Celebration Conferences


Save the Date for the 4th annual Celebration conference
April 11-13, 2012
Tucson, Arizona
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Presentations

Select presentations from past Celebration conferences are available. Click for a list of conferences and presentations

Past Conferences


A Light to the Nations: Comprehensive Immigration Reform and the Church's Global Commitment to the Poor
San Antonio; January 12-14, 2011
Presentations available:
Fr. Dean Brackley: The Migrants: A Light to the Nations
Fr. Jake Empereur: Welcoming Table: Liturgy as Model for Globalization
Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD: Latina Magnificat: Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Call to Justice
Fr. Dan Groody: Pilgrim Church: History as Migration toward the Beloved Community
Sr. Mary McCauley: The Postville Raid: What Mother Church Can Do
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez: Eucharist Without Borders: The Church's Vision for Immigration Reform

A Knock at Midnight: Celebrating Christ in Ancient Times
Chicago; July 21-23, 2010
Luke's parable of the "Knock at Midnight" (11:1-13) challenges a comfortable, often dormant, church to open its doors to a world desperate for the bread of hope. This second Celebration conference discussed how assemblies can celebrate liturgy in a manner that opens doors, forms community and inspires ministry.
Presentation available:
The Words We Need to Hear
Gabe Huck

Formed By the Word
Cincinnati, Ohio; July 30-31, 2009
This inaugural Celebration conference examined the essential elements of worship and preaching, and asked what invites an assembly to hear Good News, to entrust itself to God’s promises and to pray with confidence that its mission will be blessed, especially on behalf of peace and justice.

Presentations available:
From Biblical Narrative to Economic Policy
Walter Brueggemann

A Rite within a Rite within a World
Gabe Huck