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            CONFERENCE AGENDA           

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Sunday – September 25, 2022

11:00 am   Conference Registration (11:00am-1:30pm) - Hotel Lobby

• Sign up for Renewal Activities, Visit the Welcome Table for Goodies

12:00 pm   Celebration of the Eucharist (Optional) - Auditorium 2

​12:00 pm   Lite Lunch served until 2:00 pm (Optional) - Salon 5 & 6

1:30 pm     Registration Moves and Continues - Outside Wilbanks Ballroom

• Sign up for Renewal Activities, Visit the Welcome Table for Goodies

2:00 pm     Conference Opening - Wilbanks Ballroom

• Welcome - Mary Wildeman

• Opening Prayer - Sister Ellen LaCapria, D.C.

• GRC Recap - Sister Mary Bader, D.C. - Conference MC

• The Art of Bridging like Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac - Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.   (1st of 3 sessions)

3:00 pm     Opening Keynote: Building a Bridge of Resilience on a FABULOUS Foundation

• Barbara Rubel, Griefwork Center, Inc.

• This program will focus on lessening the impact of burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.

4:30 pm     Set the Stage for Evening Activities - Sister Mary Bader, D.C.

• Hotel Check-In

5:00 pm     Opening Reception & Networking - Terrace Lawn Area & Garden Marquee - Bar Service

6:00 pm     Dinner Buffet - Garden Marquee

 

Monday – September 26, 2022

7:30 am     Breakfast Buffet - Salon 5 & 6

8:15 am     Welcome to Day 2 - Sister Mary Bader, D.C. - Wilbanks Ballroom

• Day 2 Opening Prayer - Sister Ellen LaCapria, D.C.

• The Art of Bridging like Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac - Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C. (2nd of 3 sessions) 

8:45 am     Keynote: Building Bridges for True Social Change

• Nell Edgington, President of Social Velocity, LLC

• This session will provide both the strategic mindset and tactical frameworks necessary to help MMI grantees learn how to articulate the social change they seek and use that knowledge to collaborate in bigger, more effective ways.

9:45 am     Break - Refreshments outside Wilbanks Ballroom

10:00 am   Theory of Change Workshop – Nell Edgington (continued) - Wilbanks Ballroom

11:45 am   Break

12:00 pm   Celebration of the Eucharist (Optional) - Auditorium 2

12:30 pm   Lunch Buffet - Salon 5 & 6

1:30 pm     Grantee Highlights - Wilbanks Ballroom

•  Organizations to speak on successful bridges built for collaboration and systemic change.

2:30 pm     Bridge Building Activity - Sister Mary Bader, D.C.  

3:00 pm     Renewal Activities - Conference Rooms C, D, E, H, Terrace Lawn

5:00 pm     Banquet Reception & Networking - Terrace Lawn Area - Bar Service and Appetizers

6:00 pm     St. Louise de Marillac Awards Banquet and Celebration of MMI’s 25 Years - Garden Marquee​

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Tuesday – September 27, 2022

7:30 am     Breakfast Buffet served until 9:00 am - Salon 5 & 6

7:30 am     Celebration of the Eucharist (Optional) - Father John Kettelberger - Auditorium 2

• Feast of St. Vincent de Paul

8:15 am     Renewal Activities & Bridge Building - Conference Rooms C, D, E, H, Terrace Lawn

9:30 am     Welcome to Day 3 - Sister Mary Bader, D.C. - Wilbanks Ballroom

• Day 3 Opening Prayer - Sister Ellen LaCapria, D.C.

• The Art of Bridging like Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac - Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C. (3rd of 3 sessions)

10:00 am   Building Bridges toward Racial Justice and Equity

• Facilitated Panel Discussion highlighting Racial Justice and Equity as one of the tools used in building bridges toward systemic change.

11:45 am   Break - Lite Lunch set-up in Salon 5 & 6

12:00 pm   Closing & Sending Forth with Working Lunch - Wilbanks Ballroom; Food in Salon 5 & 6

• Bridge Building Presentations with special awards - must be present to win​