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DATE & VENUE:
OVERVIEW:
CONTACT & HOSTING BODIES
TOPICS & SPEAKERS
FULL PROGRAM (printable version)
REASONS FOR HOPE NEWS!
CATHOLIC WEEKLY ARTICLE: (Feb 24th 2008)
RFH2008 will be held from FRIDAY 7 – SUNDAY 9 March at Vision Valley Conference Centre, Arcadia.
FROM SYDNEY, take the M2 Motorway and exit at Pennant Hills on Pennant Hills Road, travelling along Old Northern Road to Dural & then Galston Road to Galston & then Arcadia Road to Arcadia. Visit Google Map for route instructions and a map.
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FROM GOSFORD, take the F3 Freeway and exit at Berowra, travelling through the Berowra Waters gorge & crossing Berowra Creek along Bay Road to Arcadia.
Vision Valley is a beautiful place for a weekend away especially during this Lenten period in the lead up to Easter and WYD.
With less than 150 days till World Youth Day 2008, university students and young adults from across NSW are expected to gather in large numbers for the final Reasons for Hope (RFH2008) weekend before Pope Benedict flies to Australia in July.
The main speaker for RFH2008 is Cardinal George Pell who will speak on the theme of the weekend: WITNESS TO HOPE: Remembering John Paul, Awaiting Benedict.
The theme "Witness to Hope" has been chosen to link with the WYD theme: "You will be witnesses" and also to remind us of Pope Benedict's latest encyclical, Spes Salvi – Saved by Hope. "Witness to Hope" was also a phrase Pope John Paul II used to describe his mission as the Holy Father.
Some of the topics & speakers are listed below. As you will see it is shaping up to be a great weekend with 40 Hours Adoration, music, sport, entertainment and speakers. During the weekend there will also be an opportunity to register for WYD2008.
CONTACT & HOSTING BODIES
RFH2008 is being presented by the RFH Committee in association with TOWARDS 2008 and the Thomas More Centre.
To see pictures from previous RFHs & to view the website for RFH2007 visit www.reasonsforhope.net
For more info on the Thomas More Centre visit www.tmc.org.au
For more info on Towards 2008 visit www.towards2008.org.au/ACYA
FOR INFO ON RFH2008 - Contact PAUL WOODBURY mob. 0411 646 550
TOPICS & SPEAKERS:
WITNESS TO HOPE: Cardinal George Pell on Remembering John Paul, Awaiting Benedict.
WITNESS TO LOVE: Fr Tony Percy on The Theology of the Body as the Key to understanding JPII.
WITNESS TO LIFE: Alex Hawke MP & The Hon Greg Donnelly MLC on Christian Values in Public Life
WITNESS TO JUSTICE: Eamon Keane on Economics & Exploitation
WITNESS TO FREEDOM: Christian Sexuality & Living your Vocation
- (Women's Forum with Sr Mary Madeline & Jacinta Wall)
- (Men's Forum with Fr Mark De Battista & Tony Wall)
WITNESS TO WITNESS: Fr Mark De Battista on WYD – what is about to happen and can we prepare?.
Other Speakers at RFH2008 will include Sydney author Maggie Hamilton, Mary Louise Fowler who is the Vice President of the Australian Family Association and Sydney based Philosopher Don Boland.
Also you don't want to miss Straight to the POOL-ROOM: a night of entertainment with Jerome Smith & Lindsay Nakhoul.
FULL PROGRAM (Printable Version)
REASONS FOR HOPE
Lenten Weekend for Students & Young Adults
FRIDAY 7th March:
6.30pm: Registration starts
7.45pm: Welcome & Intro: TOWARDS 2008 (JP2 Auditorium)
8.00pm: WITNESS TO LOVE:
Fr Tony Percy on The Theology of the Body as the key to understanding JPII.
8.45pm: Small Groups
9.30pm: Opening Mass with Fr Mark De Battista (Chapel)
10.15pm: 40 Hours Adoration begins (Chapel)
SATURDAY 8th March:
7.30am: Breakfast
8.30am: Morning Prayer with Fr Mark De Battista (Chapel)
9.00am: Intro to Saturday (JP2 Auditorium)
9.15am: WITNESS TO TRUTH (simultaneous sessions)
Don Boland on Can we know that God exists? (JP2 Auditorium)
Dr Alex Sharah on Psychology & Overcoming Addiction (BXVI Theatre)
9.45am: Morning Tea
10.00am: WITNESS TO HOPE (JP2 Auditorium)
Cardinal George Pell on Remembering John Paul, Awaiting Benedict
11.00am: Small Groups
11.30am: Mass with Cardinal George Pell (Chapel)
12.30pm: Lunch & Free Time
3.45pm: WITNESS THROUGH EDUCATION (simultaneous sessions)
Mary Louise Fowler on Education & Virtues (JP2 Auditorium)
Maggie Hamilton on Marketing & Manipulation (BXVI Theatre)
4.15pm: Afternoon Tea
4.45pm: WITNESS TO FREEDOM Christian Sexuality & living your vocation
Women’s Forum with Sr Mary Madeline & Jacinta Wall (JP2 Auditorium)
Men’s Forum with Fr Mark De Battista & Tony Wall (BXVI Theatre)
5.45pm: Small Groups
7.00pm: Dinner
8.30pm: Meditation with Fr Mark: “Mary as the Witness to Humility” (Chapel)
9.00pm: Eucharistic Procession
9.30pm: “Straight to the Pool-Room”: Entertainment with Jerome Smith & Lindsay Nakhoul
SUNDAY 9th March:
7.30am: Breakfast
8.30am: Morning Prayer with Fr Mark De Battista (Chapel)
9.00am: Intro to Sunday (JP2 Auditorium)
9.15am: WITNESS TO JUSTICE (JP2 Auditorium)
Eamon Keane on Economics & Exploitation
9.45am: Morning Tea
10.15am: WITNESS TO LIFE (JP2 Auditorium)
The Hon. Greg Donnelly MLC & Alex Hawke MP on Christian values in public life.
11.00am: Small Groups
12.00pm: Mass with Fr Mark De Battista (Chapel)
1.00pm: Lunch
2.00pm: WITNESS TO WITNESS (JP2 Auditorium)
Fr Mark De Battista on WYD - What will happen & how can we prepare?
3.00pm: Benediction to close 40 Hours Adoration (Chapel)
REASONS FOR HOPE NEWS!
American Dominican Nun to speak at RFH2008
We are pleased to announce that Sr Mary Madeline, a Dominican Nun from Nashville, Tennessee USA is the latest addition to the star line-up of speakers for REASONS FOR HOPE 2008.
Reasons for Hope is a Lenten Weekend for Students & Young Adults being held from 7-9 March at Vision Valley Conference Centre, Arcadia.
Sr Mary Madeline along with two other Dominican Sisters from Nashville have been full time Volunteers in the WYD Office in Sydney since midway through last year.
At RFH2008, Sr Mary Madeline will speak alongside Jacinta Wall for the Women's forum WITNESS TO FREEDOM - Christian Sexuality & Living your Vocation.
The Men's Forum on this topic will be led by Fr Mark De Battista & former Rugby League Player, Tony Wall.
For an interview on the work of the Nashville Domincans in Sydney for WYD2008 we refer you to the following articles:
CATHOLIC WEEKLY ARTICLE: (Feb 24th 2008)
With less than 150 days till World Youth Day 2008, university students and young adults from across NSW are expected to gather in large numbers for the final Reasons for Hope (RFH) weekend before Pope Benedict flies to Australia in July. The principal speaker for RFH 2008 will be Cardinal George Pell with the weekend to be held from Friday 7th till Sunday 9th March at the Vision Valley Conference Centre, Arcadia.
2008 marks the tenth birthday for Reasons for Hope and since 1998 almost 1,000 students and young adults have participated in this annual Lenten weekend.
Across its ten year history, the basic program for Reasons for Hope has remained consistent - daily Mass, 40 Hours Adoration, talks and forums with inspiring speakers and sport & entertainment. As an opportunity to dig deeper during Lent and to meet other university students and young people from across NSW, Reasons for Hope has proven continually popular.
Reasons for Hope 2008 boasts the best line up of speakers ever with the weekend being organized in association with TOWARDS 2008 (Australian Catholic Students Association) and the Thomas More Centre. Campion College and Mahogany Bay Furniture have generously come on board as the 2008 sponsors of the weekend.
Cardinal George Pell will deliver the Main Address on the Theme of the Weekend: WITNESS TO HOPE – Remembering John Paul, Awaiting Benedict. This talk will engage with Pope John Paul as the Founder of World Youth Day potting a brief history of WYD leading up to the election of Pope Benedict XVI and the upcoming WYD2008. The theme WITNESS TO HOPE highlights the theme for WYD – “You will be my witnesses” and also Pope Benedict XVI’s most recent enclycical Spes Salvi.
The Chaplain of the weekend will be Fr Mark De Battista, the National Chaplain of the TOWARDS 2008 campaign.
Reasons for Hope 2008 will begin with Fr Tony Percy from the Canberra-Goulburn Diocese who will deliver the opening address of the weekend WITNESS TO LOVE: The Theology of the Body as the key to understanding JPII. Christian Politicians Alex Hawke MP and The Hon Greg Donnelly MLC will together present the forum WITNESS TO LIFE – Christian values in Public Life and other speakers at the weekend will include Mary Louise Fowler the President of the Australian Family Association and economist and teacher Eamon Keane.
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