The first session of the Newly Appointed Pastors program focuses on canonical, legal and financial issues that pastors face. This is a sample schedule of the four-day workshop at Saint Meinrad.
Sample Workshop Schedule
Day One
| 2:30 – 4:30 pm: |
Check-in, free time |
| 5:00 pm: |
Evening Prayer with the monks (optional) |
| 5:30 pm: |
Social & Dinner |
| 7:30 – 7:45 pm: |
Welcome and Orientation |
| 7:45 – 8:45 pm: |
Program Session: On Being a Public Person |
Day Two
| 8:00 am: |
Morning Prayer with seminarians (optional) |
| 8:30 am: |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am: |
Spiritual Direction, Counseling, Reconciliation |
| 10:00 – 11:15 am: |
Program Session: Legal Issues |
| 11:30 am: |
Mass with seminarians |
| Noon: |
Lunch with seminarians |
| 1:00 – 3:30 pm: |
Personal time |
| 3:30 – 4:45 pm: |
Program Session: Stewardship |
| 5:00 pm: |
Evening Prayer with the monks (optional) |
| 5:30 pm: |
Social |
| 6:00 pm: |
Dinner |
| 6:30 pm: |
Eucharistic Adoration with seminarians (optional) |
| 7:30 – 8:30 pm: |
Program Session: Spiritual Leadership |
| 8:30 pm: |
UnStable campus pub (optional) |
Day Three
| 8:00 am: |
Morning Prayer with seminarians (optional) |
| 8:30 am: |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am: |
Spiritual Direction, Counseling, Reconciliation |
| 10:00 – 11:15 am: |
Program Session: Basics of Parish Management: Environments of Administration |
| 11:30 am: |
Mass with seminarians |
| Noon: |
Lunch with seminarians |
| 1:00 – 3:30 pm: |
Personal time |
| 3:30 – 4:45 pm: |
Program Session: Basics of Parish Management: Context of Administration |
| 5:00 pm: |
Evening Prayer with monks (optional) |
| 5:30 pm: |
Social |
| 6:00 pm: |
Dinner |
| 7:00 – 8:15 pm: |
Program Session: Basics of Parish Management: The Practicalities of Administration |
| 8:30 pm: |
Movie and Discussion |
Day Four
| 7:30 am: |
Concelebrated Monastery Mass (optional) |
| 8:00 am: |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 10:00 am: |
Homily Prep for 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time |
| 10:30 am: |
Announcements/Wrap-up |
| 10:45 – Noon: |
Program Session: Simple Cooking – Entertaining at the Rectory |
| Noon: |
Lunch (optional) |