RECongress Emailing - Dec 29, 2020 (REC 2021.9)

RECongress 2021

RECongress Dates
Thursday through Sunday,
February 18-21, 2021

2021 RECongress Theme
Proclaim the Promise! /
¡Proclama la Promesa! /
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!

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.

Director's Welcome
See the welcome by Sr. Rosalia Meza, Director of the Office of Religious Education.
Find it here »

Theme Reflection
Read a reflection on the theme and the artwork created by artist Val MacRae.
Read it here »

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 Schedule Announced

Just in time for the New Year – the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress 2021 virtual event schedule has been posted. You can find the schedule for the weekend online here.

Live events – including the Opening Ceremony, Concerts, Liturgies, Keynotes, and the Youth Day Track – are available for viewing at the time of broadcast and On Demand once the live broadcast is finished.

On Demand events – including Workshops, Sacred Space and the Virtual Exhibit Hall -- can be accessed any time after they are released.

Pricing for Virtual RECongress 2021

Hurry and register! The full RECongress experience is only $35. Don’t miss out! Our virtual RECongress 2021 event begins on Thursday, February 18 and concludes on Sunday, February 21, 2021.

Registration will include access to our multimedia and interactive Virtual Exhibit Hall, plus:
• Keynote Presenters
• Dynamic Workshops
• Entertainment
• Sacred Space
• Intercultural Prayer Experience
• Youth Track on Friday and Saturday from 2:30-5 pm

Don’t miss out! Register today here, along with futher registration information. All online at RECongress.org

Meet Some of Our 2021 Speakers

Julia Cano Valero
{Workshop presenter in Spanish)
Psychiatrist; Associate Professor at University of Cádiz (Spain)-Department of Neuroscience; Professor: Forensic Psychiatry for students earning a degree in Criminology

Javier Iván Diaz
(Workshop presenter in Spanish)
Musician, on-air personality and educator; workshop presenter/composer for Oregon Catholic Press; Music Director at San Francisco de Sales Church

Becky Eldredge
(Workshop presenter in English)
Spiritual Director, retreat facilitator and author

Amy Florian –(Workshop presenter in English)
CEO, Corgenius Inc.; liturgy and bereavement consultant

Dr. Alex Gotay
(Workshop presenter Youth Ministry Workshop)
National teen and young adult speaker; Catholic theology teacher

Fr. James Martin, SJ
(Workshop presenter in English)
Jesuit priest; Editor-at-Large of America Media; author and international speaker

Fr. Hung Trung Pham, SJ
(Workshop presenter in Vietnamese)
PProvincial Assistant: Formation of the US Central South Province of the Society of Jesus; teacher and presenter

Liturgy Spotlight: From Generation to Generation

From Generation to Generation: Honoring our Ancestors in Faith, from the Vietnamese Perspective
In the reading of this day, as we enter into Lent, God promises the Jewish people that he will nourish them with the heritage of Jacob, their father. And he calls all of us to lives of repentance, compassion and justice. This Service of the Word, in the time of the Lunar New Year, helps us reflect upon how the heritage of our ancestors sustains and inspires new generations of Vietnamese throughout the world to respond to God’s call. Images, settings, and music from the Vietnamese diaspora -- communities in Vietnam, Rome, Canada, the United States, and Australia -- help us to come together in traditions of grateful unity. We pray that we may honor our ancestors by living the vibrant faith they have given to us.

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!

A Look Back ... at RECongress 1971

From the 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!

CONGRESS AGENDA ANNOUNCED BY ARCHBISHOP
10,000 Registrants Expected For Three-Day Event

His Excellency, Archbishop Timothy Manning has announced that the City of Anaheim with its outstanding convention facilities is opening its arms to the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine REGIONAL CONGRESS, scheduled for March 26, 27 and 28, 1971. Hosts for the Congress will be the Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Dioceses of San Diego, Monterey and Fresno.

The Congress will begin at 12:00 noon, Friday, March 26 and will close with a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, March 28 at 5:00 p.m. The respective Diocesan CCD Directors – Rev. Msgr. Leland J. Boyer (Los Angeles Archdiocese, the Congress General Chairman), assisted by Chairmen Reverend Denis Ryan (San Diego), Reverend Thomas Kleinhans (Fresno), and Reverend Tod Brown (Monterey) – extend to all Confraternity workers and to those interested in this field of the apostolate a most cordial invitation to participate. The Regional Congress is expected to draw over 10,000 registrants during the three days.

The registration fee for the entire weekend of Congress 1971 will be $10 per person. This fee will entitle the registrant to choose from 104 workshops in every possible field of CCD, and to participate in a host of other activities.

Eucharistic celebration will be held on Saturday evening with a concelebrated Mass of the respective Ordinaries of the four dioceses as celebrants. The Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday will have as co-celebrants the priest directors of the dioceses. Outstanding speakers from across the nation, exhibits and other items are slated for the three-day Congress agenda, providing practical know-how, in-depth learning and vast spiritual benefits.

The prayers of all the faithful are requested for this important gathering of the people of God.
Read the 1971 Flyer here »