TENTH ANNUAL NAPA INSTITUTE CONFERENCE
JULY 22-26, 2020 NAPA, CA
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020 ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL
Marriage Retreat led by Dr. Tim Gray Detailed schedule available separately. Additional registration required.
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020 ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL
5:30 p.m. Holy Mass Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Celebrant: TBA
Private Dinner for Napa Institute Board, Napa Legal 6:30 p.m. Institute Board, Napa Institute Foundation Board and Vintner’s Room Busch School Board of Visitors
9:00 – 11:00 p.m. After Dinner Drinks and Cigars Rooftop Terrace
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020 ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL
7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Private Napa Institute Board Meeting Carneros Ballroom Salon B, Meritage Resort
8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Celebrant: TBA
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Carneros Ballroom Salon C, Private Napa Institute Foundation Board Meeting
Meritage Resort
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Carneros Ballroom Salon B, Private Napa Institute Benefactors Guild Meeting
Meritage Resort
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Carneros Ballroom Salon C, Private Busch School Board of Visitors Meeting
Meritage Resort
2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration Open Meritage Pre-Function Come pick up your registration materials early!
2:00 – 7:00 p.m. Pope St. John Paul II Chapel of Divine Mercy The Cellar (previously Trinitas 1st Class Relics of Pope St. John Paul II, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Cellars Tasting Room in the St. Maximilian Kolbe, & St. Maria Faustina Kowalska Cave)
2:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Private Mass Room Open Cabernet Room *Sign-up sheet available outside Cabernet Room* 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Time available for Sponsors to test Meritage Ballroom Presentations/Videos with AVMS
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Orientation for First-Time Attendees Carneros Salons D&E
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Orientation for Sponsors Carneros Salons D&E
4:00 – 5:30 PM Hardening the Target: How to Ensure your Lay Carneros Salon A Apostolate is Structurally Sound and Legally Protected in the Next America Workshop with the Napa Legal Institute
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020 ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL 4:45 p.m. Patriotic Rosary Estate Cave Pray for Our Military, Our Nation, & Our Leaders
5:15 p.m. Holy Mass Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Taste of Napa Dinner Event Event Lawn, Vista Collina Wine Tasting and Food Stations Resort
9:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Activities
Trinitas Tasting Room, Vista Trinitas Tasting Room Open for a Special Tasting Collina Resort until 10:00 p.m.
Rooftop Terrace, Vista Collina In Vino Veritas: Evening Cigar Reception Resort
Vintner’s Room, Vista Collina Title TBD: Resort A Conversation with Speaker TBD
Meritage Ballroom, Meritage Movie Showing Resort
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 Effecting Catholic Renewal in Your Life
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL
All Day Pope St. John Paul II Chapel of Divine Mercy The Cellar (previously 1st Class Relics of Pope St. John Paul II, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Trinitas Cellars Tasting St. Maximilian Kolbe, & St. Maria Faustina Kowalska Room in the Cave)
6:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Private Mass Room Open Cabernet Room *Sign-up sheet available outside Cabernet Room*
6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
6:30 a.m. Low Mass – Extraordinary Form in Latin Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
7:00 – 8:45 AM Private Napa Legal Institute Board Meeting Trinitas Boardroom
7:00 – 10:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Oakville Terrace, Meritage Resort
7:00 a.m. Opening Mass #1 Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
7:30 a.m. Rosary Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Br. Mauricio Torres
7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Thomas Aquinas College Seminar: Knowing Your Faith: Carneros Salons B&C A Key to Effective Evangelization RSVP Required
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration Table Open Meritage Ballroom Pre- Function Thursday Morning Breakout Sessions 8:30 – 9:15 a.m., Meritage Resort Carneros Salon A Carneros Salon D&E Carneros Salon F&G Carneros Salon H Carneros Salon J
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession Merlot Room Sign up for an appointment with Fr. Luke Mata at the Merlot Room
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 Effecting Catholic Renewal in Your Life
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Confession The Cellar (in the Estate Sign up for an appointment with Fr. Justin Gillespie at the Cave) Cellar
9:00 a.m. Opening Mass #2 Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Eucharistic Procession and Angelus Entrance to Estate Cave Procession will start immediately after Opening Mass #2
11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Adoration Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
10:45 - 11:20 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks Meritage Ballroom John Meyer | Executive Director, Napa Institute Timothy R. Busch | Co-founder/Chairman of the Board, Napa Institute
Opening Prayer Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J. | Co-founder/President & Conference Emcee, Napa Institute
11:20 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Keynote Session 1: Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA
12:20 – 1:15 p.m. Keynote Session 2: Evangelization is for Everyone Meritage Ballroom Dr. Tim Gray | President, The Augustine Institute
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Lunch Buffet Oakville Terrace, Meritage Resort
1:15 – 2:30 p.m. Sponsor Private Lunch
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Confession The Cellar (in the Estate Sign up for an appointment with Fr. Justin Gillespie at The Cave) Cellar
2:30 – 5:30 p.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession Merlot Room Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Luke Mata at the Merlot Room
2:30 - 2:40 p.m. Introduction to the Afternoon Sessions Meritage Ballroom Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 Effecting Catholic Renewal in Your Life
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL
2:30 – 2:35 p.m. Napa Institute Award for Apostolic Zeal Meritage Ballroom
2:40 – 3:20 p.m. Keynote Session 3: You Were Made for This Meritage Ballroom Fr. John Riccardo | Founder, Acts XXIX
3:25 – 4:05 p.m. Keynote Session 4: Making Missionary Disciples Meritage Ballroom Curtis Martin | Founder, Fellowship of Catholic University Students
4:10 – 4:30 p.m. Title TBA Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. Closing for the Afternoon Meritage Ballroom Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
Thursday Evening Breakout Sessions 5:00 – 5:45 p.m., Meritage Resort Carneros Salon A Carneros Salon D&E Carneros Salon F&G Carneros Salon H Carneros Salon J
5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
5:30 p.m. Opening Mass #3 Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
6:00 p.m. Sponsor Private Reception Vineyard Terrace, Meritage Resort
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Marian Theme Dinner Event Event Lawn, Vista Collina Wine Tasting and Food Stations Resort
9:00 p.m. Thursday Evening Activities
Trinitas Tasting Room Open for a Special Tasting until Trinitas Tasting Room, 10:00 p.m. Vista Collina Resort
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 Effecting Catholic Renewal in Your Life
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL
Rooftop Terrace, Vista In Vino Veritas: Evening Cigar Reception Collina Resort
Vintner’s Room, Vista A Further Discussion on the Plenary Session TBA Collina Resort Speaker TBA
Meritage Ballroom, Movie Showing Meritage Resort
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 The State of the Culture
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL All Day Pope St. John Paul II Chapel of Divine Mercy The Cellar (previously 1st Class Relics of Pope St. John Paul II, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Trinitas Cellars Tasting St. Maximilian Kolbe, & St. Maria Faustina Kowalska Room in the Cave)
6:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Private Mass Room Open Cabernet Room *Sign-up sheet available outside Cabernet Room*
6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
6:30 a.m. Low Mass – Extraordinary Form in Latin Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
7:00 a.m. Holy Mass Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Adoration Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Immediately after Mass
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Oakville Terrace, Meritage Resort
7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Sponsor Breakfast Vineyard Terrace
7:30 a.m. Rosary Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Br. Mauricio Torres
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration Table Open Meritage Ballroom Pre- Function
8:00 - 11:30 a.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession Merlot Room Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Luke Mata at the Merlot Room
8:00 - 11:30 a.m Spiritual Direction and Confession The Cellar (in the Estate Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Justin Gillespie at The Cave) Cellar
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome & Introduction to the Morning Sessions Meritage Ballroom Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 The State of the Culture
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL 9:15 – 10:05 a.m. Keynote Session 5: Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA
10:05 – 10:15 a.m. The Most Reverend Charles Chaput, OFM. Cap. Award for Courage in the Public Square
10:15 – 11:05 a.m. Keynote Session 6: Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA
11:05 – 11:15 a.m. Closing Remarks for the Morning Sessions Meritage Ballroom Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch Buffet Oakville Terrace, Meritage Resort
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Sponsor Private Lunch
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Welcome & Introduction to the Afternoon Sessions Meritage Ballroom Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Keynote Session 7: Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Keynote Session 8: The Rise of Unbelief: Its Effects on Meritage Ballroom the Culture and a Response to it Fr Robert Spitzer, S.J.
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Closing Remarks for the Afternoon Sessions Meritage Ballroom Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Friday Afternoon Activities & Excursions (Prior registration is required, and space is limited. Please ask the staff at registration if spots are still available.)
To be announced…
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 The State of the Culture
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession Merlot Room Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Luke Mata at the Merlot Room
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession The Cellar (in the Estate Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Justin Gillespie at the Cave) Cellar
5:45 p.m. Evening Prayer Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
Friday Evening Breakout Sessions 5:45 – 6:30 p.m., Meritage Resort Carneros Salon A Carneros Salon D&E Carneros Salon F&G Carneros Salon H Carneros Salon J
6:00 p.m. Holy Mass Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
6:00 p.m. Sponsor Private Reception
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Flavors of Eastern Europe Dinner Event Lawn, Vista Collina Wine Tasting and Food Stations, Inspired by our 2021 Resort Experience
9:00 p.m. Friday Evening Activities
Trinitas Tasting Room, Trinitas Tasting Room Open for a Special Tasting until Vista Collina Resort 10:00 p.m.
Rooftop Terrace, Vista In Vino Veritas: Evening Cigar Reception Collina Resort
Vintner’s Room, Vista A Further Discussion on Plenary Session TBA Collina Resort Speaker TBA
Meritage Ballroom, Documentary Screening Meritage Resort
Estate Cave, Meritage Concert with The Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Resort Heart of Los Angeles FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 The State of the Culture
CONFERENCE AND DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL Vineyard Terrace, Sponsor Open Reception Meritage Resort
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020 Living Faith in the Public Square
CONFERENCE ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL - DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS All Day Pope St. John Paul II Chapel of Divine Mercy The Cellar (previously 1st Class Relics of Pope St. John Paul II, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Trinitas Cellars Tasting St. Maximilian Kolbe, & St. Maria Faustina Kowalska Room in the Cave)
6:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Private Mass Room Open Cabernet Room *Sign-up sheet available outside Cabernet Room*
6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
6:30 a.m. Low Mass – Extraordinary Form in Latin Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Adoration Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Immediately after Mass
7:00 a.m. Holy Mass Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Oakville Terrace, Meritage Resort
7:30 a.m. Rosary Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Br. Mauricio Torres
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration Table Open Meritage Ballroom Pre- Function
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Sponsor Private Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
Saturday Morning Breakout Sessions 8:30 - 9:15 a.m., Meritage Resort Carneros Salon A Carneros Salon B Carneros Salon C SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020 Living Faith in the Public Square
CONFERENCE ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL - DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS Carneros Salon D&E Carneros Salons F&G
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession Merlot Room Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Luke Mata at the Merlot Room
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession The Cellar (in the Estate Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Justin Gillespie at the Cave) Cellar
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Welcome & Introduction to the Morning Session Meritage Ballroom 9:45 – 10:30 a.m. Keynote Session 9: Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA
10:30 – 10:35 a.m. The St. Thomas Aquinas Award for the Defense of Moral Meritage Ballroom Truth
10:35 - 11:25 a.m. Keynote Session 10: Bishops Panel Meritage Ballroom The Most Reverend José Horacio Gómez, Archbishop of Los Angeles The Most Reverend Charles John Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Albania The Most Reverend David Laurin Ricken, Bishop of Green Bay
11:25 – 11:30 a.m. Closing for the Morning Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Buffet Oakville Terrace, Meritage Resort
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Sponsor Private Lunch
1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Introduction to the Afternoon Sessions Meritage Ballroom
1:30 - 2:25 p.m. Keynote Session 11: Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020 Living Faith in the Public Square
CONFERENCE ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL - DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS 2:25 - 3:15 p.m. Keynote Session 12: Living the Faith Under Pressure Meritage Ballroom His Eminence Cardinal Zen, Interviewed by Bishop Borys Gudziak
3:15 - 3:35 p.m. Closing for the Day Meritage Ballroom Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet and Reflection The Cellar (in the Estate Br. Mauricio Torres Cave) 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Spiritual Direction and Confession Merlot Room Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Luke Mata at the Merlot Room
Saturday Afternoon Breakout Sessions 4:00 – 4:45 p.m., Meritage Resort Carneros Salon A Carneros Salon B Carneros Salon C
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Spiritual Direction & Confession The Cellar (in the Estate Sign-up for an appointment with Fr. Justin Gillespie at the Cave) Cellar
4:45 p.m. Sunday Anticipated Mass Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Celebrant: Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
5:15 p.m. Sunday Anticipated Mass Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
5:45 p.m. Sunday Anticipated Mass Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Celebrant: TBA
6:15 p.m. Cocktail Reception Vineyard Terrace, Meritage Resort
7:00 p.m. Closing Dinner Meritage Ballroom, Tenth Anniversary Celebration Meritage Resort
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020 Living Faith in the Public Square
CONFERENCE ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL - DINNER ATTIRE: BUSINESS 7:20 p.m. Award for Defense of the Faith Meritage Ballroom
8:15 – 8:40 p.m. Dinner Keynote Address Meritage Ballroom Speaker TBA
9:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Activities
Vineyard Terrace Pre- Dessert Station Function, Meritage Resort
Vineyard Terrace, In Vino Veritas: Evening Cigar Reception Meritage Resort
Vintner’s Room, Vista A Further Discussion on Plenary Session TBA Collina Resort Speaker TBA
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2020
6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Private Mass Room Open Cabernet Room *Sign-up sheet available outside Cabernet Room*
6:45 a.m. Morning Prayer Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
7:00 a.m. Low Mass – Extraordinary Form in Latin Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
8:00 a.m. Holy Mass Our Lady of Grapes Chapel
7:30 – 10:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Oakville Terrace, Meritage Resort
8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Estate Cave Celebrant: TBA
10:00 a.m. Holy Mass Our Lady of Grapes Chapel Celebrant: TBA