Schedule
Day 1 – Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
2:00 pm Check-in
5:00 pm Vespers (Optional)
5:30 pm Supper
6:30 pm Session 1 - Keynote address: Fr. Aaron Wessman, GHM
Author of The Church’s Mission in a Polarized World
7:30 pm Reception in Alumni Commons
Day 2 – Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
7:30 am Mass in the Archabbey Church
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 2 – Conversation I:
Deepening Communion in the Catholic Hierarchy
-Cardinal Tobin, Archdiocese of Newark
-Archbishop Paul Etienne, Seattle
10:15 am Break
10:45 am Session 3 – Conversation II:
Deepening Communion through the Liturgy
-Nathaniel Marx, Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology
-William H. Johnston, University of Dayton
-Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ph.D., St. Paul the Apostle Church, New York City
12:00 p.m Lunch
1:45 pm Session 4 – Conversation III:
Deepening Communion in Implementing Vatican II
-Jennifer Martin Newsom, University of Notre Dame
-Richard Lennan, Boston College
3:00 pm Break
3:30 pm Session 5 – Reaction/Fishbowl:
What did you notice? How did this work?
4:45 pm End Sessions for the Day
5:00 pm Vespers in Archabbey Church (Optional)
5:30 pm Supper
Evening Free
Day 3 – Thursday, November 6th, 2025
7:30 am Mass in the Archabbey Church
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 6 – Conversation IV:
Deepening Communion through Catholic Media
-John David “JD” Garcia, America Media
-Jeanette De Melow, ETWN News
-Elizabeth Wong Barstead, Editor, The Western Kentucky Catholic
10:15 am Break
10:45 am Session 7 – Where do we go from here?
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Departure