Join us for the

2016 RCIA Forum

for all

• RCIA Parish Coordinators and Team Members

• Catechumenate (RCIA) Parish Team Members

• Directors / Coordinators of Religious Ed, Youth Ministry, Evangelization,

• Pastors, Pastoral Associates, Parish Staff Members

• Interested adults

  Keynote Speaker

                               Rev. Ronald Lewinski, STL
                             Author, National Speaker and     Co-Director of the Department of Parish Vitality and Mission for the Archdiocese of Chicago

Pope Francis offers us a fresh vision of what it means to be a Baptized Christian and a Church that takes its missionary vocation seriously. Inspired by our Holy Father’s vision, we will look at the implications of Pope Francis’ teaching and preaching for the ministry of Christian initiation. What should we be considering in our preparation of candidates and catechumens for Christian initiation? What are the implications for our parishes in a fruitful implementation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?  

About Rev. Ronald Lewinski, STL: Fr. Lewinski was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1972. In his current role, he serves as the Archbishop’s Delegate for Parish Vitality and Mission. Prior to his current ministry, Fr. Lewinski served as the Pastor of St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish in Mundelein, where he built a new church and pastoral center and was instrumental in founding Frassati Catholic Academy, a regional Catholic Middle School in Lake County. Prior to these ministries, Fr. Lewinski served as an adjunct instructor at Mundelein Seminary and as the Director of the Office for Divine Worship. Fr. Lewinski is respected as a pioneer in the pastoral implementation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and is an author and frequent speaker on liturgy and pastoral life around the country and internationally. He was awarded Pastor of the Year recognition by the NCEA in 2012.

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Registration Information

The registration fee for admission is $30 per person. The registration fee covers morning hospitality, box lunch, admission to keynote address and two workshops. Your registration fee payment must be made online or postmarked by Friday, November 4th, to receive your box lunch ticket. If you make your registration fee payment after November 4th or at the door on the day of the event, you will need to bring your own lunch. There are no refunds.

Please review the workshop details before you register so that you can fill in your workshop choices. All registrants will need to pick up conference materials at the welcome table, locatedin the main entrance of Duane Library, Fordham University, the Bronx. Those who register and pay by November 4th will also pick up their Box lunch ticket. Doors open as early as 9:30am.

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