32nd Annual Social Action Summer Institute University of Utah  July 25-28, 2019

TWO FEET, ONE VOICE: BUILDING A HOME FOR ALL

Conference Program

Schedule

Roundtable Award Winner

Biographies and Presentation Descriptions

Maps and Salt Lake City Visitor Information

ROUNDTABLE ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC DIOCESE SOCIAL ACTION DIRECTORS

DIOCESE OF SALT LAKE CITY 27 C STREET TELEPHONE (801) 328-8641 FAX (801) 328-0328 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84103

OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

July 25, 2019

Dear Friends in Christ,

I am delighted to welcome all of you for the Roundtable Social Action Summer Institute. It is a great honor and privilege for us to host this gathering at a time when the social teachings of our faith are so crucial for the common good.

The theme “Two Feet, One Voice, Building A Home For All” and the distinguished presenters guarantee four days that will truly be enriching for all the participants. We are grateful for your commitment to the social mission of the Church in upholding the sanctity and dignity of life as well as in pursuit of justice and peace. God blesses our world with people who have the heart of Christ that loves and cares for the little ones, the poor, the oppressed and those marginalized by our society.

Your participation in this gathering is a source of hope and inspiration. Our missionary diocese has a long tradition of welcoming strangers in our midst and reaching out in charity to those who are most vulnerable. We join you in articulating and integrating the Catholic Social Tradition in our mission of evangelization.

I pray that this Institute experience will renew our commitment to live our faith more profoundly and to strengthen our social ministry outreach. May your stay with us be a rewarding experience of God’s blessing.

Yours truly in the Lord,

Most Reverend Oscar A. Solis, D.D. Bishop of Salt Lake City

Thursday, July 25 Sponsor: The Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors

12:00-2:45 PM Registration and Check-in Peterson Heritage Center (PHC) 12:00-2:30 PM Bread for the World Listening Session PHC Rm 2A 3:00 PM Opening Mass Post Chapel Most Rev. Oscar A. Solis, Diocese of Salt Lake City

5:00 PM Roundtable Awards Banquet: Social 5-5:30 Red Butte Garden Dinner and award: 6-7:30 7:30 PM Explore the Garden!

Friday, July 26 Sponsor: Catholic Charities USA 8:00-8:30 AM MASS Theater 7:30-8:45 AM Breakfast PHC

9:00-9:15 AM Opening Prayer – CCUSA Theater

9:15-10:45 AM Plenary: Using Social Enterprise to Address Poverty Locally and Globally Theater Moderator: Sean Wendlinder, CCHD Caroline Ross, Sorenson Impact Center; Scott Hurd, Catholic Charities USA; Mikaele Sansone, Catholic Relief Services Plenary: Building Home in a Changing Climate 11-12:15 Moderator: Catherine Orr, Roundtable Association Theater Brian McInerney, National Weather Service; Jeff Robison, M.D., Global, Rural & Underserved Child Health Program; Robert Vigil, Catholic Relief Services 12:30-1:30 Lunch PHC 1:30 PM CCHD Visits Stay at the U of U: Congregation-Based Community Organizing with One LA IAF (Post Theater) Board buses to: Powerful Moms and Crossroads Urban Center Lawn area north of the Spice Kitchen Incubator gazebo Wasatch Community Gardens Green Team Farm 6:00 PM Dinner on your own downtown TRAX, Uber, Lyft, etc. Saturday, July 27 Sponsor: Catholic Relief Services 7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast PHC Daily Mass available in Officer’s Club at 8:00 AM 8:45-9:00 AM Morning prayer and announcements PHC 1A/B 9:15-10:30 AM EXHIBIT TABLES OPEN - North Room Officer’s Club

West Room: Diocesan Skill Building: The Human Story: The “How To” of Ethical Storytelling: Rebekah Lemke, CRS

South Room: Building a Home for All Thematic Track: Innovative Employment Solutions for Homeless Individuals: Vicki Giesler, Department of Workforce Services; Loggins Merrill, Department of Workforce Services; Adrian Selle, Vivint Smart Home Arena

East Room: Parish Skill Building: Social Mission as the Key to Parish Renewal: Jack Jezreel, Just Faith Ministries PHC 1A/B PHC 1A/B: Parish and Diocese Skill Building: Living Faith: An Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching Principles for Ministry: Genevieve Mougey, Bread for the World 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45AM-noon EXHIBIT TABLES OPEN -- North Room Officers’ Club

West Room: Diocesan Skill Building: Fundamentals of Public Speaking: Matt Wazenek, Toastmaster’s International

South Room: Building a Home for All Thematic Track: Trauma 101:Taking the B.S (Blame and Shame) Out of Trauma: Dr. Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson, University of Utah

East Room: Parish Skill Building: The Parish and “Social Sin”: Tom Ulrich, Ignation Volunteer Corps. This session will run until 12:15.

PHC 1 A/B: Parish and Diocese Skill Building: Living Faith Part II: Genevieve Mougey, Bread for PHC 1A/B the World 12:00 PM Lunch Peterson Heritage Center 1:30-2:45 PM EXHIBIT TABLES OPEN – North Room Officers’ Club

West Room: Diocesan Skill Building: Building a Diocesan Campaign to Fight Human Trafficking: Kat Doyle, Archdiocese of Atlanta

South Room: Building a Home for All Thematic Track 1: Do I See Jesus in My Neighbor & Why Not?: Dr. Paul H. White, University of Utah

PHC 1 A/B: Building a Home for All Thematic Track 2: Organizing for Affordable Housing: Janet Hirsch and Robert Hoo, One LA –IAF

East Room: Parish Skill Building: Knowing, Loving, and Serving the Poor: What you can do: Maria Stokes, St. Martin’s Ministry; Daniel Quintanilla, St. Martin’s Ministry; Blake Brouillette, Christ in the City 2:45-3:15 PM Break 3:15-4:30 PM EXHIBIT TABLES OPEN – North Room Officers’ Club

West Room: Diocesan Skill Building: Best Practices: The Joys and Challenges of Supervising Interns: Anne Avellone, Archdiocese of Santa Fe

South Room: Building a Home for All Thematic Track: Serving Rural Communities in Need: Scott Cooper, Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington

PHC 1 A/B: : Building a Home for All Thematic Track 2: The Church Labor Partnership Project: Working with Unions and Workers’ Centers to Promote Justice for Workers and Immigrants: Kevin Fitzpatrick, Catholic Charities of New Orleans; Fr. Clete Kiley, UNITEHERE; Clayton Sinyai, Catholic Labor Network

East Room: Parish Skill Development: Implementing Laudato Si: Practical Approaches for Any Catholic Organization: Jose Aguto, Catholic Climate Covenant

5:00 PM Dinner PHC 6:30 PM Social-Sponsored by Bread for the World Officer’s Club 7:00-8:30 PM Catholic Mobilizing Network Movie Officer’s Club

Sunday, July 28 Sponsor: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

7:45-8:45 AM Breakfast Theater 9:00-9:15 AM Opening Prayer – USCCB- JPHD/CCHD Theater 9:30-10:30 AM Keynote Address: Archbishop John C. Wester, Archdiocese of Santa Fe Theater 11:00AM - 12:30 Sending Mass Chapel PM

Harry A. Fagan Roundtable Award

The Roundtable Board of Directors is thrilled to announce the

2019 Harry A. Fagan Award Winner

Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J.

Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J. is the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley as well as an advocate for immigrants and refugees and the most vulnerable among us.

She is a true embodiment of hope and inspiration to social action directors across the country. Her work at the Humanitarian Respite Center has impacted thousands of people in crisis, restoring basic human dignity and providing hope to families.

She will be honored at the banquet on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at SASI in Salt Lake City.

Please join Roundtable as we give thanks for the work of Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J.!

Harry A. Fagan (1939-1992)

The Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors presents the Harry A. Fagan Award annually to a person or persons whose work, in the tradition of Catholic social teaching, has led to significant progress towards greater social justice and dignity for all members of society at the national or international level.

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTIONS AND PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES

THURSDAY, July 25 Opening Mass: Post Chapel 3:00 p.m.

Presider: Most Reverend Oscar A. Solis, Diocese of Salt Lake City

Biography: The Most Reverend Oscar A. Solis was ordained a priest on April 28, 1979 for the Diocese of Cabanatuan. He served as a priest, professor and vocation director, among other assignments in the Phillipines and as a pastor in New Jersey and Louisiana before his appointment as a bishop on December 11, 2003. He was ordained on February 10, 2004, the first Filipino bishop ordained in the United States. Bishop Solis served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles until his appointment on January 10, 2017, as the Tenth Bishop of Salt Lake City.

He was installed on March 7, 2017 in the Cathedral of the Madeleine.

FRIDAY, July 26 Opening Plenary Panel: Post Theater 9:15-10:45

Title: Using Social Enterprise to Address Poverty Locally and Globally Description: Social Enterprise is an evolving concept that seeks to solve social and environmental problems through market-driven approaches. Our panel of experts will discuss the many opportunities social enterprise presents for addressing homelessness and poverty locally and globally. The Sorensen Impact Center at the University of Utah is a leader in improving the lives of vulnerable populations through research-based policies and practices, public-private partnerships and innovative financing. Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities USA increasingly use social enterprise to address root causes of poverty. Learn from these entities how innovative business models can do far more than just generate profits. Panelists: Scott Hurd, Catholic Charities USA; Caroline Ross, Sorenson Impact Center; Mikaele Sansone, Catholic Relief Services

Biographies: Scott Hurd is Vice President for Leadership Formation at Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), and has twenty-six years’ experience in professional ministry at the national, diocesan, and parish level. Scott’s responsibilities at CCUSA include initiatives related to Catholic identity, leadership development, and parish social ministry. Scott has degrees from Oxford University and the University of Richmond, has authored five books, and won writing awards from the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Catholic Press Association. He is married with three children.

Caroline Ross is a Director at the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. She works collaboratively with nonprofit and government leaders to advance data-driven practice and policymaking at the local, state, and national levels through technical assistance and capacity-building. Prior to joining the Center, Caroline was a research associate at the Urban Institute Justice Policy Center. While at Urban, Caroline authored research and evaluation reports and presented nationally on the justice system, health, education, arts and culture, and community development. Caroline holds a BA and an MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy from New York University.

Mikaele Sansone joined CRS in 2004 and is responsible for leading the agency’s Clergy Outreach efforts. As the Clergy Outreach Manager, Mikaele provides clergy with resources and training to be advocates for the poor and vulnerable overseas. She oversees the CRS Global Fellows program, which provides deacons and priests with formation on global solidarity through overseas immersion trips and workshops focused on how they can share their experiences with Catholic communities throughout the United States. Mikaele also developed and implemented a program to assist seminarians and seminaries in integrating Catholic Social Teaching into their curriculum. Mikaele provided workshops for seminarians, priests, deacons and lay ministers focusing on Catholic social teaching, the social mission of the Church and engaging the Catholic community in our gospel call. Mikaele hails from Salt Lake City, Utah and holds a B.S. in Social Work from the University of Portland in Oregon and a Master’s degree in Social Psychology from Walden University. She and her husband live in Charleston, SC.

Plenary Panel II: Post Theater: 11-12:15

Title: Building Home in a Changing Climate Description: Locally, nationally and globally, people living in poverty are most likely to face the negative consequences of climate change, leading to increased homelessness and climate refugees. Our panel of experts will discuss the science behind climate change, the global impacts on health and welfare, and the opportunities we have to address climate change and its impacts on people in poverty.

Panelists: Brian McInerney, National Weather Service; John Robison, University of Utah: Deacon Robert Vigil, Catholic Relief Services Global Fellow Moderator: Catherine Orr, Roundtable Coordinator

Biographies: Brian McInerney is the Senior Hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City. He has held this position in various forms for the past 29 years. He manages the spring snowmelt runoff, flash flood, and debris flow programs. He holds an MS degree in Forest Hydrology from the University of Montana, and an undergraduate degree from St. Mary’s University. He originally hails from Chicago, Illinois, and currently resides in Park City, Utah.

Jeff Robison, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Robison teaches courses in Global Health at the University of Utah School of Medicine and is the Director for the Global, Rural, and Underserved Child Health Certificate Program for pediatric residents. His research interests include provision of emergency care for children in resource-limited settings. Dr. Robison completed residency training in pediatrics at Columbia University. After residency, Dr. Robison spent two years in Malawi at Kamuzu Central Hospital working with acutely ill children and children with HIV/AIDS. He has since completed fellowship training in pediatric emergency medicine through our department. Dr. Robison is certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Deacon Robert Vigil is Director of the Office of Pastoral Outreach for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is responsible for the following ministries: Prison/Jail/youth detention ministry, people living with disabilities, Deaf ministry, Substance Abuse ministry, Veteran’s ministry, nursing home ministry, Blessings of Age (Seniors), Befriender (listening ministry), Liaison to St. Vincent de Paul, and Thresholds ministry (mentors to inmates/ returning citizens helping them to integrate back to society). He is a native of New Mexico and is bilingual in Spanish and English. Deacon Robert is also a CRS Global Fellow as of October 2015 and a member of the Roundtable Board of Directors. He and his wife Margaret have been married 30 years, and they have three children.

SATURDAY, July 26 Diocesan Track Workshops

Title: The Human Story: The “How To” of Ethical Storytelling West Room 9:15-10:30 a.m. Description: CRS collects stories from individuals across the globe to help advance the mission of global solidarity. But collecting and using stories involves ethical considerations. Learn how to collect and use stories while protecting the dignity of the person.

Presenter: Rebekah Lemke, Catholic Relief Services Biography: Rebekah Lemke is the senior content developer/strategist for Catholic Relief Services and is based in Baltimore. Previously, she was a web producer, branded content writer and editor for CRS. She has covered climate change, human trafficking, health, migration and human rights issues in many countries around the world, including Guatemala, Peru, Zimbabwe, India, Lebanon and Madagascar. Before coming to CRS in 2014, Rebekah worked in local television news as a reporter and producer for 15 years. She earned an Emmy Award in 2005 for “Best Newscast” for a newscast focusing on the life and death of Pope John Paul II. She graduated from the University of Maryland with degrees in journalism and Spanish.

Rebekah lives in Maryland with her husband and two sons. She enjoys reading, writing, going to the gym and playing board games and sports with her kids. Title: Fundamentals of Public Speaking West Room 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Description: At this workshop, we will work to develop greater confidence in public speaking, explore more effective presentation skills, and minimize some common speaking mistakes

Presenter: Matt Wazenek, Toastmaster’s International Biography: I can acknowledge that I look like I just obtained my drivers license. But why am I delivering this talk? Well, I won Missouri's impromptu speaking competition, I got to the 4th round of the international speaking contest for Toastmasters, and won a humorous speech contest. I have been on the radio, hosted a podcast, have been interviewed on TV, performed on theatre, and more. I wish to pass along the skills I have learned from Toastmasters, The Moxie Institute, and my degree in communications, to take your public speaking to the next level! I also LOVE football. I was a fullback at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin - go Green Knights! After college, I coached 5th grade and varsity football.

Title: Building a Diocesan Campaign to Fight Human Trafficking West Room 1:30-2:45 p.m. Description: A practical approach to building a comprehensive diocesan campaign to engage parishes, schools and Catholic organizations in a coordinated effort to fight human trafficking. Participants will walk away with basic strategic plans and action-focused work plans, as well as resources and tools designed to build capacity and effect change.

Presenter: Kat Doyle, Archdiocese of Atlanta Biography: Kat Doyle is a Certified Lay Ecclesial Minister, Certified Social Justice Ministry Leader and currently the Director of Justice & Peace Ministries for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, including holding positions on various local, regional and national NPO Boards. Prior to that, she worked at the local Catholic parish level as a Pastoral Associate, Director of Parish Life, and Director of Justice & Outreach Ministries, as well as being a Youth Minister for 10+ years. She studied Industrial Design at Auburn University and Theology at Springhill College-Atlanta, and earned advanced Social Justice credentials from The University of Dayton. Kat believes that faith formation is a lifelong journey and she works to inspire all people to move toward greater social responsibility through transformative, relationship-based actions. She is a gifted storyteller who shares her global mission experiences and encounters with warmth and affection.

Title: Best Practices: The Joys and Challenges of Supervising Interns West Room 3:15-4:30 p.m. Description: Many of us work with interns or other part-time temporary workers in our social action offices through internships/practicums with CCHD, CRS, and/or professional schools of ministry, theology, or social work. Finding the right fit between the needs/goals of the intern and the need/goals of the office can be a challenge. Anne will lead an in- depth discussion of the benefits and challenges of supervising interns. Best practices of recruiting and screening potential interns, supervision, developing job descriptions and work plans, mentoring, evaluation, dealing with yearly turn-over, and celebrating contributions of interns will be covered.

Presenter: Anne Avellone, Archdiocese of Santa Fe Biography: Anne is the Director of the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and has been an active member of Roundtable for 15 years. She holds an M.Div. from Loyola University in Chicago and a Master of Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University. She has worked in ministry for over 25 years in the areas of social concerns, retreats, lay mission work, youth and young adult ministry, and adult formation. Anne describes her call to the social mission of the Church as a call to “cross borders of the heart.” She grew up in the Chicago area, and has lived in New Mexico for 20 years. She has managed a very active intern program, supervising over 14 interns (CRS and CCHD), some of whom were also Master’s level social work students in their professional practicums.

Thematic Track Workshops

Title: Innovative Employment Solutions for Homeless Individuals South Room 9:15-10:30 a.m. Description: Learn how to create employment opportunities for individuals experiencing homelessness in your community. The Utah Department of Workforce Services and Vivint Smart Home Arena joined efforts to create a unique work experience for qualified homeless applicants. Find out what they did to overcome common barriers to employing people in this challenging situation. They will share how the hiring opportunity was organized and key learning takeaways for creating these types of experiences in the future.

Presenters: Vicki Giesler, Utah Department of Workforce Services; Loggins Merrill, Utah Department of Workforce Services; Adrian Selle, Vivint SmartHome Arena

Biographies: Vicki Giesler began her career with the State of Utah 28 years ago and since then she has worked for the Office of Family Support, Department of Health, and currently the Department of Workforce Services. As a Utah resident for over 40 years, Vicki possesses a great understanding of our state's culture, values and economy. Vicki has a deep and broad knowledge of general state programs and currently serves as a Workforce Development Specialist in Salt Lake County. In this role Vicki is instrumental in building relationships with the business and education communities, providing resources to both employers and job seekers in developing a strong workforce to support our state's economy. The people she serves have continuously recognized Vicki’s compassion and dedication to public service.

Loggins Merrill has worked for the Department of Workforce Services for 19 years. He has been in various DWS offices and divisions including their Auditing & Contracts, Eligibility Services, Unemployment, and Workforce Development Divisions. For the past 8+ years he has been working with people experiencing homelessness in order to help connect them to employment and resources to help move out into the community. Loggins is currently the Assistant Director of the Workforce Development Program & Training Division.

Adrian Selle is the People & Culture Senior Generalist at Vivint Smart Home Arena, part of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment in Salt Lake City, Utah. Vivint Smart Home Arena is the home of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, and it also hosts major touring concerts, ice shows, family shows, motorsports events and large conventions.

Adrian has worked in various public, private and nonprofit organizations. Her primary areas of focus are in talent acquisition, employee relations and legal compliance. She serves as a consultant to department managers and directors about various human resource issues. In a previous capacity with the LHM Group, she launched an HRIS to employees across 20 states. She has also effectively trained on various HR topics, including harassment, discrimination, documentation and change management. Prior to joining the LHM Group, Adrian worked for four years at the Department of Workforce Services in Provo, Utah, assisting low-income families with employment and other basic needs.

She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in human development and, later, a Master of Public Administration. After receiving her MPA, she taught Ethics in Management as an adjunct professor at the BYU Marriott School of Management.

Adrian is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) through the HR Certification Institute and by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Outside of work, Adrian enjoys gardening, thrift shopping, and cycling in the canyons with her friends.

Title: Trauma 101: Taking the BS (Blame and Shame) Out of Trauma South Room 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Description: Garnering support for child victims of abuse is easy. When these same individuals struggle with typical adult tasks and report uncommonly numerous health problems, support quickly vanishes. Few recognize that often these adults were once children exposed to significant personal and community trauma.

Attendees in this session will learn the basics of trauma, the impact of adverse childhood experiences, and the mitigating effect of resilience. This is not about making excuses, but providing tools to help all people move beyond the “BS” toward building a brighter future.

Presenter: Dr. Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson Biography: Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson, PhD, CSW received her Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Utah in 2008. For the past 18 years, she has directed multiple studies and program evaluations with state and regional level government agencies and is currently the principal investigator of several studies sponsored by Utah’s Department of Workforce Services (DWS). These include evaluations of the work-focused cash assistance program, state labor exchange services and employment for formerly chronically homeless individuals. She has assisted all levels of agency management, from senior leadership to front line workers, in using data for program and policy development.

In 2008, Dr. Vogel-Ferguson joined the faculty of the College of Social Work at the University of Utah. She continues to provide workshops for local and national welfare agency administrators, research bodies and social work groups addressing issues related to welfare policy, employment issues, poverty and serving the diverse welfare population.

Title: Do I See Jesus in My Neighbor & Why Not? South Room 1:30-2:45 p.m. Description: This interactive workshop will touch upon some of the explicit and implicit biases that may affect how we see and how we interact with others as we engage in charity work with the community and other organizations. Questions such as the impact of perceiving people as part of our ingroup or the outgroup (e.g., do we think differently of those not like us), looking for external or internal “rewards’ for our services (e.g., is the motivation to get “points” for Heaven and/or praise on Earth), and doing charity but maybe not justice (e.g., are we focused on short-term but easier fixes over long-term but harder solutions) will be explored.

Presenter: Dr. Paul H. White, PhD, O.P. Biography: Paul H. White is an Associate Professor of Psychology (Social) at the University of Utah. His research and teaching are on the topics of attitudes and persuasion, prejudice and stereotypes, group processes, diversity, and motivation). He is a cradle Catholic, a Life-Professed Lay Dominican, and a member of the Peace & Justice Commission for the Diocese of Salt Lake City. He is a past member of the Ethics Board of Christus St. Joseph Villa (2001-2010), and a member of Black Catholics of Utah (1998- 2005; Vice-President 2001-2002). He is a member of St. Catherine of Siena Parish Newman Center and currently is a member of its Pastoral Parish Council and Social Justice Committee.

Title: Organizing for Affordable Housing PHC 1A/B 1:30-2:45 p.m. Description: Los Angeles is 500,000 units short of affordable housing. That level of deficit can’t be filled through charity alone, so One LA IAF is engaging city and county leaders through congregation-based community organizing. One LA is working to ensure affordable housing is funded and included in current and ongoing developments. In this interactive session, learn how congregation based organizing campaigns are developed and used to address the root causes of the affordable housing crisis.

Presenter: Janet Hirsch and Robert Hoo, One LA IAF Biographies: Janet Hirsch is a leader/organizer with One LA-IAF through her participation in her synagogue, Temple Isaiah. Janet is the Vice President of Social Justice on the Executive Committee of the Temple Isaiah Board. She has been involved in One LA for over 10 years. She has led campaigns on Public Education, Immigration, Increasing Access to Mental Health Services, as well as Housing and Homelessness.

Janet was born in Zimbabwe, is the proud mother of two children and two dogs, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1987.

Robert Hoo has over fifteen years of experience working with diverse parishes and congregations to develop relational power to stand with the most vulnerable. Currently, Robert serves as Lead Organizer of One LA – IAF, an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation based in Los Angeles, CA. He has a B.A. and a J.D. from Yale University. He has led trainings sponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas, Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, and many other faith communities across the country.

Title: Serving Rural Communities in Need South Room 3:15-4:30 p.m. Description: Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington (Spokane) years ago developed a flexible, low-cost-to-run parish-focused program to bring resources into rural communities. This has proven to be an effective partnership with pastors, parish staff and non-profits in our rural communities, building long-term relationship and meeting emergent needs for low-income and vulnerable people.

Presenter: Scott Cooper, Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington Biography: Scott joined Catholic Charities as Parish Social Ministries Director in 2001. Prior experience includes Second Harvest Food Bank and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Spokane and two years as a Jesuit Volunteer in Nome, Alaska, working at KNOM, the oldest Catholic radio station in the United States. Scott acts as a consultant and support for parishes and schools in the diocese for outreach and advocacy efforts and Catholic Social Teaching. He also coordinates the agency's emergency financial assistance network throughout the diocese. He serves as Diocesan Director for national Church programs such as Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Scott holds a BA from Gonzaga University and an MA from the University of Washington. He and his wife, Mary, have two sons.

Title: The Church-Labor Partnership Project: Working with Unions and Workers’ Centers to Promote Justice for Workers and Immigrants PHC 1A/B 3:15-4:30 p.m. Description: In America, the Church and labor movement have a long history of working together to promote worker justice, but the witness of Pope Francis has reminded many labor activists just how much we share as voices of solidarity in a society that too often leaves behind the poor, the unemployed, the immigrant. Now, thanks to a generous national strategic grant from CCHD, the Catholic Labor Network has launched the Church-Labor Partnership Project (CLPP) to foster collaboration between Church and Labor on behalf of the working poor and in defense of immigrants. Work has already begun in Nashville, New Orleans, Las Vegas and Chicago – would your Diocese like to participate?

Presenters: Kevin Fitzpatrick, Director of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Office of Justice and Peace, Fr. Clete Kiley of the Priest-Labor Initiative (and International Vice President of the hotel workers’ union, UNITE HERE), Clayton Sinyai Catholic Labor Network Executive Director, and a special guest from the labor movement.

Biographies: Kevin Fitzpatrick is the Director of the Office of Justice and Peace and Cornerstone Builders at Catholic Charities-Archdiocese of New Orleans. Kevin has served in a multitude of roles in the Church for over 30 years as a high school teacher, campus minister, case worker, and Director of a post-Katrina rebuilding program. In his work with Catholic Charities, he administers the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Relief Services for the Archdiocese of New Orleans and is a resource for Catholic Social Teaching and Parish Social Ministry. He was instrumental in procuring a grant from the LA Department of Safety and Corrections for Cornerstone Builders to serve people returning from incarceration.

Fr. Clete Kiley is the Immigration Policy Director for UNITEHERE, the union of hotel workers. A priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Kiley is detailed to the union where he leads efforts to protect the rights of immigrant workers and to reform U.S. immigration policy. Under the auspices of the National Federation of Priests’ Councils (NFPC) and in conjunction with the AFL-CIO, Kiley also supervises a national “Priest-Labor Initiative” that brings parish priests together to meet with union leaders and workers and to explore current labor conditions and struggles in light of Catholic Social Teaching. Fr. Kiley is a special Advisor to Cardinal Cupich and the Chaplain for the Chicago Federation of Labor. Fr. Kiley holds a Doctorate in Ministry from the University of St. Mary of the Lake, as well as a Master’s in Divinity Degree, and a Master’s Degree in Applied Spirituality (Ignatian) from the University of San Francisco. He is fluent in Spanish and Italian.

Clayton Sinyai is the Executive Director of the Catholic Labor Network, an association of Catholic union activists – clergy, religious and lay – committed to Catholic Social Teaching on labor and work, and to fostering collaboration between Church and labor organizations to advance worker justice. A former rubber-worker, railroad clerk, and letter carrier, he has spent the past two decades in a variety of union staff roles as a researcher, organizer, and communications director. Clayton is a member of (Construction) Laborers’ Union Local 11 in Washington DC and Knights of Columbus Council 17056 in his home parish of St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Falls Church, Virginia.

Parish Track Workshops

Title: Social Mission as the Key to Parish Renewal East Room 9:15-10:30 a.m. Description: As Catholic parishes across the country continue to lose members, it might be well for us to consider the words of Pope Francis, inspired by the witness of Saint Francis, to “rebuild” the church using the “discipleship blueprint” offered in the teachings and witness of Jesus, a blueprint that engages the poor and vulnerable as the central part of the community’s life.

Presenter: Jack Jezreel Biography: Jack Jezreel received his B.A. degree in Religion and Philosophy from Furman University in 1979 and his Master of Divinity degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1982. From 1983-88, Jack was a member of a Catholic Worker community, during which time he helped supervise a soup kitchen and three hospitality houses for men and women who were homeless. Jack also became interested in sustainability issues and was involved in organic agriculture from 1985 to 2000.

Jack has worked for over thirty years in parish social ministry. For eight of those years, Jack served as the Minister of Social Responsibility at Church of the Epiphany in Louisville, Kentucky, where he developed the JustFaith program, a formation program preparing participants the work of charity and justice, now used in parishes across the country. Over sixty thousand people across the country have participated.

In 1995, Jack received the Peace and Justice Award from the Archdiocese of Louisville and in 2006 received the Roundtable of Social Action Director’s Harry A. Fagan award for his “unique contribution to the Church’s mission.” More recently, in 2014 he received the Franciscan Mission Service’s Anselm Moons, OFM Award in recognition of his contributions to “the formation of new disciples for peace, justice and hope.”

Jack is the Founder and now Senior Advisor for JustFaith Ministries, which creates and supports formation processes intended to inspire commitment to social mission. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky, is married to Maggie, and they have three adult daughters.

Title: The Parish and “Social Sin” East Room 10:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Description: Ever wonder how to respond when someone at your parish says, "the Catholic Church shouldn't be involved in politics"? This workshop will address the Church's teaching that clearly responds to this question as it relates to "Social Sin" or "Structures of sin" and how changing unjust social policies, practices and laws is an essential part of the parish's call to social justice ministry. The specific objectives for the session include: • To define ‘Social Sin’ in the context of Catholic Social Teaching; • To learn the process of how reconciliation of ‘Social Sin’ can be achieved; and • To identify specific ways a parish can be actively involved in the reconciliation of ‘Social Sin’ through its parish social ministry efforts. While information and handouts covering the topic will be provided, this workshop is designed to be interactive.

Presenter: Tom Ulrich, Ignation Volunteer Corps Biography: Tom Ulrich has over 40 years of professional experience working for the Catholic Church in the United States. Much of that has been connected to the development of parish-based social ministry efforts. His educational background includes degrees in psychology and social work and he is a trained community organizer.

Tom’s career and ministry journey has taken him from a Catholic Charities caseworker to director of parish social ministry in three different U.S. Catholic dioceses to being a volunteer parish social ministry leader in local parishes for over 20 years. He has also worked as a director for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Relief Services and as Vice President for Training, Convening and Mission for Catholic Charities USA. Tom is currently the Vice President of Program Operations & Regional Development for the Ignatian Volunteer Corps.

Tom is the author of the book Parish Social Ministry: Strategies for Action. (Ave Maria Press) Tom and his wife, Mary Jane, having raised their two kids, are enjoying life as empty nesters and the grandparents of four rowdy grandkids.

Title: Knowing, Loving, and Serving the Poor: What you can do East Room 1:30-2:45 p.m. Description: Christ in the City is a non-profit in Denver, Colorado that has taken a revolutionary approach to encountering the homeless and poor. By training and equipping young adults and volunteers, Christ in the City prepares individuals to go to the streets and befriend the homeless. Their mission: to know, love and serve the poor, has made its way all across the country and world, and is being lived out in Salt Lake City through the St. Martin de Porres Street Ministry. Learn why Christ in the City has taken the approach they have and receive practical takeaways from their mission that can be applied when you encounter the poor in your everyday life.

Presenter: Blake Brouillette, Christ in the City; Maria Stokes, St. Martin’s Ministry; Daniel Quintanilla, St. Martin’s Ministry Biographies: Blake Brouillette is a native of Hastings, Nebraska. He currently works in Denver, Colorado, with Christ in the City, a missionary formation program that goes to the streets of Denver to befriend and encounter the chronically homeless in an effort to know, love, and serve them. He was a missionary with the program from 2015 - 2017. Upon completion of his missionary years, Blake joined the staff in 2017 as the Director of Outreach and Recruitment, later expanding his responsibilities to include College Ministry. In addition to his work with partnering institutions and prospective applicants, he helps coordinate the mission trips of over 300 students who come to Denver each year to serve the poor and homeless with Christ in the City. In these capacities, he has traveled the country over the last two years to speak to thousands of people about the mission of Christ in the City: to know, love, and serve the poor among us.

Daniel Quintanilla is a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, a geographer, hiker, and outdoor enthusiast. He currently leads St. Martin de Porres Street Ministry in Salt Lake City. Through this role, Daniel helps individuals reconnect with their sense of person by lending an open ear and mind. He values inclusion, self-expression, accountability, cooperation, self-reliance, and civic responsibility.

Maria Stokes co-founded St. Martin de Porres Street Ministry through St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center in Salt Lake City. This ministry addresses the poverty of loneliness by connecting college students and the homeless population. She has also served as a summer missionary at Christ in the City in Denver. At Christ in the City, she learned how to live the Catholic faith through authentic encounter with those experiencing homelessness as well as the community of missionaries. She is currently an undergraduate at the University of Utah, where she studies Astrophysics and History.

Title: Implementing Laudato Si: Practical Approaches for Any Catholic Organization East Room 3:15-4:30 p.m. Description: For over a decade, Catholic Climate Covenant has led the U.S. Catholic Community’s efforts on creation care. Come learn from the Covenant how you can implement practical, effective and inspiring programs in your parish, school, diocese, or wherever you work: from out-of-the-box hour-long educational programs, to energy-efficiency and renewable energy projects, to comprehensive plans to form creation care teams.

Presenter: Jose Aguto, Catholic Climate Covenant Biography: Jose Aguto is the Associate Director of the Catholic Climate Covenant, whose mission is to advance the Catholic Church's call for us to love and care for all of God's creation, especially for our most vulnerable neighbors. Jose leads the Covenant’s policy and program development in ways that elevate the moral, spiritual and non-partisan foundations of the Catholic Church’s call to climate action.

Before the Covenant, Jose served with the Friends of National Law Committee, the National Congress of American Indians, EPA American Indian Environmental Office, and the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division. He is a graduate of Brown University and Villanova Law School, and a parishioner at St. Mary's Basilica in Alexandria, Virginia.

Catholic Social Teaching 101 Track Workshop

Title: Living Faith: An Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching Principles for Ministry PHC 1A/B 9:15 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Description: An introduction to the principles of Catholic Social Teaching from an historical and scriptural foundation to our present day. Attendees will focus on the application of CST through work in pastoral settings (diocesan and parish) through a variety of ministry settings. Attendees will also explore and name common mistakes our ongoing efforts to bring forth God’s vision of justice by using CST. This will be an interactive presentation which will require you to do some group work for larger discussion points.

Presenter: Genevieve Mougey, Senior National Associate for Roman Catholic Engagement, Bread for the World Biography: Genevieve Mougey is the Senior National Associate for Roman Catholic Engagement at Bread for the World in Washington, D.C. Her work in the past 19 years has included parish ministry, campus ministry, and national Catholic advocacy ministry. She is a member of St. Theresa of Avila Parish in Washington, D.C., where she lectors.

SUNDAY, July 28 Keynote: Post Theater 9:30 AM – 10:30AM Mass: Chapel 11:00AM

Presenter/Celebrant: Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archdiocese of Santa Fe Biography: Archbishop John Charles Wester was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on May 15, 1976. After his priestly ordination, many facets of ministry in the Church followed in the Bay Area that included assignments as an associate pastor, pastor, high school faculty member, director of campus ministry, high school president, assistant superintendent for high schools, and administrative assistant to Archbishop John R. Quinn. On July 25, 1997, His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, named Reverend Wester a Prelate of Honor, giving him the title of Monsignor. He then served as the vicar for clergy in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. In 1998, Monsignor Wester was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and appointed to serve as the vicar general. On January 8, 2007, he was named Bishop of Salt Lake City and installed on March 14, 2007. He was installed as the 12th archbishop of Santa Fe on June 4, 2015. His kind and giving spirit reflects his Episcopal motto: Abide in Christ.

Special Thanks to our Servant of Justice Sponsor

And our Social Sponsor CAMPUS MAP

1 – Peterson Heritage Center (check-in, meals, Saturday workshops) 2 – Post Chapel (Mass Thursday and Sunday) 3 – Red Butte Garden (Banquet Thurs.) 4 – Officers’ Club (Saturday workshops) 5 – Post Theater (Sunday breakfast and keynote) 6 – Skybridge to Trax

Fort Douglas Trax Station to Peterson Heritage Center (registration and meals): .5 mile (10 min. walk)

Red Butte Garden to dorms (Thursday banquet): .7 mile (14 min. walk)

PHC to Dorms: .2 mile (2 min. walk)

Dorms to Post Theater (Friday events): .2 mile (4 min. walk)

Dorms to Officers’ Club (Saturday events): 322 ft. (1 min. walk)