TENTH ANNUAL NAPA INSTITUTE CONFERENCE AUGUST 14-15, 2020 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
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TENTH ANNUAL NAPA INSTITUTE CONFERENCE
FINDING HOPE IN THE NEW AMERICA
AUGUST 14-15, 2020
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
LIVE EVENT
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Pacific Napa Legal Institute Workshop
Recent crises, new Supreme Court opinions, evolving legislation
and federal aid programs, and economic pressures have placed the
corporate and financial practices of faith-based nonprofits in the
spotlight. Join Napa Legal Institute for a workshop on how faith-
based nonprofits can respond to these changes and challenges. The
workshop will focus on practical steps nonprofit leaders should
take to protect their organizations and continue pursuing their
God-given missions in light of current events in an increasingly
secular world.
Topics discussed will include:
• Opportunities to strengthen religious liberty protections for
your organization;
• Updates to employment and corporate governance
practices in light of new Supreme Court guidance;
• Methods to assess the soundness of your organization’s
corporate and legal structure; and
• Creative solutions to develop your organization during
times of crisis.
*This activity is free of charge; prior RSVP is required.
RSVP for the Workshop Here
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Pacific Trinitas Cellars Wine and Riedel Glassware Tasting
We’ve teamed up with Trinitas Cellars and Riedel to bring you this
unforgettable and informative virtual tasting, where you’ll not only
get a chance to learn about stemware from a seasoned expert, but
also acquire a professional Riedel wine glass set for an
extraordinary value. This is your chance to put your taste buds to
the test to learn firsthand just how much stemware matters. This
tasting will be led by Trinitas Cellars Proprietor, Garrett Busch,
along with Riedel Ambassador, Susan Durbrow. Garrett will
educate guests about the featured wines, as Susan explains how
each glass uniquely accentuates their aromatics and flavor. From
novices, to the most seasoned connoisseurs, this seminar is not to
be missed!
*This activity requires additional registration and payment. Orders
must be placed by midnight on August 9th to ensure delivery before
the virtual tasting.
Register/Purchase Your Tasting Kit HereFRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020
MORNING AGENDA
LIVE EVENT
7:30 a.m. Pacific Holy Mass Livestreamed from Mission Dolores, San
Francisco
Celebrant: The Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone,
Archbishop of San Francisco
9:00 a.m. Pacific Conference Welcome by The Most Reverend Paul S.
Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City
ON-DEMAND
Friday Morning Sessions Released
9:00 a.m. Pacific These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from
9:00 a.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020.
Speaker Topic
Dr. John Bergsma St. Paul Center Presents the Bible – Part 1
Professor of Theology, Introducing the New Testament: Understanding and Teaching
Franciscan University of the Scriptures
Steubenville
The Most Reverend Social Shutdowns as an Extraordinary Means of Saving
Thomas J. Paprocki Human Life
Bishop of Springfield
The Most Reverend Pope Francis, Albania and the Call to Holiness
Charles J. Brown Archbishop Charles Brown reflects on Pope Francis's call to
Apostolic Nuncio to Albania holiness from the standpoint of the experience of the Catholic
Church in Albania, where he is Apostolic Nuncio. The Catholics of
Albania kept their faith through almost 500 years of Ottoman rule
and then in the period of Communist dictatorship from 1945 until
1991. This experience provides the backdrop for presenting some
of the themes found in the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis,
Gaudete et exsultate (19 March 2018).FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020
Dr. Joshua Mitchell American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other
Professor of Political Theory, Afflictions of Our Time
Georgetown University Identity politics is one of the great challenges of our time. It longs
for justice, but the justice it achieves is only accomplished by group
scapegoating. Identity politics borrows from the Christian idea that
"the sins of the world are taken away" by a scapegoat, but instead
of a divine scapegoat--Christ--identity politics offers up a mortal
scapegoat--the white heterosexual male. (Once he is humiliated
and purged, another group will be chosen as the necessary
scapegoat). Politics cannot return to its task of building a common
world together as long as identity politics declares that the task of
politics is to repudiate the impure and elevate the innocents.
Fr. Ambrose Criste, Our Lady's Role in the New Evangelization:
O.Praem. Your Ongoing Conversion, Her Renewal of the World
Novice Master & Director of The great St. Bernard of Clairvaux famously said "Of Mary, never
Formation, St. Michael’s Abbey enough!" (De Maria, numquam satis!) This year's Napa Institute
falls during the solemnity of Our Lady's Assumption into heaven,
and that gives us a great opportunity to sing Our Lady's praises for
a breakout session. We'll explore especially how She mediates all
the graces that Our Lord wants to give to us to help us along the
path to holiness. We'll see how She is the key to the conversion of
the whole world, beginning with each of us. Finally, we'll see how
calling upon Her most holy name, especially with Her Holy Rosary,
we can enter even more deeply into the Heart of Her Son, Our Lord.
Fr. Dominic Legge Grace in a Time of Anxiety
Director of the Thomistic Many people's spiritual lives have been upended by the pandemic
Institute and the accompanying anxiety (and other negative emotions) it has
prompted. The classical Christian tradition gives us a very helpful
way to understand our fears and anxieties, and even can teach us
how, under the influence of God's grace, we can turn them into
occasions for spiritual growth.
Thomas F. Farr "Come Be My Light:" The Crisis of Religious Freedom in
President, Religious Freedom the United States and Catholic Responsibility
Institute Religious freedom is under serious and increasing threat in the
United States. Opponents of the Church's teachings on marriage,
the family, love, sexuality, human nature, and true human dignity
and freedom are succeeding in portraying those teachings as
bigoted, hateful, and even racist. Religious freedom - the free
exercise of religion -- is increasingly being cast as a front for bigots
and haters. That message is being communicated not only byFRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020
politicians on the Left, but by major culture-forming institutions,
including our schools, corporations, sports, the media and even the
medical profession.
The results are devastating for our religion and our nation. If
religious freedom is damaged or lost in America, where it has
reached its fullest expression in law and culture, it will impact
religious minorities, including Catholics, around the world.
What is to be done? What can you do? Tom Farr, President of the
Religious Freedom Institute in Washington DC, gives you his
prescription for regaining the culture. In short: be Catholic!
George Weigel What Was Vatican II Really About?
Distinguished Senior Fellow, The debate over the meaning of the Second Vatican Council
Ethics and Public Policy Center continues throughout the world Church. George Weigel explores
why Pope St. John XXIII summoned Vatican II, what the Council
actually taught, and how the Council is best implemented today.
Robert Senkewicz St. Junipero The Man: Then and Now
Professor of History Emeritus,
Santa Clara UniversityFRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020
AFTERNOON AGENDA
LIVE EVENT
12:00 p.m. Pacific Where Do We Go from Here: How Do We Navigate These
Waters as Faithful Catholics Who Want to Rebuild the Church?
Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence &
Director of the James Madison Program at Princeton
University
Interviewed by Daniel Mark, Assistant Professor of Political
Science at Villanova University
Is the American Experiment A Failure?
12:45 p.m. Pacific Followed by Q&A
Ryan Anderson, William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at
The Heritage Foundation
1:30 p.m. Pacific Unshakeable Kingdom
Followed by Q&A
Dr. Tim Gray, President of the Augustine Institute
ON-DEMAND
Friday Afternoon Sessions Released
2:30 p.m. Pacific These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from
2:30 p.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020.
Speaker Topic
Hope to Die, Hope to Rise
Dr. Scott Hahn
Hope is what will sustain us in the days yet to come. It also will
Professor of Biblical Theology
make it possible to experience joy in this day, no matter what
and the New Evangelization,
sorrows presently afflict us. Scott Hahn draws from Scripture and
Franciscan University of
personal experience to offer encouragement and hope grounded in
Steubenville
Christ’s Resurrection.FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020
His Eminence, Sean Topic TBA
Cardinal O’Malley
Archdiocese of Boston
Aaron Kheriaty Rioters and Revolutionaries
Associate Professor of This talk will unpack the origins of the crisis playing out in our city
Psychiatry and Director of streets. We will see why today’s misbegotten revolutionary
Medical Ethics Program, ideologies produce only nihilism. This talk will also examine the
University of California, Irvine, question of why the normalization of violence has become one of
School of Medicine the most characteristic features of our time.
US Abortion Law and Policy: The Way Forward After June
Carter Snead
Medical Services
Director, de Nicola Center for
In this lecture Carter Snead (Director of the de Nicola Center for
Ethics and Culture, University
Ethics and Culture and Professor of Law at the University of Notre
of Notre Dame
Dame) will discuss the Supreme Court's landmark decision this
summer on abortion (June Medical Services v. Russo), and what it
means for the future of the pro life movement's struggle for equal
justice under law for unborn children.
Interview with Federal Efforts in the Fight to Protect Human Dignity
Roger Severino In this interview, Roger Severino discusses what the Trump
Director, Office for Civil Rights Administration and HHS have done to fight for life, conscience and
(OCR), U.S. Department of religious freedom rights, and to protect human dignity. Mr.
Health and Human Services Severino also discusses the work of OCR in standing up the new
Conscience and Religious Freedom Division and the enforcement
actions it has taken. Mr. Severino also explains what OCR has done
during the pandemic to protect against disability and age
discrimination in the allocation of resources and care. Mr. Severino
concludes with a reflection on living out one’s faith in public life.
Louis Brown A New Birth for Civil Rights
Executive Director, Christ
Medicus Foundation
Panel Discussion Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?
Dr. Catherine Pakaluk | Director of Social Research and
Assistant Professor, The Busch School of Business at The
Catholic University of AmericaFRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020
Trent Horn | Staff Apologist, Catholic Answers
Moderator: Fran Maier | Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public
Policy Center; Former Senior Advisor and Special Assistant to
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
John Bursch Title TBA
Senior Counsel and Vice
President of Appellate
Advocacy, Alliance Defending
Freedom
LIVE EVENT
4:30 p.m. Pacific Love & Reconciliation
Followed by Q&A
Arthur Brooks, Practice of Public Leadership Professor and
Faculty Fellow at Harvard University
5:00 p.m. Pacific Pope Francis & Vatican II
The Most Reverend Robert E. Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of
the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
ON-DEMAND
Friday Evening Videos Released
6:00 p.m. Pacific These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from
6:00 p.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020.
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist In ConcertSATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020
MORNING AGENDA
LIVE EVENT
7:30 a.m. Pacific Holy Mass Livestreamed from Old Mission San Jose,
Fremont
Celebrant: The Most Reverend Michael C. Barber. S.J., Bishop
of Oakland
Followed by the rosary
ON-DEMAND
Saturday Morning Sessions Released
These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from
8:00 a.m. Pacific
8:00 a.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020
Speaker Topic
Dr. John Bergsma St. Paul Center Presents the Bible – Part 2
Professor of Theology, The Gospel of Matthew: The Kingdom Has Come!
Franciscan University of
Steubenville
Vincent Phillip Muñoz Religious Liberty & the Supreme Court
Tocqueville Associate
Professor of Religion & Public
Life, University of Notre Dame
Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J. Transforming Suffering Through Faith
Co-founder/President, Napa
Institute
Topic TBA
Rick Warren
Pastor & Founder, Saddleback
ChurchSATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020
Mary Hasson JK Rowling and the Crisis of Womanhood
Fellow at the Ethics and Public
Policy Center in Washington,
D.C.
Ignoble History: The 1619 Project
Allen C. Guelzo
The 1619 Project, published as a special issue of The New York
Director, Initiative on Politics
Times Magazine in 2019, claims to offer a comprehensive new
and Statesmanship, Princeton
interpretation of American history, in which every aspect of
University
American life is interpreted as some reflection of slavery or racism.
But like all single-explanation theories, it commits serious
historical errors. Worse still, its marketing as a K-12 school
curriculum encourages a younger generation to see their country as
a political, social and economic failure.
George Weigel Lessons from St. John Paul II for This Catholic Moment
Distinguished Senior Fellow, The United States has been living through a crisis of crises during
Ethics and Public Policy Center 2020. George Weigel suggests what Pope St. John Paul II might say
to a country seeking the truth about itself as a source of national
renewal.
LIVE EVENT
9:00 a.m. Pacific Making Missionary Disciples
Followed by Q&A
Curtis Martin, Founder, Fellowship of Catholic University
Students (FOCUS)
9:45 a.m. Pacific
Interview with His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell
His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell, Cardinal Priest of
Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello
Interviewed by Marylin Rodrigues, Journalist for The
Catholic Weekly
10:30 a.m. Pacific Consecration to the Sacred Heart
Fr. Michael Gaitley, Director of Evangelization for the Marian
Fathers of the Immaculate ConceptionSATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020
AFTERNOON AGENDA
ON-DEMAND
12:30 p.m. Pacific Saturday Afternoon Sessions Released
These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from
12:30 p.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020
Speaker Topic
Fr. John Riccardo We Were Born for This
Executive Director, ACTS XXIX In this talk, Fr. John Riccardo and ACTS XXIX share a reflection on
the uniqueness of our time and the urgent and irreplaceable role of
the disciple and the Church in it.
Matt Fradd Porn: 7 Myths Exposed
Author, Speaker, and Host of There are many myths that prevent people from seeing
Pints with Aquinas pornography for what it truly is: a diabolical counterfeit for love. In
this talk, Matt untwists the lies, shines light on the darkness, and
offers hope to those who are ready to reject the counterfeit and
embrace the truth. He backs up his arguments with startling
statistics, real life stories, and the rock solid wisdom of the Church's
teachings on human sexuality.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty Maintaining Our Mental Health During the COVID
Associate Professor of Pandemic
Psychiatry and Director of Rates of depression, anxiety, stress, substance abuse, and suicide
Medical Ethics Program, have been on the rise during the coronavirus stay-at-home orders.
University of California, Irvine, Dr. Kheriaty, a psychiatrist, will not only describe these concerning
School of Medicine trends, he will also provide concrete practical suggestions you can
implement to reduce the risk of these outcomes and improve your
mental health during these challenging times.
RJ Snell Tradition and Moral Identity: What the Church Can
Director of Academic Give the Young
Programs, Witherspoon Many young people want to lead serious lives, but many feel that
Institute they have been robbed of their cultural patrimony, that the adults
didn’t give them the tradition and authority they need to
understand how to live well. As a result, some turn to nostalgia
projects, feverish activism, and, increasingly, to rage. But it’s not
just them, many in the West don’t know what to do or how best to
live, in part because the “virtuosi of decreation,” have been at workSATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020
to unmask and take apart tradition, especially the family. Now, as
much as ever, the Church can meet the pressing needs of the young
by offering our account of divine filiation, a way of life, an account
of moral agency, and a defense of family.
Fran Maier Crisis, Church Reform and the Lay Vocation
Senior Fellow, Ethics and The turmoil today in our nation and in so much of modern life can
Public Policy Center; Former seem distressing. But it’s simply the truth, and the truth really does
Senior Advisor and Special make us free; not comfortable, but free from our illusions. Free to
Assistant to Archbishop see the world as it really is. We can’t control the circumstances that
Charles J. Chaput other people create for us. But we can usually control how we
respond to them. The challenges we face also remind us, as
believers, that our real home – our mater et magistra; our mother
and teacher – is the Church.
Ross Douthat The Decadent Society and the Church
Op-Ed Columnist, Podcast Host Today the Western world seems to be in crisis. But beneath our
and Author, The New York social media frenzy and reality television politics, the deeper reality
Times is one of drift, repetition, and dead ends. Ross Douthat explains
what happens when a rich and powerful society ceases
advancing—how the combination of wealth and technological
proficiency with economic stagnation, political stalemates, cultural
exhaustion, and demographic decline creates a strange kind of
“sustainable decadence,” a civilizational languor that could endure
for longer than we think.
Robert L. Woodson, Sr. America Should Not Be Forever Defined by the Stain of
Founder and President, Slavery, but celebrated for its victory over it and the promise
Woodson Center it offers for all
What can be done about the persistent racial unrest plaguing our
nation today? The New York Times’ 1619 Project would have us
believe that the racism that allowed slavery and segregation is in
America’s very DNA. But Bob Woodson’s 1776 Unites rejects this
hopelessness, demonstrating that black Americans have always
excelled in the face of adversity and that this same spirit can enable
us to unite and overcome today.SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020
LIVE EVENT
3:00 p.m. Pacific Topic TBA
Followed by Q&A
Chris Stefanick, Author, Speaker, Television Host
3:45 p.m. Pacific The Fragility of Freedom
Followed by Q&A
Rick Santorum, CNN Senior Political Commentator and
former U.S. Senator
ON-DEMAND
5:00 p.m. Pacific Saturday Evening Sessions Released
These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from
5:00 p.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020
Special Screening The Search: Why a God?
Episode 3 of the new FORMED series
Today we seem to think we’ve moved beyond the idea of God, but
this secular view of life is a very new and unusual idea to humanity.
All through human history man has looked to something outside
himself for the answers to life. Why have we given up on God? Do
we think science has disproven Him? Do we think society is better
off without him? We talk with astrophysicists, chemists, Harvard
professors, and more to make the case that it’s not only reasonable
to believe in God, it’s essential if you want to have a truly amazing
life. Our souls seek their creator, and we’ll never be truly happy
unless we seek Him out. As St. Augustine famously said, “You have
made us for Yourself O Lord, and our hearts are restless. until they
rest in Thee.”
This is where, in one sense our Search finds its end. We, the
creatures, seek their creator. This presents the very foundation of
everything. But, what if the God that we are all searching for, is
actually searching for us.SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020
Fr. John Riccardo National Day of Prayer and Fasting
Executive Director, ACTS XXIX Fr. John Riccardo, Executive Director of Acts XXIX invites you to join
him in a National Day of Prayer and Fasting on September 24, 2020
to bring healing and mercy to our country and conversion to our
hearts.SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2020
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
LIVE EVENT
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Trinitas Cellars Cabernet Francis Vertical Tasting
During this tasting, you will taste firsthand how each year's unique
weather shapes the flavor of wine by trying our 2014, 2015, and
2016 Cabernet Francis, alongside our Proprietor Garrett Busch. As
you likely know, our Cabernet Francis is made in honor of Pope
Francis. The family has been sending him a steady supply ever
since they presented him the innagural 2012 vintage in 2013. A
special Napa Institute guest will also join the tasting!
Click below to order the three year vertical wine tasting kit for
$240. We realize that 3 bottles of wine may be a bit too much to
consume in one evening, so we are also offering guests an
opportunity to purchase a Coravin Model Three for a total cost of
$199. This wine preservation system allows you to enjoy a bottle of
wine in any increment you please, over the course of months.
*This activity requires additional registration and payment. Orders
must be placed by midnight on August 9th to ensure delivery before
the virtual tasting.
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