2018 Convocation Draft Schedule
Wednesday, October 31
4:00-7:00 Pre-Convocation Workshop Registration
Thursday, November 1
Breakfast on your own
8:00 Pre-Convocation Workshop Registration
9:00 Pre-Convocation Workshops (end at 4:30 PM)
- Finding your Digital Balance and Reducing Social Media Stress by Crystal Taylor-Dietz, Psy.D.
- Screening Yellow and Red Flags in Candidate Assessment: Eran Talitman, Psy.D.
- Vocation ROI: Grace or Grim: Fr. James Greenfield, OSFS and Fr. Kevin Nadolski, OSFS
- Vocation Ministry and the Issues of Civil, Canon, and Immigration Law: Sr. Deborah Cerullo, SSND and Mr. Miguel Naranjo
10:30 Coffee and Tea Break
Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch for Pre-Convocation Participants
2:00 Convocation Registration (until 6:00 PM)
3:00 Pre-Convocation Break until 3:30 PM
3:00 Exhibits Open
4:45 “First Timers” Meeting
7:00 Welcome/All Saints Day Mass
8:30 Reception
Friday, November 2
Breakfast on your own
6:00am-10:00pm Prayer Room Open
8:00 – 4:00 Exhibits Open
9:00 Communal Prayer
9:30 Welcome & Announcements
9:45 Keynote Speaker: Fr. Kevin DiPrinzio, OSA
10:45 Coffee and Tea Break
11:15 Table Process, Q & A
12:30 Buffet Lunch
2:00 NRVC Business Meeting
4:00 Mass
5:15 Member Area Meetings
Dinner on your own
Saturday, November 3
Breakfast on your own
6:00am-10:00pm Prayer Room Open
8:00 – 4:00 Exhibits Open
8:00 – 4:00 Exhibits Open
8:00 Mass
9:00 Pathways to Religious Life: Fr. Thomas Gaunt, SJ
9:45 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hosffmann Ospino
10:45 Coffee and Tea Break
11:15 Table Process, Q & A
12:30 Buffet Lunch
2:00 Busses depart for Canisius College
3:00 Panel (Montante Cultural Center)
4:30 Communal Prayer (Christ the King Chapel)
5:30 Dinner at the Student Center
7:00 Bus departure to hotel
Sunday, November 4
Breakfast on your own
6:00am-10:00pm Prayer Room Open
9:00 Communal Prayer
9:00 Communal Prayer
9:30 Announcements
9:45 Keynote Speaker: Sr. Xiomara Méndez Hernández, OP
10:45 Coffee and Tea Break
11:15 Table Process, Q & A
12:30 Buffet Lunch
2:00 Keynote Speaker: Sr. Mary Pellegrino, CSJ
3:00 Table Responses, Q & A
4:00 Mass
5:15 Break
5:45 Reception
7:00 30th Anniversary Banquet/Awards
Monday, November 5
7:00 Mass
9:00 Optional bus tour to Niagara Falls