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AGENDA

Enflame Our Hearts: Be Disciples, Make Disciples.

October 3-5, 2019
Location: Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66211

*Please note this is a tentative agenda.

Thursday – October 3, 2019 Friday, October 4, 2019 Saturday, October 5, 2019

HEARTS:

Landscape Demands that We Hear the Gospel Anew

6:00-7:00 PM — Reception & Registration

7:00-7:20 PM — Welcome

7:20-7:30 PM — Prayer: The Power of Repentance and Hope

7:30-8:30 PM — Keynote Address: “Enflame Our Heart” – Mark Hart

8:30-9:30 PM — Adoration w/Benediction

9:30-9:35 PM — Salve Regina

9:35-10:30 PM — Evening Social (hors d’oeuvres, beer & wine)

HOME:

Radical Missionary Disciples Vibrantly Embrace the Gospel

7:15-8:00 AM — Rosary (optional)

8:00-8:30 AM — Welcome

8:30-9:20 AM — Keynote Address: “Enflame Our Homes” – Lisa Brenninkmeyer

9:20-10:15 — Unpacking Prayer – Care – Share

10:15 AM-12:00 PM — Care: The Power of Listening Lab

Boldly Sharing the Gospel takes us to the Peripheries

12:00-1:10 PM — Lunch

1:10-2:15 — Unpacking the Power of Invitation

2:15-2:30 PM — Prayer with Local Christian Leaders

2:30-3:00 — Share: The Power of Invitation Lab

3:00-3:30 PM — Mass Preparation

3:30-5:00 PM — Mass

5:00-6:30 PM — Dinner

6:30-7:00 PM — Aligning toward the Common Good: The Power of Government, Business and Church

7:00-7:30 PM — Catholic Pastors and the Mission

7:30-7:50 PM — Communities on Mission

7:50-8:40 PM — Keynote Address: “Boldly Sharing the Gospel” – Fr Agustino Torres

8:40-8:45 PM — Salve Regina

8:45-9:45 PM — Evening Social (hors d’oeuvres, beer & wine)

HEART, HOME AND COMMUNITY:

Courageous Leaders Pursue Excellence

8:00-8:30 AM — Welcome

8:30-9:30 AM — Encountering Others – Breakout Sessions (see below for topics)

9:30-10:50 AM — Continuing the Conversation – Delegation Meetings

10:50-11:05 AM — Moment of Celebration and Call to Worship

11:05 AM-12:30 PM — Mass and Commissioning by Archbishop Naumann

12:30 PM — Lunch (available to-go)

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Breakouts

School of Faith
- Presents on parish offerings, including Project DNA and Underground. Learn about how to engage your parish in fresh new approaches.
Young Adult Faith: Teens to Twenties Keeping the Flame Burning Brightly.
- A panel of experts will shed light on engaging young people.
Reaching My Zip Code … featuring Caring for Kids and Love KC/Bless Every Home
- Learn about approaches to connecting with those not in your pews but living in your neighborhood.
Twinning, Holistic Wellness and Special Needs
- Learn about Parish Collaboration, a new approach to Holistic Wellness (exercise to loss support) and considerations for including those with special needs and their families.
Welcoming across Racial and Language Lines
- This is a panel discussion of what it takes to create a welcoming parish across racial and language lines.
Wrapping Around Families and Respecting Life
- Ministering to those involved in Foster Care, as well as those who experience Miscarriage and Crisis Pregnancies.
Catholic Charities
- Learn how individuals and parishes canplug into the wonderful ministries of Catholic Charities.
Evangelization Office: Next Steps and Offerings
- Learn about exciting and practicalways to better Enflame our Hearts, Homes and Community.
Business: Church and Secular To Build The Kingdom
- Hear how parishes use the know-how of the local Catholic business community and church teaching to change the equations of your city. Additionally, local business owners share how their faith shapes their business practices.
School of Love, Family Life, Joyful Marriage Project
- Learn what taco trucks and Adoration have to do with each other and exciting new opportunities to strengthen marriages and families.

Hotel Information

Below you will find the link for hotels that are offering blocks of rooms at a discounted rate to all of our attendees.

If you are planning to stay at a hotel during the Convocation, please reserve your room(s) through this link by February 25. Rooms can be reserved now with a credit card; payment will be due at check-in.

RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM NOW