Coming to you from Omaha

The Rep Council opened in Omaha on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at the Hilton Garden Inn. Thursday night we began our work with several team building activities concluding in prayer. Friday morning we opnned with prayer titled “The Mustard Seed.” David, Mary Ann and Harry reviewed NCCL’s structure with the Rep Council. Questions about how people become members of the Rep Council were addressed.

Rep Council trivia: Since there are 32 provinces we have a potential of 32 Diocesan reps and 32 PCL reps with partner organization the Council could have 89 members. 53 people are participating in the Omaha Rep Council meeting. 29 of the 32 Provinces are represented by a Diocesan person. 9 Provinces are represented by PCLs. All the provinces who have named a PCL rep are in attendance.

The Council moved into table discussion around three questions:

• Who is represented at the table?
• Who is not represented at the table?
• What challenges might this reality pose to the Rep Council of the NCCL?

Key responses to these questions included:

• Outreach to diocese and other organizations
• Clarify the value of NCCL to possible members
• Enter into dialogue with diocesan offices regarding participation on the Rep Council
• There are financial issues to address
• Regions of the country are different and we need to address the differences.

Strengths of the Council:

• Flexibility
• The Chaos resulting from our commitment to to stay located in the Grass Roots
• Commitment to Cat Excellence
• Structure for local regional and national Catechetical Voice
• Structure for planning and visioning-Network to foster growth