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All Saints Gospel Choir. Performance
All Saints Gospel Choir brings its joyful harmonies and rollicking rhythms to the CTA Conference for the fifth time. The choir was formed some years ago when three inner city Milwaukee parishes were forced to merge. It is one of the few integrated Gospel choirs. Directing the choir is Arlene Skwierawski, a high school music teacher whose leadership enabled her youth choirs to tour the U.S. and Africa. ASGC performed in Europe in 1998. Sat., 8 PM (11.01)

In the Spirit: Afrocentric Spiritual Stories & Songs. Performance.
Glenda Baker and Emily Hooper Lansana present interactive and uplifting tunes and tales that celebrate the African spirit of survival and community. Vocalist Baker and storyteller Hoooper have been a performance duo for 13 years, first enlivening black history for children in Chicago schools, then expanding to adults in community settings, national conferences and universities. Venues have included the Chicago Children's Museum, DePaul University, National Association of Black Storytellers, Minneapolis Black Storytellers' Festival, the Field Museum, and the Whole Life Expo. Sat., 11:45 AM & 8 PM (11.02)

"Would That All the Lord's People Were Prophets"
Dianne Bergant, CSA, quotes Numbers 11:29. The Bible shows us that God raises up prophets when the community is at a turning point, or should be but fails to recognize it. Are we at a turning point today? If so, to whom do we turn for prophetic insight? Bergant is professor of Old Testament studies at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. Her research interests include biblical theology, the integrity of creation, feminism, liberationist perspectives, and world mission. She contributes many reviews to The Bible Today, and authored Israel's Wisdom Literature: A Liberation-Critical Reading (1997). Fri., 3:15 PM (2.01) & Sat., 4 PM (10.01)

Sexual Abuse Survivors' Response from the Church
Barbara Blaine and Peter Isely give an overview of the response that victims of clergy sexual abuse receive from church leaders. The session is sponsored by SNAP - Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. They assess the current status of the crisis in the church, and offer practical steps we can take to help. Blaine founded SNAP in 1989 and is its president. A social worker and attorney with an M. Div., she has had personal contact with over 1,000 victims. She has worked as a Cook County (Ill.) public guardian, representing children in abuse/neglect cases. Isely is a SNAP founding member and its Midwest director. A psychotherapist, he directed the nation's only inpatient treatment program for victims for clergy sexual abuse in Wisconsin. SNAP has 4,500 members and support groups in 40+ cities. Sat., 1 PM (8.05) and 2:30 PM (9.01)

The Tribal Dreams of the Christian Community
Pat Brockman explains tribal dreams drawing on Scripture, Jung's collective psyche, experience of indigenous peoples, and Catholic symbols and rituals. We share a personal dream in small groups and large, exploring it as an expression of the collective soul of our "tribe" (family, parish, community). An Ursuline sister with a Ph.D. in community psychology, Brockman is a retreat leader, spiritual director and pastoral counsellor in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is author of The Community Dream: Awaking the Christian Tribal Consciousness (2001) and a tape series, Dreams Transform Our Lives (1996). Sat., 1 PM (8.06) and 2:30 PM (9.02)

The National Review Board Confronts Clergy Sexual Abuse of Minors
Justice Anne Burke of the Illinois Appellate Court is the Vice Chair of the National Review Board appointed by the U.S. Bishops' Conference in November 2002 for lay oversight of their response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis. The Board works in tandem with the new Office for Child and Youth Protection, headed by former F.B.I. official Kathleen McChesney. Burke will report on the mission and vision of these oversight bodies and the progress made thus far in their research into the scope and causes of the abuse. Before becoming a judge, Burke helped reform the Cook County (Ill.) juvenile justice system, and improved child protective services statewide as the Governor's Special Counsel for Child Welfare Services. She and her husband, Chicago Alderman Edward Burke, have four children and one grandchild, and are licensed and active foster parents. Sat., 9 AM (5.01)

Seven Contemplations of the Sacred Mother
Lalor Cadley and Mary Kingsley of Atlanta lead shared prayer that honors the feminine face of God. At a critical time for church and world, our God language affects the way we organize society. We pray a new version of the rosary based on Kingsley's book, The Prayers and Seven Contemplations of the Sacred Mother, share reflections, and string our own rosary. Cadley is a spiritual director/retreat leader whose masters thesis was on spirituality in midlife. She writes guest columns on faith and values in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Kingsley is a spiritual writer with passions for ecology and feminist theology. Sat. (4.01) & Sun. (12.01), 7:45 AM

Conscience: The Wellspring of Peace and Prophetic Action
Sidney Callahan believes that conscience inspires the struggle for conversion and reform. Wise discernments ensure serenity and steadfastness during conflict and trial. How does Christian conscience operate? Psychologist and author, Callahan has lectured at over 300 colleges and universities in the U.S. Her columns on theology, ethics and culture have appeared for years in the National Catholic Reporter, Commonweal, and in national syndication. Among her recent books are In Good Conscience: Reason and Emotion in Moral Decision Making (1991), and Parents Forever: You and Your Adult Children (1995). Fri., 3:15 PM (2.02) and Sat., 9 AM (5.02)

Uncovering Community
Daniel Caron leads a prayer session exploring and sharing our connection to the CTA community, which serves as a source of support, inspiration and hope to others. Caron is a former Wheeling (W. Va.) Jesuit University administrator and faculty member who now dedicates his energy to promoting peace through speaking, writing and working with victims of violence. He is on CTA's Next Generation Planning Committee. Sat. (4.02) & Sun. (12.02), 7:45 AM

Racial Profiling and Immigration
Audrey Carr is an immigration lawyer in Minneapolis. She left a career in international business to work for the U.N. Development Fund for Women in New York and Africa, then became a lawyer and began a law practice that centers on asylum, family-based immigration, relief from deportation, and the Violence Against Women Act. Active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, she lectures widely on immigration law and policy. Sat., 1 PM (8.07) & 2:30 PM (9.03)

Prophets in Our Time: Women in Ministry
Genevieve Chavez and Joy Barnes lead a workshop on the women's ordination movement in the Church, sponsored by WOC - Women's Ordination Conference. They share their own experiences in ministry and church leadership, and help us in small groups to identify ways to move women, young women and those of color into more inclusive ministry and to support those called to priesthood. Chavez, of Las Cruces, N.M., is executive director of WOC. Barnes, of Northern Virginia, coordinates WOC's Young Feminist Network, and is co-coordinator of Women Church Convergence, a 33-group national coalition. Sat., 1 PM (8.08) & 2:30 PM (9.04)

The Small s Sacraments: Spirituality Beyond Institutional Control
Kathy Coffey gives retreats that stir the sacramental imagination to find God lurking everywhere in the ordinary people and activities of our lives. In this workshop she leads us in a process for uncovering simple blessings, one we can take home to share. Weary of the church scandal? Come find the sacred outside of corruptible structures. Grace is too pervasive to be controlled by those in charge. Married and mother of four, Coffey lives in Denver and is editor of Living the Good News Publishing and co-editor of Leaven, a progressive Catholic regional newsletter. Her ten books include The Small s Sacraments (2003), God in the Moment, and Hidden Women of the Gospels. Fri., 3:15 PM ( 2.03) and Sat., 2:30 PM (9.05)

Shaping a New Vision for the Church
Donald Cozzens sees the present church crisis as a grace-filled opportunity for mature reflection and action in service to the gospel, the Church and the world. A Cleveland diocesan priest, Cozzens drew on years of experience as diocesan vicar of clergy, then major seminary rector, to write his award-winning book, The Changing Face of the Priesthood. Last year he followed up with Sacred Silence: Denial and the Crisis in the Church. He has been spiritual director and retreatmaster for sisters, priests and bishops, and currently teaches religious studies at John Carroll University. Sat., 9 AM (5.03) & 4 PM (10.02)

The Changing Face of the Priesthood: The Future of Ministry
Donald Cozzens and Chris Schenk csj are co-presenters in this workshop sponsored by FutureChurch. Cozzens details challenges to the priesthood from his groundbreaking 2000 book, The Changing Face of the Priesthood. Schenk shows why there is hope for a more inclusive priesthood and reviews new statistics and tested strategies for addressing the worldwide priest shortage. Meet other concerned activists and learn about new resources to educate and advocate for an inclusive priesthood in your faith community. Schenk is director of FutureChurch, based in Cleveland. Sat., 1 PM (8.10)

Operation Reclamation: Reception, Collegiality and Subsidiarity
Charles Curran and Eugene Bianchi are among the panelists in this workshop sponsored by ARCC - Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church. Moderator is Sidney Callahan. Three revolutionary yet traditional terms in Catholicism are being lost, but need to be reclaimed: reception, collegiality and subsidiarity. The panel will discuss how implementing these concepts will affect Catholics' lives and contribute to peace and justice in the Church. But they are a threat to the present monarchical church governance. How can we get them implemented? Bianchi is a professor of religion emeritus at Emory University, and author, with Peter McDonough, of Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits. Charles Curran, eminent moral theologian and author of more than 40 books, including The Catholic Moral Tradition: A Synthesis. holds the Elizabeth Scurlock Chair of Human Values at Southern Methodist University. Sat., 1 - 3:30 PM double session (8.01)

Using the Federal Budget as a "Weapon" for Peacemaking
Anne Curtis, RSM, sees the federal budget as a moral document of the nation's priorities. As more and more of our resources go to the military, weapons and foreign military training, how can we build a society for peace? This session is about how the federal budget process works and how we can influence it. As we pray, march and act for peace, we must also be advocates for budgets for peace. The workshop is sponsored by NETWORK, the national Catholic social justice lobby, where Curtis is a lobbyist. A Mercy sister from Rochester, N.Y., she has worked with high schoolers, missions in Chile, pregnant teens, and as social justice coordinator for her community. Sat., 1 - 3:30 PM double session (8.02)

Making Peace with Prophets: Catholic Life and Lesbian/Gay People
Francis DeBernardo conducts this workshop sponsored by New Ways Ministry. He discusses the prophetic challenge lesbian/gay people bring to the Church. Welcoming them in Catholic life means being open to their gifts, struggles and joys, while shedding prejudices and stereotypes. This session is about finding ways to do so. There are exercises for brainstorming, identifying personal and institutional homophobia, and some small group role-playing. DeBernardo is executive director of New Ways Ministry. He is finishing a doctoral dissertation in English at the University of Maryland on the Vatican's 1986 document on the pastoral care of homosexual persons. Sat., 1 - 3:30 PM double session (8.03)

School of the Americas: A Call to be a Subversive Peacemaker
Kathleen Desautels, SP sees the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) as a window on U.S. foreign policy. SOA and current events demand of us a comprehensive spirituality of nonviolence. Desautels invites us to imagine together what "lines need to be crossed" both personally and collectively. A 17-year veteran on staff of Chicago's 8th Day Center for Justice, she served six months in federal prison for crossing the line in civil disobedience at SOA at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2002. Her nonviolent witness against U.S. policies and for women's rights and ecology since 1980 have taken her to five Latin American countries, Iraq, Palestine, Haiti and China. Sat., 1 PM (8.11) and 2:30 PM (9.06)

Zazen and Kripalu Yoga as Christian Contemplative Experience
Mary Beth Di Gann and Tom Petersen offer both teaching and an experiential taste of Zazen and Kripalu Yoga in the context of Catholicism. Eastern traditions enable the seeker to experience the presence of God through disciplines refined over 5,000 years of study and practice. The session is a mini-experience of meditation and the gentle movement that enhance and ready the mind/body to meditate. Di Gann is a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor in South Bend, Ind., who since 1998 developed and led CTA's youth mentor program. Petersen has studied Zen under teachers in the U.S. and Japan, has a private counseling practice, and co-founded the Thomas Merton Society in South Bend. Sat., 1 PM (8.12) & 2:30 PM (9.07)

I'm ODIE, You're ODIE - What Vatican Abuse of Gays and Lesbians Means for the Entire Church
Marianne Duddy leads this workshop, sponsored by Dignity USA. She uses "ODIE" as shorthand for the Vatican documents' label of lesbian/gay people as "Objectively Disordered" and "Intrinsically Evil." In this workshop we look at such doctrinal statements and the hierarchy's efforts to derail civil initiatives for justice for gay people. How do such official sanctions against gays/lesbians harm the wider church? How does prophetic inclusion of these persons enrich the church, locally and globally? Duddy has an MA in theology and is executive director of Dignity USA. She lives in Boston with her life partner Becky Burke and their daughter Emily. Sat., 1 PM (8.13) & 2:30 PM (9.08)

Sexuality and Catholicism: Getting Back to the Gospel
Tom Fox discusses some of the Catholic Church's missed opportunities for reforming our approaches to human sexuality. But it's not too late. He offers some guidelines on how the Church might move forward integrating our traditional teachings with a more Gospel-based approach to sexuality. Longtime editor of the National Catholic Reporter and now its publisher, Fox was at the helm when the NCR broke the first stories of clergy sexual abuse in the 1980s. He wrote Sexuality and Catholicism in 1995. His most recent book is Pentecost in Asia: A New Way of Being Church (2002). Sat., 9 AM (5.04) & 8 PM (11.03)

Leadership in a Culture of Nonviolence
Arun Gandhi believes, as did Mahatma Gandhi, his grandfather, that materialism and morality are inversely related. So being a religious and moral leader in a materialistic society is more challenging. Arun shares with us M.K. Gandhi's version of a society where worship would entail sacrifice and where leadership would be defined by humility. He learned nonviolence at age 13 when he lived for two years with the legendary Indian leader. He spent 30 years as a journalist for the Times of India, and with his wife, Sunanda, began a center for economic development for India's rural poor. The couple came to the University of Mississippi in 1987 for a comparative study of prejudices in South Africa, India, and the U.S. Since 1991 they have worked at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence which they founded at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.04) & Sat., 9 AM (5.05)

Lessons Our Church Mothers Taught Us
Mary Ann Garfold leads a prayer session that takes inspiration from the lives and writings of women saints. These foremothers followed Christ in the Spirit as they confronted problems similar to those that confront today's church. Garfold has worked as a school psychologist, and got a second masters' degree in applied theology from Wheeling (W. Va.) Jesuit University. Her ministry has included spiritual direction, retreats, and spiritual formation for catechists and lay ministers at diocesan and parish levels. She lives in Pittsburgh. Sat. (4.03) & Sun. (12.03), 7:45 AM

Sisters on the Journey: Two Lives, One Story
Edwina Gateley (plenary session described here) and Brenda Myers come from two different cultures, economic and ethnic backgrounds as well as two very different life experiences - Edwina in church and mission, Brenda in drugs and street life. Sharing their experiences and reflecting on their struggles and dreams, they remind us that resurrection and healing are ever before us as a constant invitation to new life. Gateley founded Genesis House, a haven for prostitutes in Chicago. Myers, sexually abused as a child and caught up in prostitution at age 14, found help 25 years later at Genesis House, and helped to start Exodus, a support network of women with life stories like her own. Sat., 4 PM (10.03)

Medieval Healing Chants of Hildegard von Bingen
Norma Gentile, soprano, serves up this sensual feast of the heart. Hildegard's chants were written as a means for people to come into communion with spirit. We relax into a meditation time as Norma sings them, accompanied by sacred Tibetan singing bowls. We learn how to do overtone chant, and are invited to add our voices in simple toning to some of the songs. Here is an opportunity to experience sacred sound in its most natural form, the human voice. For more about Gentile, see her Friday program. Sat., 4 PM (10.04)

Scapegoating Gay Priests
Jeannine Gramick and Paul Morrissey lead this interactive session in the wake of the clerical sexual abuse scandal. Why the scapegoating? How are gay priests feeling and responding? What strategies can deter the scapegoating? Who's next? What is the larger picture? Loretto Sr. Gramick has spent over 30 years in lesbian and gay ministry. She co-founded New Ways Ministry in 1977, co-authored Building Bridges: Gay and Lesbian Reality and the Catholic Church, and pioneered retreats for parents of homosexual Catholics via the Catholic Parents Network. Augustinian Fr. Paul Morrissey is a psychotherapist with a doctorate in spiritual direction. He directs the interfaith Austin Center for Counseling in New York City, and co-founded CMI, a ministry for gay and lesbian priests and religious. His 1994 book, Let Someone Hold You: The Journey of a Hospice Priest, won the Catholic Press and the Christopher Awards. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.05) & Sat., 4 PM (10.05)

Feminist Theological Reflections from Africa
Teresia Hinga is a feminist theologian from Kenya returning to the faculty of DePaul University, Chicago, after teaching assignments in African religions, theology and feminist thought at the University of Lancaster in England. She is active with the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians, and authored the article on "Women in African Christianity" in the Encyclopedia of Women and Religion. She is also part of the Friday seminar of theologians, "What Are They Saying About Jesus?". Sat., 2:30 PM (9.09)

Soul Stirrings
Joan Horgan guides this prayer session. She helps us use the art forms of movement, writing and drawing to listen to the deep waters within us and to feel God's powerful presence in all that we are. The good news is that we don't need to be artistic to benefit from this path to prayer. Horgan leads retreats, prayer experiences and evenings of reflection using the arts. She is director of campus ministry at the College of St. Rose, Albany, N.Y. Sat. (4.04) and Sun. (12.04), 7:45 AM

Baghdad Under the Bombs: A View from the Iraq Peace Team
Kathy Kelly speaks about the weeks she spent as part of the Iraq Peace Team with everyday people in Baghdad prior to, during and after the U.S.-led "shock and awe" bombing campaign and war against Iraq. She also speaks about what lies ahead for her and all those committed to continuing on the path of peace and justice. Besides receiving CTA's leadership award described here, Kelly and her Voices in the Wilderness - the organization that sent the team into Iraq - have been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. She was also nominated in 2002. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.07) & Sat., 4 PM (10.06)

Dances of Universal Peace: Praying with the Peoples of the World
Joseph Kilikevice, OP, leads the Dances of Universal Peace as morning prayer - simple chants and movements in a circle of prayer to the sounds of sacred phrases from the Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Moslem, and Native American traditions. Kilikevice is founding director of SHEM Center for Interfaith Spirituality, Oak Park, Ill., with 21 years of national experience leading interfaith retreats in the creation spirituality tradition. Sat. (4.05) & Sun. (12.05), 7:45 AM.

The End of Empire and the Step to Earth Community
David C. Korten, introduced by Rosemary Radford Ruether (her session described here), discusses how military and corporate empire-building now dominate the planet, but will not prevail. Nature and society can no longer sustain the violence, injustice and destruction. Hope for the human future lies in the awakening spiritual consciousness most visibly expressed in the global peace/justice movement. What are the implications for people of faith? With a Stanford Ph.D. in business and 15 years' experience in grassroots development in Asia, Korten in 1990 founded the People-Centered Development Forum, a network challenging U.S. global policies, then published When Corporations Rule the World. In 1998 he focused more on alternatives, and began the journal, YES! A Journal of Positive Futures. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.08) & Sat., 9 AM (5.07)

Making Peace With Earth: Foundations for a Future of Hope
Miriam Therese MacGillis draws on Thomas Berry's work. Using slides and visuals, she shows how new views of the origin and nature of the universe require humans to change patterns of violence and recover their interconnectedness with the single web of existence. A former art teacher and peace/justice educator, Dominican Sr. MacGillis lives and works at Genesis Farm in New Jersey, which she founded in 1980. It is a learning center for living in harmony with the natural world and each other, and interpreting the New Cosmology. Over 200 families are shareholders in the farm and its biodynamic methods of agriculture. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.09) & Sat., 9 AM (5.08)

Defending the Wrongfully Convicted
Lawrence C. Marshall teaches at Northwestern School of Law in Chicago, and represents many criminal defendants through the Northwestern University Legal Clinic. Focusing on death penalty litigation and advocacy for the wrongfully convicted, he has helped free several innocent defendants from sentences of death or life imprisonment. He also works for legal reform to prevent conviction of the innocent. Marshall drafted the Illinois DNA testing law enacted in 1997. Sat., 9 AM (5.09) & 4 PM (10.07)

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: The Church's Conflicted Message About Violence
Robert McClory gives an historical survey showing how Christianity has dealt with warfare, how it hasn't dealt with warfare, and why we may have hope for the future. McClory is a Chicago journalist who writes for the National Catholic Reporter and other journals. He co-founded CTA News and is a longtime CTA board member. Among his books are Power and the Papacy (1997) and Faithful Dissenters: Stories of Men and Women Who Loved and Changed the Church (2000). He is also addressing the peacemaking topic as part of an all-day Friday seminar. Sat., 8 PM (11.04)

Ready to Soar in Cyberspace?
Bridget Mary Meehan, Gerald Grudzen and William Manseau showcase online degree and continuing education programs offered by the Federation of Christian Ministries (FCM) to prepare you for prophetic pastoral leadership. FCM's Global Ministries University (GMU) and Online Academy offer undergraduate and graduate degrees, including M. Div. and Doctor of Ministry, as well as individual courses and continuing education hours. Meehan is president of FCM. She has written some 20 books, and hosts "Godtalk," a cable TV interfaith interview show. Grudzen, president of GMU, is on the humanities faculty of the University of Phoenix (San Jose, Calif. campus) and their national online degree program. Manseau, dean of the M.Div. program of GMU, is a pastoral psychotherapist and director of the Emmaus Institute Counseling Services in Nashua, N.H. Sat., 1 PM (8.14) & 2:30 PM (9.10)

The Choreographed Prayer: Music and Dance as a Praxis to Spirituality
Melvin John P. Miller takes us on a journey to stir our spiritual selves through the performing arts of dance and music. The session connects our deepest soul where God lives, our life circumstances, and our artistic expression of joy, sadness, pain and hope. Miller plies his skills in New York City as director of dance ministries at The Riverside Church and as artistic director of A Time to Dance, Inc., employing the "Praise Dance" technique of Lynda Haymond. He is pursuing an M. Div. at Union Theological Seminary with a concentration in systematic theology and the arts. He made his memorable CTA debut at the 2002 conference. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.10) & Sat., 8 PM (11.05)

Spirituality of the Mariachi
Teodomiro Damian Morante narrates how mariachi music has transcended Mexican borders: "Like Frida Kahlo's art work, it is Mexican but belongs to the world." Morante finds mariachi music a profound spiritual expression of the Mexican experience. In recent years it has found its way into Catholic Sunday liturgy in many parishes. Morante will play guitar, sing, and invite us to sing along. A teacher in Guerrero, Mexico, he composes, performs and records his own music. He has formed bandas - popular ensembles of wind instruments - and his own mariachi, which adds string instruments, singers, and charro costumes. Sat., 4 PM (10.08) & 8 PM (11.06)

Midwifery! Performance.
Roberta Nobleman performs her new one-woman play, in which "Sarah," forgotten wife of Simon Peter, finally has her say. It throws fresh light on well known Gospel figures such as the bent over woman and the woman with the flow of blood as seen through the eyes of Sarah, who is a midwife. A lifelong practitioner of dramatic arts as actor, director and playwright, Nobleman since 1983 has specialized in performing one-woman shows on spiritual themes. Her All That I Am, about forgotten women in church history - was expanded and reworked for two actresses by CTA Performing Arts Ministry, and performed in the early 1990s. Her play, Masks and Mirrors, about sexual abuse of children, has gained new attention during the current church scandal. Sat., 8 PM (11.07)

Torture in the 21st Century: Is There a Christian Response?
Dianna Ortiz, survivor of imprisonment and torture in Guatemala, shares her own story and asks hard questions. Torture, employed for centuries, is still used today in 150 countries. Even the U.S. government is involved. Why is it a taboo topic? Why are survivors often not believed, asked to get on with "normal" life? The image of a tortured, crucified Jesus hangs in every church, but has the Church spoken out? What can we do? An Ursuline nun, Ortiz is director of the Torture Abolition and Torture Survivors' Coalition in Washington, D.C. She has received awards from Pax Christi USA and the Office of the Americas. Her 2002 book is The Blindfold's Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth. Sat., 9 AM (5.10)

The American Catholic Church: Assessing the Past, Discerning the Future
Anthony Padovano recounts how the American Revolution and the American Catholic Church came to life in the same spirit and at the same time. He provides a narrative on what was lost along the way, how it has been recovered, and where the future will take us. A founding member of Ramapo College in New Jersey, Padovano holds doctorates and professorships in both theology and literature, has written 25 books and plays, and lectures internationally. He is past president of CORPUS USA, and a leader in the International Federation of Married Catholic Priests. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.11) & Sat., 8 PM (11.08)

Spirit-led Guided Meditation and Prayer
Sondra Rhodes leads prayer whereby we seek to share in a joyful sense of the Spirit guiding our lives. She insists that "I facilitate the prayer session, but the Spirit is the leader." An African-American with a masters from the Jonnie Coleman Institute in Chicago, she is director of an alternative high school in Milwaukee, and chaplain of the Nehemiah Project, promoting crosscultural dialogue, especially between African and Celtic spirituality. Sat. (4.06) & Sun. (12.06), 7:45 AM

Challenging Pax Americana: Catholic Peacemaking in an Age of Empire-Building
Dave Robinson presents our peacemaking challenge in light of 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the war against Iraq. Any articulation of belief and practice about war/peace must arise from the sensus fidelium, especially the lived experience of Catholics daily impacted by war and violence. Robinson is national coordinator of Pax Christi USA, which sponsors this session. In the past 18 months he has participated in delegations to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan to dialogue with communities in the midst of conflict. He represents Pax Christi International on disarmament at the U.N., and is a consultant to NGOs working on issues of international peace and conflict resolution. Sat., 1 PM (8.15) & 2:30 PM (9.11)

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is There a Way Forward?
Rosemary Ruether, author of The Wrath of Jonah: The Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, explains the historical roots and development of the current standoff. She seeks to help Christians, especially in the West, to understand the religious factors that are shaping the conflict and the possibilities that exist for resolving it. Ruether is one of the leading Roman Catholic feminist theologians in the world. Author of 24 groundbreaking books, including Women-Church and Sexism and God-Talk, she is serving a three-year term on the faculty of the Graduate Theological Union and the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif. Sat., 1 PM (8.16) & 4 PM (10.09)

Prayer with Music from the Ecumenical Monastery of Taizé
St. Benedict the Moor Parish Youth Group from Milwaukee, led by Kay Augustine, guide us in a unique morning prayer with chants and music from the ecumenical monastery of Taizé, France. Chants and instrumentals from American cultures will also be interwoven. Every summer for years, the brothers at Taizé each week host as many as 5,000 young people, ages 16 to 30, who come from all over the world, sleep in tents, and gather daily for Scripture study and prayer. Sat. (4.07) & Sun. (12.07), 7:45 AM

Women in Church Leadership: From Prisca to the Present
Chris Schenk, csj, provides a fresh look at women leaders in church history. Learn what Prisca, Mary Ward and Henriette deLille have in common with women leaders today. Pastoral minister Lisa Frey shares her experience of organizing a highly successful Celebrating Women Witnesses event in her parish. Frey also describes a Cleveland project to surface issues important to pastoral ministers. Interact with other activists and find out about the highly successful Women in Church Leadership and Celebrating Women Witnesses projects, developed by FutureChurch in partnership with CTA. Schenk is executive director of FutureChurch, the sponsor of this workshop. Sat., 2:30 PM (9.12)

Praying with Movement
Jan Sheridan leads a prayer session in which we design our own gestures and movement to Christian songs. No dance experience is necessary. We follow the natural inclinations of our bodies listening to the words and melodies. We learn an approach to praying that we can take home to our parishes to share with young and old alike. Sheridan is a hospital chaplain and a liturgical dancer from East Aurora, N.Y. Sat. (4.08) & Sun. (12.08), 7:45 AM

Peacemakers Gather and Teach Forgiveness: Stories and Songs for the Peacemaking Journey
Kathy Sherman, CSJ is a singer, composer and poet with a passion for creating healing and unity. For her, sharing the stories and joining in song ignite our passion to act on behalf of God's dream for the world. This is a peacemaking activity, an act of prophetic leadership. Composing her own songs since 1968, Sherman has published 13 CDs, and her songs are shared and sung throughout the world. With a B.S. in education and a masters in pastoral studies, she belongs to the Sisters of St. Joseph, LaGrange, Ill. Sat., 2:30 PM (9.13) & 8 PM (11.09)

Clergy Sexual Abuse: The Crisis Behind the Headlines
Richard Sipe analyzes the long-standing celibate-sexual crisis lurking behind the headlines about sexual abuse of minors by priests. At its core he finds a pre-Copernican understanding of human sexuality and a power system dependent on a sexual myth. A former Benedictine monk, now a psychotherapist and author/researcher in La Jolla, Calif., Sipe is the nation's leading authority on the psychological and spiritual aspects of celibacy. He has published widely on sexuality, recovery, family therapy and celibacy. Among his books are Sex, Priests and Power: Anatomy of a Crisis and A Secret World: Sexuality and the Search for Celibacy. Fri., 3:15 PM (2.12) & Sat., 4 PM (10.10)

Lessons from Apartheid South Africa
Linda E. Thomas examines how the healing process of Black South Africans, and the rituals of healing in the indigenous African Church, reflect the resiliency of the people in resisting and surviving the death-dealing structures of apartheid. She has degrees in both theology and cultural/social anthropology. Her research into the cultural significance of theology and community has taken her to South Africa, Peru, Cuba, Ukraine and Russia. Her 1999 book is Under the Canopy: Ritual Process and Spiritual Resilience in South Africa. After teaching at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill., where she directed the Center of the Church and the Black Experience, Thomas now teaches at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. Sat., 9 AM (5.11) & 4 PM (10.11)

Dreaming a New Dream: Beyond Global Violence to the Gospel
George "Tink" Tinker revisits the themes of his 2000 CTA conference plenary address in light of the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive warmaking and unilateralism. Tinker is a Lutheran minister with a Ph.D. in biblical studies who teaches American Indian culture and religious traditions at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He is active in the American Indian Movement and shares liberation theology insights internationally as a member of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians. Sat., 9 AM (5.12) & 4 PM (10.12)

Prisca and Her Sisters in Ministry: We Are Called by Wisdom to Step Out in Faith
Gloria Ulterino and Judith Boyd lead a prayer service in which Prisca tells her story of ministry. We are invited into a ritual of naming what is unfinished in the Wisdom Feast of Jesus, and to bless the Table so that it might become all that Jesus intends. The service is one of 13 in Ulterino's 2002 book, Drawing from Wisdom's Well. She is an active preacher, and leader of the "Women of the Well" storytelling group in Rochester, N.Y. Former director of the Office of Women in the Rochester diocese, Ulterino has three masters' degrees in divinity, theology and American history. Boyd is a pastoral musician at both a Catholic parish and a Protestant church in Rochester. Sat. (4.09) & Sun. (12.09), 7:45 AM

"Soul Force": The Principles of Relentless Nonviolent Resistance
Mel White uses powerpoint visuals and rare videos to dramatize the principles of nonviolent resistance taught and lived by Gandhi, Dorothy Day, and Dr. King. The participative workshop shows how this "soul force" (Gandhi's satyagraha) can be used against any injustice - especially the anti-homosexual policies of Christian churches. An evangelical minister who is gay, White and his partner, Gary Nixon, founded Soulforce, Inc. to combat injustice against sexual minorities, especially in religious denominations. In 2001 Soulforce and Dignity USA held a protest at the Vatican against church treatment of gay Catholics. White has written 16 books. Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America (1994) told his own story. Sat., 1 PM (8.17) & 2:30 PM (9.14)