Schedule-at-a-Glance

Schedule is tentative, subject to change

Wednesday, October 22nd
  • 5:00-7:00pm | Registration for Pre-Congress functions
Thursday, October 23rd
  • Breakfast on your own
  • 7:00-9:00am | Registration for Pre-Congress functions
  • 7:30am | Eucharistic Liturgy
  • 9:00am-3:30pm | Pre-Congress sessions
    Morning and afternoon breaks, lunch included
    • Resilience: The "Secret Sauce" of Health and Holiness (Mary Pat Garvin, RSM, PhD)
    • Synodality: Now What for Consecrated Religious? (James Chukwuma Okoye, CSSp, LSS)
    • Autumn Renewal in Oldenburg | Spirituality of Presence: Christ's Hope & Light (Olga Wittekind, OSF, PhD)
  • 2:00-7:00pm | Congress Registration
  • 3:00pm | Board of Directors Meeting
  • 4:00-7:00pm | Exhibits Open
  • 4:30pm | Member Area Liaison Meeting & Dinner
  • 5:00pm | Dinner on own
  • 6:00pm | Welcome Reception 
  • 7:00pm | Opening Prayer 
Friday, October 24th 
  • Breakfast on your own
  • 7:30am | Eucharistic Liturgy
  • 9:00am | Contemplative Prayer
  • 9:30am-12 noon | Plenary Session I
    Morning beverage break, table conversations included
    • Giving Witness: Living the Prophetic Nature of Religious Life (Peter Hill, CSsR, DMin)
  • 12:00-2:00pm | Lunch: Member Area Connections
  • 2:00-3:15pm | Congress Seminars, Session I
    • Agents of Charism: Forming and Equipping Religious (Laitinen & Schieler)
    • Intercongregational Collaborative Novitiate: Learnings and Best Practices (Gerth)
    • Lifelong Learning for Aging Sisters and Brothers: Expanding Access and Engagement (Maddux)
    • Navigating Tough Terrain with Hope and Perseverance: Religious Worker and Immigration Law Updates (Naranjo)
    • The Commitment to Justice, Equity, and Inclusivity in Religious Life Today (Dual & Trippett)
  • 3:15-3:45pm | Afternoon Break
  • 3:45-5:00pm | Congress Seminars, Session II
    • Agents of Charism: Forming and Equipping Religious (Laitinen & Schieler)
    • Intercongregational Collaborative Novitiate: Learnings and Best Practices (Gerth)
    • Lifelong Learning for Aging Sisters and Brothers: Expanding Access and Engagement (Maddux)
    • Navigating Tough Terrain with Hope and Perseverance: Religious Worker and Immigration Law Updates (Naranjo)
    • The Commitment to Justice, Equity, and Inclusivity in Religious Life Today (Dual & Trippett)
  • Free evening, dinner on your own
Saturday, October 25th
  • Breakfast on your own
  • 9:00am | Contemplative Prayer
  • 9:30-12 noon | Plenary Session II
    Morning beverage break, table conversations included
    • Reseeding Hope through Global Sisterhood and Brotherhood (Susan Francois, CSJP and Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, PhD)
  • 12:00-2:00pm | Lunch: Congress Networking
  • 2:00-3:00pm | RFC Strategic Plan Overview: 2026-2028
  • 4:30-6:00pm | Closing Eucharistic Liturgy
  • 6:30pm | Dinner, Award Presentation, Congress Closing

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