Pastoral Care: What Every Minister Needs to Know (RELX 830.01)

Ms. Ann M. Karner, MA, the Director of Stephen Ministry at American Martyrs Parish, has extensive experience in pastoral ministry and gerentology.

This mini-course will be offered twice at two different locations for your convenience:

March 7 (Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)
at Mount Saint Mary's College (Doheny Campus); 10 Chester Place, Los Angeles

March 8 (Saturday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)
at LMU, St. Robert's 367

Whether you are a catechist or high school teacher, deacon or pastoral associate, music director or sacristan, you will inevitably be called upon to minister to those who suffer. This workshop will provide practical answers to the question, "How do I respond to those experiencing . . .?" Learn how to journey with those who suffer directly or indirectly as a result of life's many challenges -including chronic or terminal illness, death, bereavement, substance abuse, divorce, and issues relating to children and the elderly.

Who can attend? Open to all, especially church-workers, ministers, teachers, and others who are not specialists in pastoral care.

Registration: $50 (for 0.5 semester hour of credit)

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Ministry in Times of Illness, Death, and Bereavement (RELX 842.01)

Ms. Ann M. Karner, MA (see above)

March 22 (Saturday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)
at LMU, St. Robert's 367

God calls all of us to respond to the suffering of the ill, dying, and bereaved by journeying with them and helping them to find meaning in their suffering. No one wants to journey alone, and meaning makes suffering bearable. We will explore empathy, communication, listening and prayer as the key elements needed by those called to this ministry. Guidelines for implementing a bereavement ministry will be provided.

Who can attend? Open to all.

Registration: $50 (for 0.5 semester hour of credit)

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Aging: Blessings, Challenges, Issues and Answers (RELX 832.01)

Ms. Ann M. Karner, MA (see above)

April 26 (Saturday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)
at LMU, St. Robert's 367

As our population ages, it is imperative that everyone in ministry be prepared to tap the rich resources of older adults, while at the same time ministering to those among them who are frail. This workshop will provide an overview of the aging process along with practical approaches for developing pastoral programs for active as well as frail elderly and their families.

Who can attend? Open to all.

Registration: $50 (for 0.5 semester hour of credit)

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A Peace Conference: St. Francis: Nonviolence Wisdom for Our Time (RELX 872.01)

Speakers include theologian/author Donald Spoto; Sr. Pat Krommer, CSJ; Fr. Chris Ponnet; John August Swanson; David Robinson, and Bishop Thomas Gumbleton.

February 16 (Sunday, 3:00 - 9:00 pm)
at LMU, Roski Dining Room in University Hall

St. Francis of Assisi has inspired courageous work for peace over the centuries, and stands as a source of nonviolence wisdom in our own time of war and talk of war. This conference, co-sponsored by Pax Christi-Los Angeles, provides an opportunity for reflection upon the model of Francis as an exemplar and spiritual guide for peacemakers.

Registration: $25 (a non-credit special event)

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Responsibility, Rehabilitation, Restoration: Crime, Punishment, and the Common Good in California (A Criminal Justice Symposium) (RELX 873.01)

Speakers include: Fr. Bryan Massingale, STD, Cheryl Ward-Kaiser, Dr. Dawn Cabana, Judge Stephen Manley, and many other specialists from this field.

March 15 (Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm)
throughout the LMU Campus

Sponsored by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops, this Symposium will explore issues in the California criminal justice system, such as the protection and rebuilding of communities, defending life without taking life, and the confrontation of crime without vengeance. Participants will have many opportunities for reflection and dialogue about these issues and the insights provided by Catholic social teachings. Professional development credit is available for three groups: lawyers and members of the legal profession, counselors and social workers, educators and religious professionals. For more information, see www.cacatholic.org, or their 4-fold brochure.

Registration: for 0.5 semester hour of credit, $35 for educators, $150 for Counselors, $250 for Lawyers (MCLE credit)

Workshops: see the list of afternoon Session I and Session II workshops

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The Social Mission of the Church: Social and Economic Justice (RELX 862.01)

Mr. Thomas A. Chabolla was the longtime director of the Office for Justice and Peace, the Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, and the Secretariat for Pastoral and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

March 22 (Saturday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)
at LMU, St. Robert's 353

Catholic social teaching has been called the Church's "best kept secret." This workshop will examine the Church's social tradition and teaching by looking at the roots of that tradition and its implications in the social and political arena. We will draw primarily from those documents that address issues of social and economic justice such as the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum and the U.S. Bishops' pastoral letter on the economy, Economic Justice for All.

Registration: $50 (for 0.5 semester hour of credit)

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The Social Mission of the Church: Teaching on War, Violence and Peace (RELX 862.02)

Mr. Thomas A. Chabolla (see above)

April 5 (Saturday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)
at LMU, St. Robert's 353

Catholic social teaching develops as the Church reflects on the issues and situations we confront in the world. Statements on war and peace raise fundamental questions of how we, as people of faith, respond in an increasingly violent society. This workshop will draw primarily from those documents that address issues of war, violence and peace such as The Challenge of Peace, The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace, and selected documents by the Vatican and the US bishops on war, the death penalty, and related issues.

Registration: $50 (for 0.5 semester hour of credit)

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