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Washington Retreat House

NASPA 2022 Annual Convention

This year the Convention returns to Washington DC in person. This year's Theme is "What Shrines Do Best" Attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 per the Washington Retreat House's Covid policy.

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NASPA 2022 Annual Convention
NASPA 2022 Annual Convention

Time & Location

Sep 20, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT – Sep 22, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT

Washington Retreat House, 4000 Harewood Rd NE, Washington, DC 20017, USA

About the Event

NASPA Annual Convention 2022 

“What Shrines Do Best” 

Tentative Schedule

Tuesday, September 20

  • 3:00 p.m. - Check in for lodgers (Retreat House)
  • 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Dinner (Retreat House)
  • 7:00 p.m. - Opening Keynote Address, Fr. Justin Cinnante, O.Carm, with dinner (Retreat House)
  • 9:00 p.m. - Holy Hour of Adoration and veneration of relics of Blessed Carlos Acutis and St. Manuel González García - “Bishop of the Abandoned Tabernacle”

     

Wednesday, September 21

  • 7 a.m. - Mass
  • 7:45 a.m. - Breakfast
  • 8:30-10 a.m. - Session #1 (Retreat House)                    
    • Robert Yates and Deacon Bernie - Security in Sacred Spaces
    • 10-10:30 a.m. - Break
    • 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. - Session #2 (Retreat House)
    • Brother Gregg Durham, O.Carm - "Appreciating Beauty and Aesthetics as a Path to Prayer"
  • 12 p.m. - Break for lunch
  • Afternoon - pilgrimage experience (Shrine TBD) / Dinner on own

Thursday, September 22

  • 7 a.m. - Mass
  • 7:45 a.m. - Breakfast
  • 8:30-10 a.m. - Session #3 (Retreat House)
  • Fr. Gomez - Shrine Hospitality
  • 10-10:30 a.m. - Break
  • 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. - Session #4 (Retreat House)                    
    • Dr. Jem Sullivan - Sacred Art and Architecture - How shrines can evangelize and catechize through their sacred spaces
    • 12-12:30 p.m. - Break
    • 12:30-2 p.m. - NASPA Business Meeting, with lunch
  • 2 p.m. - Conclude

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