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
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.
Our virtual
Exhibit
Hall
at
the
2021
Los
Angeles
Religious
Education
Congress
will be open for you 24/7!
Many have told us that they want longer Exhibit Hall hours. We heard you! Just as you
would walk the halls of our
Exhibit
Hall during our in-person event, you are invited to “walk” the virtual hall. Visiting the exhibit booths will enable you to view various resources and products that can enrich and support you in your ministry and personal spiritual growth. You can “chat” with a company representative or set up a time to “chat” later. Some companies will provide
Zoom schedules and links to have more in-depth conversations. As always, the
Exhibit
Hall will be an exciting place to be, and our many exhibitors can’t wait to have you visit.
Register
for
RECongress
2021
Register
today
for
the
2021
RECongress
experience.
You
can
view
the
schedule
here
or
download
the
printable
schedule
here.
Our virtual
event begins
on Thursday,
February
18 and
concludes
on Sunday,
February
21.
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
You must be registered no later than 8 am PST on Sunday, February 21, 2021. Registered participants will have access to all event content through March 21, 2021.
Register
online
now
at
recongress.org/registration
Our 2021 Youth Track
This year,
our Youth Day is a little different.
For the 50th anniversary and with the gift of technology, we have made Youth Day available as a Youth Track during the weekend. Our Youth Coordinating Team has embraced the theme, Proclaim the Promise! They want to share with YOU God's Covenant in the Chaos.
We invite you to join us for the Opening Event on Thursday at 6 pm. You can access the schedule here to learn more about what the weekend has to offer.
The Youth Track will be an interactive experience, including:
Social Media Challenges
Witness Talks
A Keynote Speaker for Each Day
Skits
Prayer Experiences
Featuring Our Youth Choir!
Plus, you will be able to access ALL recorded workshops for the one registration fee of $35! Register now at www.RECongress.org
Spotlight:
Indigenous
Prayer
Service
Indigenous and First Peoples Prayer Service and Reflection --
Join members of various nations and tribes in this experience of prayer and reflection
in the spirit of the Gospel of Creation as illumined in Ladauto Si'.
This event (in English) will be live from 8 am - 9 am on Friday, February 19, and also viewable thereafter.
Some of our RECongress Speakers
Bishop
Robert
Barron
(workshop
presenter
in
English)
Auxiliary
Bishop
–
Archdiocese
of
Los
Angeles;
founder
of
Word
on
Fire
Catholic
Ministries
Linda
Dakin-Grimm
(workshop
presenter
in
English)
2020-2021
Harvard
Advanced
Leadership
Fellow;
lawyer,
author,
speaker
Thomas
Reese,
SJ
(workshop
presenter
in
English)
Senior
Analyst,
Religion
News
Service
John
Rinaldo
(workshop
presenter
in
English)
Adjunct
Professor
at
Santa
Clara
University
Mons.
Lucio
Adrian
Ruiz
(workshop
presenter
in
Spanish)
Secretariat
for
Communications
-
Vatican
M.
Susana
Santana
(workshop
presenter
in
Spanish)
Executive
Deputy
Director
-
Society
of
St.
Vincent
de
Paul,
Los
Angeles
Julianne
Stanz
(workshop
presenter
in
English)
Director
of
Parish
Life
&
Evangelization,
Diocese
of
Green
Bay;
Loyola
Press
Speaker
Corps
Member
Georgina
Vides
(workshop
presenter
in
Spanish)
Parish
Leadership
Strategies-Office
of
Life,
Justice
and
Peace,
Archdiocese
of
Los
Angeles
Taken
from
Response, a publication of the Office of Religious Education about the 1981 Religious Education Congress held February 12-15, 1981 with the theme, " Many Gifts -- One Lord"
And They Came 25,000 Strong.... It was a record high of approximately 10,000 who flocked together on Youth Day to broaden the smile of Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson, as his young people gathered in the Convention Center. The feelings of these youths were electrifying as they attended their workshops and the closing liturgy. I overheard the comment: “The look on Cardinal Manning's face was beautiful as he left the Arena." He had reached out and touched every heart of every Youth seated in the vast Arena with his homily titled "Yes, No and Amen-NOT MAYBE, but Amen."
"You are the light the world and the salt of the earth,'' he told the young crowd. "You should always walk in the light of God's presence. We want to say Yes to God, that nothing ever going to quench that light of grace that's inside us; The No button campaign is catching on all over the United States, this button being worn by both girls and boys makes the statement that being able to say No preserves the dignity, the sanctity, the holiness of our own peers. It doesn't mean you can't have a good time, say No to anything that's going to cheapen you, offend human dignity or offend Almighty God; '' and his third point Amen, ''when you go to Communion and the priest holds up the host, you look at it and say, 'AMEN,' I believe it, I accept it.''
The Cardinal closed his homily with this, "YES, NO, AMEN. What a beautiful gift your generation is to your peers, to the Church and to the heavenly Father. God loves you so much.''
Concelebrating the Youth Day Liturgy with Cardinal Manning were Bishop Jose de Jesus Madera of Fresno, Bishop Manuel Moreno, Auxiliary of Los Angeles, and Orange Dioceses.
You
may
view the 1981 publication here
»
Indigenous and First Peoples Prayer Service and Reflection --
Join members of various nations and tribes in this experience of prayer and reflection
in the spirit of the Gospel of Creation as illumined in Ladauto Si'.
Bishop
Robert
Barron
Linda
Dakin-Grimm
Taken
from
Response, a publication of the Office of Religious Education about the 1981 Religious Education Congress held February 12-15, 1981 with the theme, " Many Gifts -- One Lord"