The Laity Have Spoken: Accountability Now

• Convocation Training
• Convocation Notes: The Laity Have Spoken
• Getting Started in the new National Representative Council
• What We Said in Indianapolis
• Speeches Delivered at the Convocation
• Working Group Presentations
• Prayers from the Convocation

Hundreds of VOTF leaders from 33 states pledged a renewed commitment to a healthier Church at the VOTF Indianapolis Convocation. Actions for change were identified, detailed training was provided, a new Representative Council was commissioned and awards presented, all within a framework of liturgical communion that brought our growing community closer and even more determined to stay the course toward a healthier Church. The weekend spoke clearly for the long term place of VOTF on the horizon.

"Re-membering the Church" brought the entire audience to their feet and set the stage for an empowered and empowering weekend. Click here to read. (PDF Adobe Reader Required)

Additional talks have been posted – from Justice Anne Burke, David Castaldi, Paul Lakeland, Gaile Pohlhaus, our working group representatives and others. Watch this week's and future issues of In the Vineyard for additional details, including photos from our roving band of volunteer photographers - Ed Hill (FL), Brian Frankovich (MI), Tom O'Brien (FL), and Steve Sheehan (MA).

You needn't miss or forget the days that the laity spoke and said, "Accountability Now!" [Contact Resurrection Tapes at resurrection@usfamily.net or call 888-809-0267. Their web site is www.resurrectiontapes.com]

Convocation coverage:

• Catholic Reform Group Calls For Tougher Laws For Abusive Priests,
  Boston Channel, July 11, 2005
• Catholic group not going away,
  Indy Star, by Robert King, July 11, 2005
• Catholic group asks openness of church
  Boston Globe, by Michael Paulson, July 10, 2005
• Group: Church Abuse Scandal Will Cost $3B,
  Washington Post, by Ken Kusmer, July 10, 2005