Upcoming Conference

Download 2007 agenda here.

JHMC National Meeting
Montserrat Retreat House
Lake Dallas, TX
11-14 June 2007

The focus of this year's gathering is to review and to plan in our four priority areas of action in U.S. Hispanic ministry: Formation, Ignatian Spirituality, Networking, and Prophetic Action. These were chosen at our 2005 gathering in Omaha.

To that end, most of our time will be spent in sessions asking the questions:

-What have we been doing in these areas locally and nationally?
-What are we currently doing?
-What more do we need to do, and how can we do it better?

Our 2006 25th anniversary gathering at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana gave us time to remember and to look ahead, as we remembered 25 years of commitment as well as reflected on the outpouring of activism regarding immigration reform last spring, the recently completed first ever National Youth Encuentro and the ongoing process of Jesuit national strategic planning.

This year we invite Jesuits and lay colleagues involved in ministry in the Hispanic community to join us in Lake Dallas June 11-14 as we reflect on our experiences and plan our next steps forward in walking with the Hispanic community.

Monday June 11

4-6pm    Arrival and registration
6pm    Dinner, dining hall
7pm    Welcome,  Opening Address: Eduardo Fernandez SJ, professor of pastoral theology and missiology, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley CA
9pm     Social hour

Tuesday June 12

8-9am    Breakfast
9am    Morning  prayer, chapel.
9:15     National Strategic Planning Tom Smolich SJ, president, Jesuit Conference, Washington DC on where he sees the plan as of mid June and how it incorporates issues addressing the Hispanic community----and our response.
12 noon    Lunch and free time….

The following four sessions focus on the priorities identified by the Omaha meeting of JHMC in 2005.

2pm    Acción Profetica led by Jill Marie Gerschutz, outreach coordinator/policy associate, National Office of Jesuit Social and International Ministries, Washington, DC and Rafael Garcia SJ, pastor, Sacred Heart Church, El Paso, TX
5:15    Eucharist, Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth, presiding
6pm    Dinner
7pm    Hispanic Ministry and Ignatian Spirituality, led by Nathan Stone, SJ and Joe Tetlow, SJ,  Montserrat Retreat House, Lake Dallas, TX
9pm    Social hour

8-9am    Breakfast
9am    Morning prayer, chapel.
9:15     Formation of Hispanics led by Paulina Espinosa, director, Hispanic Institute, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley CA
Formation of Jesuits in working with Hispanics led by Joe Spieler SJ, Formation Director, California Province Jesuits, Los Gatos CA
12 noon    Lunch and free time….
2-4pm      Networking: led by Bill Rickle, SJ, director, Institute on Migration, Culture and Ministry, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
4:30    Depart for Mass and dinner in Dallas at Catholic Formation Center with Pastoral Juvenil Hispana, hosted by local young adult community.

Thursday June 14

8-9am    Breakfast
9am    Morning prayer, chapel.
9:15    Evaluation of Lake Dallas meeting

11:15     Eucharist
12 noon Lunch and departure

Details

- The conference will be held in English and Spanish.
- There will be regular prayer, and we will celebrate the Eucharist each day.
- The cost is $325, for a single room, with a private bath. 
- Some double rooms are available, upon request from both participants, for $275. 
- The fee includes lodging at Montserrat, and meals, starting with Monday evening, June 11, and continuing through Thursday, June 14, at lunchtime.
- Arrival time and registration is from 4pm to 6pm, on Monday, June 11.  Dinner is at 6pm, and the opening address is at 7pm.  Departure is Thursday, June 14, after lunch.
- We ask for a $100 deposit upon registration.  Make checks payable to Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House, and major credit cards are accepted. 
- We have capacity for about 85 participants, so we would urge those wishing to attend to sign up early, to reserve a place.
- Limousine service to and from the either airport (DFW or Love Field) can be arranged for a small fee.  Driving directions can be found at www.MontserratRetreat.org.

Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House
600 N. Shady Shores
PO Box 1390
Lake Dallas, Tx 75065-1390
retreat1@airmail.net
Phone 940 321 6020
Fax 940 321 6040

For more information, check the website, http://www.jesuit.org/SocialJustice/SocialOutreach

To contact the coordinator, email John Fagan, SJ at jfagan1@nd.edu

To register for the 2007 Conference meeting, contact Montserrat Retreat House, by email at retreat1@airmail.net, or by phone at 940.321.6020.