Friday Night (15th June)

4:30 pm - 7:30 pm Registration

6:00 pm - Buffet Dinner - (optional)

Evening Session (7:30 pm - 9:15 pm)

• Official Welcome by Bishop Julian Porteous Episcopal Vicar for Evangelisation and Renewal, Sydney Archdiocese
• Introduction of the ACM Team
• The Purpose & End of the Christian Life
• Christ: The Means for participating in the Divine Life

9:15 pm Night Prayer and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (optional)

Saturday (16th June)

7:45 am Mass (optional)
7:00 am - Breakfast - (for residential guests only)

Morning Session (9:00 am - 1:00 pm)

• Overview of the Modern Catechumenal Process
• Liturgical Components of the RCIA Process

- Morning Tea -

• Catechetical Components of the RCIA Process
• Pastoral Components of the RCIA Process
• Q & A

1:00 pm - Lunch & Free Time -

Afternoon Session (2:30 pm - 6:00 pm)

• Catechetical Methodology
• Centrality of Scripture in Teaching for Conversion

- Afternoon Tea -

• Salvation History
• The Catechist as Witness to the Truth

7:00 pm - Pre Dinner Drinks -

Conference Dinner (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm) (optional)

• Key Note Speaker: George Cardinal Pell

9:00 pm Night Prayer and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (optional)

Sunday (17th June)

7:00 am - Breakfast - (for residential guests only)

Morning Session (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)

• Creating an Evangelising and Welcoming Parish
• Signs and Stages of Conversion
• Q & A

- Morning Tea -

• Forming an RCIA team
• Sponsors as Companions on the Journey
• Q & A

12:15pm Mass (Bishop Porteous)

1:15 pm - Lunch -

Afternoon Session (2:00 pm - 3:30 pm)

• Training to use ACM Resources
• Q & A

3:30 pm Closing Prayer & Departure