DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE SECOND GATHERING OF
THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK (NLN)
APRIL 11-13, 2018 | NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11:
Memorial of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
FOCUS – BUILDING UNITY
1:00-3:00 Arrival and Check-In
2:00-3:00 Task Group Meetings
· National Leadership Network
· Phase 2 Conversations
· Encuentro and Synod Integration
· Finance
· Communications
· Prayer
· Phase 3 Resource Development
3:00 Welcome Session: Gathering and Introductions
· Welcome and Opening Prayer
· Roll Call of National Leadership Network
· Review of Schedule and Meeting Goals
· Interactive Introductions Activity
5:00 Opening Mass
6:00 Dinner with Ministry Area
7:00 Session 1: Bridge-Building:
Context, Culture, and Communication
8:30 Evening Prayer with Confession,
Exposition, Adoration, and Benediction
9:30 Wine, Cheese, and Dessert Social
DAY 2 – THURSDAY, APRIL 12: Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
FOCUS – PHASE 2 CONVERSATIONS
7:30 Liturgy of the Hours (available)
8:00 Breakfast with Prayer Partner
8:45 Announcements and Prayer
9:00 Board Buses for Newark CYO Center
9:45 Session 2, Part 1: Overview of Year Two Conversations
10:30 Break
10:45 Session 2, Part 2: Preparing Leaders to Facilitate Conversations
11:45 Lunch with Affinity Group
1:00 Session 3, Part 1: An Experience of Dialogue
2:15 Break
2:45 Session 3, Part 2: Debriefing of Dialogue Experience
4:00 V Encuentro and XV Synod Updates
4:30 Daily Mass
5:30 Dinner with Task Groups
6:30 Session 4: Dialogue is our Method: Bishops Panel Discussion
on Pope Francis’ Call to Engage with Youth and Young Adults
8:00 Depart CYO Center for Hotel
9:00 Wine, Cheese, and Dessert Social
DAY 3 – FRIDAY, APRIL 13: Optional Memorial of St. Martin I, Pope
FOCUS – MISSION
7:30 Liturgy of the Hours (available)
8:00 Breakfast with Prayer Partner
8:45 Prayer
9:00 Session 5: So How Do We Begin?
Radical Hospitality and Dialogue
· Entering the Conversations
· Collaboration and Connectivity
· Your Roadmap for Year Two
· Practical Next Steps
11:00 Closing Mass
12:00 Departure
12:30-1:30 National Leadership Network Task Group Evaluation Meeting
DRAFT AGENDA: SUBJECT TO CHANGE 01.23.18 rev