OCDS WESTERN REGIONAL CONGRESS

March 5th, 2010 by William

OCDS WESTERN REGIONAL CONGRESS

DOUBLETREE HOTEL

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

JUNE 24 – 27, 2010

Theme:

“Our Carmelite Saints and their Families:
Inspiration for Us Today”

The Bakersfield OCDS Community began in 1999 and was already canonically established in 2007. We are a dynamic, vibrant Community! We are enthusiastically looking forward to welcoming you to the first OCDS Congress in California’s Central Valley.

You will not want to miss the opportunity to hear an exciting group of speakers:

  • Father Aloysius Deeney, OCD-OCDS General Delegate in Rome.  Topic to be announces
  • Rev. Mother Regina Marie, OCD-Superior General, Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, Alhambra, California “A Shower of Roses (and Thorns!) in Community Life and Family Life”
  • Father Christopher La Rocca, OCS-Rector and Student master, Carmelite House of Studies, Mt. Angel. Oregon “Called to Carmel, Called to Communion”
  • Father Ramiro Casale, OCD-Director of the Institute of Spirituality, Stanwood, Washington “The Discalced Carmelites: A Family Called to Joy”
  • Dr. Rosemary Ludwig, OCDS-President, St. Joseph OCDS Community, Phoenix, Arizona “From Trial to Triumph: Léonie Martin, Patron of Youth”
  • Cindy Sliger, OCDS-Provincial Councilor, President, St. Joseph OCDS Community, Seattle, Washington

“The Family Three Ring Circus: Tension, Dissension, and Reconciliation”

  • Panel discussion with the OCDS Provincial Council

Chris Hart, OCDS (Eugene Community)

Thomas Moore, OCDS (Coeur d’Alene Community)

Doreen Glynn Pawski (San Francisco Cristo Rey Community)

Ann Seargeant, OCDS (Albuquerque Community)

Cindy Sliger, OCDS (Seattle St. Joseph Community)

Fr. Donald Kinney, OCD (OCDS Provincial Delegate)

We know you will appreciate the welcome you receive at the beautiful DoubleTree Hotel in Bakersfield.  Our Congress Committee has been most impressed by the exceptional hospitality of its staff. Bakersfield has its own airport (BFL). The DoubleTree has a free shuttle bus to the airport.

Please check out our website at congress.ocds.info and join us at the OCDS Congress in Bakersfield, CA, June 24-17, 2010.

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