2024 Congress Schedule

Thursday, August 22: Queenship of Mary

AFTERNOON

  • Registration in hotel Lobby (3-5:30 PM)

  • Hotel Check-in: 3:00 PM

  • Vendors’ Room open (3-4:30 PM)

  • EARLY DINNER ON YOUR OWN.

    • $25 early buffet dinner offered in hotel (5-6:15 PM) Location TBD

    • Dine (on your own) at MarketStreet Lynnfield (Reservations highly recommended)

      EVENING

  • Opening of Congress/Welcome (6:30 PM)

  • Presentation: Fr. Ramiro Casale, OCD (OCDS General Delegate)
    “The OCDS in the World”

  • Evening Prayer (8:00 PM) / Office Leader: Br. Isaiah, OCD

  • Vendors’ Room open (8:30-9:30 PM)

  • Concierge Desk Open for Late Registrants (8:30-9:30 PM)

Meals listed below (all dining located in the hotel) are included in your Congress Registration fee unless otherwise indicated.

Friday, August 23: St. Rose of Lima

MORNING

  • Concierge Desk Open for late registrants (7:00 - 7:30AM)

  • BREAKFAST (7:00 AM)

  • Morning Prayer (8:30 AM) / Office Leader: Br. Joseph Teresa, OCD

  • Presentation: Sr. Jeanne Marie Graham, OCD
    “The Contemplative Stance: A Carmelite Perspective”

  • Presentation: Fr. Alex Ezechukwu, OCD
    ”Carmelite Spiritual Direction Degree Program”

  • MASS: Votive Mass of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

    Celebrant: Fr. Daniel Chowning, Provincial / Reposition of Blessed Sacrament in Chapel immediately following Mass

  • LUNCH (Noon)

    AFTERNOON

  • Optional excursion to Newburyport

    • Bus departs from hotel at 1:15 PM (Pre-Paid Tickets Required)

    • Bus returns to hotel from Newburyport at 5PM

    • Round Trip Bus tickets are $35 (includes gratuity).

    • JOIN BUS TRIP WAITLIST

  • Adoration Chapel open (1:30-5:00 PM)

  • Vendors’ Room open (2-5:00 PM)

  • Concierge Desk Open (2- 2:30 PM) / Opposite Ballroom

    EVENING

  • DINNER (5:30 - 6:45 PM)

  • Presentation: Fr. Steven Payne, OCD (7:00 PM)
    ”Joy in the Life of St. Teresa of the Andes”

  • Evening Prayer (8:00 PM) / Office Leader: Br. Jonathan Maria, OCD

  • Adoration Chapel open (8:30-10:30 PM)

  • Vendors’ Room open (8:30-9:30 PM)

Saturday, August 24

MORNING

  • Adoration Chapel open (6:00-7:00 AM)

  • BREAKFAST (7:00 AM)

  • Morning Prayer (8:30 AM) / Office Leader: Br. Vladimir, OCD

  • MASS - Celebrant: Cardinal Seán O’Malley OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston

  • Presentation: Fr. Daniel Chowning OCD
    ”The Secret of Joy According to St. John of the Cross”

  • LUNCH (Noon)

    AFTERNOON

  • Presentation: Fr. Pier Giorgio Pacelli OCD
    ”The Confident Joy of Sts. Thérèse and Elizabeth amid Chaos and Suffering”

  • Adoration Chapel open (3-6:00 PM)

  • Vendors’ Room open (3-5:00 PM)

    • “Soul Stirrings” book signing (Sr. Jeanne Marie Graham OCD, Boston Carmel)

    • FINAL OPPORTUNITY: to make purchases and buy raffle tickets!

  • (Optional) Vigil Mass for those missing Sunday Mass (5:15 PM)

    EVENING

  • INVOCATION / BANQUET

    • Cash Bar (6:15 PM)

    • Banquet (6:30 PM)

    • Surprise Entertainment (Approximately 7:30 PM)

    • CARMELITE RAFFLE (Immediately following the Entertainment) at about 8:30 PM

      • Winners are drawn only from those who have purchased Raffle Tickets.

      • Raffle Tickets are available in the Vendor Room during Vendor Hours. (See schedule)

      • All the Raffle items will be on display in the Vendor Room during Vendor Hours.

      • Raffle Ticket proceeds help financially support the attendance of OCD Friars & Nuns.

      • If you have purchased raffle tickets and will not be at the banquet, please arrange to have someone collect your prize. We will not be shipping raffle winnings.

      • Raffle Ticket Cost: (2 for $5) / (5 for $10) / (13 for $20)

        • Raffle Table: Accepts Cash & Check (payable to “2024 OCDS Congress”)

        • Congress Sales Table: Accepts debit/credit cards

  • Adoration Chapel open (9:30-10:30 PM)

Sunday, August 25

MORNING

  • Adoration Chapel open (6-7 AM)

  • BREAKFAST (7:00 AM)

  • Morning Prayer (8:30 AM) / Office Leader: Br. John-Magdalene, OCD

  • Presentation: Br. John-Mary Winter, OCD
    ”Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel) from a Carmelite Perspective”

  • MASS (10:30 AM)
    Celebrant: Fr. Ramiro Casale, OCD

  • Closing of Congress (11:30 AM)

  • Hotel Check out: 12:00 PM