Breakfast is included daily during your stay at the Drury Plaza Hotel. Selections include biscuits and gravy, sausage, scrambled eggs and many other delicious items.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
7 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
9 a.m. to Noon Presentations Education / Catechesis "Re-imagining the Missionary Spirit of the Local Church" Father Phillip Cover Religious Education Department National Catholic Educational Association
Response by Sister Judy Gomila, MSC Archdiocese of New Orleans
New Media "New Technologies, New Relationships. Harnessing the Power of New Media" Sherry Kennedy Brownrigg Kennedy Brownrigg Group
Response by Father Thomas Kopp Archdiocese of Boston
Noon Lunch
For more specifics on individual presentations / presenters, please see the drop down menu under "Presenters" in the menu bar above.
Father Phillip Cover will explore trends in education and how we, through the Holy Childhood Association, can best "tell our stories" in that arena. Visit the HCA web site for kids by clicking on Polly Parrot above - and see what's new!
1:30 to 3 p.m. Presentations "Mission in Paradise - What You Have Not Heard" Father Roger McCarrick National Director, Pontifical Mission Societies Pacific Islands
"Mission in India - Needs, Challenges and Inspiring Growth" Monsignor Ignaci Siluvai National Director, Pontifical Mission Societies India
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Regional Gatherings Reflecting on presentations "making it work locally" summary to national office to be shared via web site
For more specifics on individual presentations / presenters, please see the drop down menu under "Presenters" in the menu bar above.
5 p.m. Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral) Liturgy Homilist Father Patrick Byrne, SVD Secretary General, Holy Childhood Association Rome, Italy
The Church in India receives substantial support from Catholics here at home and throughout the world through the Pontifical Mission Societies. This country's national director will explore India's needs and challenges, as well as its service to the poor and inspiring growth.
