Bread Broken for the Life of the World

Saturday, May 1, 2010

1:00 - 8:00pm

St. Charles Pastoral Center

Romeoville, IL

Fr. Pat Brennan – Homilist and Presider
“Eucharist and Justice”

Workshops

Bread Broken: Uniting Families - Immigration Reform for the Common Good (Hispanic Ministry)

Bread Broken: Protecting Human Life through Care for God’s Creation (Maribeth Meaux)

Bread Broken: Finding Truth and Life Through Prayer, Study, and Solidarity – Parish Opportunities (JustFaith Committee)

Bread Broken and Shared in the Family—Parenting With Justice Values (Susan Vogt)

Bread Broken: Struggling for Justice with Warehouse Workers (Warehouse Workers for Justice & Interfaith Religious Leaders Action Committee)

Bread Broken: Opening Eyes to Gospel Justice through Popular Movies (Paul Jarzembowski)

Bread Broken: Seeking Solidarity with People Suffering Around the World (Catholic Relief Services)

Schedule

1:00 Registration & Exhibits

1:30 Welcome and Opening Prayer with Korean Flutist Hyun - Chung

2:00 Workshops Session One

2:55 Break & Exhibits

3:15 Workshops Session Two

4:10 Break & Exhibits

4:30 Liturgy

6:00 Dinner - Awards - Entertainment - Francisco Perez and his Mariachi Band

Our Homilist and Presider

Fr. Patrick Brennan is the Director of Mission Integration and Pastoral Care at The Clare at Water Tower, a senior residential community in downtown Chicago, and serves part-time at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Parish in Naperville, Illinois.  He is also the Director of the National Center for Evangelization & Parish Renewal.  He was the pastor of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Inverness, Illinois, a large and vibrant parish outside of Chicago, for over fourteen years, where he created a convergence model of ministry with eight divisions and 140 individual ministries, all focused on evangelization.

 For more than a decade, Fr. Brennan was also the Director of the Office of Evangelization for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, where he developed innovative renewal programs for local churches. He is an expert in the field of evangelization and church renewal and has acted as a consultant throughout the United States, as well as with dioceses in Canada, Ireland, Germany, Great Britain, and Australia.   He also serves on the faculty of the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago and Dominican University in River Forest, in addition to several other academic institutions.  Fr. Brennan is a psychotherapist and the host of a weekly radio and cable program, "Horizons." He is the author of more than fifteen books including The Way of Forgiveness, The Mission Driven Parish, Re-Imagining Evangelization, Parishes That Excel, Re-Imagining the Parish, and Paschal Journey.

Each year during the Peace Day celebrations we take time to honor members of the our community noted for their work in pursuit of peace and social justice.

The Pax Joliet Award is given to an individual of or from the Joliet Diocese who:

• seeks peace and justice through non-violent means
• demonstrates a long term commitment or extraordinary efforts in promoting the Gospel of peace and justice
• exhibits a lifestyle of righteousness and integrity - seeking to live in peace and justice in all relationships
• maintains a deep concern for people in opposition, even in the midst of the conflict that often accompanies the struggle for justice.

The Pax Joliet Awards for 2010 will go to: Ron and Mary Ellen Durbin of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Lisle and the Peoples Resource Center, Fr. Joel Fortier, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Naperville, Kathleen McGowan, retiring Executive Director of the Joliet Diocese Catholic Charities, and Bill and Joyce Ruhaak, Sacred Heart Parish in Joliet and the Peace and Social Justice Ministry 

Registration

Suggested donation:

with dinner - $25 (seniors and students $20)

without dinner - $15 (seniors and students $10)

Register Online

Or please call Jennilyn Ruhaak at 815-834-4028 or email jenruh@dioceseofjoliet.org

Artwork "The Breaking of the Bread" by Sieger Koeder. Courtesy of www.creatormundi.com

Diocese of Joliet

Peace and Social Justice Ministry