Conference Schedule

THURSDAY

2PM: NEW PARTICIPANT GATHERING & REGISTRATION (Blue Hills)
3:15PM: ENCOUNTERING CHRIST IN OTHERS - SR. LISA MARIE VALENTINI, MSC
5PM: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• How to Begin a Parish Mission Council - Robert Eilenfeldt and Ken Epps (Salon 8)
  • This session explores the practical steps mission and church leaders can take to recruit, form, and charter a mission council (or committee) within the parish.

 

• An Introduction to Mission - Rev. Roger Schroeder, SVD (Salon 6)
  • This session will give a basic introduction to the theology of mission – what is mission, where does it come from, what does it mean, and what does it ask of us.

 

• Forming Parish Parternship - Mike Haasl and Mike Gable (Salon 7)
  • This session will examine the practical steps mission leaders need to take to consider, discern, and form a parish mission partnership with another parish, school, or clinic.
     
• Encountering & the Missioning Process - Julie Lupien (Salon 1)
  •  This session will review the missioning process, the before, during and after of mission, and the important role encounter plays in each phase of this process.
     
• Forming Intentional Disciples through Mission Animation - Maureen Crowley Heil (Salon 2)
  • This session will explore the dynamic between animation, education and the formation of intentional disciples.
     
• Open Space Conversation - Evan Cuthbert (Salon 3)
  • Open Space is just that; a space for whoever wants to engage in an open conversation on whatever topics. Bring your questions or ideas and invite others into a conversation. The facilitator will explain the basic rules and then participants will create spaces for open conversations on the topics and issues of their choosing. If you do not have a topic you want to suggest that is fine. Join a conversation as an opportunity to learn or contribute; or be a “butterfly” and move from group to group.
     

6:30PM: WELCOME RECEPTION

• Open Bar (President's Ballroom Foyer)
• Book Signing by Fr. Roger Schroeder 

7PM: WORLD MISSION DINNER & AWARD CEREMONY

• The United States Catholic Mission Association has a long tradition of honoring those who exemplify mission in their lives. In 2015, USCMA named the award after Pope Francis “to honor the central place he has accorded to the Merciful Mission of Jesus Christ during his pontificate.”
• The 2018 Pope Francis Mission Award is given to:
  • Rev. Barthelemy Bazemo, M. Afr.
  • The Missionary Society of Saint James the Apostle

FRIDAY

7AM: DAILY MASS (Optional - Salon 6) 

7:30AM: BREAKFAST

8:30AM: FROM ENCOUNTER TO BANQUET -- CHRISTOPHER KERR (Salon 4 & 5)

11:15AM: BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Repeated from Thurs.)

12:15PM: LUNCH (President's Ballroom Foyer)

1:30PM: BUS TO ST. STEPHEN'S CAHTOLIC CHURCH in NORTH END 

3PM: A CULTURE OF ENCOUNTER -- REV. STEPHEN DUDEK 

9PM: BUS RETURN TO MARRIOTT

SATURDAY

7AM: BREAKFAST (President's Ballroom Foyer)

8:30AM: ENCOUNTER THROUGH CONVERSATION -- EVAN CUTHBERT

• Concurrent Session: The Pontifical Societies of the Archdiocese of Boston
  • The Pontifical Societies of the Archdiocese of Boston is hosting a concurrent session for emerging mission leaders within the archdiocese. They will be meeting in the Dorothy Quincy Ballroom while we are in general session. They will be joining us for the Mass and Commissioning.

11AM: BREAK

11:30AM: MASS & COMMISSIONING OF MISISONARIES -- CARDINAL SEAN O'MALLEY