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December 2008

LCWR New Leader Workshop Registration

Order Additional Occasional Papers

Deadline for CARA Inventory

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atholic Charities USA (CCUSA) awarded$2,010,000 to congregations of women religiousbased in the New Orleans area. The funds,obtained through the work of Suzanne Hall,

SNDdeN, director of the LCWR/FADICA NewOrleans Recovery Project, are designated to help thecongregations restore ministries to the poor severelydiminished or completely destroyed by the devastationwrought by Hurricane Katrina. Approved by theDisaster Response Office of Catholic Charities USA, thegrant will be administered by LCWR.

Among the projects benefiting from the CCUSA grantwill be two early childhood learning centers, onesponsored by the Ursuline sisters, and the other staffedby Carmelite sisters.

The Sisters of the Holy Family will receive help torebuild a nursing home and day care center, while theMarianites of the Holy Cross, will renovate and restorea community center serving low-income residents of theNinth Ward.

The Sisters of St. Joseph, who lost a major facilityto flooding and fire, will receive funds to benefit aprogram that will offer counseling and guidance to low-income residents of New Orleans who are navigating

CCUSA Grants Nearly $2 Million to Assist Women ReligiousServing the Economically-Disadvantaged of New Orleans

Scenes from NewOrleans post-Katrina

LCWR Executive Committee Attends toKey Conference Matters

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t its November 4-5 meeting, the LCWR executivecommittee addressed several significant issuesfacing the conference and its members. Gathered

at Bon Secours Spiritual Center in Marriottsville,Maryland, the committee members J. Lora Dambroski,OSF; Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA; and Mary Whited,CPPS (presidency); Ellen Dauwer, SC (secretary);Pam Chiesa, PBVM (treasurer); Katie Clauss, IHMand Nancy Reynolds, SP (at-large-members); andJane Burke, SSND (executive director) discussed thefollowing.


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From th LCWR Pridncy

by Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA LCWR President-Elect

The Music of Mission

The Sufi mystic and musician,Hazat Inayat Khan, wrote:

A person who, alone, has seensomething beautiful, who has heard

something harmonious, who has tastedsomething delicious, who has smelledsomething fragrant, may have enjoyedit, but not completely. The complete joyis in sharing ones joy with others.

This reminds us of the souls of our

founders. Like them, our inclinationfalls naturally into rhythmic expressionfor mission in harmony with Godsintentions for the universe. What is manifested in theuniverse is the music of the Creator, and every heartis attracted to it. Gods dream for the world is faintly

Footnotes1 Hazrat Inayat Khan. The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan.:Geneva: International Headquarters of the Sufi Movement;digitized by the University of California, Vol. IX-29, 2006.Hazrat Inayat Khan is the initiator of the Sufi movement inthe West.

2 Father Edward Foley, OFM Capuchin. The Contributionof Francis Prayer to the Churchs Communio and Missio.Franciscan Federation 2006, page 10. (www.franfed.org/06%20Keynote%20Articles.htm)

heard by our souls amid the tumult of earths manyvoices and we are called to mission by those voices.When the heart is attuned to God, the soul is awakened,is aflame, and the music of mission becomes audible.

Mission is about awareness of our world, about theindividuals that interface our daily lives, about theinterpersonal and heartfelt worlds of exchange thatchallenge our status quo, about the infrastructuralelements of institutions and ideologies. Our missionrequires that we be rooted in giving life, rather than

trying to control it. To be present, poised, and readyto effect transformation wherever we are requiresdisarmament of the heart, and a movement from thealtar of the Eucharist to the altar of the universe.

Let us remember that God has already redeemed theworld! We are called now to live with a heart like Gods,inflamed by the Spirit. Instead of taking on the burdensof the world, we can look at the world as a frontier ofmeeting places. Here in these places we will find venuesfor grace. By becoming complicit with the Holy Spirit in

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profound poetry, theology, and justice,and in an experience of the prayer ofadoration, we can prevail upon a cultureof confused values and violence throughsincere dialogue and active love. We arecalled to live and pray with the churchin service to the world. Our prayer willbe a conjoining of communion andmission for the whole human family.

Let us summon a church and evoke aGod of passion, joy, and poetry whosegrace and power embrace the worldin its brokenness. Let us be like thestars, sun, and moon that light up the

house of Gods cosmic reign of goodness, renovatingand repairing the house of God where it is falling toruin. Let us drink deeply of this vision in authenticcommunion and mission.

Mission becomes the work of Gods divine symphonyin which every soul takes part. Inspiration rises as a firefrom the depth of the heart when it hears the whisperof the Divine Beloved. Then our soul dances and everymoment becomes missioned. Spiritual life rises to the

surface. It lives through the radiant life within ourheart.

Will our hearts music be a sign of Gods promise in atime urgently needing signs of Gods fidelity?

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insurance and government programs to help them

rebuild their lives.

Other grants will go to the Dominican sisters forscholarship help in their high school, St. Marys, whichserves low-income students from Girls Hope of NewOrleans, and to the Sisters of St. Teresa for a mobileemergency assistance outreach program to assistfamilies coming back to New Orleans.

The CCUSA funds are part of a national appeal madein 2005 that generated more than $160 million fromparishes, dioceses, corporations, and foundations across

the country.

Suzanne developed and presented a coordinatedapplication to CCUSA in August to benefit the religiouscommunities in New Orleans. The grant forms part ofa larger fundraising effort over the past two years co-sponsored by LCWR and FADICA (Foundations andDonors Interested in Catholic Activities), a consortiumof private grant-making agencies. The LCWR/FADICA New Orleans Recovery Project was begunin 2006 following visits by the leadership of the twoorganizations to view first-hand the storm damage toconvents, schools, and ministries to the poor.Notable during the visit was the destruction of nursingfacilities, schools, community and day care centers,and other services to the poor sponsored by religiouswomen. Subsequently, LCWR and FADICA joinedforces to assist eight communities of religious women inNew Orleans with their fundraising priorities.

With the leadership of the SC Ministry Foundation,and help from several additional foundation members

within FADICA, as well as the Sisters of Charity ofCleveland Foundation and the Alleghany FranciscanFoundation of Florida, a fundraising office was openedin 2007. Suzanne, an attorney and former director ofthe USCCB Office for the Pastoral Care of Migrants andRefugees, was appointed as the project coordinator andprincipal fundraiser.About $5 million in grants for the religious communitieshad been raised by Suzanne over the course of 15

CCUSA Grant to Women Religious inNew Orleans

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months from private foundations in the FADICAnetwork prior to the CCUSA grant. With the receipt ofthis additional grant, the New Orleans Recovery Projecthas realized close to $7,100,000 to date, all of which hasgone directly to the sisters for their ministries.

The Retreat Center at St. JohnsPlymouth, Michigan

March 19 22, 2009

LCWR is pleased to announce the2009 New Leader Workshop.

This annual event, tailored for women religious incongregational leadership, is highly recommended not

only for those who may be new to leadership,but also for those who are returning to leadership.

The program features an outstanding faculty

and presentations on issues of critical importanceto leaders today.

Participants will have multiple opportunitiesto consider ways of employing their new insights

once they return home.The program will draw its major themes from

the LCWR document, The Dimensions of Leadership,and will incorporate prayer and ritual throughout.

Faculty:Simone Campbell, SSS

Jean DennisonLynn M. Levo, CSJ

More information on the workshop, as well as theregistration form will be sent online to all members and will

be available on the LCWR website atwww.lcwr.org/lcwrprogramsresources/NLWFlyer09.pdf.

Forms and payment are due by December 8.Participation is limited.

Christine Rody, SC

Grace Sbrissa, CSJNancy Schreck, OSF

The LCWR

New Leader Workshop
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Shared Futures Process

Although feedback from the regional meetings on theLCWR Shared Futures process was still being receivedat the time of the meeting, the committee discussed theprocess as it has developed thus far and made someobservations and recommendations for proceedingfurther.

The committee agreed to engage a facilitator to workwith the board and staff to further shape the process.The committee defined the following purposes for theplanning: shape the planning that has been accomplished to

date focus the results of the input received from the

LCWR regions and staff work with different constituencies to enable them

to have an appropriate role in the process define the purpose of LCWR moving into the future develop short-term and long-term goals

Members of the LCWR staff also will be working witha consultant for a day in December to facilitate thesharing of their ideas for LCWRs future.

Meeting with CMSWRThe LCWR presidents reported on their Octobermeeting with the leadership of the Councilof Major Superiors of Women Religious. Theagenda theme, We Remember, We Celebrate,We Believe allowed time for the participants toshare the charisms of their congregations, andthe commonalities among them. The two groupsdecided to send a joint letter to ArchbishopGianfranco Gardin of the Congregation for

Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies ofApostolic Life (CICLSAL). Plans are in place tocontinue this type of dialogue in the future.

The executive committee also discussed theletter sent in September by the LCWR presidentsand executive director to Cardinal Franc Rod,CICLSAL prefect, updating him on LCWRs activities.

LCWR Executive Committee FinancesLCWR treasurer Pam Chiesa, PBVM and LCWRassociate director for business and finances PatCormack, SCSC reviewed some suggested changesto the conferences investment policy, as well as theoperating budget for 2009.

As with all organizations these days, LCWR is facingfinancial challenges. The budget prepared by thenational office and the LCWR Finance Committeeincludes a significant deficit. Although monies can betransferred from the board-designated fund to coverthis deficit, the committee discussed the need to look atlong-term structure and service changes. In the comingyear expenses will be monitored carefully, and allefforts will be made to handle LCWRs finances withgreat care.

Outstanding Leadership Award CommitteeThe committee approved as members of the LCWROutstanding Leadership Award Committee Joan SueMiller, SCL (for term ending in 2009); Marsha Speth, SP(2010); and Pat McDermott, RSM (2011).

Women & Spirit ExhibitLCWR communications director Annmarie Sanders,IHM introduced a slide presentation on the Women& Spirit exhibit and updated the committee on theexhibits development, venue search, and regional

marketing plans.

LCWR executive committee (standing) Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA;Mary Whited, CPPS; Katie Clauss, IHM; Nancy Reynolds, SP; andPam Chiesa, PBVM; (seated) J. Lora Dambroski, OSF and Ellen Dau-wer, SC.



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USCCB Meeting

JLora Dambroski, OSF and Marlene Weisenbeck,FSPA represented LCWR at the general assemblyof the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops

(USCCB) in Baltimore on November 10. Among theassembly activities they attended were:

The presidential address of Chicagos CardinalFrancis GeorgeAn address by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolicnuncio to the USA report from The Catholic University of Americain Washington on its record-breaking year forfreshman enrollment and for national fundraisingAn address by Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes,president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum,which promotes the church's charitable work, inwhich he expressed the gratitude of the Holy Seefor the generosity of the US to charitable programsaround the world. The LCWR presidents noted thepower of this address and its effective weaving of

USCCB Commission on Religious Lifeand Ministry

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ach year, representatives from the Conference ofMajor Superiors of Men (CMSM), the Council ofMajor Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR),

and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops(USCCB), as well as the LCWR presidency andexecutive director gather as the Commission onReligious Life and Ministry to look at issues relatedto religious life. This year the commission met onNovember 7 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Janice Bader, CPPS, director of the National ReligiousRetirement Office (NRRO), updated those presenton the efforts of the office to begin a third cycle of

Solidarity Across RegionsRegion 5 chair Nancy Reynolds, SP reported that theregion donated $2000 to the women religious in Region12. She noted, We have been helped by Region 12when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and now wefeel that we are in a position to assist them as a result of

their being in the path of Gustav. We are happy to helpthem in whatever way we can, and we felt a donationcould be well used.

Other ItemsAmong points discussed by the committee were: theCenter for the Study of Religious Life, the CARA study,the New Orleans recovery project, the gathering inChicago of Hispanic women religious, evaluations ofthe 2008 LCWR-CMSM assembly and sharing of ideasfor the 2009 and 2010 LCWR assemblies, and planning

for the February LCWR national board meeting.

Joint Executive Committee MeetingOn November 6 the LCWR and CMSM executivecommittees held a joint meeting at the conferencesoffices in Silver Spring, Maryland. Among theagenda items considered were: evaluation of the2008 joint assembly, the restructuring of LRCR andNATRI, the InterAmerican Committee meeting, theNational Religious Retirement Office, complementaryfundraising norms, the Cameron Street building report,and planning for the annual visit to Rome.

The LCWR executive committee will meet again byconference call in January.

retirement funding and changes in the distribution offunds. Conversation highlighted an appreciation for theNRRO staff who work with congregations to providefunding for their future, as well as some organizationalchanges that would support the NRRO office into thenext 10 years of funding.

Paul Bednarczyk, CSC, executive director of theNational Religious Vocation Conference, and MaryBendyna, RSM from the Center for Applied Research inthe Apostolate (CARA) presented preliminary researchon vocations to religious communities (see page 9 formore information). In coming months, the research byCARA will include data from some younger membersof religious communities. Discussion of the researchpresented highlighted a need for all groups representedby CRLM to work together to encourage religiousvocations. All agreed to promote the World Day for

Consecrated Life in 2009.

Each group provided an update of significant activities.The members of the Commission on Religious Life andMinistry expressed appreciation for the opportunity tocome together annually and agreed to continue their

conversations in November 2009.



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Women Religious Serve on NationalCommittees

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CWR members Lynn Jarrell, OSU and YolandaTarango, CCVI agreed to serve on the USCCB

National Advisory Council. This 56-memberbody meets twice a year to review and offerrecommendations about matters before the bishopsconference. The council includes bishops, men andwomen religious, diocesan priests, deacons, and laypersons.

Former LCWR member Mary Kay Kinberger,MSC of New Orleans agreed to serve on CatholicCharities USAs National Disaster Response AdvisoryCommittee. This committee reviews grant applicationsto allocate Catholic Charities resources to areas

recovering from disasters.

It is the practice of both organizations to ask LCWRto secure women religious willing to serve in thesecapacities.

the principal themes of Pope Benedict XVIs firstencyclical, Deus Caritas Est, throughout the text.

The two presidents were also able to participate inround table discussion sessions that pertained to thefive priority goals of the USCCBs strategic plan forthe next three years. They joined the discussion thatfocused on vocations to the priesthood and consecratedlife and were welcomed into the discussion.

LCWR was also represented at a special consultation onNovember 8 held by the USCCBs Committee on Clergy,Consecrated Life, and Vocations. At this meeting, 10conferences representing priests, men and women

religious, and permanent deacons brought issues ofconcern before the bishops.

USCCB Meeting

Seruto & Co., the firm designing Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters inAmerica, displays one of the nine-foot tall panels that will make up theLCWR history exhibit.

The exposition will open on May 15, 2009 at the Cincinnati MuseumCenter. Announcements of other venues will follow.


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LCWRSIGN ONs &

Letters

Global Concerns Committee Anticipates2009 Assembly in New Orleans

Several items on the agenda of the October 29-31,2008 meeting of the Global Concerns Committee(GCC) looked toward the next LCWR assembly. In

addition to approving the Region 5 plan for a publicwitness event related to the 2006 Assembly Resolutionon Wetlands and Coastal Areas, the GCC, in collabo-ration with Region 5, is exploring the possibility of apre-assembly visit to local areas devastated by Hurri-

cane Katrina where efforts at rebuilding are underway.The GCC is also developing a resolution on reductionof carbon footprints as an implementation of the 2008resolution on climate change. The proposal will becompleted before the February 2009 LCWR board meet-ing and subsequent region meetings. It was noted thatseveral groups have developed very good resourcesfor addressing climate change, including JustFaith andthe Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center in Seattle,Washington.

Messages to the New Administration

LCWR signed an Interfaith Platform on HumaneImmigration Reform, and a number of membersresponded to an invitation to sign also as religiousleaders. The document will welcome the new ad-ministration and members of the 111th congress.At the invitation of Churches for Middle East Peace,

LCWR signed an Ecumenical Christian Letter tothe Next President: Make Israeli-Palestinian PeaceImmediate Priority.On November 12, NRCAT held a National Dayof Witness for a Presidential Executive Order toBan Torture. Participants in the DC event urgedPresident-Elect Obama to sign an executive orderbanning torture as one of his first official actions.More than 50 delegations of religious leaders thenheld meetings with their members of Congress.

Justice Organizations See NewPossibilities in 2009

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nergized by the national elections, many justicegroups are developing strategies to address a new

president and congress on issues including torture,nuclear weapons, poverty reduction, Holy Land peace,environment, and healthcare.

NETWORKDuring the late October board meeting, NETWORKstaff presented opportunities and challenges if Demo-crats won the election, if Republicans won, and chal-lenges no matter which party won. In 2009 NETWORKwill address the primary issues in the Platform forthe Common Good, although emphasis on economic

issues is clearly demanded by the present financialand economic crisis. By necessity, NETWORK will alsohave to make development a primary concern, becausethe moment of new possibilities is also one of financialconstraints and challenges for the organization. Whilemany LCWR congregations are supporters of NET-WORK, an organization founded by women religious,individuals are also encouraged to join.

Faithful Security: National Religious Partnership onthe Nuclear Weapons Danger

Partners who participated in the November 12, 2008meeting, including LCWR, anticipate a new moment ofopportunity for Senate ratification of the Comprehen-sive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) on which the US has beenone of the few holdouts. A ratification by the US wouldhave a strong symbolic impact globally even beyond itspractical application. With a base of 58 votes, nine addi-tional senators are needed to reach the 67 votes requiredfor ratification. Working for ratification will be one ofthe top priority policies for 2009, with every strategycontinuing to be grounded in an unapologetic moralstandard of a nuclear-weapons free world.


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Editor: Annmarie Sanders, IHM

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Update

LCWR Participates in Human TraffickingConference

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CWR was among the participants in an interna-tional conference on human trafficking. Held in

Washington, DC, November 2-5, the event wassponsored by Catholic Charities USA, Catholic ReliefServices, Migration and Refugee Services/USCCB,Catholic organizations in Latin America, and ChristianOrganizations Against Trafficking in Human Beings,an international ecumenical network. Approximately50 participants, plus presenters, came from the UnitedStates, several countries in Latin America, Europe,India, and Lebanon.

The program, created in response to the request ofmany participants, consisted primarily of information-

sharing through a series of panels and a few presen-tations by individuals, including Ambassador MarkLagon from the US State Department. Marie Lucey, OSF,representing LCWR on a panel of church responsesfrom the Americas, outlined activities undertaken bywomen religious in the US as well as a brief history oftheir involvement in the issue.

Each panel was followed by questions and table discus-sion. Panels also addressed trafficking for sexual exploi-tation, labor trafficking/forced labor, child trafficking,

trafficking and emergencies, and prevention models.Some case studies of Catholic institutional responsewere also described. While it was difficult to come to aspecific strategic action to be taken by all, participantsfound new awarenesses, relationships, and resourcesvery helpful.

NRVC Presents Important Findings onNew Membership

Paul Bednarczyk, CSC, executive director of theNational Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC),

and Mary Bendyna, RSM, executive director ofthe Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate(CARA), presented to the members of the Commis-sion on Religious Life and Ministry findings from theNRVC ongoing research project concerning vocations toreligious life.

Paul has made his presentation available to LCWR, andit is now posted on the Members Information sectionof the LCWR website (www.lcwr.org/members). (Thenew username and password for this section of the

website was sent to all LCWR members and associatesvia e-mail on November 19.)

The presentation draws upon findings from two onlinesurveys conducted with vocation directors and per-sons discerning religious life. These surveys precededthe study currently in process with CARA, in whichmany major superiors participated this year. AlthoughMary Bendyna presented some preliminary learningsfrom the survey results, because the study is still in itsintial phase of analysis, her report is not yet ready fordistribution. Many of the insights from the CARA data,

however, are incorporated into Pauls presentation.

Leaders may wish to share this presentation with othermembers of their institutes.
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New Essay From the ScholarsRoundtable Now Available

Scholars from different disciplines are broughttogether by the Center for the Study of ReligiousLife to reflect on religious life in the United States.

The fruits of their discussions are published in an essaymade available to leaders of religious institutes.

Current members of the Scholars Roundtable are:William A. Barry, SJKathleen Sprows CummingsGary Riebe-Estrella, SVDRobin Ryan, CPKatarina Schuth, OSFPatricia Wittberg, SC

Their most recent essay, Finding a Way For-ward II: Corporate and Ecclesial Identity, can

be downloaded at www.religious-life.org/pdfs/Way%20Forward%20II%20_final.pdf or by going towww.religious-life.org, clicking on the PROJECTS taband then clicking on the essay name.

This particular essay contributes to the discussionsgenerated by the LCWR keynote address of LaurieBrink, OP, A Marginal Life: Pursuing Holiness in the21st Century, (August 2, 2007) and by Sean Sammonsarticle The Domestication of U.S. Religious Life (Hu-man Development, Summer 2007).

Upcoming LCWR Dates

LCWR Leading from Within RetreatFranciscan Center

Tampa, FloridaJanuary 11 16, 2009

LCWR Systemic Change Think TankRedemptorist Renewal Center

Tucson, ArizonaFebruary 23 26, 2009

LCWR New Leader WorkshopThe Retreat Center at St. Johns

Plymouth, MichiganMarch 19 22, 2009

LCWR AssemblyNew Orleans, LouisianaAugust 11 15, 2009

LCWR Leading from Within RetreatRedemptorist Renewal Center

Tucson, ArizonaJanuary 17 22, 2010

LCWR New Leader WorkshopThe Retreat Center at St. Johns

Plymouth, MichiganMarch 11 14, 2010

LCWR AssemblyDallas, Texas

August 10 14, 2010

LCWR AssemblyGarden Grove, California

August 9 13, 2011
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RFC Seeks Program Director

The Religious Formation Conference (RFC), SilverSpring, Maryland, is seeking a full-time programdirector. The director will be charged with design-

ing, planning, implementing, and evaluating currentand new programs in the area of initial and lifelongformation of members of religious institutes of womenand men.

The candidate will have experience in initial andongoing formation; in program design, development,and implementation; a masters degree in theology or

equivalent credential and experience; computer profi-ciency; and familiarity with Microsoft Office programs.She/he will work in close cooperation with the execu-tive director.

RFC offers a comprehensive benefits package, salarycommensurate with experience, and a cordial workenvironment.

To apply, submit resume and three references by Janu-ary 6, 2009 to:

Violet Grennan, mficExecutive DirectorReligious Formation Conference8820 Cameron StreetSilver Spring, MD 20910

NRRO Offers Training Conference

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he National Religious Retirement Office, inconjunction with Mather LifeWays, will be offering

the Person-Centered Care Essentials TrainingConference in two different locations during 2009. Thisis a repeat of the very successful program first offeredin October 2006. The program is designed for instituteswho provide care and services for their frail and elderlymembers. The conference will train two members ofan institutes staff in the practices of person-centeredcare. A grant from the Retirement Research Foundationsupports a large part of the conference cost.

The training conferences are being held in Baltimoreon February 18-19, 2009 and in Chicago on April 15-16,

2009. More information can be obtained from the NRROwebsite at: www.usccb.org/nrroand clicking on the

link for Upcoming Workshop.
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