Join our 2008 WOG conference at Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center,
West Hartford, Connecticut

October 24-26,2008

Featuring Silvana Montanarno, MD
as our Keynote Speaker exploring

John Leapt for Joy!--
The Spiritual Life of
Infants and Toddlers

Weaving Our Gifts is a conference based on a model of collegial presentations. Through the sharing of our studies or experiences as catechists, everyone will gain a rich exposure to new information. Collegial sharing offers the possibility for all attendees to be active participants. There are various ways for you to share your experiences: posters, displays, demonstrations, short presentations, longer topic exploration, and moderated discussions. So plan on participating in Weaving Our Gifts, since each catechist willing to share ideas enriches the conference.

Our keynote speaker for Weaving Our Gifts 2008 will be
Dr. Silvana Montanaro.
Dr. Montanaro has been a leading Montessori expert on the child under three since 1955, and a friend and collaborator to the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd since she brought her children to Sofia Cavalletti's atrium many years ago. Her keynote speech--John Leaped for Joy!--will focus on how adults can serve infant and toddler development and their life in God, and the impact of these early years on the child coming into our atriums at age three. A second session with her will be less formal, as she shares anecdotes from the atrium in Rome with Sofia and Gianna. Silvana is an energetic and accomplished speaker, and her lectures are a feast of information about the young child.

“Catechists as well as children have their lives nurtured, enriched and blessed through their own relationship with the Good Shepherd. How good that we can bring these gifts as threads of differing color, hue, and texture to be woven together into a beautiful tapesty of mutual ministry, nicely framed by a well chosen inspiration speaker. Such is my experience with Weaving Our Gifts Conference, to which I look forward every other October.” Genelda Woggon, author of The Seed of God

Complete your registration online at our website!

Spaces for Weaving Our Gifts fill quickly, so complete your registration on our website, www.cctheo.org/conferenceregistration.html. Also visit for more information on Weaving Our Gifts, our tenative schedule, and how to become a participating presenter.

Sponsors:
The Center for Children and Theology
The Association for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

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