Elizabeth Madeo
Director of Youth Ministries, Kearney, MO
Wanted: Catholic's in their 20's and 30's, married, single, with or without children- All are welcomed- All are needed!

This session focuses on Young Adults finding their gifts and finding a place to use them in their parish and how to maintain balance in professional, spiritual and personal life..Young adults are craving more?But where do they go? What do they do when they are still single in our 20's and 30's, or married without children?

Anna Scally
President of Cornerstone Media, Inc.
Helping Teens Pray?The Other Six Days of the Week

Imagine helping teens pray more meaningfully. Get teens excited about their spiritual journey and about praying. Finish this workshop with proven principles to challenge teens to lead prayer, and to participate actively in retreats and ministry settings. As a bonus to you, watch your own conversation with God become more alive as well!

Dr. Regina Pfeiffer
Professor of Religious Studies, Chaminade University of Honolulu
The Work of God's People in Remembering, Participating and Anticipating

The event of Jesus, the Paschal Mystery, was of such great importance that his earliest followers celebrated it weekly by gathering together. Our Mass is the most important liturgy we pray, the summit and fount. Liturgy, and particularly Mass, is a ritual that invited us to remember, to participate and to anticipate God's salvation. This session will invite participants to deepen their understanding of how the Liturgy celebrates what God has done for us.

Rev. Robert Hater
Professor & Author
When a Catholic Marries a Catholic or a Non Catholic. What about Catholic Identity and Creating a Catholic Home Environment?

This session considers the Catholic family in light of stories and pastoral insights. It stresses the need to create a healthy Catholic home environment as the groundwork where Catholic identity takes root and deepens. The session offers practical insights for parishes to minister more effectively to today's families in ways that are vital for the future of vibrant Catholic communities.

Mick Tune
RSI, Vice-President
Spirituality of Giving

Learn how to communicate the spiritual nature of giving to your parish. Discover the basic fundamentals for increasing stewardship through: Sharing the parish needs, cultivating relationships, inspiring donors to action, and inviting them to partner with you to make a difference.

Dr. Dan Luby
Tschoepe Chair of Homiletics, UD School of Ministry
Everybody Teaches, Everybody Learns

How do we continue ?even improve ? the vital work of teaching kids what we believe and what difference it makes day to day, and still respond to increasingly urgent calls for adult faith formation? This session explores some concrete ways to take seriously the goal of "life-long learning," without jeopardizing the work we're already doing (or our sanity).

Julie Richey
Mosaic Artist, Dallas, TX
and
Claire M. Wing
Liturgical Artist, Dallas, TX
The Building Committee and the Artist: Mission, Collaboration, and Process


In commissioned works of sacred art, the Parish Building Committee and the Artist work together to draw out the great stories and mysteries of our Catholic Faith. This session will explore what such work calls forth in us, share examples of sacred imagery, and suggest fundamentals for a workable process to help the building committee communicate to the artist its vision for works of sacred art which will inspire, catechize, and endure through generations.

James McGill
Instructor, UD School of Ministry
Book of Job

The Book of Job has much to teach us about life, about God, about evil.  This is not an easy book to read or understand.  Few people read it all the way through.  Fewer still ponder in depth the difficult and disturbing questions it raises.  We will join those few in listening to God, to Job and to Job's friends speak about the mystery of human suffering and try to discern for ourselves how we can live, as Job did, with both honesty and faith in the midst of the human condition.

Jesse Manibusan
Co-founder of 2 by 2 Ministries
Our Youth Shouldn't Be A Priority!

Got your attention? Raise your hand if you're baptized. Congratulations! Ministry to young people belongs to the baptized.  Whether your "field" is catechesis, liturgy, music, hospitality, faith formation, sacramental prep, or every other possible way we might serve, the care of the youth in the community is primary to the mission! Come see and hear the small ways to make a big difference!

Keynote Speaker English, 10:45-11:45 a.m.

Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell
Bishop of Dallas

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