
Institute
(500
teachers
in attendance)
1967
- the
first
three-day
“Southern
California
Confraternity
Congress” held
with
7,000
in attendance
1970
- CCD
Congress
moves
from
Los
Angeles
to Anaheim
Convention
Center
1971
-
First
Youth
Rally
held
on
Friday,
March
26,
which
would
become
Youth
Day
today
1973
- first
"Religious
Education
Congress"
as CCD
office
renamed
to Office
of Religious
Education
2021
- RECongress
goes
virtual
See
the
REC
Milestones
here
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RECongress
Emails
Be sure
to sign-up
for
our
Emailings
about
Congress.
You
may
opt
out
from
our
Congress
Emailing
at any
time
from
the
"Manage
Your
Subscription"
link
below.
Sign
up here
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Our
Thanksgiving
2020
Wish
 On behalf of the Office of Religious Education, I would like to express our deepest gratitude for your love and support.
We know this year has been challenging for all of us. As Thanksgiving approaches, may you enjoy the warmth of your family and the embrace and care of God.
Sending you laughter, joy, and a harvest of blessings.
Looking forward to welcoming you to our RECongress 2021!
Sr. Rosalia Meza, VDMF
Senior Director,
Office of Religious Education
Pricing
for
Virtual
RECongress
2021
 We
are
still
planning
our
virtual
RECongress
2021
event,
which begins
on Thursday,
February
18 and
concludes
on Sunday,
February
21,
2021.
For
a registration
fee
of $35,
you
will
experience:
• Keynote Presenters
• Dynamic Workshops
• Entertainment
• Sacred Space
• Intercultural Prayer
Experience
• Youth Track on Friday and Saturday from 2:30-5 pm
Keep
watch
for
upcoming
announcements
about
registration
on
our
web
site
and
in
our
future
Emailings.
Meet
Some
of Our
2021
Speakers
 Vicente Del Real
(workshop presenter in Spanish)
Vicente is
founder
and Executive Director
of Iskali, a Romero Scholar at Catholic Theological Union, where he is working toward his Masters in Divinity.
 Young Hoang, PhD
(workshop presenter in Vietnamese)
Dr. Hoang is President of the National Executive Committee of the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement (VEYM) for the U.S. branch located in Washington, D.C.
 ValLimar Jansen
(workshop presenter in English)
ValLimar
is a
speaker,
evangelizer,
composer and
author,
as
well
as a
clinician and
music
artist for Oregon Catholic Press/Spirit and Song.
 Fr. Ricky Manalo
(workshop presenter in English)
Theologian
and
author
Fr. Ricky Manalo, a Paulist missionary priest, is also a composer for Oregon
Catholic
Press.
 Sr. Norma Pimentel, MJ
(workshop presenter in Spanish)
Sr. Norma Pimentel, a Missionary of Jesus,
is Executive
Director
of
Catholic
Charities
of
the
Rio
Grande
Valley,
based
in
Brownsville,
Texas.
 Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR
(presenter in English for Youth Ministry workshop)
Fr. Agustino is a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal in the Bronx, New York and President and
founder of Corazon Puro and Latinos por la Vida.
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Liturgy
Spotlight:
Black
Culture
Prayer
Experience
 A Sankofa Celebration of African American “Saints”: We invite you to join in a spiritual experience to celebrate the ongoing journey of the African American 19th-century Catholics who are on their way to canonization in our Church. We also want to recognize and honor the “saints” among us in the Pauline tradition who have been martyred or suffer because of their Blackness. Borrowing from the words of the Jesuit Black Catholic Studies Scholar Fr. Joseph Brown who will join us, we will embark on a short portion of our ‘Sankofa journey,” that we pray will bring us ever closer to completing the spiritual, emotional, and cultural cycle of our people.
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Faith
at
Home
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The New Directory for Catechesis reminds us: “Parents, with their daily example of life, have the most effective capacity to transmit the beauty of the Christian faith to their children” (124). Join
Michelle
Youssef and
Dayrin
Perez for four engaging segments designed to inspire parents with practical ideas around prayer, faith sharing, storytelling, service and stewardship.
Fe
en
Casa
El nuevo Directorio para la Catequesis nos recuerda que “los padres creyentes, con su ejemplo diario de vida, tienen la capacidad mas atractiva de transmitir a sus hijos la belleza de la fe cristina” (124). Acompañe a
Michelle
Youssef
y
Dayrin
Perez en cuatro segmentos interesantes diseñados para inspirar a los padres con ideas prácticas sobre la oración, el intercambio de fe, la narración de historias, el servicio y la mayordomía.
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Sacred
Space
Spotlight
Sacred Space has been a retreat of sorts at
RECongress where visitors
can participate in
creative forms of reflective prayer and meditation. Artists and musicians share their talents
creating an environment of beauty and tranquility. This virtual RECongress will provide the
opportunity to visit the artists in their studios where they will share their unique process of
creating art that becomes their visual prayer. The musicians will share their gift of music as
well as their personal stories of what inspires them. This will be an intimate look at how these
artists have answered the call to create beauty that ignites the spirit!
Musician Dennis Doyle |
Artist France White, SHCJ |
Artist Angelica Sotiriou |
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A
Look
Back
40
Years
...
to
RECongress 1981
The
welcome
letters
taken
from
the
Program
Book
of
the
1981
Religious
Education
Congress,
held
February
12-15
with
the
theme
"Many
Gifts
--
One
Lord"
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"Diversos
Dones
pero
un
solo
Señor."
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Dear Friends:
For these days of celebration, we have come from a diversity of places and experiences. Each of us unique in prayer in sacrifice in praise of God, yet all gathered in the name of the Lord.
That variety merits our reverence; that unity our hope.
We thank you Father for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who share in the
body and blood of Christ be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit.
Pray for John Paul our Pope and your Bishop that we may grow in love.
Very sincerely yours,
Timothy Cardinal Manning
Archbishop of Los Angeles
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Dear Friends in Christ:
Welcome to the Diocese of Orange! Each year as we celebrate the Congress we have the opportunity to reflect on our responsibilities as teachers and ministers of the word. It is my prayer that these days will renew you in your dedication.
On behalf of the priests, religious and laity of the Diocese of Orange, I extend to you blessings for the success of the Congress.
May we grow together in love of the Lord in whose name we serve.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Rev. William R. Johnson
Bishop of Orange |
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© 2020
Los Angeles
Religious Education
Congress
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