ARCHDIOCESE TO SPONSOR CONVENTION.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Roughly 18,000 Roman Catholics are expected to converge in Anaheim this weekend for a three-day convention sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. While theology and spirituality will be discussed in about half the workshops at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (RECongress) is a three day event held by the Catholic Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Founded in 1968, it is the largest annual gathering of Catholics in the United States with roughly 40,000 people attending. , the other half involves more topical subjects - euthanasia, sexual misconduct sexual misconduct Professional ethics Any behavior that violates a health professional's ethics through sexual contact of physician and his/her Pt. See Professional boundaries. among priests, substance abuse and homosexuality. Cardinal Roger Mahony will welcome the delegates from the United States, Canada, Japan and Poland to the congress at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. . He also will celebrate Mass on Sunday evening. Among those scheduled to speak in some of the 240 workshops are the Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco, Laura Schlessinger, and the Rev. Gregory Boyle. Jenco was kidnapped by Muslim Shiite terrorists in 1985 while director of Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community. Founded in 1943 by the U.S. bishops, the agency provides assistance to 80 million people in 99 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the in Beirut and held hostage for 19 months. Schlessinger, a therapist, hosts a syndicated talk radio show, broadcast locally on KFI-AM, and is the author of two best-selling books. Boyle, a Jesuit priest, ministered to gang members while pastor of Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Mission in Boyle Heights. The conference workshops will address social ills, moral and ethical dilemmas, and the challenges of everyday life that test how Catholics put their beliefs into practice, organizers say. Among the topics are teen sexuality, legalization LEGALIZATION. The act of making lawful. 2. By legalization, is also understood the act by which a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be lawfully read in evidence. Vide Authentication. of drugs, the Catholic Church's opposition to "mercy killing," ministries to homosexual Catholics, sobriety and recovery from addictive behavior. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Roger Mahony Will welcome world delegates |
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