2018 Partner Conference 

“Authenticity, Vocation, and the Risk of Faith:
Hopes and Challenges for the Synod on Young People"

Thank you for considering our invitation to you to our fourteenth annual Catholics on Call | Partner Conference. As you already know, each year the conference brings together campus ministers, vocation directors, and other young adult ministers from around the country to engage in conversation and discussion about how to support Catholic young adults as they strive to discover God’s call in their lives and explore the possibility of a life of service in the Church. Our 2018 Conference this year represents challenge and hope, Fr. Dan Horan, OFM will take us into an exploration of the anticipated October 2018 Synod on Young People.

The fifteenth assembly of the Synod of Catholic Bishops is scheduled to take place in October 2018 and dedicated to discussing “young people, the faith, and vocational discernment.” Already the church has assembled young women and men from around the world to collaborate on highlighting the challenges, opportunities, and concerns they and their peers face when it comes to matters of faith and church life. Their response in anticipation of the synod was bold and direct, speaking candidly about the need for authenticity in church life and leadership, among other themes.

If the bishops of the church were to take seriously the hopes and challenges highlighted by these young people, it could revolutionize ministry in numerous ways. Drawing on the synod’s preparatory document, the document from the young adults, and the instrumentum laboris scheduled to be released in Summer 2018, this presentation will provide analysis (what’s going on?), implications (what to expect?), and practical insights (what does it mean for us?) in anticipation of this historical synod.

Keynote Speaker

 

Daniel P. Horan, OFM, PhD is a Franciscan friar (of the Order of Friars Minor of Holy Name Province), Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and author. He is currently Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Fr. Dan is the author of numerous articles and several books including, Dating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis, God is Not Fair and other Reasons for Gratitude, and All God's Creatures: A Theology of Creation. A widely sought-after lecturer and retreat director, he regularly speaks at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and the Diocese of Reno Conference. He has previously taught at Siena College, St. Bonaventure University, and Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry, and he served as the Catholic Chaplain at Babson College in Wellesley, MA from 2012-2015. To learn more visit: DanHoran.com

 

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Registration deadline is
Friday, September 14, 2018!

Registrations for overnight accommodations must be received ASAP
(first come, first serve at Catholic Theological Union's Residence Hall;
others will be directed to find other Hyde Park overnight facilities, if needed).

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