UPCOMING LEARNING EVENTS
THE 2008 CATECHETICAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE-Mark Your Calendar!
“Fire in the Belly: Renewing Your Passion for the Good News”
This year’s
conference for catechetical leaders and parish staffs will take place on
October 23, 2008, at the Presidential Banquet Center in Kettering. Our
presenter will be Rev. John Hurley, C.S.P., Executive Director of the
National Pastoral Life Center.
The conference will focus first on our personal and common identity as
disciples of Jesus. This notion of who we are in Christ is essential to
how we in parishes go about the work of discipling others. The day
promises to be both spiritually renewing as well as practically
enriching. Click
here for more info. Mark you calendar today!
COMING THIS WINTER
Regional Conference: “Engaging Young Adults in
Your Parish Community.” Mike Hayes, author of Googling God.
February 2, Presidential Banquet Center, Kettering.
Day long-Workshop: “Catholics Returning Home.” Sally
Mews. February 18, 2009.
Click here for
more information.
RCIA INTERNATIONAL CONVOCATION
November 6 - 8, 2008
Cleveland, Ohio
This fifth International convocation of the North
American Forum on the Catechumenate will gather parish, diocesan and
national RCIA leaders to be renewed in initiation ministry. The theme,
“Handing On What We Have Received From The Lord,” celebrates the 35th
anniversary of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
Internationally known speakers will present keynote addresses,
breakout sessions and roundtable/dialogue sessions.
Click here for information and a registration brochure.
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR CATECHISTS
Each region has a full slate of opportunities for catechists to enrich their knowledge of the faith and their catechetical skills. Register today by calling or emailing your regional OEC. For a printable calendar of dates and times click the region in which you are located: Cincinnati, North and Dayton.
SMALL CHURCH COMMUNITIES FORMATION DAY
The Small Church Community Formation Team of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will provide a Small Church Community Formation Day Making a Difference in Parishes. Fr. Clem Davis, NAPRC Board Member, Pastor of St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbus IN and national speaker will be the Keynote presenter for Saturday, November 15 at Incarnation Parish, 55 Williamsburg Lane, Centerville OH 45459 from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
Many of our parishes have experienced small faith communities where faith and beliefs are explored and prayer and fellowship is shared such as through Why Catholic and CRHP. These small communities are more frequently referred to as Small Church Communities (SCC). Within these groups participants share their faith, connect faith and life experiences, make friends and develop a deeper spiritual life. In a fast paced world of so much anonymity were going to Church once a week just isn’t enough this is the opportunity to feel and know that you belong to the broader community. It is through these experience of faith that participants in SCC are ready to respond to the call of God to reach out to others, to take a more active role in parish life, and to be a voice of faith to others.
We want to keep existing small groups alive and vital for the members and help spread the value of small groups to others. The Small Church Formation Day will provide an opportunity for facilitators, members of small groups, core or formation teams and others who are interest in being part of or starting small groups to come together. Fr. Clem Davis will tell how SCC can make a parish not only different but energetic. There will be discussion on how to keep SCC connected to the parish by the support and care the parish can provide. Fr. John Krumm from St. Mary and Holy Family Parishes, Dayton will talk about starting SCC and forming a core team. Kathy Klick from Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Cincinnati will discuss how a New Life Retreat provides a foundation for the growth of SCC. Other sessions will talk about ways to understand faith experiences and how SCC can help members grow in faith.
Mark you calendars and gather a group from your parish to attend this day. For a copy of the brochure click here.
NORTHERN AREA CATECHETICAL CONGRESS
The 33rd Annual Northern Area Congress is scheduled for September 20, 2008 at the Joint Vocational School in Piqua, Ohio. Sr. Jane Marie Osterholt, SP will deliver the keynote address, “If Jesus Came Today, Would He Recognize You?” Participants will choose from thirty-three workshops in three sessions and can browse publisher, archdiocesan office and bookstore exhibits through-out the day. The workshops include sixteen new presenters and two two-hour workshops for catechetical or youth ministry credit. Click here for more information.
PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR CATECHETICAL LEADERS
Catechetical leaders, pastoral associates and other
engaged in staff level parish ministry meet for monthly at the Sidney
and Dayton offices for learning and faith sharing.
In Sidney the program is know as “Developing Our Leadership
Potential.”
In its tenth year, DOLP offers catechetical leaders and other parish
leaders opportunities to learn new skills and new knowledge needed in
their leadership role. It is a series of six 2 1/2 hour workshops
offered on Thursday mornings in October 2, November 20, January 22,
February 26, March 26 and April 23.
Click here for more details.
In Dayton it is called the “Sowing Circle.” Sowing Circle is a monthly
peer-based discussion around important issues in ministry for
catechetical and other parish leaders. This year’s theme will be
“Spirituality for Ministry.” Participants will be asked to read the
essays in a book by the same title. Sessions are held on five Tuesdays
from October-March from 9:30-11:30 AM. For a flyer with important
details,
click here.
THE OHIO DIRECTORS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
is sponsoring its fall conference this October 2-3, at Deer Creek Resort and Conference Center. DREs from all over Ohio will gather to re-connect, share ideas and fellowship, and to hear from Fr. Paul Turner on “Catechumenate: A Model for Catechesis.” For details on the conference and a brochure, click here.
INTRODUCTION TO
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY WITH ADOLESCENTS: FORMING YOUNG DISCIPLES IN THE
CATHOLIC FAITH
is a mini-course of four 2-1/2 hour sessions on
§ Catechetical Process – Sept.16
§ The Creative Catechist – Sept. 23
§
Catholic Identity
– Sept. 30
The sessions
will run from 7:00pm to 9:30pm at the Trinity Center, 266 Bainbridge
St. in Dayton.
This training fulfills requirements for Catechist Certification from the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, and Youth Ministry Leader Certification from the Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry. For more information or to register, click here or contact your regional OYYAM in Cincinnati at 513. 421.3131 or in Dayton/North at 937.223.1001.
