1:00 - 5:00 PM
Preconference Workshops

Preconference Workshop for Priests
The Roman Missal: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
-- Rev. Paul Colloton
     Explore the history that brings us to the Roman Missal, third typical edition. Discover what it contains, both old and new. Examine how change can invite us to let go of the familiar to let in the surprises God has in store for us through a Mystagogical and Liturgical Spirituality that can help us make this transition before, during, and after Advent, 2011.

Power Point Presentation

Presentation Handout

Presentation Handout (part two)

Preconference Workshop for Music Directors
Group Vocal Technique
-- James Jordan
     This extended workshop will help conductors plan and learn how to implement efficient choral warm-ups, build healthy voices within the choral rehearsal, teach diction, and learn about the diagnosis and correction of vocal problems within a group setting. Workshop participants will prepare a selection for use at evening prayer at 6 pm.

6:45 PM - 8:00 PM
General Session

Introducing the Roman Missal
-- Rev. Paul Turner
     As the implementation date draws near, how do we help our parishes and people prepare?

Power Point Presentation

8:15 - 9:30 PM
Breakout A

'Spirit,' 'Consubstantial' and 'Many': Understanding the Words of the New Translation
-- Rev. Paul Turner
     Some of the words of the revised translation are difficult to explain. How do we help people understand them?

Power Point Presentation

The Roman Missal and the RCIA Process
-- Jerry Galipeau
     This workshop will focus on ways that the texts of the Roman Missal, sung and prayed at Sunday Mass, can serve as a tool for formation for catechumens and candidates. Discover practical ways to make the Church’s liturgy the heart of pastoral formation in the RCIA process.

Seasons and Environment: Put Out to Draw In
-- Sr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman
     The seasonal environments for our worship spaces must reflect a solid theology of the liturgical season itself if they are to help draw the assembly more powerfully into liturgy. The liturgical seasons will be discussed and a PowerPoint presentation with examples of environments will be shown.

Conducting: Evoking Sound through Gesture
-- James Jordan
     This workshop will guide you to a deeper understanding of how conducting gesture influences sound. Explore the role of conducting patterns, breathing, use of a baton, and listening in arriving at gesture that supports the singing process and the music.

Praising God in Two Tongues: How to Select Appropriate Music for Spanish and Bilingual Liturgies
-- Norma Garcia
     This workshop will focus on the selection of appropriate music for Spanish and bilingual liturgies, especially for non-Spanish-speaking directors.

9:00-10:15 AM
General Session

The Seasons
-- Rev. Paul Turner
     How does the third edition help us get more deeply into the liturgical year?

Power Point Presentation

10:30-11:45 AM
Breakout B

Silence Is Golden: But How Golden?
-- Sr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman
     Liturgy has both required and recommended silences. So does daily living! The kinds of silence, why silence is so essential for daily life, how silence provides an essential rhythm for liturgy are some of the issues to be discussed.

Presentation Handout

What’s in the Third Edition?
-- Rev. Paul Turner
     Apart from the translation, what makes the third edition so special? Just what is in there? How else will it be different from the Sacramentary?

Power Point Presentation

What to do in Threshold/Transitional Spaces
-- Dan White
     Our liturgy is both the summit and source of our liturgical life. The care in which we are welcomed and sent is critical to reveal this understanding to the community of believers. The way in which spaces of transitions are considered in planning liturgical space and environment will be the focus of this session. Opportunities present to planners regarding these aspects of our liturgical celebration will be considered.

The Roman Missal and Music Directors
-- Dr. Jerry Galipeau
     This workshop will assist parish music directors in developing a plan to assist and minister to the many people (musicians, clergy, assembly, children) that will be affected by the new translation of the Roman Missal. Practical tips on managing change will be shared.

The Choral Warm-up
-- James Jordan
     Why does (or should) the music director always insist upon vocal exercises before working on Sunday’s music? This workshop will demonstrate the benefits of a good choral warm-up and offer suggestions for individual preparation.

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Breakout C

Unlocking the Treasure: Learning to Use and to Re-Use Roman Missal
-- Very Rev. Robert Webster
     This workshop will offer a look at the structure of the Book, the options offered for use, and present the revised Diocesan Guidelines for the Celebration of the Eucharist which will come into effect on the First Sunday of Advent.

The Roman Missal and the Assembly
-- Dr. Jerry Galipeau
     In this workshop, Dr. Galipeau will review the full, conscious, active participation of the assembly in the liturgy, with a special focus on the opportunities and challenges presented by the newly translated texts of the Roman Missal.

How to Make Ordinary Time Not So Ordinary
-- Dan White
     This session will examine the many opportunities present during ordinary time for creativity. Looking at the place of ordinary time in the liturgical year we will pull out opportunities for making connections through the use of ritual action and environment.

The Choral Rehearsal
-- James Jordan
     Learn how to shape a productive and musical choral rehearsal. Topics to be covered include: Rehearsal preparation and planning, listening, conducting gesture, skill teaching within the rehearsal, and artistic phrasing.

Cantors: Teaching New Music to the Assembly
-- Norma Garcia
     With the implementation of the 3rd edition of the Roman Missal, cantors will be required to teach a great deal of new music to the assembly. This workshop will give helpful strategies on how cantors can accomplish this task with confidence and ease.

7:00-8:15 PM
General Session

Take a Chance on the Chants of the Roman Missal
-- Rev. Paul Colloton
     Singing will be a wonderful way to introduce the new texts, images, and Scriptural references found in the Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal. Review the importance of singing the Liturgy, not singing at the Liturgy and sing along with Fr. Paul to test drive the chants that will be ours beginning the First Sunday of Advent, 2011.

Power Point Presentation

Presentation Handout

8:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Special Interest Sessions

Special Interest Sessions
-- Multiple Speakers
     A time for Question and Answer, and maybe more questions, to discuss everything you wanted to know about your area of ministry and more! Sessions will be held for Music, Liturgy, Catechumenate and Environment.

9:00-10:15 AM
General Session

Celebrating Whole-Heartedly with the New Missal: Pastoral Challenges
-- Sr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman
     Attitudes and responses are so important for relationships. This is no less true when we receive the third edition of the Roman Missal. Challenges will no doubt be there. Overcoming them as best we can will help us celebrate whole-heartedly this great Mystery of our faith.

Power Point Presentation

9:00-11:45 AM
Spanish Music Session

Let Us Sing to the Lord with Our Most Beautiful Voice!
¡Cantemos al Señor con Nuestra Voz Más Hermosa!
-- Norma Garcia
     Vocal Production for the Spanish-speaking choir member. Participants will prepare a selection for use in the bilingual closing event.
     Producción Vocal para miembros del coro en Español. Quienes asistan tendrán la oportunidad de participar en la preparación de una selección a usarse en el evento de clausura Presentado en español.

10:30-11:45 AM
Breakout D

The Domino Effect: The Implications of Roman Missal 3 on the Current Ritual Books
-- Very Rev. Robert Webster
     Each time we gather to celebrate the Eucharist, the Sacraments and the other Rites of the Church, there will be some adjustments which will be needed to conform with the new translation of the Missal. This workshop will be a comprehensive study of the Rites and the Revised Diocesan Guidelines which will come into effect on the First Sunday of Advent.

Liturgical Musicians: Disciples First, Ministers Second
-- Rev. Paul Colloton
     Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship proclaims that we, as musicians, are disciples of Jesus Christ first, and from our discipleship flows our ministry. Let the text of Go Make of All Disciples guide us in deepening our identity as both disciples and ministers, for the glory of God and the sanctification of God’s people.

Sacraments and Beyond: Learning and Living
-- Sr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman
     For too many people sacraments are events we check off in our lives. But they are truly celebrations of Christ that invite us to live as he did. Each sacrament will be briefly considered in its ritual and symbolic effects on us and how they can be lived.

Presentation Handout

Ever New, Ever Ancient: Contemporary Music and Classic Texts
-- Wm. Glenn Osborne
      Many traditional classics of the Church are automatically tossed aside by contemporary music ensembles as too stodgy or boring. Come learn how classic texts and melodies written 50, 100, or even 1000 years ago can have new life with piano, guitar and/or percussion.

Know Your Plants
-- Renee Worrell
     This workshop will cover practical suggestions for using plants in churches: what plants work well in different spaces, under different lighting and heating conditions, choosing plants in scale with the space, as well as saving, rotating, storing, and moving them.

Catechesis for Preparing Children for the New Translation of the Roman Missal
-- Sr. Linda Gaupin
     The Constitution on the Liturgy directs that full, conscious, and active participation is the aim to be considered before all else for the promotion of the liturgy [CSL, #14]. The occasion of the new translation of the Roman Missal challenges catechists to seek ways to fulfill this mandate in light of the “new words” at Mass. This workshop will focus on practical catechetical techniques for use with children to prepare them to fully participate at Mass and at the same time grow in their understanding of the Eucharistic liturgy.