[Announce] Schedule for the 2008 CW Gathering

Mon May 26 08:20:12 PDT 2008

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From: Scott Schaeffer-Duffy 
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 8:52 AM
Subject: CW Gathering

75th Anniversary of the Catholic Worker Movement Celebration

                                          Schedule

Our Lady of Mount Carmel/Saint Anne Parish Recreation Center 

                              Worcester, Massachusetts

Wednesday, July 9th 

3 PM –   Arrival: registration, setting up CW community displays and art.

7 PM    Dinner

7:30 - 9 PM  Welcome/ orientation followed by brief community introductions

Thursday, July 10th

7 AM   Morning Prayer: led by Br. David Buer, OFM

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast

9:30 - 11 AM  The Person and Legacy of Dorothy Day: Robert Ellsberg: Editor in Chief of Orbis Books, former editor of The Catholic Worker, editor of The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day,  author of Little by Little: The Selected Writing of Dorothy Day, All Saints: Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time.

Noon-1 PM  Lunch

1:30 - 3 PM Workshops: 

    CW Art- Facilitated by Brian Kavanagh and Jackie Allen-Doucot of the St. Martin de

     Porres CW, Hartford, CT, longtime CW artist Rita Corbin, and Grace Duffy, student

     of Art History, Columbia University.

    Restorative Justice- Facilitated by Fred Boehrer of Emmaus House CW, Albany, NY.

     Raising a Family in the CW- Facilitated by Brendan Walsh and Willa Bickham of 

     Viva House CW, Baltimore, MD, Lenore Yarger and Steve Woolford of the Silk

     Hope CW, Siler City, NC. 

     Green Revolution- Facilitated by Beth Ingham of the Noonday CW Farm, 

     Winchendon, MA, Betsy Keenan and Brian Terrell of the Strangers and

     Guests CW Farm, Maloy, IO, Sue Frankel-Streit of the Little Flower CW Farm,

      Trevilians, VA.

      Shakers and the CW- Facilitated by Michael Boover of the Mustard Seed CW,

      Worcester, MA and Walt Chura or the Albany, NY CW.

3:30 - 5 PM Workshops:

     CW Journalism- Facilitated by Tanya Theriault, an editor of The Catholic Worker, 

      NYC and Jeff Dietrich, an editor of The Catholic Agitator, Los Angeles, CA.

       Fool for Christ- One-woman play about Dorothy Day performed by Sarah Melici,

       who has appeared around the United States to critical acclaim.

       Confronting Racism- Facilitated by Chris Allen-Doucot of the St. Martin de Porres

       CW, Hartford, CT and (hopefully) Luz Catarineau Colville, of the Amistad 

       CW, New Haven, CT.

       CW Healthcare: from Philadelphia to Haiti- Facilitated by Mary Beth Appel,

       CFNP and Johanna Berrigan, PA-C of the House of Grace CW, Philadelphia, PA.

       Prayer and the CW- facilitated by Michael Boover of the Mustard Seed CW,

       Worcester, MA, and others to be announced.

5:30 - 6:30 PM  Dinner

7 - 9 PM Peacemaking: Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, Michigan, former President of Pax Christi USA and internationally recognized peacemaker, Claire Schaeffer-Duffy of the Saints Francis & Therese CW, Worcester, MA, Frank Cordaro of the Phil Berrigan CW, Des Moines, IO, and Clare Grady of the Ithaca, NY CW.

10- PM Dance Party/ Showing of Claudia Larson's marvelous documentary about Dorothy Day entitled "Don't Call Me A Saint."

Friday, July 11th

7 AM Morning Prayer: Led by Br. David Buer, OFM.

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast

9:30 -11:30 Panel on CW History:  Mel Piehl , Dean of Humanities and History at Valparaiso University, author of Breaking Bread: The Catholic Worker and the Origins of Catholic Radicalism in America; Nancy Roberts,  Professor of Journalism at New York University, Albany, author of The Influence of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement, and American Catholic Pacifism; Rosalie Riegle, Professor Emerita of English at Saginaw Valley State University Author of Voices from the Catholic Worker and Dorothy Day: Portraits by Those Who Knew Her, and Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Chair of Divinity at Harvard Divinity, Associate Professor and Chair of Theology at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict.author of The Catholic Worker After Dorothy Day: Practicing the Works of Mercy in a New Generation.

Noon - 1 PM  Lunch

1:30 - 3 PM Workshops:

     Offering Hospitality to the Undocumented- Facilitated by Mark and Louise Zwick 

     of Casa Juan Diego CW, Houston, TX.

     War and Abortion- Facilitated by Mary Ryder of the Fr. Charlie Mullholland CW, 

     Garner, NC.

     The Miraculous Insanity of CW Finances- Facilitated by Scott Schaeffer-Duffy of 

      the Saints Francis & Therese CW, Worcester, MA.

    Conflict Resolution in CW Communities- Facilitated by Will Raymond of the Saints

    Francis & Therese CW, Worcester, Massachusetts.

3:30 – 5 PM Workshops:

      Campaign to Stop Torture- Facilitated by Matt Daloisio of Mary House CW, New

      York City.

      The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti – A power point presentation, accompanied by 

      music of Charlie King & Karen Brandow, explores the story of pair who whose

      execution in 1927 drew international attention and continued to raise relevant issues:

      dissent, immigrants, war, peace, and the death penalty.

      Catholicism and the CW- facilitated by Tom Cornell of Peter Maurin CW Farm,

      Marlboro, NY and Teka Childress of Karen House CW, St. Louis, MO. 

      Confronting the Unspeakable- Jim Douglass, author of JFK and the Unspeakable:

      Why he died and why it  matters and The Nonviolent Cross of Mary House CW, 

      Birmingham, AL.

5:30- 6:30 PM Dinner

      Rehearsal Time- for those interested in helping with music for our closing Mass.

7:30 PM – Talent Show/Party/More Dancing

Saturday, July 12th

7:30 AM  Morning Prayer- Led by Br. David Buer, OFM

8:00-9:00 AM Breakfast

10:00 AM Mass- Celebrated by Most Rev. Robert McManus, Bishop of Worcester. Father Bernie Gilgun, of the Mustard Seed Catholic Worker, will be the homilist.

Worcester Art Museum is inviting Catholic Workers to a reception for its exhibit of the works of Tom Lewis, who died suddenly on April 4th. The details are forthcoming.

Childcare: We hope to provide child-care for the daytime sessions on Thursday and Friday. Anyone interesting in helping out at for one of the morning or afternoon blocks should contact Scott at theresecw at gmail. 

Please Note: All are welcome at no cost. Please RSVP at theresecw at gmail.com

For all those Flying: There is No direct public transportation from Providence to Worcester. One has to take a shuttle to Providence, bus to Boston, and then bus or train to Worcester. From Boston's Logan Airport, please take the silver line, which picks people up at the ground level of each terminal, to Boston's South Station. From there take either the bus or commuter rail to Worcester. The bus is faster. It leaves Logan for Worcester at 7:10 am, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 12:05 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5 pm, 7:30 pm. The express buses are underlined and take 55 minutes. The others take 70 minutes. The train leaves at 6:50 am, 8:50 am, 12:10 pm, 4:05 pm, 5 pm, 5:35 pm, 6:15 pm, 7:15 pm, 8:20 pm, 10:20 pm. The express trains are underlined and take 80 minutes. The others take 91 minutes. The gathering is less than a five minutes walk from the train station. If you get lost and need to call someone please call Claire at 774 239 4022, but please only in an emergency as this is a cell phone which charges for minutes unless it's Verizon.

Mike Benedetti, Mike Boover, Donna Domiziano, Paul Levitsky, Ken Hannaford-Ricardi, Christine Lavallee, Dave Maciewski, Will Raymond, and Claire & Scott Schaeffer-Duffy. 

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