SPRING Seminar 2015
BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS:
Pope Francis Calls Priests and Bishops
to a Renewal of Identity, Mission, Ministry, and Spirituality
Presenter: Rev. Louis Cameli
Tuesday, May 26, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Download pdf Flyer)
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St. Eulalia Church
1851 S. 9th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 (ample parking)
RSVP by Friday, May 22, to:
[email protected] or by calling our voice mail at 312-226-7222
(There is NO cost to attend, though a free-will offering is appreciated for Lunch.)
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After a quick summary of my presentation at the Chicago Priests’ Convocation in June, 2014, I want to fill out a sense of the direction that Pope Francis is giving to priests and bishops. Here are some of the topics I want to offer for your consideration, reflection, and comment:
As priests leave this time together, I hope that our shared reflection will draw them to take another look at their identity, ministry, and mission—who they are, what they do, and for what purpose.
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Schedule for the Day (Come for either session or both sessions)
10:00 a.m.: Prayer
10:15 a.m.: Morning Session
12:00—12:45 p.m.: Lunch
1:00—2:30 p.m.: Afternoon Session
Tuesday, May 26, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Download pdf Flyer)
________________________________________________________________________
St. Eulalia Church
1851 S. 9th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 (ample parking)
RSVP by Friday, May 22, to:
[email protected] or by calling our voice mail at 312-226-7222
(There is NO cost to attend, though a free-will offering is appreciated for Lunch.)
________________________________________________________________________
After a quick summary of my presentation at the Chicago Priests’ Convocation in June, 2014, I want to fill out a sense of the direction that Pope Francis is giving to priests and bishops. Here are some of the topics I want to offer for your consideration, reflection, and comment:
- breaking beyond the ideological fault lines in today’s Church
- ·reframing preaching by focusing on the preacher’s heart
- ·a new key for understanding and living celibacy: pastoral intimacy
- ·re-aligning our mission to staff a “field hospital” in the world
- finally coming to terms with a ministerial spirituality
- ·a new sense of pastoral response signaled by the recent synods
- ·the perils and possibilities of serving with other priests.
As priests leave this time together, I hope that our shared reflection will draw them to take another look at their identity, ministry, and mission—who they are, what they do, and for what purpose.
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Schedule for the Day (Come for either session or both sessions)
10:00 a.m.: Prayer
10:15 a.m.: Morning Session
12:00—12:45 p.m.: Lunch
1:00—2:30 p.m.: Afternoon Session
Fr. Louis John Cameli is a Chicago Heights, Illinois, native and a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago. He studied theology at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he received his licentiate in theology in 1970 and a doctorate in theology with a specialization in spirituality in 1975. Fr. Cameli is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Ministerial Consciousness, 1975; A Sense of Direction, 1986; Going to God Together, A Spirituality of Communion, 2002; Mary’s Journey revised, 2003; The Devil You Don’t Know: Recognizing and Resisting Evil in Everyday Life, 2011; The Archaeology of Faith: A Personal Exploration of How We Come to Believe, 2015. His articles on theology and spirituality have appeared in Chicago Studies, The Priest, and America. In March, 2009, Cardinal Francis George appointed Father Cameli his delegate for Christian Formation and Mission with residence at Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago. He continues (2015) as Archbishop Blase Cupich’s delegate.
