Thursday, August 10, 2006

9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. - Registration

Snacks and beverages served here daily. ABA Proceedings for sale.

1:30 p.m. - ABA Board Meeting - Founders' Woods Apartments, Presidential Suite

3:30 p.m. - Section Meetings

Krasa Center, First floor: Presentation Room (Researchers)
Krasa Center, Second floor: Room A (Archivists), Room B (Artists)
Club House - Founders' Woods, (Benedictine Internet Technology)

5:00 p.m. - Vespers - Krasa Center Chapel

6:00 p.m. - Dinner - Krasa Center Dining Hall

7:30 p.m. - Session 1: Abbot Primate Dr. Notker Wolf OSB: "Family - a modern paradigm for monastic communities?" - Saint Procopius Abbey Church, open to the public.

Social follows for ABA members in the Krasa Center Lower Level. Opening of the Art Exhibit with Brother Kevin Coffey OSB, artist.

Friday, August 11, 2006

7:00 a.m. - Breakfast - Krasa Center Dining Hall

8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Krasa Center Chapel

9:00 a.m. - Welcome to Lisle by Abbot Dismas Kalcic OSB

9:10 a.m. - Session 2: Carolyn Osiek RSCJ: "Early Christian Families: Ideals and Reality" - Presenation Room - Krasa Center

11:00 a.m. - Eucharist - Krasa Center Chapel

12:00 NOON - Lunch - Krasa Center Dining Hall

12:45 p.m. - Siesta - Free Time - Tour of Sacred Heart Monastery's Renovations (Prioress Judith Heble OSB)

3:00 p.m. - Session 3: Terrence Kardong OSB: "Fraternity in the Rule of Benedict" - Krasa Center Presentation Room

5:00 p.m. - Vespers - Krasa Center Chapel. Welcome to Benedictine University by President William J. Carroll PhD.

5:45 p.m. - Picnic Supper on the lawn at Saint Procopius Monastery / Tours available until 8 p.m.

8:00 p.m. - Special Interest Group for minority members of monastic communities. Sponsored by the Board of the Academy - Krasa Center, Second Floor: Room C

8:30 p.m. - Optional film: Strictly Ballroom (1992; paradigm shift; sociocentric vs. egocentric societies), Krasa Center Presentation Room

Saturday, August 12

7:00 a.m. - Breakfast - Krasa Center Dining Hall

8:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Krasa Center Chapel

9:00 a.m. - Session 4: ABA Membership Meeting: Elections, Reports, etc. - Club House - Founders' Woods

11:00 a.m. - Eucharist - Krasa Center Chapel

12:00 p.m. - Lunch - Krasa Center Dining Hall

1:45 p.m. - Session 5: Sister Edith Bogue OSB: "Learning to Love: Family Sociology in Dialogue with Monasticism" - Club House - Founders' Woods

2:45 p.m. - Break - Club House - Founders' Woods

3:15 p.m. - Discussion

5:00 p.m. - Vigil of the Sunday - Krasa Center Chapel

5:30 p.m. - ABA Social -- Krasa Center - Dining Hall

6:00 p.m. - ABA Convention Banquet -- Krasa Center - Dining Hall

Sunday, August 13

7:30 a.m. - Breakfast - Krasa Center Dining Hall

8:45 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Krasa Center Chapel

9:30 a.m. - Presidential Address: Theresa Schumacher OSB - Club House - Founders' Woods

11:00 a.m. - 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Abbot Dismas Kalcic OSB, celebrant. Liturgy concludes with commissioning of new ABA Board - Saint Procopius Abbey Church

12:15 p.m. - Lunch and Departures - Krasa Center Dining Hall

1:15 p.m. - Meeting of New ABA Board - Founders' Woods Apartments

Photographs by Fr. Michael and Sr. Edith
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