MICHIGAN WINTER GATHERING of Parish & Diocesan Catechetical Leaders

Sponsored by the Michigan Province—National Conference for Catechetical Leadership

You are Called to Holiness...Really! Bethany House Retreat Center 703 East Main Street DeWitt, Michigan

Schedule

Thursday, January 10, 2013 Friday, January 11, 2013 12:00 Lunch 8:00 Breakfast 1:00 Welcome/Prayer 9:00 Prayer Conference: The Vocation of the Conference: The Spirituality of Laity ( Earl Boyea) Holiness in the Life of the Lay 3:00 Mass Minister (Dr. Patricia Cooney- 5:30 Evening Prayer Hathaway) 6:00 Dinner 11:45 Announcements 7:00 Introduction to the National 12:00 Lunch/Departure Conference for Catechetical Leadership 7:20 Diocesan & Parish Catechetical Leaders Forum 8:20 Forum Reports/NCCL Reports/National and International Developments 9:00 Social Bishop Earl Boyea, Jr. was born April 10, 1951 in Pontiac, Michigan, as the eldest of the ten children of Earl and Helen Boyea, Sr. He was raised in Waterford and attended Our Lady of the Lakes Church and the parish school from third through eighth grades. He studied at Sacred Heart Seminary High School and College from 1965 to 1973, obtaining his Bachelor's degree in History. He studied at the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University (1973–1977) in , earning his Bachelor's degree in Sacred Theology from the latter in 1976.

He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph Imesch on May 20, 1978, while serving as a at St. Benedict Church in Pontiac. Father Boyea served as associate pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Monroe, Michigan until 1979, and then returned to the Gregorian in Rome, from where he obtained his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1980, with a thesis entitled: " in Galatians". Upon his return to the United States, Fr. Boyea was associate pastor of St. Timothy Parish in Trenton until 1984, whence he earned his Master's in American History from Wayne State Univer- sity. On July 22, 2002, Msgr. Boyea was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit Pope Benedict XVI named him the fifth Bishop of Lansing on February 27, 2008. Bishop Boyea was formally installed as Lansing's ordinary on April 29, 2008.

Dr. Patricia Cooney-Hathaway holds a B.A. in English from , a M.A. in religious studies and a Ph.D. in systemic theology, psychology and spirituality from the Catholic University of America. She also completed a two year program at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Washington, D.C. She has been teaching at Sacred Heart Major Seminary since 1988. Cooney-Hathaway is the author of the book, “Weaving Faith and Experience: A Woman’s Perspective” which earned third place in the 2011 Catholic Book Awards competition sponsored by the Catholic Press Association of US and Canada. She is married to Thomas Hathaway and has one son and one daughter. Michigan Winter Gathering Of Parish & Diocesan Catechetical Leaders January 10-11, 2013

Sponsored by the Michigan Province, National Conference for Catechetical Leadership

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REGISTRATION DUE: DECEMBER 21 Please send completed registration form and check payable to the Diocese of Lansing to: Diocese of Lansing, ATTN: Registration Clerk, 228 North Walnut Street, Lansing, MI 48933-1122.

Registrations may also be emailed or faxed to [email protected], fax: 517-342-2515. Payment must be received no later than December 21, 2012 to reserve your place at the Conference. if you have any special dietary needs, please contact St. Francis Retreat Center directly: 517-669-8321 (Daytime); 517-669-2431 (After 5pm).

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Andrews at 517-342-2479 or [email protected]