Missionary

Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus Christ

Schedule of the Day

8:00 – 8:30 AM Registration/Ministry Booths Breakfast items available for purchase

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome /Opening Prayer

9:00 – 10:30 Reaching out to the Peripheries Bishop Brendan Cahill followed by A Panel Discussion: Reaching out to the Peripheries

Panelists: Sr. Rebecca Janacek, Hermes Silva, Rhonda Cummings Moderated by Bishop Cahill

10:30 – 11:00 Break - Breakfast available for purchase

11:00 – 12:00 Workshop 1: Evangelizing American Culture Rev. Bruce Nieli, C.S.P.

Workshop 2: New Evangelization in the Family Lucia Baez Luzondo

Taller: La Alegria, Camino Para Evangelización

Padre Eliecer Patino Hurtado

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 – 2:00 “Thinking Eucharistically: Isolation

versus Encounter” Rev. Bruce Nieli, C.S.P.

2:00 – 2:30 Break

2:30 – 3:30 Workshop 4: Living on the Periphery Understanding Marginalization & Generational Poverty

Sr. Rebecca Janacek

Workshop 5: Making Space for New- comers: The Young Adult Dilemma

Angie Pometto

Taller: Evangelizando la Cultura de los Estados Unidos Padre Bruce Nieli, C.S.P.

4:00 Liturgy: Bishop Brendan Cahill Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory

31st Annual Catholic Conference Registration

Name: ______________________________________

Address: ____________________________________

City/Zip: ____________________________________

Email: ______________________________________

Cell #: ______________________________________

Parish/City: __________________________________

Ministry: ____________________________________

Registration cost: $35 per person (includes lunch) Register and pay online or by mailing this form with a check enclosed. Sorry, no refunds.

Make check payable to: Diocese of Victoria Mail to: Annual Catholic Conference P.O. Box 4070 Victoria, TX 77903 Deadline to register: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Morning Keynote: Reaching out to the Peripheries

Bishop Brendan Cahill

Morning Workshops: choose one (1) morning workshop ___ Evangelizing American Culture Rev. Bruce Nieli ___ New Evangelization in the Family

Lucia Luzondo

En Español ___ La Alegria, Camino Para Evangelización

Padre Eliecer Patino Hurtado

Major Address: “Thinking Eucharistically: Isolation versus Encounter” Fr. Bruce Nieli, C.S.P.

Afternoon Workshops: choose one (1) afternoon workshop ___ Living on the Periphery… Sr. Rebecca Janacek

___ Making Space for Newcomers… Angie Pometto

En Español ___ Evangelizando la Cultura de los Estados Unidos

Padre Bruce Nieli, C.S.P.

For more information, visit the website, call 361-573-0828 or email calvarez@victoriadiocese.org.

September 2018 My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We have been called by Jesus Christ to be his disciples. What does this call mean to each of us today in the Catholic Church? How do we help others to grasp this gift, and recognize the great responsibility that comes with it? Next month, at the 31st Annual Catholic Conference, we will hear presentations, which will help us answer some of these questions. Therefore, I invite you to join me, Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Cathedral Center (located on the campus of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory) in Victoria, Texas for a day of discovering new paths for the Church’s journey of evangelization. Although, the conference layout is much different from previous ones; you will not be disappointed. The richness and concentrated focus on the new evangelization and missionary discipleship in the presentations, promise to be fruitful. Thank you for all that you are doing to strengthen the efforts of the Church in the Diocese of Victoria. I look forward to seeing you at the 31st Annual Catholic Conference. Let’s keep each other in prayer, Most Reverend Brendan J. Cahill, S.T.D. Bishop Diocese of Victoria

31st Annual Catholic Conference Announcement

and Registration

Cathedral Center, Victoria (located on the campus of the Cathedral of Our Lady of

Victory Catholic Church)

En Español

En Español

Major Address

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Register online at www.victoriadiocese.org

9:00 – 10:30a.m. Morning Keynote

Reaching out to the Peripheries Missionary discipleship is a term, which describes a conscious effort of proclaiming the Good News by our everyday lives, through each encounter, with every person. Bishop Cahill will lead us in a thought provoking conversation, challenging us to consider ways of going out in search of others so as to bring them the light and joy of our faith in Christ. The panel discussion, which Bishop Cahill will moderate, consists of three persons who are currently working with people on the fringes of society. Each panelist will bring their experience of being missionaries in an environment, which often offers little or no hope, and how they are living up to the challenge of Pope Francis to be missionary disciples in today’s world. Sister Rebecca Janacek, IWBS has

recently returned from ministering as a missionary nurse among a marginalized society in Kenya, East Africa. Now upon her return to the U.S. she is ministering to the homeless of the Victoria Crossroads area at Promise Pointe.

Hermes Silva is a parishioner at Our Lady of Sorrows in Victoria. He is the Core Facilitator for the Kolbe Prison Ministry at the Stevenson Unit in Cuero. He is a physical therapist employed by DeTar Hospital. He is married and has two children and four grandchildren. Rhonda Cummins has been Calhoun County’s Coastal & Marine Resource Agent since March 2008. She ministers to fisherman, shrimpers, and people of the sea. Her many activities include building small boats with middle school students, marsh restoration projects and cooking demonstrations to promote local seafood.

11:00 – 12:00p.m. Evangelizing American Culture

Rev. D. Bruce Nieli, C.S.P. This workshop will address how Devotion to the Holy Spirit and the Holy Eucharist can empower us as missionary disciples to help us reach out and welcome all of America. The New Evangelization in the Family in Light of Evangelii Gaudium and the V Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry

Lucia Luzondo This workshop will address how to bring into action our baptismal call to be missionary disciples, witnesses of God’s love and life in our marriages, families and the culture, through the lens of New Evangelization and the experience of Hispanic/Latino families, all illumined by the spirit of Evangelii Gaudium and the V Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry. The conference will also address through pertinent data the impact of the Hispanic/Latino presence in the Catholic Church in the United States and how it can shape the future of Family Life Ministry in our nation. La Alegria, Camino Para La Evangelizacion

Padre Eliecer Patino Jesucristo debe ser el motivo de mi alegría. El Pueblo de Dios está llamado siempre a trabajar y compartir la alegría que nos produce el encuentro con Cristo su palabra. La Homilía es medio de evangelización y alimento que alegra

la vida del Creyente. Animando a todos a llegar a los excluidos para llenar el corazón de cada uno de ellos con la alegría que produce en nosotros la virtud de la caridad, compartir con ellos sin esperar recompensa pues nuestra recompensa ser más grande en el reino de los cielos.

1:00 – 2:00p.m. Major Address

Thinking Eucharistically: Isolation versus Encounter

Rev. D. Bruce Nieli, C.S.P.

In this address, Fr. Bruce will explain to us how active participation in, and Adoration of the Holy Eucharist connects us with Jesus; and with one another, past, present, and to come…

Father Bruce is a member of the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers – America’s first religious order of men). He is also a Missionary of Mercy of Pope Francis, and Minister to Priests of the Diocese of Austin. A preacher of parish missions and retreats, he is former Evangelization Director of the Texas Catholic Conference and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. New at the conference this year, will be an opportunity to visit and gather information about various ministries that are available in parishes throughout the diocese. Representatives from the organizations will be available to share their experiences of being an active member and how they are able to help those in need, through various means that are available from the ministries. Additional conference information can

be found at www.victoriadiocese.org

2:30 – 3:30p.m.

Living on the Periphery - Understanding Marginalization and Generational Poverty

Sr. Rebecca Janacek, IWBS

As Christian missionary disciples we are being called to face and erase the marginalization of people occurring in today's world. By understanding how the marginalized perceive their

world and the culture of generational poverty we can better respond with help that will create better living for all God's people. Making Space for Newcomers: The Young Adult Dilemma Angie Pometto As young adults graduate from youth and college ministry programs, they are faced with the daunting tasks of finding their place both as an adult in society and as a member of a parish. The latter task has proven so difficult that many young adults put it off— indefinitely. This session will explore ways that parishes can make space to welcome young adults and then invite young adults away from isolation and into relationship with Christ and community. Evangelizando la Cultura de los Estados Unidos Padre Bruce Nieli, C.S.P. Como devoción al Espíritu Santo y la Santa Eucaristia nos da poder como discípulos misionerios a abrazar católicamente a todos los habitatantes de los Estados Unidos.

Ministry Booths