The theme for the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress has been announced for our February 2013 event: "Enter the Mystery" / "Entra al Misterio." You can find past themes, and reflections on the themes, online on our web site. Also, check online for our growing list of Congress speakers for Congress 2013. Registration for RECongress will begin in October 2012.
The registration fee for Congress is $65 per person. Youth Day has a separate registration and fee of $25 per person.
"Enter the Mystery" / "Entra al Misterio"
"...The theme 'Enter the Mystery' bids us to look with new eyes and discover God’s creative presence woven into the fabric of our rich faith story: our beliefs, our rituals and our great spiritual traditions. We, likewise pause to marvel at the mystery of ourselves created in the image and likeness of God and called now to mirror this divine essence spilled out for all of creation."
You can find the complete reflection on the RECongress 2013 theme by Sr. Edith Prendergast, Director of the Office of Religious Education, on our web site — along with reflections from prior years.
On our Youth Day page you can find out about the theme for Youth Day 2013 — “Keep Calm - God's Got This” — and watch a video slideshow from our last our last event. Also on the Web site you can read about the planning meeting for Youth Day and their ideas forming the theme, the Rally, the Opening & Closing Sessions, the Liturgies, technology and even Youth Day App! Watch for the latest updates about Youth Day on our Youth Day page.
We are now updating our online listing of speakers for 2013. Over the four-day weekend, we have over 200 speakers scheduled, presenting nearly 300 workshops, including 26 sessions on Youth Day, 60 workshops in Spanish and 8 in Vietnamese. And our speaker categories range from Adult Education to Women's Issues, from Elementary to Young Adult Ministry, and from Liturgy/Music to Spirituality/Prayer.
Our Sunday Address will be presented by Sr. Maureen Sullivan (In English) and Luis Benavides (in Spanish). Our future Emailings will include descriptions of these Addresses and highlight sessions from different categories. Find the latest listing of Congress 2013 speakers on our Web site.
On our RECongress Channel on YouTube you can find nearly 100 videos from Congress — and nearly 40 hours of programming just from Congress 2012. Watch the Arena events in their entirety, beginning with Youth Day on Thursday and running through Sunday. Find all of this at our YouTube.com/RECongress Channel. And don't miss out on our other social media sites: follow us on Twitter @LACongress and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RECongress.