Wednesday, December 5
10:00 am-6:00 pm
Pre-conferences
12:00 pm-6:00 pm
Registration Open
6:15 pm
Daily Mass - Bishop Caggiano
Thursday, December 6
8:30 am-7:30 pm
Registration Open
9:00 am-12:00 pm
Pre-conferences
1:00 pm-2:15 pm
Networking Groups - Round 1: Cohort Groups
2:30 pm
General Session Doors Open/Warm Up
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Welcome and Opening Liturgy – Fr. Alejandro López-Cardinale
Following Mass: Holy Hour
5:00 pm-7:30 pm
Dinner Break
5:30 pm-7:30 pm
National Youth Ministry Award Banquet (additional cost required)
7:30 pm
General Session Doors Open/Warm Up
8:00 pm-10:00 pm
Opening Session – Emcee Doug Tooke
Keynote: Julianne Stanz
Friday, December 7
8:00 am
Morning Outdoor Workout/Walks
8:30 am-4:00 pm
Registration Open
9:00 am-10:15 am
Workshop Round A
10:30 am
General Session Doors Open/Warm Up
11:00 am-12:30 pm
Synod Panel Keynote with Bishop Caggiano, Bishop Perez, and Fr. João Chagas with Katie Prejean McGrady
12:30 pm-5:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Prayer Room Open - Reconciliation available until 2:30 pm
12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Lunch Break / Diocesan Leader Luncheon featuring Fr. João Chagas (additional cost)
2:30 pm-3:45 pm
Workshop Round B (Deep Dives from 2:30 pm-5:00 pm)
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Networking Groups - Round 2: Hot Topics and Issues
5:15 pm-6:30 pm
Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation)
6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Dinner Break
8:00 pm-10:30 pm - Evening Options: Bistro Open for Drinks and Snacks
· The Coffeehouse (8:00 pm start) in the Bistro
· Celebrity Game Night (8:30 pm start)
· Team Trivia Contests (8:30 pm start)
· Movie Screening: Speaking to Sparrows (8:00 pm start)
· Movie Screening: The Race (8:00 pm start)
Saturday, December 8
8:00 am-4:00 pm
Registration Open
8:30 am
General Session Doors Open/Warm Up
9:00 am-10:30 am
Keynote: Sr. Josephine Garrett
10:30 am-4:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Prayer Room Open - Reconciliation available from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
11:00 am-12:15 pm
Workshop Round C
12:30 pm-2:00 pm
Lunch Break - Lunch provided for all attendees in exhibit hall
NCCGSCF Luncheon featuring Sr. Debbie Borneman, SSCM (additional cost required)
2:00 pm-3:15 pm
Workshop Round D (Deep Dives 2:00 pm-4:30 pm)
3:30 pm-4:15 pm
Networking Groups – Round 3: Great Ideas, Resources and Conference Takeaways
4:30 pm
Doors Open/Warm Up
5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Closing Mass with Bishop Gregory Parkes
