The UDMC: "Walking Together in Faith"

The School of Ministry at the University of Dallas, in cooperation with the Diocese of Dallas hosted the first annual University of Dallas Ministry conference in 2007 with about 1000 participants in attendance. Since that time, the Bishops of Dallas and Fort Worth, Most Rev. Kevin Farrell and Most Rev. Kevin Vann, have committed that UDMC will be the only Roman Catholic ministry conference to be held in either diocese. The conference has grown steadily over the years, with over 4,500 participants in 2009, over 5,000 participants in 2010, and nearly 5,200 participants in 2011.
Conference Goals:
  • To meet the diverse needs of all ministries at all levels in the dioceses 
  • To meet the diverse needs of lay Catholics at all levels in the dioceses
  • To develop respect for the variety of ways that we respond in faith
  • To develop awareness that God continues to speak to us
  • To deepen and develop our relationship with God
  • Satisfacer las diversas necesidades de los ministerios de las diócesis a todos los nivelas
  • Satisfacer las diversas necesidades de los laicos católicos de las diócesis a todos las niveles
  • Desarrollar el respeto por las diversas formas en que respondemos con fe
  • Desarrollar la conciencia de que Dios continúa hablándonos
  • Profundizar y desarrollar nuestra relación con Dios
  • Để đáp ứng các nhu cầu đa dạng cho các chương trình mục vụ cho mọi tầng lớp trong các giáo phận
  • Để đáp ứng các nhu cầu đa dạng của các tông đồ giáo dân trong mọi tầng lớp thuộc các giáo phận
  • Để tăng thêm nhiều cách thức kính mến mà chúng ta đáp trả theo tinh thần Đức Tin.
  • Để đào sâu và tăng trưởng mối tương quan giữa ta với Chúa

Photos from UDMC 2007:

"The new School of Ministry hosted local, regional and national leaders in the Catholic Church at its first Ministry Conference on Sept. 6-8, 2007, in Dallas, Texas. Under the theme “Walking Together in Faith,” the conference featured keynote addresses, breakout sessions in English and Spanish, networking opportunities and a special clergy day. Keynote addresses and major presentations featured the Most Rev. Ricardo Ramirez, Rev. Ronald Rolheiser and Steven Ellair."

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