NACTS Annual Meeting
October 4 – 5, 2024
Hilton Garden Inn Schaumburg in Schaumburg, IL
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 3, 2024
Arrivals
Please check in at hotel desk and NACTS table
Dinner on your own
Friday, October 4, 2024
Morning
7:30 am Mass. Main Celebrant: Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda
8:15 am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45 am Keynote: “The Seminarian as a Man of Communion in the contemporary cultural, political, ecclesial context” – Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
9:45 – 10:15 am Question and Answer session and Large Group Discussion
10:15 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 – 11:15 am “First Hand-Off: Transition from Propaedeutic Stage to Discipleship Stage”
– Fr. John Floeder, Director of the Propaedeutic Year and Director of Human Formation, St. Paul Seminary
11:15 – 12 noon Question and Answer session and Large Group Discussion
12 noon Lunch
Afternoon
2:00 – 2:30 pm “Second Hand-Off: Transition from Discipleship Stage to Configuration Stage”
– Fr. Dominic Buckley, Associate Dean of Propaedeutic and Discipleship Formation, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary
2:30 – 3:00 pm Question and Answer Session and Large Group Discussion
3:00 pm Break
3:15 – 3:45 pm “Final Hand-Off: Transition from Configuration Stage to Vocational Synthesis Stage”
– Fr. Luke Ballman, Former Executive Director for the Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocation of the USCCB and presently pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Atlanta, GA
3:45 – 4:15 pm Question and Answer Session and Large Group Discussion
4:15 pm Break
4:30 – 5:00 pm Panel with All Speakers
5:00 pm Evening Prayer
5:20 pm Social
Dinner on your own
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Morning
7:30 am Mass. Main Celebrant: Msgr. Andrew Baker
8:15 am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45 am Report from the CCLV – Rev. Jorge Torres and a bishop member of CCLV
9:45 – 10:00 am Break
10:00 am ATS Report
10:15 am Business Meeting (Amendments to Bylaws, Election of 2 members of the Executive Committee, Treasurer’s Report)
11:00 am Executive Committee Meeting