Call To Action 2006 National Conference
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 Thursday, November 2
  4 PM - 8 PM     Registration  
 Friday, November 3
  8 AM - 7:30 PM     Registration  
           
  Pre-Conference Seminars and Days of Reflection (Click here for descriptions. Separate fee.)
           
  9 AM - 2:45 PM  (Fri.)  
    Ken Butigan, C Leaño & Team
1.01 Responding to the Fire: A Day with People of Faith Struggling to Create a More Just and Participatory Church through Nonviolent Action
 
    Daniel Helminiak
1.02 Prayer, Meditation, Contemplation: The Psychology and Theology of Spiritual Practices
 
    Eddie Moore, Jr.
1.03 Cultural Competency & White Privilege: Getting in on the Conversations
 
    Natl. Catholic Ministerial Alliance
1.04 Bridging the Gap: Gender Equality, Sex and Ordination
 
    Voice of the Faithful
1.05 Campaign for Accountability
 
    Mariam Therese Winter
1.06 Learning How to Say "I AM"
 
 
  12 - 3:15 PM  (Fri.)  View Exhibits.  
     
  3:15 - 4:15 PM  (Fri.) Conference Begins. Presentations 2    
    Tissa Balasuriya
2.01 A Commentary on Benedict XVI's Encyclical, God Is Love
 
    Dianne Bergant 2.02 Don't Just Stand There! Move!
 
    Simone Campbell
2.03 Theology of Insecurity
 
    John Dear
2.04 The Beatitudes of Peace
 
    Tom Doyle
2.05 What the Abuse Issue Is Trying to Tell Us
 
    Patricia Fresen
2.06 I Am Calling Both Women and Men to Priesthood:
Rise Up and Proclaim This, People of God!
 
    Margaret Galiardi 2.07 God Talk and the New Cosmology, Part 1.
 
    David Gibson
2.08 Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of Reform
 
    Kim & Reggie Harris
2.09 The Songs of Kim & Reggie Harris.
 
    Mary Hunt
2.10 Feminist Ministries in a Discipleship of Equals
 
    Tram Nguyen
2.11 Immigrant Rights: A Vision of Racial Justice
 
    Lean Woltering
2.12 Birth Pangs: Seeing the New Church Coming to Life
 
  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    
 
    Joan Chittister
  Plenary Address - Rise up People of God: A Spirituality for the Times
 
 
  9:15 PM  (Fri.) Next Generation Coffeehouse (Catholics in their 20's and 30's.) Read more.  

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 Saturday, November 4
 
  7:15 - 8:30 AM CTA Donors' Breakfast (for those with advance reservations)  
       
  8 - 9 AM  (Sat.) Visit Exhibits.  
       
  7:30 - 8:15 AM  (Sat.) Prayer Sessions 4  
    John Chuchman, K. Schrauben
4.01 Remembering Lost Loved Ones
 
    Luz Corcuera, Chris Janezic
4.02 Celebrando Mujeres Testigas: A bilingual prayer experience
 
    Carolyn Gantner
4.03 Body of Peace: Yoga for Peacemakers
 
    Joan Horgan 4.04 Deeper Than Words: Awakening the Soul Voice
 
    Joseph Kilikevice
4.05 Dances of Universal Peace  
    Sondra Rhodes
4.06 Spirit-Led Guided Meditation and Prayer
 
    Spiritus Christi Church
4.07 Spiritus Christi Eucharist
 
    Gloria Ulterino, Judith Boyd
4.08 “Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead?” Praying with the Woman with the Hemorrhage
 
   
  8:45 - 11:45 AM  (Sat.) Special Training Session 5  
    Butigan, Preston-Pile, Slattery
5.01 The Just Church: Nonviolent Action for Full Participation Catholicism. Part 1 of 2
 
   
  8:45 - 9:45 AM  (Sat.) Presentations 6  
    Tissa Balasuriya
6.01 A Commentary on Benedict XVI's Encyclical, God Is Love
 
    John Dear
6.02 The Beatitudes of Peace
 
    Tom Doyle
6.03 What the Abuse Issue Is Trying to Tell Us  
    Mary Hunt
6.04 Feminist Ministries in a Discipleship of Equals
 
    David O'Brien
6.05 Remembering the Original Call To Action Conference in 1976
 
    William Quigley
6.06 Social Justice for Life: Reflections on Katrina, School of the Americas Watch, and Haiti
 
    David Robinson
6.07 Five Years of the War on Terror: Where Does Our Faith Call Us?
 
    Kathy Sherman
6.08 People of God! Remember Who We Are and Why We Do What We Do
 
    Jane Siarny 6.09 InterPlay©: Spiritual Practice for Living an Embodied Life
 
    Nancy Sylvester
6.10 Been There, Done That. Now What?
 
    Miriam Therese Winter
6.11 Celebrate the Liturgy of Life
 
    Lena Woltering
6.12 Birth Pangs: Seeing the New Church Coming to Life
 
   
 
 
  10:15 - 11:15 AM  (Sat.) Plenary Session 7  
    Diane Bergant 7.01 Don't Just Stand There! Move!  
    Ann Graham Brock
7.02 Mary Magdalene of The DaVinci Code vs. Mary Magdalene of Scripture
 
    Patricia Fresen
7.03 I Am Calling Both Women and Men to Priesthood: Rise Up and Proclaim This, People of God!
 
    Margaret Galiardi
7.04 God Talk and the New Cosmology, Part 2.  
    David Gibson
7.05 Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of Reform
 
    Robert Blair Kaiser
7.06 A Church in Search of Itself
 
    Joe Kilikevice
7.07 Fathering: Everyman's Walk
 
    Sarah Melici
7.08 Fool for Christ: The Story of Dorothy Day. Performance
 
    Tram Nguyen 7.09 Immigrant Rights: A Vision of Racial Justice
 
    David O'Brien
7.10 Remembering the Original Call To Action Conference in 1976
 
    William Quigley
7.11 Social Justice for Life: Reflections on Katrina, School of the Americas Watch, and Haiti
 
    Chris Schenk
7.12 Respecting Parish Integrity in a Time of Fewer Priests
 
   
  11:30 AM - 1 PM  (Sat.) Lunch Break  
   
  12 - 12:45 PM  (Sat.) Caucuses  
   
  1 - 3:30 PM  (Sat.) Special Training Sessions 8  
    Butigan, Preston-Pile, Slattery
8.01 The Just Church: Nonviolent Action for Full Participation Catholicism. Part 2 of 2
 
    Tom Sweetser, Peg Bishop 8.02 Create Your Ideal Parish
 
   
   1 - 2 PM  (Sat.) Presentations 9  
    Louise Akers , Soona Samsami
9.01 Women Responding to Fundamentalism
 
    Barbara Blaine, David Clohessy
9.02 Will Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Ever Be Satisfied?
 
    Debra N. Brittenum, P. Scarbrough
9.03 CTA'S Just Church Project: An Overview
 
    Joseph Brown
9.04 Climbing Jacob's Ladder
 
    Jim Conlon 9.05 From the Stars to the Street: Wisdom for a Brokenhearted World  
    Dignity USA leaders
9.06 A Queer Eye for the Catholic Church
 
    Willetta Dolphus
9.07 Kill the Indian and Save the Man: The Boarding School Holocaust in Indian Country
 
    Jim Harney
9.08 Globalization and the Undocumented
 
    Kim & Reggie Harris
9.09 The Songs of Kim & Reggie Harris. Performance
 
    Christina Leaño, Mary Litell
9.10 A Cosmic Contemplation and the Canticle of Creation: Franciscanism and the Universe Story  
    Mary Ellen & Casey Lopata
9.11 Parents of LGBT Daughters and Sons, UNITE!
 
    Joanna Manning
9.12 The Magdalene Moment  
    National FSC leaders
9.13 Faith-sharing CommUnions for Catholics in their 20's and 30's
 
    Nancy Sylvester
9.14 Been There, Done That. Now What?
 
    Cecilia Zárate-Laun
9.15 What Caused the Conflict in Colombia?
How Does It Relate to U.S. Foreign Policy?
 
           
     
 
     
 
   
  2:30 - 3:30 PM  (Sat.)  Presentations 10  
    Louise Akers , Soona Samsami
10.01 Women Responding to Fundamentalism
 
    Barbara Blaine, David Clohessy
10.02 Will Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Ever Be Satisfied?
 
    Marek Bosek, S. Doherty, panel
10.03 Nonviolent Action for Change: Stories of the Struggles in Our Church
 
    Simone Campbell
10.04 Theology of Insecurity
 
    Dignity USA leaders
10.05 A Queer Eye for the Catholic Church
 
    Willetta Dolphus
10.06 Kill the Indian and Save the Man: The Boarding School Holocaust in Indian Country
 
    Jim Harney
10.07 Globalization and the Undocumented  
    Christina Leaño, Mary Litell
10.08 A Cosmic Contemplation and the Canticle of Creation: Franciscanism and the Universe Story
 
    Mary Ellen & Casey Lopata
10.09 Parents of LGBT Daughters and Sons, UNITE!
 
    Joanna Manning
10.10 The Magdalene Moment
 
    National FSC leaders
10.11 Faith-sharing CommUnions for Catholics in their 20's and 30's
 
    David Robinson
10.12 Five Years of the War on Terror: Where Does Our Faith Call Us?
 
    Chris Schenk
10.13 And the Survey Says!
 
    Kathy Sherman
10.14 People of God! Remember Who We Are and Why We Do What We Do  
    Cecilia Zárate-Laun
10.15 What Caused the Conflict in Colombia? How Does It Relate to U.S. Foreign Policy?
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
  4 - 5 PM  (Sat.)  Plenary Session 11  
    Jeanette Rodriguez
11.01 Plenary Address: Wounded by Love: Being Church in the 21st Century
 
           
  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 Gathering (for Catholics in their 20's and 30'). Read more.  
   
  8 - 9 PM  (Sat.) Presentations 12  
    All Saints Choir 12.01 All Saints Gospel Choir. Performance