1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Opening Prayer and Welcome - Our Call to Ministry, presented by Fr. Louis Brusatti

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Workshops

Working on Reentry, presented by Carol Lockett, Executive Director, Bexar County Detention Ministries, Inc., Gerald Garett, Deputy Director, Re-entry and Reintegration Division, TDCJ

Raising Money for Ministry, presented by Scott Whitaker, Director of Stewardship, Diocese of Austin

Theology of Justice and Peace: Engaging the Hispanic Community, presented by Fr. Peter Ruggere, Diocese of El Paso TEPEYAC Pastoral Training Center

Models of Effective Engagement of Parishioners, presented by Rachel Lustig, Director, Parish Social Ministry, Catholic Charities USA

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Panel Discussion/Networking Session - Representatives from Catholic Charities, Criminal Justice and Parish Social Ministry and Social Action ministries will briefly discuss their ministry areas. Participants will then answer discussion questions at their table and reflect on the common call to serve in their ministry areas. Table representatives will present their discussions at the end of the session.

7 pm - 8:30 pm

Dinner

More Comments/Facilitation by Fr. Louis Brusatti

7:30 am

Daily Mass

8:00 am - 8:30 am

8:30 am - 10:00 am

Continental Breakfast

Ministering to Families of the Incarcerated, presented by Liz Disco Sherer, Associate National Executive Director, South Central Region of St. Vincent de Paul, Falba Turner, Mentor Director, Seedling's Promise

Recruitment, Retainment, and Formation of Volunteers, presented by Rachel Lustig, Director, Parish Social Ministry, Catholic Charities USA

Immigration Reform: A Catholic Perspective, presented by Deacon Joe Rubio, Ph.D., Vice President, Community Relations and Advocacy, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston

Advocacy 101 and Faithful Citizenship, presented by the Texas Catholic Conference

10:15 am - 11:30 am

Legislative Issues Panel - Texas Catholic Conference staff will discuss their work and specifically their advocacy on behalf of Charity and Justice Issues. State legislators will also present information on Health and Human Services and Criminal Justice concerns.

11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Wrap-up/Call to Action by Fr. Brusatti

12:15 pm - 12:30 pm

Closing Prayer/Adjournment - Boxed lunches will be provided and participants are welcome to continue collaboration and discussion on working together in ministry and the common call to serve.

1:30 pm

Health Care Reform Report - Tentative Pending Congressional Action - Anne Dunkelberg, from the Center for Public Policy Priorities, will discuss the implementation opportunities and challenges we face in Texas regarding Health Care Reform.