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 Thursday, November 6
  4 PM - 8 PM     Registration  
 Friday, November 7
  8 AM - 7:30 PM     Registration  
           
  Pre-Conference Seminars and Days of Reflection - 1 (Click here for descriptions. Separate fee.)
           
  9 AM - 2:45 PM  (Fri.)  
    Bernard Cooke, Pauline Turner, international theologians 1.01 What Are They Saying About Jesus?  
    The Nelson-Johnsons, Tom Fox 1.02 Sexuality: Vehicle of Peacemaking Extraordinaire  
    Jane Siarny, Susan Pudelek 1.03 Revitalizing the Liturgy: Transformative Power of Dance and Drama  
    McClory, Leaño, Preston-Piles 1.04 From Violence to Wholeness: Transforming Ourselves and Our World  
    Schenk, Nobleman, Whited 1.05 Women in the Church: Healing Gender Issues. Not for women only!  
    Norma Gentile 1.06 Praying Through the Chants of Hildegard of Bingen  
 
  12 - 3:30 PM  (Fri.)  View Exhibits.  
     
  3:15 - 4:15 PM  (Fri.) Conference Begins. Presentations 2    
    Dianne Bergant 2.01 Would That All the Lord's People Were Prophets (Numbers 11:29)  
    Sidney Callahan 2.02 Conscience: The Wellspring of Peace and Prophetic Action  
    Kathy Coffey 2.03 The Small s Sacraments: Spirituality Beyond Institutional Control  
    Arun Gandhi 2.04 Leadership in a Culture of Nonviolence  
    Jeannine Gramick, P. Morrissey 2.05 Scapegoating Gay Priests  
     
    Kathy Kelly 2.07 Baghdad Under the Bombs: A View from the Iraq Peace Team  
    David Korten, Rosemary Ruether 2.08 The End of Empire and the Step to Earth Community  
    Miriam Therese MacGillis 2.09 Making Peace with Earth: Foundations for a Future of Hope  
    Melvin John P. Miller 2.10 The Choreographed Prayer: Music and Dance as a Praxis to Spirituality  
    Anthony Padovano 2.11 The American Catholic Church: the Past, the Future  
Richard Sipe 2.12 Clergy Sexual Abuse: The Crisis Behind the Headlines  
 
  4:15 - 7 PM  (Fri.) Dinner Break. Exhibits Open. 5:15 PM sit-down dinner for those with advance reservations.    
 
  6:45 PM  (Fri.) Gathering in plenary hall for networking by state and country    
 
  7:15 PM  (Fri.) Welcome and Opening Session 3    
 
Edwina Gateley Plenary Address - The Only Life Raft Here Is Love: A Call to Inner Revolution  
 
 
  9:15 PM  (Fri.) Next Generation Coffeehouse.  

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 Saturday, November 8
 
  8 - 9 AM  (Sat.) Visit Exhibits.  
       
  7:45 - 8:30 AM  (Sat.) Prayer Sessions 4  
    Lalor Cadley, Mary Kingsley 4.01 Seven Contemplations of the Sacred Mother  
    Daniel Caron 4.02 Uncovering Community  
    Mary Ann Garfold 4.03 Lessons Our Church Mothers Taught Us  
    Joan Horgan 4.04 Soul Stirrings  
    Joseph Kilikevice 4.05 Dances of Universal Peace: Praying with the Peoples of the World  
    Sondra Rhodes 4.06 Spirit-led Guided Meditation and Prayer  
    St. Benedict Youth Group 4.07 Prayer with Music from the Ecumenical Monastery of Taizé  
    Jan Sheridan 4.08 Praying with Movement  
    Gloria Ulterino, Judith Boyd 4.09 Prisca and Her Sisters in Ministry: We Are Called by Wisdom  
     
   
  9 - 10 AM  (Sat.) Presentations 5  
    Anne Burke 5.01 The National Review Board Confronts Clergy Sexual Abuse of Minors  
    Sidney Callahan 5.02 Conscience: The Wellspring of Peace and Prophetic Action  
    Donald Cozzens 5.03 Shaping a New Vision for the Church  
    Tom Fox 5.04 Sexuality and Catholicism: Getting Back to the Gospel  
    Arun Gandhi 5.05 Leadership in a Culture of Nonviolence  
     
    David Korten, Rosemary Ruether 5.07 The End of Empire and the Step to Earth Community  
    Miriam Therese MacGillis 5.08 Making Peace with Earth: Foundations for a Future of Hope  
    Larry Marshall 5.09 Defending the Wrongfully Convicted  
    Dianna Ortiz 5.10 Torture in the 21st Century: Is There a Christian Response?  
    Linda Thomas 5.11 Lessons from Apartheid South Africa  
    George "Tink" Tinker 5.12 Dreaming a New Dream: Beyond Global Violence to the Gospel  
           
  10:30 - 11:30 AM  (Sat.) Plenary Session 6  
    Garry Wills   Plenary Address - Why I Am A Catholic  
   
  11:30 AM - 1 PM  (Sat.) Lunch Break 7 Exhibits. Networking. Caucuses.    
   
  11:45 AM - 12:45 PM  (Sat.) Glenda Baker, Emily Hooper Lansana. Performance  
     
  12 - 12:45 PM  (Sat.) Caucuses  
       
  1 - 3:30 PM  (Sat.) Double Sessions 8  
    Eugene Bianchi, Charles Curran 8.01 (ARCC) - Operation Reclamation: Reception, Collegiality & Subsidiarity  
    Anne Curtis 8.02 (NETWORK) - Using the Federal Budget as a "Weapon" in Peacemaking  
    Frank DeBernardo 8.03 (New Ways Ministry) -Making Peace with Prophets: Catholic Life and Lesbian/Gay People  
    CTA Staff 8.04 Organizing in the Wake of Crisis. Click here for details.  
     
   1 - 2 PM  (Sat.) Presentations 8  
    Barbara Blaine, Peter Isely 8.05 (SNAP) - Sexual Abuse Survivors' Response from the Church  
    Pat Brockman 8.06 The Tribal Dreams of the Christian Community  
    Audrey Carr 8.07 Racial Profiling and Immigration  
    Genevieve Chavez, Joy Barnes 8.08 (WOC) - Prophets in Our Time: Women in Ministry  
     
    Donald Cozzens, Chris Schenk 8.10 (FutureChurch) - The Changing Face of the Priesthood: The Future of Ministry  
    Kathleen Desautels 8.11 School of the Americas: A Call to be a Subversive Peacemaker  
    Mary B. Di Gann, Tom Petersen 8.12 Zazen and Kripalu Yoga as Christian Contemplative Experience  
    Marianne Duddy 8.13 (Dignity/USA) -I'm ODIE, You're ODIE - What Vatican Abuse of Gays and Lesbians Means for the Entire Church  
    Meehan, Grudzen, Manseau 8.14 (Federation of Christian Ministries) - Ready to Soar in Cyberspace?  
    Dave Robinson 8.15 (Pax Christi USA) - Challenging Pax Americana: Catholic Peacemaking in an Age of Empire-Building  
    Rosemary Ruether 8.16 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is There a Way Forward?  
    Mel White 8.17 "Soul Force": The Principles of Relentless Nonviolent Resistance  
   
  2:30 - 3:30 PM  (Sat.)  Presentations 9  
    Barbara Blaine, Peter Isely 9.01 (SNAP) - Sexual Abuse Survivors" Response from the Church  
    Pat Brockman 9.02 The Tribal Dreams of the Christian Community  
    Audrey Carr 9.03 Racial Profiling and Immigration  
    Genevieve Chavez, Joy Barnes 9.04 (WOC) - Prophets in Our Time: Women in Ministry  
    Kathy Coffey 9.05 The Small s Sacraments: Spirituality Beyond Institutional Control  
    Kathleen Desautels 9.06 School of the Americas: A Call to be a Subversive Peacemaker  
    Mary B. Di Gann, Tom Petersen 9.07 Zazen and Kripalu Yoga as Christian Contemplative Experience  
    Marianne Duddy 9.08 (Dignity/USA) -I'm ODIE, You're ODIE - What Vatican Abuse of Gays and Lesbians Means for the Entire Church  
    Teresia Hinga 9.09 Feminist Theological Reflections from Africa  
    Meehan, Grudzen, Manseau 9.10 (Federation of Christian Ministries) - Ready to Soar in Cyberspace?  
    Dave Robinson 9.11 (Pax Christi USA) - Challenging Pax Americana: Catholic Peacemaking in an Age of Empire-Building  
    Chris Schenk, Lisa Frey 9.12 (FutureChurch) - The Changing Face of the Priesthood: The Future of Ministry  
    Kathy Sherman 9.13 Peacemakers Gather and Teach Forgiveness: Stories and Songs for the Peacemaking Journey  
    Mel White 9.14 "Soul Force": The Principles of Relentless Nonviolent Resistance  
   
  4 - 5 PM  (Sat.)  Presentations 10  
    Dianne Bergant 10.01 Would That All the Lord's People Were Prophets (Numbers 11:29)  
    Donald Cozzens 10.02 Shaping a New Vision for the Church  
    Edwina Gateley, Brenda Myers 10.03 Sisters on the Journey: Two Lives, One Story  
    Norma Gentile 10.04 Praying Through the Chants of Hildegard of Bingen  
    Jeannine Gramick, P. Morrissey 10.05 Scapegoating Gay Priests  
    Kathy Kelly 10.06 Baghdad Under the Bombs: A View from the Iraq Peace Team  
    Larry Marshall 10.07 Defending the Wrongfully Convicted  
    Teodomiro Damian Morante 10.08 Spirituality of the Mariachi  
    Rosemary Ruether 10.09 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is There a Way Forward?  
    Richard Sipe 10.10 Clergy Sexual Abuse: The Crisis Behind the Headlines  
    Linda Thomas 10.11 Lessons from Apartheid South Africa  
  George "Tink" Tinker 10.12 Dreaming a New Dream: Beyond Global Violence to the Gospel  
           
  5 - 8 PM  (Sat.) Visit Exhibits  
   
  5 - 7:45 PM  (Sat.) Dinner Break. 6:15 PM sit-down dinner for those with reservations.    
     
  5:15 - 6:15 PM  (Sat.) Next Generation (18-42) Gathering. Read more.  
   
  8 - 9 PM  (Sat.) Presentations 11  
    All Saints Choir 11.01 All Saints Gospel Choir. Performance  
    Glenda Baker, Emily Hooper 11.02 In the Spirit: Afrocentric Spiritual Stories and Songs. Performance.  
    Tom Fox 11.03 Sexuality and Catholicism: Getting Back to the Gospel  
    Robert McClory 11.04 Blessed Are the Peacemakers: The Church's Conflicted Message About Violence  
    Melvin John P. Miller 11.05 The Choreographed Prayer: Music and Dance as a Praxis to Spirituality  
    Teodomiro Damian Morante 11.06 Spirituality of the Mariachi  
    Roberta Nobleman 11.07 Midwifery! Performance.  
    Anthony Padovano 11.08 The American Catholic Church: the Past, the Future  
    Kathy Sherman 11.09 Peacemakers Gather and Teach Forgiveness: Stories and Songs for the Peacemaking Journey  
    Regional representatives 11.10 Networking of Regional Church Reform Groups  
   

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 Sunday, November 9
 
   7:30 - 10 AM  (Sun.)   Visit Exhibits  
             
   7:45 - 8:30 AM  (Sun.)   Prayer Sessions 12  
    Lalor Cadley, Mary Kingsley 12.01 Seven Contemplations of the Sacred Mother  
    Daniel Caron 12.02 Uncovering Community  
    Mary Ann Garfold 12.03 Lessons Our Church Mothers Taught Us  
    Joan Horgan 12.04 Soul Stirrings  
    Joseph Kilikevice 12.05 Dances of Universal Peace: Praying with the Peoples of the World  
    Sondra Rhodes 12.06 Spirit-led Guided Meditation and Prayer  
    St. Benedict Youth Group 12.07 Prayer with Music from the Ecumenical Monastery of Taizé  
    Jan Sheridan 12.08 Praying with Movement  
    Gloria Ulterino, Judith Boyd 12.09 Prisca and Her Sisters in Ministry: We Are Called by Wisdom  
     
    9 AM  (Sun.) Plenary Session 13  
    Award to Kathy Kelly and Voices in the Wilderness  
    James Lawson, Jr. Plenary Address: God's Gift of Infinite Potential: Tending the Seeds of Compassion, Justice, and Nonviolence in the Global Community  
             
    10:50 AM  (Sun.) Closing Eucharist 14  
       
    12:45 PM  (Sun.) Adjournment  

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