SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008

7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception/Registration (Krasa Fireside Lounge)
Entertainment provided by the Benedictine University Student Jazz Trio.

FRIDAY, MAY 30 2008

8:00 a.m. - 8:45
Registration/Continental Breakfast (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC))

8:45-9:00
Welcome/Introduction (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC))
Abbot Dismas Kalcic, Chancellor, Benedictine University and Abbot, St. Procopius Abbey
Dr. William Carroll, President, Benedictine University
Dr. Alicia Cordoba Tait, Conference Coordinator and Director, Center for Mission and Identity (CMI)

9:00-10:30
Keynote Speaker, Br. Dietrich Reinhart, O.S.B., The Heart's Deep Gladness and the Hunger of the World (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC)

10:40- 11:50
Presentation Session No. 1

• Carrying the Light: Strategic Planning for the Future of Benedictine Mission and Identity.
  (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC )
  Facilitators: Drs. William Carroll and Alicia Cordoba Tait
  Panelists: Drs. Vincent Gaddis, Jean-Marie Kauth, Alfred Martin, and Fr. Philip Timko, O.S.B. (Benedictine University)
  
  
• Monasteries Without Walls: Scholae Alumnorum II.
  (Krasa Presentation Room)
  Fr. Becket Franks, O.S.B. (St. Procopius Abbey)
  

12:00-12:20
Mass (Student Chapel, Krasa lower level) Fr. David Turner, O.S.B., presiding; Augustine Mallak, O.S.B., music

12:30 - 1:25
Lunch (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC))

1:30-3:40
Presentation Session No. 2

• Summer Faculty Workshop: Integrating Catholic and Benedictine Values into the Curriculum.
  (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC )
  Facilitator: Dr. Alfred Martin
  Panelists: Drs. Preston Aldrich (Biology), Patrick Flynn (Philosophy), Vincent Gaddis (History), Tim Marin (Chemistry), Robin Rylaarsdam (Biology), and Alicia Cordoba Tait (Music) (Benedictine University)
  
  
• What Does a Benedictine Classroom Look and Sound Like?
  (Krasa Presentation Room)
  Dr. James Pelech and Fr. David Turner, O.S.B. (Benedictine University)
  

3:45 - 5:00
Presentation Session No. 3

• When the Rubber Hits the Road: Putting into Practice Benedictine Hallmarks and Pedagogy in a School Setting.
  (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC )
  Facilitator: Fr. Joel Rippinger, O.S.B.(Marmion Academy)
  Panelists: Fr. Becket Franks, O.S.B. (St. Procopius Abbey), Judy Kosky (Marmion Academy), and Pamela McQueen (Villa Madonna High School)
  
  
• Celebrating and Appreciating our Uniqueness as Benedictine Academic Institutions
  (Krasa Presentation Room)
  Dr. Catherine Arnold (Benedictine University)

4:20-5:20
Social Hour / Free Time ( Krasa Fireside Lounge)

5:30-7:30
Dinner - Keynote Speaker, James Ludema, Ph.D., Values-Driven Leadership: The High Calling of a Benedictine Business Education.
(Krasa Fireside Lounge)
Assisted by Dr. Sandra Gill (Dean, Benedictine University College of Business) and Sr. Rose Kruppa (PHDOD candidate and grant researcher)

8:00
Sacred Concert A Musical Reflection of the Rosary
(St. Procopius Abbey Church)
Benedictine University Woodwind Quintet - Anne Kreft, flute, Alicia Cordoba Tait, oboe, Andrea DiOrio, clarinet, Amy Rhodes, bassoon, and Jerry Beck, French horn.

(There will be a small reception after the performance in the Abbey Guest Dining Room.)

SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008

9:00-9:30 a.m.
Mass and Morning Prayer(Krasa Student Chapel)

9:40-11:50
Presentation Session No. 4

• Catholic Identity: Small c or Capital C?
  (Krasa 2nd Floor (Seminar Rooms ABC )
  Fr. Thomas Hart, O.S.B.(Saint Vincent College)
  
  
• Shared Praxis Approach to Teaching the Rule of St. Benedict.
  (Krasa Presentation Room)
  Fr. David Turner, O.S.B. (Benedictine University)

12:00 -1:30
Lunch (off campus location TBA)

1:30 p.m.
Conference Adjourns
Conference 2009 Advisory Board Meeting

Updated by J. Hopkins, May 23, 2007