36th Annual Conference
Preliminary Conference Schedule
(All times are Eastern Daylight Time. All sessions will be held in McKenna Hall unless otherwise specified.)
Monday, June 16
- 3:00 p.m. - Registration desk opens
- 7:00 p.m. - Evening Prayer
- 7:30 p.m. -
Welcome and Keynote Session -
The Sacraments: Rooted in the Paschal Mystery, Celebrated in Community
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, C.PP.S., Ph.D., S.T.D. - 9:00 p.m. - Reception
Tuesday, June 17
- 8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer
- 9:00 a.m. -
Plenary Session #1
Anointing of the Sick
Msgr. John Kasza, S.T.D. - 11:00 a.m. -
Breakout Sessions
Lay Ecclesial Ministers as Coworkers with the Ordained
Graziano Marcheschi, M.A., D.Min.
Preparing the Celebration of the First Reconciliation
Catherine Maresca, M.A.
Parish Programs to Support the Sick
Catherine Sims, M.A., M.Div.
Planning the Wedding Liturgy as Sacramental Catechesis
Fr. Paul Turner, S.T.D. - 12:00 p.m. - Lunch Break (South Dining Hall)
- 1:30 p.m. -
Plenary Session #2
Reconciliation
Rev. Mr. James Keating, Ph.D. - 3:30 p.m. -
Breakout Sessions
Lay Ecclesial Ministers as Coworkers with the Ordained
Graziano Marcheschi, M.A., D.Min.
Preparing the Celebration of the First Reconciliation
Catherine Maresca, M.A.
Parish Programs to Support the Sick
Catherine Sims, M.A., M.Div.
Planning the Wedding Liturgy as Sacramental Catechesis
Fr. Paul Turner, S.T.D. - 7:00 p.m. - Evening Prayer
- 7:30 p.m. - Pastoral
Liturgy Update: A Conversation with the BCDW
Fr. Rick Hilgartner
Wednesday, June 18
- 8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer
- 9:00 a.m. - Plenary Session
#3
Marriage
Julie Hanlon Rubio, Ph.D. - 11:00 a.m. - Breakout Sessions
Spirituality in Marriage
Kathy Hasty, M.A.
Preparing the Liturgy for Ordination Rites
Vicki Klima, M.A.
Enabling the Parish to be Healing Community
Mary Martin
Reconciliation: Celebrated Communally in the Parish, Lived in the Wider Community
Fr. William Schooler, M.A., M.Div. - 12:00 p.m. - Lunch Break (South Dining Hall)
- 1:00 p.m. - Plenary Session
#4
Holy Orders
Fr. Robert Barron, S.T.D. - 3:00 p.m. - Breakout Sessions
Spirituality in Marriage
Kathy Hasty, M.A.
Enabling the Parish to be Healing Community
Mary Martin
National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage
H. Richard McCord, Ph.d.
Reconciliation: Celebrated Communally in the Parish, Lived in the Wider Community
Fr. William Schooler, M.A., M.Div.
- 5:15 p.m. - Mass (Basilica of the Sacred Heart)
- 6:30 p.m. - Conference Banquet (Morris Inn)

