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LCWR held its 2007 assembly, entitled "The Next Frontier: Religious Life at the Edge of Tomorrow," in Kansas City, Missouri |
Pam Hinkle, SCL created ambiance for the event using Heartland and frontier imagery |
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Each LCWR region greeted the assembly participants on the opening night with a wave |
The Marching Cobras, a group of young people from Kansas City, provided entertainment at the assembly opening |
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Biblical scholar Laurie Brink, OP delivered the keynote address, "A Marginal Life: Pursuing Holiness in the 21st Century" |
The assembly passed resolutions on the sabbath year and debt relief and preserving and renewing US wetlands |
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The assembly provided many opportunities for leaders to share ideas and network |
Approximately 750 LCWR members, associates and guests participated in the assembly |
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Mary Waskowiak, RSM facilitated a panel on "Crossing the Next Frontier" with John L. Allen; Fran Ferder, FSPA; Lynn Levo, CSJ; and Simone Campbell, SSS |
LCWR president Mary Dacey, SSJ delivered an address that integrated all of the elements of the assembly |
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Mary Dacey, SSJ closed her presidential address with a sacred dance dedicated to the LCWR members, associates and former presidents who had died since the 2006 assembly |
Many of the participants gave public witness to peace by praying at the World War I Memorial in Kansas City |
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Prayer and Eucharistic liturgies were woven through the assembly, all reflecting the theme of exploring the new frontiers of religious life |
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The new officers and board members assumed their positions during a transfer of leadership ritual |
Joan Chittister, OSB accepted the 2007 LCWR Outstanding Leadership Award at the closing banquet |
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The Charity Notes, a group of Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth provided entertainment in song and dance at the banquet |
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Fifteen of the current and former LCWR presidents and executive directors gathered for a luncheon during the event |
