COURAGE & ENCOURAGE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE – ATCHISON, KS
July 15 – 18, 2021
IN-PERSON & ONLINE THIS YEAR!
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CONFERENCE PRESENTERS
Vicki Burbach
A passionate convert to the Faith, Vicki is an avid reader who loves diving into the beauty and truth found in Catholic spiritual traditions. She has blogged on spiritual reading and sacrifice for over ten years and is the author of How to Read your Way to Heaven: A Spiritual Reading Program for the Worst of Sinners, the Greatest of Saints, and Everyone in Between, and The Lost Art of Sacrifice: A Spiritual Guide for Denying Yourself, Embracing the Cross, and Finding Joy. Her commentary has been featured on such sites as the National Catholic Register, Catholic Exchange and Big Pulpit. Additionally, she has been a guest on EWTN Live, EWTN Bookmark and Women of Grace with Johnnette Benkovic, to name a few.
Rev. Canon Matthew Talarico
A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Canon Matthew Talarico was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Raymond Burke in June of 2007 for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. Canon Talarico studied at the international seminary of the Institute of Christ the King in Florence, Italy. He is currently serving as Rector of the Shrine of Christ the King in Chicago, as well as the Provincial Superior for the Institute’s American Province which includes apostolates in nineteen dioceses coast to coast.
The title “Canon” for the priests of the Institute refers to the specific lifestyle and mission which the Institute of Christ the King has received from the Church. The priests live in community with oblate brothers and chant together various parts of the Divine Office, such as morning Lauds and evening Vespers. The Institute is consecrated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and is inspired by the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales, the Doctor of Divine Charity.
You can learn more about the Institute at www.institute-christ-king.org.
Timothy G. Lock, Ph.D.
Dr. Timothy Lock is a Catholic father, husband, Franciscan tertiary, clinical psychologist, and educator. He is the founder and director of the Goretti Center for Healing and Forgiveness and full-time Director of Psychological Services at St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie). Dr. Lock also serves on the Board of Directors of Courage International.
Deacon John Green & Carolyn Green
In 1990, John founded Emmaus Ministries, an outreach to men involved in prostitution in Chicago. He served as Executive Director of this work until 2010 at which time he and his family moved to Ohio and entered a long period of elder care for John’s aging and dying parents. Our Sunday Visitor published John’s book “Streetwalking With Jesus: Reaching Out In Justice and Mercy” in 2011 and in 2014, the Greens opened Cafe O’Play, a place of respite and fun for families. In 2021 John went on staff with the Evangelical Catholic assisting Catholic parishes in developing sustainable movements of evangelization and discipleship. Carolyn and John were married in February of 1993. For many years Carolyn toured the midwest as part of the singer/songwriter duo “GreenChoby”and released 5 recordings of original music. She has been a singer-songwriter, worship leader, urban missionary, online fitness coach, and entrepreneur. But most importantly, she has been a wife to her husband John for over 29 years and a mother to four children, now aged 20, 18, 16 and 14.
Kathryn Jean Lopez
Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute where she directs the Center for Religion, Culture, and Civil Society. She is also editor-at-large of National Review and she is a nationally syndicated columnist with Andrews McMeel Universal. Lopez has been published by a wide variety of publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, America, Stars and Stripes, The National Catholic Register, and First Things. She is also a columnist for Our Sunday Visitor’s Newsweekly , and she is on the editorial advisory board of Angelus where she contributes regularly. She co-authored the book How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice and she contributed to the book When Women Pray: Eleven Catholic Women on the Power of Prayer.
Lopez was awarded the annual Washington Women in Journalism Award for Outstanding Journalism in the Periodic Press from CQ Roll Call in 2016 for writing about Christian genocide and persecution. She speaks frequently on faith and public life, at several venues including college campuses, and on radio and television. A product of New York City Catholic education, she serves on a number of Catholic boards and is a member of Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s Pro-Life Commission. At the opening Mass of the Year of Faith in Rome in October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI presented Lopez with a message to women throughout the world.
Fr. Philip G. Bochanski
Fr. Philip Bochanski has served as Executive Director of Courage International, Inc. since January 1, 2017. Father was Chaplain for the Courage apostolate in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for five years, before being appointed to the position of Associate Director in January 2015. An award-winning author, he has written and edited several books, audio series, and articles on various aspects of Church history, catechesis and spirituality. In 2019, Pope Francis awarded Father Bochanski the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, given in recognition of “sustained and exceptional service” to the Church.
Fr. Colin Blatchford
Father Blatchford received his B.A. in philosophy from Ave Maria University in 2006 and completed his seminary training at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri receiving his M.A. in Theology. After his graduation he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Knoxville on May 31, 2014. Prior to his appointment as Courage International’s Associate Director on September 8th, 2020, Father Blatchford served for three years as the chaplain for Courage and EnCourage for the Diocese of Knoxville, a position which he held for two and a half years. His diocesan assignment was not his first encounter with Courage. Father Blatchford had the pleasure of meeting Father Harvey while a student at Ave Maria University, when Father was in residence finishing one of his books. Recently, Father Blatchford completed an M.Sc. in psychology from Divine Mercy University to better serve the members of Courage and EnCourage.
Mary Rice Hasson, J.D.
Mary Rice Hasson, is the Kate O’Beirne Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where she directs the Catholic Women’s Forum, a network of Catholic professional women and scholars. Mary is also co-founder of the Person and Identity Project, an initiative that equips parents and faith-based institutions with the resources they need to counter gender ideology and promote the truth about the human person. An attorney and policy expert, Mary has been a keynote speaker for the Holy See during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, addressing education, women and work, caregiving, and gender ideology. Mary and her husband Seamus Hasson have seven grown children, and one granddaughter.
SAINT JOSEPH: MODEL OF COURAGEOUS LOVE
This year our conference will be presented through the lens of St. Joseph, model of courageous love. His complete surrender to the will of God shows us the sole path to holiness. As the spouse of the Mother of God and Chaste Guardian of the Virgin, he models self-sacrificial love. As Head of the Holy Family and Foster Father of Jesus, he shows us not only how to love as a parent, but also how to be loved as a child of God.
Prayer to Saint Joseph
O Glorious Saint Joseph
O glorious St. Joseph, spouse of the Immaculate Virgin,
obtain for me a pure, humble, and charitable mind,
and perfect resignation to the Divine Will.
Be my guide, father, and model through life
that I may merit to die as you did
in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
Amen.
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT
We kindly invite you to support our apostolate with your prayers by joining us in this spiritual bouquet that will be offered during the closing Mass at the end of the conference.
Please add your prayers to the bouquet at this link.
Para información en español, haga clic aquí
This year, our conference is being offered both IN-PERSON and ONLINE. The registration button above is for either type of registration. See below for pricing.
Information on travelling to Kansas can be found here.
PRICING
IN-PERSON ATTENDEES
FULL CONFERENCE:$375.00 per person
Includes overnight accommodations (3 nights) and all meals from Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch.
COMMUTER PRICES (including meals):
Thursday: $65.00
Friday: $100.00
Saturday: $110.00
Sunday: $40.00
CLERGY TRACK (for clergy only):NO CHARGE
Special program on Wednesday, July 14 – click here to see schedule. Includes lunch. Free-will offerings gratefully accepted. Lodging may be arranged at the participant’s expense. See registration form for clergy track accommodation options plus full conference rates.
ONLINE ATTENDEES
FULL CONFERENCE:$35.00
Fixed rate includes virtual attendance at full conference for registrant and his/her household.
Registrants must be 18 or older.
PLEASE NOTE: The Clergy Day on Wednesday, July 14th will NOT be offered on Zoom; it is only available for in-person clergy registrants.
IMPORTANT: All Zoom registrants will receive an email at the end of the day on Friday, July 2nd with a link to complete the Zoom conference registration process in the Zoom platform. If you do not complete this step of the process, you will not receive your confirmation emails and links to participate in the webinar or breakout meetings. Please keep track of your Zoom invites as we will be unable to issue new ones during the conference itself.
We encourage attendees to familiarize themselves with the Zoom webinar platform by reading Zoom Basics for Webinar Attendees.
Questions about registration? Please contact us here.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Click here for a PDF of the general conference schedule, July 15-18.
Click here for a PDF of the Clergy Track schedule on July 14 (not shown below).
*Times are listed as Central Daylight Time.
The main conference talks on the schedule below will be simultaneously interpreted into Spanish for Zoom Spanish attendees.
Click here for Zoom Spanish registration and to see the full Spanish schedule, including offerings exclusively for Spanish speakers.
Thursday – July 15, 2021
TIME* | ACTIVITY | SPEAKER/CELEBRANT |
2:00 – 5:30 pm | Registration | |
5:00 – 6:00 pm | Welcome for First-Time Attendees | Courage Staff |
6:00 – 7:00 pm | Celebration of Mass | Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, D.D., Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas |
7:00 – 8:00 pm | Dinner | |
8:00 – 9:30 pm | Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph | Dr. Greg Bottaro |
9:30 – 11:00 pm | Healing Prayer Service Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) available | Various Priests |
Friday – July 16, 2021
TIME* | ACTIVITY | SPEAKER/CELEBRANT |
7:00 – 7:30 am | Misa en Español | Bishop David Konderla, Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma |
7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast | |
9:00 am | Welcome: Comments on the State of the Apostolate | Fr. Philip G. Bochanski |
9:30 – 10:45 am | Celebration of Mass | Bishop Carl Kemme, Bishop of Wichita, Kansas |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | St. Joseph: Most Chaste Spouse | Fr. Colin Blatchford |
12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
1:30 – 2:45 pm | St. Joseph: Pillar of Families text St. Joseph: Most Courageous (EnCourage Parents of Children with Gender Identity Discordance) | Dr. Greg Bottaro text Mary Rice Hasson, JD |
3:15 – 4:45 pm | Courage and EnCourage Meetings: text Courage Men Courage Women EnCourage Mothers of SSA Children EnCourage Fathers of SSA Children EnCourage Spouses EnCourage Parents of Children with Gender Identity Discordance | Moderators: text Various Yvonne M. (Courage member) & Fr. Salzillo, O.P. Fr. Nathan Reesman Fr. Philip G. Bochanski Fr. Colin Blatchford Fr. Kyle Schnippel |
5:00 – 6:00 pm | Free Time text Meeting for Chaplains and Group Leaders | text text Fr. Philip G. Bochanski, Fr. Kyle Schnippel, and Courage Office team |
6:00 – 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
7:30 – 8:45 pm | St. Joseph: Husband of Mary & Virginal Father of Jesus | Fr. Ricardo Piñeda, CPM |
9:30 pm – 6:45 am | Eucharistic Adoration (throughout the night, opening with Rosary) |
Saturday – July 17, 2021
TIME* | ACTIVITY | SPEAKER/CELEBRANT |
6:45 am | Benediction | |
7:00 – 7:30 am | Misa en Español | TBD |
7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast | |
9:30 – 10:30 am | Celebration of Mass | Bishop John LeVoir, Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | St. Joseph the Worker: Model of Masculine Virtue text St. Joseph: Solace of the Grieved (EnCourage Parents of Children with Gender Identity Discordance) | Fr. Ricardo Piñeda, CPM text Dr. Christopher Gross |
12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch | |
1:30 – 3:00 pm | Master of the Interior Life: The Seven Sorrows & Joys of St. Joseph text St. Joseph: Mirror of Patience (EnCourage Parents of Children with Gender Identity Discordance) | Fr. Ricardo Piñeda, CPM text Deacon Patrick Lappert, M.D |
3:15 – 4:45 pm | Workshops: text True Devotion to St. Joseph St. Joseph: Head of the Holy Family (EnCourage Parents of Children with Gender Identity Discordance) EnCourage Parents/Courage Men EnCourage Parents/Courage Women Chastity Introduction to Sports Camp | Moderators: text Fr. Ricardo Piñeda, CPM Fr. Malachy Joseph Napier, CFR text Fr. Colin Blatchford Yvonne M. (Courage member) Neill M. (Courage member) Patrick S. (Courage member) |
4:45 – 6:00 pm | Free Time ~ optional Rosary at Mary’s Grotto | |
6:00 – 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
7:30 – 8:45 pm | Courage and EnCourage Member Testimonies | Gary H., Courage Woman, George & Sharon |
9:15 – 11:00 pm | Social |
Sunday – July 18, 2021
TIME* | ACTIVITY | SPEAKER/CELEBRANT |
7:00 – 7:30 am | Misa en Español | TBD |
7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast | |
9:00 – 10:15 am | St Joseph: Most Faithful and Most Obedient | Fr. Philip G. Bochanski |
11:15 – 11:30 am | Memorial for Deceased Courage Members and Chaplains | |
11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Celebration of Mass | Archbishop Michael Byrnes, Archbishop of Agaña, Guam |
12:30 pm | Lunch to go/Departures |