Call To Action National Conference
Schedule
   









 Thursday, October 31
  4 PM - 8 PM     Registration  
 Friday, November 1
  8 AM - 7:30 PM     Registration  
           
  Pre-Conference Seminars and Days of Reflection - 1 (Click here for details. Separate fee.)
           
  9 AM - 3 PM  (Fri.)  
    Shirley Adler 1.01 A Faith Experience Mini-Retreat  
    E. Kennedy, S. Ross, T. Fox 1.02 Crisis in Priesthood and Church: Understanding It, and What to Do About It  
    Philip Berrigan, Liz McAlister 1.03 Nonviolence: A Requisite for Peacemaking  
    Marie Dennis 1.04 People of Faith Meet the Global Economy: A Biblical Reflection on Economic Justice  
    Edwina Gateley 1.05 A Day on Scripture and Justice  
    Diana Hayes, Kim & R. Harris 1.06 BALM IN GILEAD: African American Experience and the Journey of Faith  
    Joseph Kilikevice 1.07 ETHPHATAH!  
     
 
   
 
  12 - 3:30 PM  (Fri.)  View Exhibits.  
     
  3:30 - 4:30 PM  (Fri.) Conference Begins. Presentations 2    
    John Allen 2.01 A Church Under Siege: The Word From Rome  
    J. Bussen, J. Cappleman 2.02 Coming Out As a Liberal Catholic  
    Dirk Ficca & panel 2.03 Bread for the Journey: Interreligious Dialogue Panel. (until 5 PM)  
    Indira Freitas Johnson 2.04 Community Blessings Rangoli  
    Theresa Kane 2.05 Women in Church Leadership: Where Do I Find Hope?Women in Church Leadership: Where Do I Find Hope?  
    Eugene Kennedy 2.06 The Wound: Still Unhealed  
    Winona LaDuke 2.07 Environmental Action, Grassroots Organizing, and Vision for the Future  
    Michael Morwood 2.08 Who Is Jesus?  
    Jeanette Rodriguez & panel 2.09 Panel: Toward a Theology of Peace. (until 5 PM)  
    Christine Vladimiroff 2.10 An Obedient Church is a Listening Church  
    Sally Roesch Wagner 2.11 Sisters in Spirit: Iroquois Influence on Early American Feminists  
Miriam Therese Winter 2.12 Who Do You Say That I Am?  
 
  5 - 6:30 PM  (Fri.) Dinner Break. 5:15 PM sit-down dinner for those with advance reservations.    
 
  6:30 PM  (Fri.) Gathering in plenary hall for networking by state and country    
 
  7 PM  (Fri.) Welcome and Opening Session 3    
 
(Chung) Hyun Kyung Plenary Address - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow": Diversity, the Lifeline of All Earthlings and Beyond - A Salimist Manifesto  
 
 
 

9:15 PM  (Fri.)

Universal Mystic Percussion

Reception. Next Generation Coffeehouse. Exhibits.

Universal Mystic Percussion Ensemble. Performance  

 
 Saturday, November 2
 
  7:30 - 8:30 AM  (Sat.) Visit Exhibits.  
       
  7:45 - 8:30 AM  (Sat.) Prayer Sessions 4  
    Daniel Caron 4.01 Creating Prayer  
    Kathryn Anne Christian 4.02 Women in Praise of the Sacred  
    Joan Horgan 4.03 Receiving the Gifts of the Spirit  
    Indira Freitas Johnson 4.04 A Rangoli Project: Uniting the Community for Peace  
    Joseph Kilikevice 4.05 Celebrating Diversity: Praying with the Peoples of the World  
    Laura Newport, Shawn Lowe 4.06 "e"ucharistic Celebration for the Powerless, Oppressed and Unusual  
    Paul Ojibway 4.07 Native American Prayers of the Four Directions  
    Mauro Pineda 4.08 Día de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life  
    Sondra Rhodes 4.09 Spirit-led Guided Meditation and Prayer  
    Taizé Prayer leader 4.10 Prayer with Music from the Ecumenical Monastery of Taizé, France  
    Melody-Ann Yomekpe 4.11 A Prayer Celebration of St. Mary of Magdala  
     
   
  9 - 10 AM  (Sat.) Presentations 5  
    Dianne Bergant 5.01 The Many Faces of Biblical Interpretation  
    Jennifer & Jeanne Bishop 5.02 Tough Forgiveness  
    Michael Crosby 5.03 A "Kairos" Moment for the Catholic Church  
    John Dear 5.04 Love Your Neighbor, Love Your Enemies: Jesus' All-Inclusive Nonviolence from New York to Kabul to Baghdad  
    Marianne Duddy 5.05 Impact of the Sex Abuse Scandal on Gay Catholics and Our Families  
    Farid Esack 5.06 Beyond Religious Pluralism: A Post-9/11 Progressive Islamic Perspective  
    Edwina Gateley 5.07 Soul Sisters: Gospel Women Speak to Women Today  
    Roger Haight 5.08 Four Gifts of the American Church to the Universal Church  
    Diana Hayes 5.09 Black, Catholic, Womanist: What Have African American Catholic Women Contributed to the Church?  
    Theresa Kane 5.10 Women in Church Leadership: Where Do I Find Hope?  
    Leslie Kretzu, Jim Keady 5.11 Starving for the Swoosh  
    Winona LaDuke 5.12 Environmental Action, Grassroots Organizing, and Vision for the Future  
  Kathleen Pruitt 5.13 Benchmarks II: A Study of Women and Jurisdiction  
    Jane Siarny 5.14 InterPlay: Spiritual Practice for Living an Embodied Life  
           
  10:30 - 11:30 AM  (Sat.) Plenary Session 6  
    James Carroll   Plenary Address: Enhancing Democracy: The Key to Religious Reform  
   
  11:30 AM - 1 PM  (Sat.) Lunch Break 7 Exhibits. Networking. Caucuses.    
   
  12 - 1 PM  (Sat.) 7.01 Amigos de Dios Marimba Ensemble. Performance  
     
   
  12 - 12:45 PM  (Sat.) CAUCUSES  
       
  1 - 2 PM  (Sat.) Presentations 8  
    Marc Adams 8.01 7.5 Million Students in Religious Schools - Who Is Providing Support for the GLBT Students?  
    Joseph Brown 8.02 "Done Made My Vows to the Lord": Thea Bowman and Our Church Today  
    Daniel Caron 8.03 The Formation of Peacemaking  
    Carol Coston 8.04 Science, Spirituality, and Seeding Consciousness  
    Critical Mass group 8.05 Workshop on A Critical Mass: Women Celebrating Eucharist  
    Charlie Davis 8.06 Divorced Catholics Need Our Pastoral Help to Remarry  
    Marie Dennis 8.07 A Faith Reflection on the Global Economy  
    Basil Fernando 8.08 The Church and Human Rights in Asia  
    Dirk Ficca 8.09 Close Encounters of the Interreligious  
    Joan Horgan 8.10 Receiving the Gifts of the Spirit  
    Gabe Huck 8.11 A Peace and Justice Parish: Let Liturgy be Liturgy  
    Let's Start, Inc. 8.12 Stories of Hope. Performance  
    Bill McNulty 8.13 Building Community While Closing the School of the Americas  
    Terry & Holly Nelson-Johnson 8.14 Sexuality and Catholicism 2002: Shattered but Still Whole  
    Tim O'Connell 8.15 Passing On Our Values  
    Paul Ojibway 8.16 Remembering the Dawn: American Indian Spirituality and the Gift of Diversity in the American Experience  
    Suyapa Perez 8.17 The Church in Latin America and the Challenges of Diversity  
    Patricia Porter 8.18 A Therapist Looks at Clergy Sex Abuse  
    Cecilia Zárate-Laun 8.19 "Plan Colombia": Another El Salvador?  
    Double Session 8.20 Organizing in Response to the Sex Abuse Crisis. Read more. (till 3:30 PM)  
   
  2:30 - 3:30 PM  (Sat.)  Presentations 9  
    Medea Benjamin 9.01 Beyond Afghanistan: How Do We Create True Security?  
    Jennifer & Jeanne Bishop 9.02 Tough Forgiveness  
    Joseph Brown 9.03 "Done Made My Vows to the Lord": Thea Bowman and Our Church Today  
    J. Bussen, J. Cappleman 9.04 Coming Out As a Liberal Catholic  
    Daniel Caron 9.05 The Formation of Peacemaking  
    Charlie Davis 9.06 Divorced Catholics Need Our Pastoral Help to Remarry  
    Marie Dennis 9.07 A Faith Reflection on the Global Economy  
    Basil Fernando 9.08 The Church and Human Rights in Asia  
    Dirk Ficca 9.09 Close Encounters of the Interreligious Kind  
    Gabe Huck 9.10 A Peace and Justice Parish: Let Liturgy be Liturgy  
    Leslie Kretzu, Jim Keady 9.11 Starving for the Swoosh  
    Bill McNulty 9.12 Building Community While Closing the School of the Americas  
    Terry & Holly Nelson-Johnson 9.13 Sexuality and Catholicism 2002: Shattered but Still Whole  
    Tim O'Connell 9.14 Passing On Our Values  
    Paul Ojibway 9.15 Remembering the Dawn: American Indian Spirituality and the Gift of Diversity in the American Experience  
    Suyapa Perez 9.16 The Church in Latin America and the Challenges of Diversity  
    Patricia Porter 9.17 A Therapist Looks at Clergy Sex Abuse  
    Kathleen Pruitt 9.18 Benchmarks II: A Study of Women and Jurisdiction  
    Cecilia Zárate-Laun 9.19 "Plan Colombia": Another El Salvador?  
    Double Session, cont. 9.20 Organizing in Response to the Sex Abuse Crisis. Read more. (cont. from 1 PM)  
   
  4 - 5 PM  (Sat.)  Presentations 10  
    Dianne Bergant 10.01 The Many Faces of Biblical Interpretation  
    Carol Coston 10.02 Science, Spirituality, and Seeding Consciousness  
    Critical Mass 10.03 Liturgy. A Critical Mass: Women Celebrating Eucharist  
    Michael Crosby 10.04 A "Kairos" Moment for the Catholic Church  
    John Dear 10.05 Love Your Neighbor, Love Your Enemies: Jesus' All-Inclusive Nonviolence from New York to Kabul to Baghdad  
    Farid Esack 10.06 Beyond Religious Pluralism: A Post-9/11 Progressive Islamic Perspective  
    Edwina Gateley 10.07 Soul Sisters: Gospel Women Speak to Women Today  
    Roger Haight 10.08 Four Gifts of the American Church to the Universal Church  
    Diana Hayes 10.09 Black, Catholic, Womanist: What Have African American Catholic Women Contributed to the Church?  
    Mark Matson 10.10 The Shepherd Initiative: Building a Body of Christ Where All Are Welcome  
    Michael Morwood 10.11 Who Is Jesus?  
  Christine Vladimiroff 10.12 An Obedient Church is a Listening Church  
    Miriam Therese Winter  10.13 Who Do You Say That I Am?  
    Philip Berrigan, Liz McAlister  10.14 Isaiah 2 and its Relevance Today  
           
  5:30 - 8 PM  (Sat.) Visit Exhibits  
   
  6 - 7:30 PM  (Sat.) Dinner Break. 6:15 PM sit-down dinner for those with reservations.    
     
  6:45 - 7:45 PM  (Sat.) Next Generation (18-42) Gathering. Read more.  
   
  8 - 9 PM  (Sat.) Presentations 11  
    John Allen 11.01 A Church Under Siege: The Word From Rome  
    All Saints Choir 11.02 All Saints Gospel Choir. Performance  
    Medea Benjamin 11.03 Beyond Afghanistan: How Do We Create True Security?  
    Chris Connors 11.04 Rebirth: The Musical Journey of a Catholic Lesbian. Performance  
    Kim and Reggie Harris 11.05 Songs of Faith - Songs of Freedom. Performance  
    Let's Start, Inc. 11.06 Stories of Hope. Performance  
    Bridget Mary Meehan 11.07 Prayer for Healing the Church in Response to Clergy Sex Abuse  
    Jeff and Ellen Steinberg 11.08 Masterpiece in Progress. Performance  
    Sally Roesch Wagner 11.09 Sisters in Spirit: Iroquois Influence on Early American Feminists  
    Regional representatives 11.10 Networking of Regional Church Reform Groups  
   
  9 - 10 PM  (Sat.) Reception.        Networking.        Visit Exhibits.  
 Sunday, November 3
 
   7:45 - 8:30 AM  (Sun.)   Prayer Sessions 12  
    Daniel Caron 12.01 Creating Prayer  
    Kathryn Anne Christian 12.02 Women in Praise of the Sacred  
    Joan Horgan 12.03 Receiving the Gifts of the Spirit  
    Joseph Kilikevice 12.04 Celebrating Diversity: Praying with the Peoples of the World  
    Laura Newport, Shawn Lowe 12.05 "e"ucharistic Celebration for the Powerless, Oppressed and Unusual  
    Paul Ojibway