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Catholic School Administrators, Teachers, and Campus Ministers can benefit from this professional development experience. The purpose of the summit is to create a national network of collaboration and idea-sharing to further the fruitful formation of students as authentic disciples of Jesus Christ. Download these excellent presentations and follow-up discussions and share with your faculty and staff before the end of the 2020-2021 school year. The PD Success Pack is now available!
The Heart of the New Evangelization:
Teaching the Art of Living
See the Conference program for complete descriptions
Plenary sessions 2020
- Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. – The Human Person – Key Principles from St. Thomas Aquinas
- Katie Prejean McGrady –Empowering Teens to Live the Faith Beyond High School
- Fr. Roger Landry –Evangelization: Communicating the Art of Living
- Professor Helen Alvaré –Witness Matters in Faith and at Law
- Fr. Sean Kilcawley – Evangelization as Teaching the Art of Living, the Art of Being Human
- Dr. Leonard Delorenzo – Listen: It’s Not As Easy As It Sounds
- Plus all workshops (listed below) for Presidents/Principals, Campus Ministers, Teachers.
WORKSHOPS 2020
Workshop 1 -“The Catholic School as Parish: A Post-Pandemic Solution?”
Presenters: Kate Sell, Mission Advancement Partners, and Kyle Pietrantonio, DIA Schools
Workshop 2 -“Rioters and Revolutionaries: Civil Discourse in a Time of Crisis”
Presenter: Aaron Kheriaty, MD, UC Irvine
Workshop 3 – “Creating a Faculty Culture”
Presenter: Alvaro de Vicente, The Heights School
Workshop 4 – “Coming to Know Christ the Teacher: Keeping Catholic School Teachers Anchored in Their Faith”
Presenter: Kati Macaluso and Taylor Kelly, ACE Advocates
Workshop 5 – “How development can take your organization to the next level”
Presenter: Josh Whalen and Tara Troy Doyon, Petrus Development
Workshop 6 – “CLT in a Catholic High School: Using Assessments to Strengthen Your Curriculum”
Presenter: Ashley Brashear, MTS and Brittany L. Higdon, M.Ed. , CLT
Workshop 1 -“Restoring Humanity: The New Evangelization’s Role in Cultural Renewal”
Presenters: Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Augustine Institute
Workshop 2 -“The true teacher: the master, the parent and the teacher”
Presenter: Sebastian D’Amico and Jennie Punswick, Holy Family School of Faith
Workshop 3 – “Entering into the Mission of Jesus”
Presenter: Quinlan Couri and Christine French, Skutt Catholic High School
Workshop 4 – “Inviting Today’s Teens to Become Fully Alive“
Presenter: Lindsay Fay, The Culture Project
Workshop 5 – “Catholic Meditation and Contemplative Prayer as the Foundation of All Catechesis”
Presenter: Alessandr DiSantis, Hallow
Workshop 1 – “Can a 9th grader think like St. Thomas? How philosophy transforms the learner”
Presenters: Sr. Teresa Auer, O.P., Saint John Paul the Great High School
Workshop 2 -“A Gift of Presence: Evangelizing Through Theology of the Body’”
Presenter: Emily Macke, Ruah Woods
Workshop 3 -““St. Thomas Aquinas and The Art of Living: Forming Students to Think and Act with the Mind and Heart of the Church.””
Presenter: Dr. Michael P. Krom, St. Vincent College
Workshop 4 -“beauty and tradition in teaching the faith’”
Presenter: Tom Cole and Michael Verlander, Holy Spirit Preparatory
Workshop 5 -“SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS”
Presenter: Michelle Gough, ArchitectedIntel
Workshop 6 – “Enlightening the mind and ennobling the heart: teaching with sacred art”
Presenter: Jose Gonzalez, Sophia Institute for Teachers
2019
VIDEO ARCHIVE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 2019
Archbishop Bernard Hebda
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Mary Pat Donoghue
USCCB Executive Director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education
Daniel J. Mahoney
Author of “The Idol of Our Ages
Mary Rice Hasson
Director of Catholic Women’s Forum
Jeff Cavins
Catholic evangelist, author, and biblical scholar
PREVIOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
“Mission-Driven Schools” – Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
“Empowering Young Catholics for Life’s Big Decisions” – Deborah and Dana Nearmyer, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
“The Threat to Religious Liberty in America and How it’s Impacting Christian Schools” – Ray Kaselonis, Alliance Defending Freedom
“Ministering to People in Their Brokenness ” – Sr. Veronica Mary, SV
“Duc in Altum: The Evangelistic Mission of Catholic Schools” – Bishop Vann
Last year the Duc in Altum (DIA) Schools Collaborative hosted the 5th Annual DIA Schools Summit at Providence Academy in Plymouth, Minnesota. This is one of the most exciting new ventures to take place in the arena of Catholic school management and the formation of educators.
The DIA Schools Collaborative is dedicated to promoting sound Catholic identity and commitment to a robust catechetical approach that meets young people where they are, and then sends them out with the tools necessary to tackle a challenging contemporary culture. For the past four years, the Formation Summit has convened administrators, theology instructors and campus ministers to exchange exciting ideas and best practices for fostering a dynamic environment of evangelization that fosters authentic friendship with Jesus and a love for His Church in Catholic education institutions.
I wholeheartedly endorse this fresh endeavor within the Church for the cultivation of academic and spiritual excellence, combined with Magisterial fidelity. I hope to see this initiative expand and grow so that many more young people in our Catholic schools can reap the benefits of this effort to renew our Catholic Schools.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
The Most Reverend Andrew H Cozzens, STD, DD
Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis