Partners Conference 

Every fall, Catholics On Call offers the Partners Conference.  Campus ministers, vocation directors, volunteer directors, and anyone who ministers to young adults have the opportunity to come together to learn and discuss best practices for supporting young adult men and women in their vocational discernment. 

The conference fee is $50.  If this cost poses a significant hardship, we ask that the person contact us in order that we may consider reducing or waiving the fee. 

2008 Conference Details

When: September 25 & 26, 2008

Where: Catholic Theological Union , 5401 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago

Keynote speaker:  Thomas Rausch, SJ, Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University and author of Being Catholic in a Culture of Choice

Download the registration form.

*If you are not a Catholics On Call Partner, and wish to learn more about the Partners Conference and the partnership, contact us at 773.371.5431 or email the associate director, Birgit Oberhofer.

Information from our first Partners Conference 2005

Presenters and their papers:

• Fr. Donald Senior, C.P., New Testament scholar and President of Catholic Theological Union. Topic: Theology of Call. Download Fr. Senior's paper.
• Fr. Jim Bacik, Catholic campus ministry director, University of Toledo, and prominent author. Topic: The Spirituality of Contemporary Young Adults. Respondents: Young adult panel. Download Fr. Bacik's paper.
• Sr. Barbara Bowe, R.S.C.J., New Testament and Christian spirituality scholar. Topic: Principles of Discernment. Respondents: A panel of a campus minister, young adult minister, and vocation director.  Download Professor Bowe's paper.