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15th Regional OCDS Congress
September 11 through September 14, 2008
Houston, Texas

Make plans now to attend the 15th Regional O.C.D.S. Congress, planned for Thursday, Sept. 14, through Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Omni Houston Hotel at Westside, 13210 Katy Freeway in Houston. Registration fee for the congress is $245 per person if the registration is received by May 31. After that date, the fee is $275. The fee includes all meals served at the congress. A registration form follows.

Hotel reservations should be made directly
with the hotel by calling 281 558-8338 or online at http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/HoustonWestside/MeetingFacilities/OrderofCarmelitesDiscalcedSecular9.aspx.

It is necessary to specify identification with the Order of Carmelites Discalced Secular in order to receive the group rate of $94 per night per room (for single, double, triple or quad). It is recommended that reservations be made as soon as possible (and by Aug. 28 to obtain the group rate) in order to arrange for the desired accommodation.

For more information, see the congress Web site, http://www.ocdscongresshouston.com/ , or contact Jeannice Theriot at jeannice.theriot@gmail.com or at 1450 W. Grand Parkway S., Suite G-154, Katy, TX 77494.

Current schedule of congress events

Following is an abbreviated list of scheduled events. See following pages for information about congress speakers.

Thur., Sept. 11 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Registration
5 p.m. Mass and Evening Prayer (Fr John Michael)
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:30 p.m. Keynote address (Fr John Michael Payne)

Frid., Sept. 12
9 a.m. Conference (Dr. Leonard Doohan)
11 a.m. Mass (Cardinal Daniel DiNardo)
1:30 p.m. Conference (Fr Johannes Gorantla)
3:30 p.m. Workshops (Drs. Nancy Thompson, Leonard Doohan)
8 p.m. Conference (Fr Bonaventure Sauer)

Sat., Sept. 13
9 a.m. Conference (Deacon John Pelletier)
11 a.m. Mass (Fr Johannes Gorantla)
1 p.m. Workshops (Elda Maria Estrada, Dr. Susan Muto)
2:45 p.m. Tour of new Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (op.)
7 p.m. Banquet

Sunday, Sept. 14
9 a.m. Conference (Dr. Susan Muto)
11 a.m. Closing Mass (Fr Bonaventure Sauer)

List of Speakers

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston

Archbishop DiNardo was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on May 23, 1949. He entered St. Paul Seminary and Duquesne University in 1967-1969. In 1969 he won a Basselin Scholarship for Philosophy studies at the Catholic University of America and there obtained a B.A. and M.A. degree in Philosophy. His theological studies were taken at the North American College, Rome, where he earned the S.T.B. degree at the Gregorian University and the S.T.L degree in Patristics at the Augustinianum. Archbishop DiNardo was ordained a priest on July 16, 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1984 he was named a staff member of the Congregation for Bishops at the Vatican in Rome, Italy where he remained until December 1990. He was named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City and ordained bishop on October 7, 1997. He became Diocesan Ordinary on November 28, 1998. When Galveston-Houston was designated an archdiocese by Pope John Paul II on December 29, 2004, Bishop DiNardo was also elevated to archbishop coadjutor. He became chief shepherd of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on February 28, 2006. On November 24, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI elevated Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo to the College of Cardinals.

Dr. Leonard Doohan

Dr. Leonard Doohan earned his Master's and Doctorate degrees in Sacred Theology from the Teresianum OCD International College in Rome. He is Professor Emeritus at Gonzaga University where he was a professor of religious studies for 27 years and Dean of the Graduate School for 13 years. He has given over 300 workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East. Dr. Doohan has authored 160 articles and 15 books. Among them is The Contemporary Challenge of John of the Cross: An Introduction to His Life and Teaching. His most recent book, Spiritual Leadership: the Quest for Integrity, was published by Paulist Press in 2007. Dr. Doohan's wife, Helen, was also a professor of religious studies at Gonzaga.

Cf. October ’07 Houston Congress post for other speakers

Registration form on congress website

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