A Conference and Membership Meeting for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics, Our Families, Friends and Supporters
The Catholic Church has never needed loving critics and critical lovers as it needs us now. If you are someone who loves the Church, values your faith and knows in your conscience that things MUST change, this conference is for you. Come pray, learn and discuss your experience with others who will understand, challenge you and offer support.
Sponsored by
DignityUSA and Dignity/Los Angeles
Conference and Membership Meeting
Friday, October 15 16, 2004
Dignity/Los Angeles
126 South Avenue 64 — Los Angeles, CA 90042
(323) 344-8064
Dignity/Los Angeles' 35th Annual Dinner
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Taix Restaurant
1911 Sunset Blvd. — Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 484-1265
Friday Evening, October 15, 2004
7:30 8:30 Mass and
Commitment Ceremony
8:30 10:30 Reception
Saturday, October 16, 2004
8:30 9:15 Continental Breakfast
9:15 10:45 Sessions 1 and 2
10:45 11:00 Break
11:00 11:30 Guest Speaker
11:30 11:45 Break
11:45 12:45 Lunch
12:45 2:45 Membership Meeting
Dignity/Los Angeles’ 35th Annual Dinner
Saturday Evening, October 16, 2004
Dignity/Los Angeles' 35th Annual Dinner
Taix Restaurant
6:30 - 7:30 Cocktails and Reception
7:30 - 7:45 Welcome
7:45 - 8:45 Dinner
8:45 - 9:15 Keynote Speaker
9:15 - 10:00 Presentation of Awards
10:00 Music and Social
Conference and Membership Meeting
October 15 (evening) and October 16 (day) $50
Dignity/LA’s 35th Annual Dinner
October 16 (evening) $50
Both Events (October 15-16) $90
Deadline to register for either or both events is Sunday, October 3, 2004.
Session 1: Faithfulness and Commitment in Relationships
John M. Warrington, Ph.D.
Warrington graduated from Heythrop College in England and was ordained a monk-priest in 1987. He served as university chaplain for six years in the UK and, in 1993, he became a diocesan priest in England. In 1995, he came to the US and worked as a Director of Campus Ministry until 1998 when he left active ministry in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2003, he completed his doctoral studies in clinical psychology and works in private practice in South Pasadena, California.
Session 2: The Spiritual Life and Living Single
Vickie Dendinger, Ph.D.
Dendinger has a Master's in counseling and a Ph.D. in psychology. She is director of an adult faith formation at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Newport Beach and works in private practice. Her doctoral research was on religious mystical experience and Jungian personality type. She also teaches for the Diocese of Orange in the Institute of Pastoral Ministry.
Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Jarrett T. Barrios,
Massachusetts State Senator
He studied at Harvard University and obtained his law degree with honors from Georgetown University. In 1998, he began his legislative career when he was elected to the House of Representatives. In 2002, he was the first openly gay Democratic Hispanic to be elected to the Massachusetts State Senate. He sits as the Senate Chairman of the Joint Committee on Public Safety, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Health Care, and is a Member of the Committees on Third Reading, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs. He is the recipient of the Chancellor's Medal for Distinguished Service from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at Cambridge College.
□ I will attend the Conference and Membership Meeting ONLY. Enclosed is my registration fee of $50 made payable to DignityUSA
□ I will attend Dignity/Los Angeles’ 35th Annual Dinner ONLY. Enclosed is my donation of $50 made payable to Dignity/Los Angeles
□ I will attend BOTH EVENTS—Conference and Membership Meeting and Dignity/Los Angeles’ 35th Annual Dinner. Enclosed are total fees of $90 made payable to Dignity/Los Angeles. At the dinner, I would like: □ Chicken □ Beef □ Vegetarian
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Please return this form by Sunday, October 3, 2004 to:
Dignity/Los Angeles
Attn: Kevin Steen, President
P. O. Box 3886
South Pasadena, CA 91031-6886
For more information, please call Dignity/Los Angeles at 323-344-8064 or log on to www.dignityusa.org