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Here Will Be Fruitful, and That Our Collaboration in Service to God’S People May Be Long-Lasting Be not afraid A p r i l 2 7 - 2 9 , 2 0 2 0 S t e r l i n g , V i r g i n i a 2 3 27 April 2020 Dear Friends in Christ, It is a pleasure to welcome you to the fifth Truth and Love Conference, co-sponsored by Courage International and the Diocese of Arlington. I hope that these days will be a time to grow in knowledge and in fellowship with others who share your dedication to pastoral ministry and evangelization. As the Church prepares to mark the centenary of the birth of Saint John Paul II, on May 18, I hope you will join me in praying for his intercession, asking him to obtain many blessings for our work and our discussions over the next few days. In celebration of this important anniversary, during this conference we will be formally entrusting the work of the Truth and Love initiative to the patronage and protection of this great saint of our time. As we strive to “speak the truth in love” (cf. Eph 4:15) to the Church and to the world, we are constantly inspired by his commitment to proclaim, defend and teach the dignity of the human person, the beauty of God’s plan for sexuality and marriage, and the splendor of the truth that undergirds our faith and the moral life. It is my hope that your discussions with experts, courageous witnesses, and your colleagues from around the country, will encourage and equip you to present the Church’s teachings with clarity and charity, and to provide authentic welcome and accompaniment to those whom you serve. I pray that your time here will be fruitful, and that our collaboration in service to God’s people may be long-lasting. Sincerely yours in Christ, Father Philip G. Bochanski Executive Director 4 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Monday, April 27, 2020 TIME TALK NAME/ACTIVITY SPEAKER 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm OPENING KEYNOTE Fr. Philip G. Bochanski 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Plenary Session Challenges of Sharing the Church’s Teaching on Bishop John Keenan Same-Sex Attraction in the Modern World 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Plenary Session Testimonies Garrett Johnson, Avera Maria Santo, Hudson Byblow 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Break 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Plenary Session The Importance of an Authentic Christian Anthropology Fr. Philip G. Bochanski Tuesday, April 28, 2020 TIME TALK NAME/ACTIVITY SPEAKER 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm • Sexual Identity Track Engendering Discussion: Recent Catholic Thought John Grabowski, Ph.D. on Sexual Difference • Mental Health Track Deepening Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity Timothy Lock, Ph.D. Through an Understanding of the Psychological Sciences • Pastoral Care Track Friendship and the Soul’s Pilgrimage to God Alphonso Lopez Pinto, STD 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm • Sexual Identity Track Bringing Transparency to the Treatment of Quentin Van Meter, M.D. Transgender Persons • Mental Health Track Developmental Outcomes with Same-Sex Parents: Fr. Paul Sullins The Irreplaceable Advantage of Man-Woman Marriage • Pastoral Care Track An Authentically Welcoming Parish: Fr. Philip G. Bochanski Preaching, the Sacraments, and Parish Life CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 5 Tuesday, April 28, 2020 TIME TALK NAME/ACTIVITY SPEAKER 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm • Sexual Identity Track Transgender Surgery & Catholic Anthropology Deacon Patrick Lappert, M.D. • Mental Health Track Charity & Clarity Michael Horne, Psy.D. • Pastoral Care Track “I Thirst”: What We Who Experience Same-Sex Attraction David Prosen Need from You in Pastoral Care 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm • Sexual Identity Track Authentic Pastoral Care in Light of Fr. Philip G. Bochanski Confusion About Sexual Identity • Mental Health Track Guarding our Capacity for Authentic Love: Suzanne Baars, Ph.D. The Importance of Affectivity in Daily Life • Pastoral Care Track Guarding our Capacity for Authentic Love: Suzanne Baars, Ph.D. The Importance of Affectivity in Daily Life Wednesday, April 29, 2020 TIME TALK NAME/ACTIVITY SPEAKER 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Plenary Session LGBTQ Ideology & Its Impact on the Family Mary Rice Hasson 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Plenary Session Love that Makes Sense Trent Horn 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Plenary Session SOGI Laws: Reflecting and Forming Culture HelenAlvaré, J.D. 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Q&A with All Speakers 6 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS & TALKS Drawing from a variety of experiences and perspectives, this event gathers leaders in the faith and human sciences who have shown prudence and charity in their work with souls. Attentive to the challenges of those who experience same-sex attractions and gender dysphoria, the Church seeks to integrate their experiences and insights into authentic pastoral care. Father Philip G. Bochanski, a native An Authentically Welcoming Parish: Preaching, of suburban Philadelphia, received the Sacraments and Parish Life the degree of Master of Arts in The- Ministry to the parish community is often characterized by ology from Saint Charles Borromeo what Pope Francis has called “the art of accompaniment,” Seminary, Overbrook, and was or- and clergy and others in pastoral ministry must be prepared dained a priest of the Archdiocese to welcome and accompany parishioners who are living with of Philadelphia in May 1999. He has the experience of same sex attraction or confusion about served in several parish assignments, as well as in special sexual identity in their own lives or in the life of a loved one. ministry as a high school theology teacher, a chaplain for Father Bochanski will discuss what the Church expects an cloistered nuns, and a spiritual director for seminarians. authentic welcome to look like in parishes and schools. In particular, he will consider the guidelines that the Church An award-winning author, he has written and edited five provides for participation in parish life and ministry, and for books, five audio series and numerous articles on various the celebration of the sacraments. He will also consider the aspects of Church history, catechesis and spirituality. His importance of adult faith formation and the Sunday homily newest book is The Virtue of Hope: How Confidence in God among efforts to “speak the truth in love.” Can Lead You to Heaven, published by Tan Books. Authentic Pastoral Care in Light of Confusion About Father Bochanski served for five years as chaplain for the Sexual Identity Courage Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Our pastoral priority toward people who are experiencing Founded in New York in 1980, Courage provides pastoral confusion regarding their sexual identity, and towards their care and spiritual support for Catholic men and women who parents and loved ones, must be to welcome them in the experience same-sex attractions and who desire to live name of Christ and to help them to understand and accept chastely in accord with the teaching of the Catholic Church God’s plan for their lives. This talk will consider how “speak- on homosexuality. In January 2015, he was appointed to ing the truth in love” to someone about his or her identity, the position of Associate Director. On January 1, 2017, Fa- vocation and relationships can lead him or her to a great- ther Bochanski was named the new Executive Director of er self-understanding and fulfillment in Christ. It will also Courage International, Inc., which now includes more than consider the impact that the experience of confusion about 150 chapters in dioceses throughout the United States, sexual identity can have on the life of the parish, and how as well as groups in 16 other countries on 5 continents. In clergy and others in ministry should respond. 2019, Pope Francis awarded him the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, given in recognition of “sustained and exceptional service” to the Church. Helen Alvaré, J.D. is a Professor of The Importance of an Authentic Christian Anthropology Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, The Church’s teaching about sexuality in general, and ho- George Mason University, where she mosexuality and gender in particular, is rooted in its under- teaches Family Law, Law and Reli- standing of the human person. This talk will consider the gion, and Property Law. She publish- fundamental teachings of the Church regarding personal es on matters concerning marriage, identity, the ordering of desires, and the morality of actions, parenting, non-marital households, and provide terminology and perspective for communicat- and the First Amendment religion clauses. She is faculty ing these teachings in a clear and compassionate manner. advisor to the law school’s Civil Rights Law Journal, and the Latino/a Law Student Association, a Member of the Holy CONFERENCE SPEAKERS & TALKS 7 See’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life (Vatican City), a lic psychology. She has been on the faculty of the Institute board member of Catholic Relief Services, a member of the for Priestly Formation since 2008, where she teaches di- Executive Committee of the AALS’ Section on Law and Re- ocesan seminarians. She is Past President of the Catholic ligion, and an ABC news consultant. She cooperates with Psychotherapy Association and holds a doctorate in Family the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the Therapy from Texas Woman’s University. Information about United Nations as a speaker and a delegate to various Unit- Affirmation Therapy and the Baars/Terruwe Model of psy- ed Nations conferences concerning women and the family. chotherapy may be found at www.BaarsInstitute.com. In addition to her books, and her publications in law reviews Guarding Our Capacity for Authentic Love: and other academic journals, Professor Alvaré publishes The Importance of Affectivity in Daily Life regularly in news outlets including the New York Times, the Affectivity is our capacity to be affected or moved by the hu- Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and CNN.com.
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