West Coast CTA Conference
Itinerary and Speakers--May 18-20, 2012
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Friday, May 18--
9:00 – 5:00 Chapter Leaders Meeting - (Conference Room)
3:00 pm Registration opens
5:00-7:00 Dinner on your own (several restaurants within walking distance)
7:00 pm Welcoming Ceremony (Cascade Ballroom)
7:30 pm Opening General Session: (Cascade Ballroom)
Roy Bourgeois –
The Struggle for Gender Equality in the Catholic Church
8:30 pm Hospitality Suite open
Saturday, May 19--
(Exhibits open - 8:00 am – 9:00 pm)
7:00 – 7:30 am Morning Prayer Service
7:00-8:30 am Breakfast
8:45 –9:45 am General Session II: (Cascade Ballroom)
Miriam Therese Winter –
In and Through the Spirit: the Gift of Vatican II
10:45-12:00 am Breakout Sessions:
#1: Kathleen Nissila – Forgiveness: A Key to Healing and Authentic Relationship
#2: Miriam Therese Winter – Discerning the Spirit in a Quantum Universe
#3: MaryAnn Dickey, Jackie Rossini, Sue-Rae Bell – Working for Justice for all Women in the
Catholic Chruch presented by One Spirit One Call – #4: Brian Brandt – Creationtide:Care for Creation in an Ecology of Grace
12:15-1:30 pm Lunch
1:45-3:00 pm Breakout Sessions:
#1: Joy Wallace and Gene Hornof – Creating a Parish Where Gay People Are Welcome
#2: Toni Tortorilla and Sandi DeMaster – Primacy of Conscience: Bedrock of Vatican II
#3: Fran Ferder and John Heagle – No Greater Love: the Path to True Intimacy
#4: Otto Schlumpf and Denis Dennehy – Intentional Eucharistic Communities
3:30-4:45 pm Breakout Sessions:
#1: Suzanne Thiel and Diane Whalen – film: Pink Smoke Over the Vatican
#2: Cecilia Ranger – One River, Many Streams: Flow of Vatican II Document on Ecumenism
#3: Susan Francois - Joys, Hopes and Infamies in the 21st Century: Immigration and Human Trafficking
#4: Roy Bourgeois–The Struggle for Justice in Latin America
4:45-6:00 pm Exhibits/Author signings
Choir practice/liturgy rehearsal
6:00-7:30 pm Dinner
7:30-8:30 pm Entertainment: "Femina Satirica: Laugh in Translation"
with Melinda Pittman and Adam Brock
followed by sing-along
Sunday, May 20--
7:00-8:30 am Breakfast
9:00-10:00 am General Session III: (Cascade Ballroom)
Fran Ferder and John Heagle –
Living the Vision of Vatican II
10:30 am Closing Liturgy (Cascade Ballroom)
Throughout Saturday at the Conference there will be vendor tables for both "for profit" and non-profit organizations.
Free non-profit tables available at Conference
Your non-profit organization is welcome to set up a table at the conference. There is NO charge for this "table only" and you need not be there during the conference. For more information, contact Dianna at 503.281.5405.
