About Registration

ABOUT REGISTRATION

The Catholic Social Ministry Gathering brings together 18 leading Catholic social ministry national organizations to explore common issues and concerns of global and domestic policies on life, justice and peace that challenge our nation and world.

How to Register

2009 CSMG Schedule At-a-Glance

2009 CSMG Registration Fees

Cancellations & Refunds

2009 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering Registration Booklet

2009 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering Registration Form

How to Register

Registration:
All registration and hotel accommodations must be made or modified through Capitol Services Incorporated (CSI). Contact the Registration Manager at 1-888-356-4313 or csmg@csi-dc.com. Registration is required for all “No Fee” meetings.

Admission to the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering is by badge only. All attendees are required to register.

How to Register:
For your convenience, there are three (3) ways to register:

Online: Go to www.catholicsocialministrygathering.org. Click on the registration link to complete the registration form. Payment requires a credit card.
By Mail: Send the completed registration form (along with full payment to:

(Make checks payable to: USCCB-JPHD)

CSI - Capitol Services Inc.
Attn: USCCB Registration Manager
108 N Virginia Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22046
By Fax: Fax the completed registration form to Capitol Services Inc. at 703-584-2461. Remember to include your credit card information for payment.

Payment:
A credit card is needed for online and fax registrations. Check payments are only accepted by mail. Cash payments are not permitted. Please note that all credit card payments will be processed within 2-3 business days after your registration application is submitted. VISA, MasterCard or American Express are acceptable forms of payment. Checks should be made payable to: USCCB - JPHD. Please write the registrant’s name on the memo section of the check!

Confirmation:
A confirmation letter with additional information about the Gathering will be sent to you within 3-5 (business) days after receipt of your registration and payment. If you do not receive your confirmation letter within ten (10) business days after registering, please call the Registration Manager at 1-888-356-4313 or send an email to csmg@csi-dc.com.

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2009 Csmg Schedule At-a-Glance

Friday, February 20 Saturday, February 21 ● Sunday, February 22
Monday, February 23 ●Tuesday, February 24 ● Wednesday, 25

Friday, February 20, 2009
7:30 a.m.	6:00 p.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m.	4:00 p.m.	CCHD Diocesan Director’s Meeting
12:30 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	CCHD Diocesan Director’s Luncheon
3:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	CCUSA PSM Leadership Team Meeting
5:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	CCHD/CRS Diocesan Directors Reception
6:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	CCHD/CRS Diocesan Directors Dinner
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
7:30 a.m.	6:00 p.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	Catholic Labor Network Mass
8:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	CRS Diocesan Directors Meeting
9:00 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	Catholic Labor Network Meeting
9:00 a.m.	3:00 p.m.	CCUSA PSM Leadership Team Meeting and Luncheon
12:00 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	NCRLC: The Agrarian Question: Securing Food for All
12:00 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	Roundtable Luncheon and Orientation
1:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	Roundtable Symposium
6:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	The Harry A. Fagan Roundtable Reception
7:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	The Harry A. Fagan Roundtable Award Dinner
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
7:00 a.m.	6:00 p.m.	Registration
7:30 a.m.	3:00 p.m.	Roundtable Symposium
8:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	Exhibit Hall
12:30 p.m.	3:30 p.m.	ACCU: Speaking Truth to Power
1:00 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	NCPD: Shaping Employment and Health Care Policies that Promote the Life and Dignity of People with Disabilities
3:15 p.m.	4:15 p.m.	First-Time Attendees Orientation/ Capitol Hill Visits 101
3:15 p.m.	4:15 p.m.	State Captains Meeting
4:30 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	Opening Eucharistic Liturgy: His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago, President of the USCCB
6:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	USCCB CCHD’s Dinner and Award Presentation
7:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Opening Plenary Session: Most Reverend Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nunico to the United States
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Monday, February 23, 2009
7:00 a.m.	5:00 p.m.	Registration
7:00 a.m.	7:45 a.m.	Daily Mass
8:00 a.m.	6:00 p.m.	Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	CCUSA Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	5:30 p.m.	CCUSA Hospitality Room
9:00 a.m.	9:20 a.m.	Morning Prayer/Opening Session
9:20 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	Catholic Social Mission: Reflections on Enduring Principles & New Challenges, Mr. John Carr Executive Director of JPHD
10:00 a.m.	10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	11:30 a.m.	International Issues Plenary: The Church in Service to Reconciliation, Justice and Peace, Most Reverend John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
11:30 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
12:00 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	ACCU: Faculty Colloquia I & Luncheon
12:00 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	EJA Board Luncheon
12:30 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	State Captain’s Meetings (Rooms 1-5)
2:00 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Domestic Issues Plenary: The Priority for the Poor in a Time of Economic Crisis – Ms. Angela Glover Blackwell, (invited) CEO, Policylink,
3:15 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	International Issue Briefing (2 Concurrent sessions)
4:30 p.m.	4:45 p.m.	Break
4:45 p.m.	5:30 p.m.	Domestic Issue Briefing (2 Concurrent sessions)
6:00 p.m.		Bread for the World Reception (External Event: 50 F Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001)
6:00 p.m.		Dinner (on your own)
7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	ACCU: Faculty Colloquia II: Practical Conversations
7:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	JustFaith
7:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	Eucharistic Adoration
7:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	St. Vincent de Paul Society: Voice of the Poor
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
7:00 a.m.	3:00 p.m.*	Registration
7:00 a.m.	7:45 a.m.	Daily Mass
7:45 a.m.	8:45 a.m.	USCCB Cultural Diversity - Energizing People of Color: To the Church’s Faith and Justice Commitments Breakfast
7:45 a.m.	8:45 a.m.	USCCB Pro-Life Activities - Life and Dignity Breakfast
7:45 a.m.	8:45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	1:30 p.m.	CCUSA Hospitality Room
9:00 a.m.	9:20 a.m.	Morning Prayer/Opening Session
9:20 a.m.	9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Domestic Policy Workshop – Back to the Future: Fair and Just Immigration Reform
9:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Domestic Policy Workshop – Healing a Broken Health Care System
9:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Domestic Policy Workshop – A Moral Framework for the Economic Crisis
9:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Domestic Policy Workshop – Supporting Life in Culture and Law
9:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Domestic Policy Workshop – The Voice of the Poor in the Climate Change Debate
9:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Domestic Policy Workshop – Ending the Use of Death Penalty: State by State
9:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Domestic Policy Workshop – Stamping Out Hunger and Promoting Healthy Nutrition
10:45 a.m.	11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	12:15 p.m.	International Policy Workshop – Exploiting natural Resources: Why Don’t the Poor Benefit
11:00 a.m.	12:15 p.m.	International Policy Workshop – Food Crisis: A Ticking Time Bomb
11:00 a.m.	12:15 p.m.	International Policy Workshop – People on the Move: Causes and Responses to Global Migration
11:00 a.m.	12:15 p.m.	International Policy Workshop – Putting the Poor First in U.S. Foreign Assistance
11:00 a.m.	12:15 p.m.	International Policy Workshop – Violence Against Women: A Global Scandal
11:00 a.m.	12:15 p.m.	International Policy Workshop – What does a responsible transition mean?
11:00 a.m.	12:15 p.m.	International Policy Workshop – Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Is time Running Out
12:30 p.m.	12:45 p.m.	Send off to Capitol Hill/Boxed Luncheon
1:00 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	Capitol Hill Visits
4:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	Capitol Hill Reception
7:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Entertainment: The Capitol Steps
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
7:00 a.m.	11:00 a.m.	Registration
7:30 a.m.	8:30 a.m.	CRS Annual Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	Exhibit Hall
8:30 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	CCUSA Hospitality Room
8:40 a.m.	8:50 a.m.	Opening Session
8:50 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	Break
9:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	Strategy Session – Promoting Human Life and Dignity: Working Together for Families at Rick
9:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	Strategy Session – Working as People of Hope
9:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	Strategy Session – After the Election: Continuing the Work of Faithful Citizenship
9:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	Strategy Session – Giving Poverty a Face
9:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	Strategy Session – Measuring Effectiveness Effectively
10:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	Closing Ash Wednesday Liturgy – Very Reverend David O’Connell, CM, President, The Catholic University of America
12:15 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	Closing Plenary and Luncheon - Mr. Mark Shields, NewsHour
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2009 CSMG Registration Fees

Registration Fees:
Registration Rates
Early Registration: $260.00 (Core Meeting)
Standard Registration: $310.00 (Core Meeting)

Daily Rates:	Early Registration	Standard Registration
Sunday, February 22:	$70.00	$85.00
Monday, February 23:	$35.00	$45.00
Tuesday, February 24:	$105.00	$115.00
Wednesday, February 25:	$65.00	$75.00

Advanced registration is highly encouraged.

Hotel Rates:
The hotel rates are the following:
$210.00 for single occupancy
$210.00 for double occupancy
$220.00 for triple and quadruple occupancies.

Group rates may not be guaranteed if you register after January 8, 2009, so register early! You must pay for your full hotel stay at the time of registration.

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Cancellations & Refunds

Cancellation/Refunds:
Registration refund requests must be submitted in writing and received by close of business (5:00 pm ET) or post-marked no later than January 30, 2009.

Requests are to be sent to:

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
c/o Yolanda Taylor-Burwell
3211 Fourth Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017

Email: ytaylor-burwell@usccb.org or Fax: 202-541-3339

A $75.00 fee will apply for processing refunds. Refunds will be issued by check (even if you paid with a credit card). A penalty equal to one night room stay will apply for no-shows.

Refunds will be processed approximately 10-12 weeks after the Gathering.

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