2009 Boston Catholic Men's & Women's Conferences  Speaker Updates January 20, 2009 Many Updates to Our Speakers Roster.    We are happy to report that it looks like Jim Caviezel plans to return in our 5th year to speak at the Men's Conference and, with his wife Kerri, to speak at the Women's Conference.  Jim's address at the first Men's Conference was powerful and memorable.  [Note: Jim is finalizing his travel schedule for a Spring movie shoot and will give us a final confirmation soon].  Other speakers for the Men's Conference include Coach Jerry York, the #2 winningest college hockey of all time and the coach of 3 NCAA championship teams.  Coach York will speak on "Lessons from Sports for Catholic Men of Faith."  Curtis Martin, founder of Focus and co-host of EWTN's "Crossing the Goal" will also be with us this year.  A 4th keynote speaker is being confirmed. Other speakers for the Women's Conference include Johnnette Benkovic (from EWTN & Living His Life Abundantly Ministries), Sr. Nancy Kellar (international retreat leader), Dr. Mary Healy (Scripture scholar who will speak on "Becoming Women of Peace") and Dr. Karen Bohlin, who will speak on "Raising Children of Faith & Character."  For complete bios of our speakers and a schedule, please CLICK HERE.      Sincerely, Scot Landry (on behalf of the entire Conference organizing teams)   Parish Captain Breakfast   Our annual breakfast with Parish Captains is this Saturday, January 24, 2008 from 9:00am-12:00noon. The gathering will include Mass, breafast, training, handout of promotional materials, discussion of best practices and Q&A.  All those that have served as parish captains or are considering this important way to reach out to fellow Catholics are welcome. This gathering will occur at the new Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Braintree (66 Brooks Drive, Braintree, MA 02184). Please email info@CatholicBoston.com for more information. DIRECTIONS: Please CLICK HERE.    Tickets   Tickets are now available for purchase.  The first 1500 ordered for each Conference get the best seats.  All other seats are general admission - so we encourage early registration.   In 2009, all paid tickets will include lunch.    Please click on the type of ticket you need:   General Adult & Student Tickets   Priest Tickets   Religious, Deacons, Seminarian & Novice Tickets   2009 Conference Information   The 2009 Men's Conference will be on Saturday April 18, 2009 from 9am-6pm at Boston College's Conte Forum. The 2009 Women's Conference will be on Sunday April 19, 2009 (Divine Mercy Sunday) from 9am-6pm at Boston College's Conte Forum. Please click on the links below for complete information.    Complete Current Details   Current Speakers & Schedules   Directions to BC's Conte Forum Please help out   Successful Conferences take hundreds of people playing large and small roles.  There are many ways to help.  We invite you to join us in making the 2009 Conferences the best ever.   Become a Parish Captain Volunteer   Nominate for Catholics of the Year Awards   Exhibit Hear Confessions (Priests) Advertise Sponsor Donate   Quick Links    www.CatholicBoston.com   info@CatholicBoston.com   617-977-0916   Previous Conference Recaps    George Martell has produced a photo slideshow of all of our previous conferences.  In addition, news articles, recordings, and other links are available.    2008 Men's Recap 2008 Women's Recap 2007 Men's Recap 2007 Women's Recap 2006 Men's Recap 2006 Women's Recap 2005 Men's Recap  Join a Men's or Women's Group   Many Catholics experience the best of our faith in small groups.  Below are links to information on 3 types of groups.   Men's Groups Women's Groups Arise Groups Cardinal Sean's Weekly Email   We encourage all attendees to receive the weekly email from Cardinal Sean (with his Blog post) and with Pilot news stories.  It gets delivered each Saturday morning and it can keep you up with the news of the Archdiocese as well as national and international Church news.   To sign up, please click on this link (www.BostonCatholic.org) and enter your email address in at the top.