NACTS Annual Meeting
October 3 – 4, 2025
To register for the conference and to make hotel reservations:
If you choose to call in, the code will be NACT for this group.
METHOD OF RESERVATIONS
In order to reserve a hotel room, each individual guest must make his or her own reservation by calling (847)524-0455 or booking through the booking link no later than the cutoff date of September 12, 2024
NACTS guests making reservations must identify themselves as members of NACTS. All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. If a guest does not cancel a reservation within forty-eight (48) hours before the guest’s check-in date, then Hotel may charge the credit card one night’s room fee plus any applicable taxes.
There is meeting registration fee for each person participating in the Annual Meeting. You can register each person and pay via credit card here:
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Arrivals for those attending the NACTS meeting.
Please check in at hotel desk and NACTS table
Dinner on your own
Friday, October 3, 2025
Morning
7:30 am Mass – Main Celebrant Fr. Alfredo Hernández
8:15 am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45 am Assessing the Suitability of Candidates for Priesthood: Best Practices for Bishops, Rectors, and Formation Teams – Presentation of Preliminary Report – Fr. Thomas Berg (McGrath Institute) and Dr. Jonathon Wiggins (CARA)
9:45 – 10:00 am Question and Answer session and Large Group Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:15 – 11:00 am Assessing the Suitability of Candidates for Priesthood: Best Practices for Bishops, Rectors, and Formation Teams – Practical Considerations – Dr. Tim Lock (Goretti Center and St. Joseph’s Seminary-Dunwoodie)
11:00 – 11:30 AM Breakout by Roles
11:30 – 12 noon Large Group Discussion
12 noon Lunch
Afternoon
2:00 – 2:30 pm NACTS Business Meeting
2:30 – 3:00 pm Welcoming International Seminarians: Legal Issues – Ms. Olga Rojas, Esq.
3:00 pm Break
3:15 – 3:45 pm Welcoming International Seminarians: Formation – Fr. Deogratias Ekisa (Notre Dame Seminary)
3:45 – 4:15 pm Breakout by roles
4:15 – 4:30 pm Break
4:30 – 5:00 pm Questions and Answers and Large Group Discussion
5:00 pm Evening Prayer
5:20 pm Social
Dinner on your own
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Morning
7:30 am Mass – Main Celebrant Bishop David Toups
8:15 am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am Address by Bishop Toups
9:30 – 9:45 am Report from the CCLV – Rev. Jorge Torres
9:45 – 10:30 am Questions and Answers and Large Group Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:00 am ATS Report
11:00 – 11:30 Executive Committee Meeting
11:30 am Rectors’ Lunch