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Seminary Convocation 2012: A National Gathering of Rectors

Monday, January 30, 2012  to  Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Category: General Events

 
 
Event Information
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Hotel: Oblate Renewal Center

 

 

 

Schedule

Registration ends Friday, January 13, 2012. Cost is $175 and includes room and board, except for Tuesday evening, when dinner is on your own. Contact Kathy for a registration form or more information: 800 711-6232 or seminary@ncea.org.

Theologate and college rectors and other seminary leaders are invited to gather with host Msgr. Jeremiah McCarthy, executive director of the NCEA Seminary Department, for a national conversation on important issues related to the education and formation of seminarians. Special guests Father Shawn McKnight of the USCCB Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations Committee will be on hand to gather input for the next Program for Priestly Formation, and Dale Aleshire of the Association of Theological Schools will speak on the issues impacting theological education in the U.S. today.

 

Monday, January 30

Arrive and settle in

3:00  Registration/check-in begins

5:00  Social Hour

6:00  Supper

7:00  Welcome

7:30  Overview of CCLV Activities - Rev. Shawn McKnight

9:00  Night Prayer

Tuesday, January 31

8:00 am Breakfast

8:30  Morning Prayer

8:45  Issues and Challenges Facing Roman Catholic Seminaries - Dr. Dan Aleshire,
          Association of Theological Schools"

9:45  Break

10:00  Report on USCCB/ CARA survey to rectors - TBA, USCCB staff

11:00  Break

11:15 Mass - Bishop Cantu, auxiliary bishop of San Antonio, presider

12 Noon Lunch

1:15  Small group discussion session (Theologate Rectors/College Seminary Rectors)

2:15  Reports from small groups to large group

2:30  Break

2:45  Implications from John Jay Study and Overview of national trends - Sr. Katarina
          Schuth, St. Paul Seminary and School of Divinity

3:45  Break

4:00 Time for further discussion and an opportunity to raise issues of interest

5:00  Evening Prayer
          Adjourn for evening in San Antonio; bus will depart/return twice each way

 

Wednesday, February 1

7:15 am  Mass- Fr. McKnight, presiding, Msgr. McCarthy, preaching
                 Music provided by David Kauffman, composer of Mass of Renewal
                 (www.goodforthesoulmusic.com)

8:00  Breakfast

8:45  Report from NCEA's Parresia Project on international priests and seminarians
          Discussion

9:45  Break

10:15  Discussion of possible merger of MATS and East Coast Rectors
            Brief addresses from representatives from MATS and East Coast Rectors
            Wrap-up of discussions and decisions

11:30 Wrap-up and evaluations

12 Noon  Lunch/departure

 

 

Contact Information
Msgr. Jeremiah McCarthy
Kathy Schmitt
1005 N. Glebe Road
Suite 525
Arlington, VA22201
Phone: 800 711-6232
Fax: 703 243-0025
E-mail: seminary@ncea.org



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