Schedule 2026

Thursday, October 29, 2026

11:30 am – 12:45 pm	Registration
1:00 pm	Opening Gathering
1:30 pm	Archbishop Susai Jesu, O.M.I. Living the Ministry of Wholeness: From Cross-Cultural Roots to Committed Action
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Dr. James MacMillan Living Well and Dying Well – Palliative Care Stories and Opportunities
4:15 pm	Eucharist / Blessing of the CHAS Board Presiding: Bishop Ken Thorson O.M.I. and Preaching: Archbishop Susai Jesu O.M.I
5:15 pm	Banquet and Awards
6:45 pm	Transition
7:00 pm	Ryan Straschnitzki Mindset: What Resilience Actually Takes
8:30 pm	Social

Friday, October 30, 2026

8:00 am	Breakfast Provided by the Knights of Columbus
8:45 am	Carrie Dornstauder, RN and Lecina Hicke, BA, CFRE Called to See and Respond: Social Medicine – a current approach to the Healing Ministry
10:00 am	Health Break
10:15 am (90 mins)	Breakout Sessions Tour of Mont St. Joseph Care Home (full 90 minutes) Dr. Mary Heilman Breakout Session: Constructing human centered health care in the age of Artificial Intelligence Michael MacFadden Breakout Session: What Makes a Good Last Chapter?
11:45 am	Lunch
12:30 pm	Dr. Brian Chartier, PhD Pathways to Presence: Supporting Those Who Grieve
1:45 pm	Health Break
2:00 pm	Dr. Christine Taylor Moved with Compassion: Taking the Convention Home
2:45 pm	Thanks and Farewell. See you next year!