MISSIONARY DISCIPLESHIP: CALLED TO BE A PEOPLE OF JUSTICE DISCIPULADO MISIONERO: LLAMADOS A SER UN PUEBLO DE JUSTICIA

SCHEDULE 9:00 AM Welcome Prayer

9:30 AM Keynote: A Church in the Streets

- Rachana Chhin (Public Policy Outreach Coordinator, Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops) In the Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis tells us that he prefers “a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.” This session will explore how we live both our call to justice and our call to evangelize through prayerful reflection and action in our communities.

10:15 AM BREAK

10:30 AM Breakout Sessions (ROUND A) 1. Bringing Mercy and Hope to Youth on the Margins

- S. Adelina Garcia, OSF (Associate Director, Evangelization & Catechesis, Diocese of San Angelo) 2. Missionary Disciples with a Story: “The Best Kept Secret” of the Catholic Church

- Leota Roesch (Served in pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of San Antonio and the Diocese of Phoenix and writes for Franciscan Publications Homily Helps and Youth Ministry Access)

3. Nourishing Missionary Disciples at Home - Alison Pope (Director of Religious Education, St. Ann Parish, Midland)

4. Marriage: An Alliance of Love - Tom Burke, JCL (Lay Ministerial Judge, Diocese of San Angelo)

5. Sent Forth From the Liturgy as Missionary Disciples / Enviados de la liturgia como discípulos misioneros - Bishop Michael J. Sis (Diocese of San Angelo)

11:30 AM Eucharist Bishop Michael J. Sis

12:30 PM LUNCH

1:15 PM Keynote: Equal in Dignity - Rachana Chhin (Public Policy Outreach Coordinator, Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops) This session focuses on the various ways in which the people of God are called to engagement for communion and common good. In the Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis notes, that “True openness involves remaining steadfast in one’s deepest convictions, clear and joyful in one’s own identity, while at the same time being ‘open to understanding those of the other party’ and knowing that dialogue can enrich each side.” As our society has become increasingly divided, our service and advocacy in the community must continue to demonstrate the reality that all of God’s children are equal in dignity.

2:00 PM BREAK

2:15 PM Breakout Sessions (ROUND B) 1. Lucas: evangelio de justicia

- S. Adelina Garcia, OSF (Associate Director, Evangelization & Catechesis, Diocese of San Angelo) 2. Missionary Disciples with a Story: “The Best Kept Secret” of the Catholic Church

- Leota Roesch (Served in pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of San Antonio and the Diocese of Phoenix and writes for Franciscan Publications Homily Helps and Youth Ministry Access)

3. Nourishing Missionary Disciples at Home - Alison Pope (Director of Religious Education, St. Ann Parish, Midland)

4. Marriage: An Alliance of Love - Tom Burke, JCL (Lay Ministerial Judge, Diocese of San Angelo)

3:15 PM Challenges of Discipleship - Rachana Chhin (Public Policy Outreach Coordinator, Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

Prayer

4:00 PM Departure

2017 Diocesan Conference Day | Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, 804 Ford St., San Angelo, TX 76905

For more information, contact the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis at the Diocesan Pastoral Center at (325) 651-7500.

1. Bring Mercy and Hope to Youth on the Margins S. Adelina Garcia, OSF (Associate Director, Evangelization and Catechesis, Diocese of San Angelo)

Does my youth ministry truly reflect my community? This workshop will address how to recognize youth on the margins and how to offer help and support to them.

2. Missionary Disciples with a Story: “The Best Kept Secret” of the Catholic Church Leota Roesch (Served in pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of San Antonio and the Diocese of Phoenix and writes for Franciscan

Publications Homily Helps and Youth Ministry Access)

From Jesus’ words to us in the Gospel down to the teaching of modern popes, the People of God have had a mission—to cooperate in the bringing about the Kingdom of God. This workshop will attempt three things:

1) To aid participants in understanding that they are called by Baptism to be missionaries who evangelize by word and action;

2) To acquaint participants with a digest of the Church’s teaching on social justice; and 3) To assist participants in understanding how our history as the People of God impels us

to live in our lives the Gospel call to evangelize for a just world.

3. Nourishing Missionary Disciples at Home Alison Pope (Director of Religious Education, St. Ann Parish, Midland)

How do we nourish missionary disciples at home? This session will offer practical ideas for parents in the home.

4. Marriage: An Alliance of Love Tom Burke, JCL (Lay Ministerial Judge, Diocese of San Angelo)

Marriage calls us to fidelity and its impact beyond. This module will focus upon the vocation of marriage and how it impacts ourselves, our children, our neighborhoods, and our communities.

5. Sent Forth From the Liturgy as Missionary Disciples (Bilingual) Enviados de la liturgia como discípulos misioneros Bishop Michael J. Sis (Diocese of San Angelo)

Bishop Sis will explore the connections between the Mass and our call to action as missionary disciples in the world. / El Obispo Sis explorará las conexiones entre la Misa y nuestro llamamiento a la acción como discípulos misioneros en el mundo.

1. Lucas: el evangelio de justicia S. Adelina Garcia, OSF (Associate Director, Evangelization and Catechesis, Diocese of San Angelo)

Este taller va examinar el mensaje del evangelio y su audiencia.

2. Missionary Disciples with a Story: “The Best Kept Secret” of the Catholic Church Leota Roesch (Served in pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of San Antonio and the Diocese of Phoenix and writes for Franciscan

Publications Homily Helps and Youth Ministry Access)

3. Nourishing Missionary Disciples at Home Alison Pope (Director of Religious Education, St. Ann Parish, Midland)

4. Marriage: An Alliance of Love Tom Burke, JCL (Lay Ministerial Judge, Diocese of San Angelo)

Missionary Discipleship: Called to be a People of Justice Discipulado Misionero: Llamados a ser un Pueblo de Justicia Conference Registration—October 21, 2017 Complete ONE form for EACH registrant; this form may be reproduced.

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Make check payable to: Diocesan Conference Day 2017 c/o Office of Evangelization and Catechesis 804 Ford Street San Angelo, TX 76905

For further information, contact the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis at the Diocesan Pastoral Center

at (325) 651-7500.

Public Policy Outreach

Coordinator

TEXAS CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS

is the Public Policy Outreach coordinator for the

Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops. He assists the Executive Director and Associate Director of Public Policy in the public policy analysis and outreach of the TCCB.

Prior to joining the TCCB, Rachana completed his LL.M. in International Human Rights Law at the Notre Dame Law School in 2017. He attained his J.D. and M.A. in Catholic Studies from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2015 and his B.A. in International Studies and minor in Great Texts of the Western Tradition from Baylor University in 2011. His master’s essay was entitled “The Indochinese Church and Cambodia: The Cathedral in the Rice Paddy.”

He has served clients at UST’s Immigration Clinic and was Publications Director for the Journal of Law and Public Policy. After graduating law school, Mr. Chhin first served as the Murphy Legal Fellow to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York, where he was a delegate to the UN General Assembly’s Sixth (Legal) Committee. Additionally, Mr. Chhin is a Blackstone Fellow with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Murphy Scholar with the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy, and an alumnus of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture’s Vita Institute. He is a licensed attorney admitted to the Minnesota State Bar.

OCTOBER 21, 2017 | 9:00 A.M.—4:00 P.M.

MCNEASE CONVENTION CENTER (San Angelo Convention Center, San Angelo)

2017 DIOCESAN CONFERENCE DAY

MISSIONARY DISCIPLESHIP: Called to Be a People of Justice

DISCIPULADO MISIONERO: Llamados a ser un Pueblo de Justicia