Tuesday, March 29, 2005

DDRE Forum Annual Meeting Agenda

Agenda Update: The Diocesan Director’s Forum meeting will be held on Tuesday April 12th in the McCreary Room at the Galt House Hotel.

2:30 Prayer:
Welcome and Icebreaker: A chance to meet new directors and reconnect with everyone.

3:00 NDC Discussion and Reaction/Input by Bishop Malone
This segment will begin with two questions:
  • What excites you about the National Directory?
  • What alarms or concerns you about the National Directory?

Bishop Malone will respond to the discussion that ensues from these questions. The group will interact with him with questions and comments.
A final question for sharing (or possibly in a cluster) would be “Where do we go from here?”
Directors are asked to review their draft of the NDC before the meeting, if possible.

Break: Refreshments: Ave Maria Press will provide snacks.

4:00 Clusters of Interest:
Directors will be able to gather at tables with others who share an interest in discussing any of the following issues:
  • Formation of Parish Catechetical Leaders: Pete Ries
  • Whole Community Catechesis: Jean Schrempf
  • Recruitment and Retention of Catechetical Leaders: Carol Augustine
  • NCCL Critical Issues: Don Kurre
  • Implementing the NDC in the Diocese: Maribeth Mancini
  • Common Competencies/Standards: Harry Dudley
Other clusters may form spontaneously around a table for open discussion of any topic that might be of interest once the group forms.

4:45 Other business:
  • Election of New Animators.
  • Discussion of possible symposium.
  • Evaluation of Meeting

Blogs and wikis

InfoWorld: Enterprise collaboration with blogs and wikis: March 28, 2005: By Michelle Delio :
“Blogs and wikis play opposite roles,” says Martin Wattenberg, a researcher on the collaborative user experience team at IBM Watson Research Center. “Blogs are based on an individual voice; a blog is sort of a personal broadcasting system. Wikis, because they give people the chance to edit each other’s words, are designed to blend many voices. Reading a blog is like listening to a diva sing, reading a wiki is like listening to a symphony.”

Monday, March 07, 2005

DR. MARIE MURPHY DIES SUDDENLY

DR. MARIE MURPHY, DISTINGUISHED CATECHIST AND SADLIER’S NATIONAL RELIGION CONSULTANT, DIES SUDDENLY. I wasn't aware of this and thought we all might like to know.
Dr. Marie Murphy, nationally known catechist and speaker, went home to God on February 19, 2005. (more...)