SAGINAW, GRAND RAPIDS, LANSING AND SAGINAW AGAIN!

PART TWO

DIOCESE OF SAGINAW 

PRIEST CONVOCATION

September 22-25, 2019

INTENTIONAL PRESBYTERATES II

“Claiming Our Responsible Freedom as Individual Priests”

Rev. Ronald Knott

“No one can replace us in the responsible freedom we have as individual priests.”

Pastores Dabo Vobis #69

Sunday September 22^nd  

4:00 pm                                 Registration and Check-In                        

6:00 – 8:00 pm                      Dinner                                                        

9:00 pm                                 Night Prayer                                              

9:30 -11:00 pm                      Hospitality Suite Open                              

                                                  (Open during free times)

Monday September 23^rd  

7:30 – 8:30 am                      Breakfast                                                   

8:30 am                                  Morning Prayer                                         

9:00 – 9:45                            I - When the Things You Gave Your Life to Fall Apart

Break                           

10:00 - 11:00 am                   II – There is No Rescue Party Out Looking for Us So Quit Whining and

                                                      Put on Your Big Boy Pants! It’s Time for Serious Priesting       

11:15 am                                Eucharist                                                    

Noon                                      Lunch

Afternoon Free

5:00 pm                                 Evening Prayer                                          

5:30 – 7:00 pm                      Dinner                                                          

7:00 – 8:00 pm                      III – Put the Oxygen Mask on Yourself First Before Assisting Others

BREAK

8:15 – 9:00                            IV - The Jonah Complex: The Convenience and Selfishness of Play Small   

                                               Hospitality Suite open afterward

Tuesday September 24^th   

7:30 – 8:30 am                       Breakfast                                                   

8:30 am                                  Morning Prayer                                         

9:00 – 10:15                           V – The Show Must Go On: We Don’t have the Luxury of Coming Unglued

BREAK

10:30 – 11:45                         VI – Managing Deserts: An Exodus Spirituality for Our Time          

Noon                                      Lunch

Afternoon Free

6:00 pm                                 Eucharist                                                   

7:00 – 7:30 pm                      Social – Cash Bar                                      

7:30 pm                                 Banquet                                                       

                                               Hospitality Room open afterward

Wednesday September 25^th   

7:30 – 8:30 am                      Breakfast                                                   

8:30 am                                  Morning Prayer                                         

9:00 – 11:00 am                     “Quarterly Gathering with Bishop”          

11:15 am                                Closing Eucharist                                      

Noon                                      Lunch

Checkout

            

Boyne Mountain Resort

Boyne Mountain Resort Entrance



Father Rick Bokinskie, head organizing priest of the week



Mass Time Daily



A typical start of a conference - I made 6 presentations



Evening Hospitality Suite Gathering



Bishop Gruus at Mass



About six of the priests tried the Zip Line



Banquet Night