Affiliates Western Regional Conference August 31, September 1-2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Theme of the conference is Water: Sanctifier and Quencher

 Download the 2012 Western Regional Conference Registration here.

Keynote Speaker:  Sister Rose Marie Cecchini

Join many other affiliates, who will gather together to listen to inspiring insights, share ideas, unite in prayer, renew friendship, participate in fun activities and see the other side of Las Vegas.

Sister Rose Marie Cecchini, MM
Bio-profile

Sr. Rose Marie Cecchini, MM, from Stockton, CA, served in Asia for thirty-three years, in Japan, the Philippines and Nepal, before coming to the Southwest in 1996.

Sr. Rose Marie is coordinator of the Office of Life, Peace, Justice and Creation Stewardship under the auspices of Catholic Charities of Gallup Diocese, which promotes Gospel-based responses and activities addressing peace, justice and ecological issues of concern.

As a member of Native American solidarity groups in New Mexico,  Sr. Rose Marie collaborates with Navajo and Pueblo Peoples who continue to suffer from uranium radiation exposure-related illnesses and environmental contamination of lands, water and air from past decades of uranium mining, never remediated by responsible federal agencies and mining corporations.  In this capacity, she also collaborates with Navajo communities in a movement to prevent insitu leach uranium mining projects in Church Rock and Crownpoint, NM, that will irreversibly contaminate the sole source drinking water aquifer for over 15,000 people in these communities.

She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Maryknoll College in the Philippines; an M.A. in Eastern Studies from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; a Ph.D. in Literature from the Institute of International Relations, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

Another keynote speakers will be Fr. Max Oliva, S.J., M.B.A.   He teaches ethics at Regis University in Henderson, Nevada. Please check his website: www.ethicsinthemarketplace.com

Room accomodations are double occupancy.

Arrival  and Registration is Friday August 31 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Dinner will be serve from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Welcome and Social from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Please call Lee Fermin at 702-513-8444 for questions.