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 Here

FRIDAY, 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

9:00 a.m. Pacific

Friday Morning Sessions Released

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 Professor of Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

St. Paul Center Presents the Bible – Part 1 Introducing the New Testament: Understanding and Teaching the Scriptures

The Most Reverend Thomas J. Paprocki Bishop of Springfield

Social Shutdowns as an Extraordinary Means of Saving Human Life

The Most Reverend Charles J. Brown Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Pope Francis, Albania and the Call to Holiness Archbishop Charles Brown reflects on Pope Francis's call to

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).

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Dr. Joshua Mitchell Professor of Political Theory,

Georgetown University

American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other

Afflictions of Our Time 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, O.Praem. Novice Master & Director of Formation, St. Michael’s Abbey

Our Lady's Role in the New Evangelization: Your Ongoing Conversion, Her Renewal of the World The great St. Bernard of Clairvaux famously said "Of Mary, never

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 Director of the Thomistic

Institute

Grace in a Time of Anxiety Many people's spiritual lives have been upended by the pandemic

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 President, Religious Freedom

Institute

"Come Be My Light:" The Crisis of Religious Freedom in

the United States and Catholic Responsibility 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 by

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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 Distinguished Senior Fellow,

Ethics and Public Policy Center

What Was Vatican II Really About? The debate over the meaning of the Second Vatican Council

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 Professor of History Emeritus,

Santa Clara University

St. Junipero The Man: Then and Now

FRIDAY, 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

12:45 p.m. Pacific

Is the American Experiment A Failure? 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

2:30 p.m. Pacific

Friday Afternoon Sessions Released

These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from

2:30 p.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020.

Speaker Topic

Dr. Scott Hahn Professor of Biblical Theology

and the New Evangelization,

Franciscan University of

Steubenville

Hope to Die, Hope to Rise Hope is what will sustain us in the days yet to come. It also will

make it possible to experience joy in this day, no matter what

sorrows presently afflict us. Scott Hahn draws from Scripture and

personal experience to offer encouragement and hope grounded in

Christ’s Resurrection.

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His Eminence, Sean

Cardinal O’Malley Archdiocese of Boston

Topic TBA

Aaron Kheriaty Associate Professor of

Psychiatry and Director of

Medical Ethics Program,

University of California, Irvine,

School of Medicine

Rioters and Revolutionaries This talk will unpack the origins of the crisis playing out in our city

streets. We will see why today’s misbegotten revolutionary

ideologies produce only nihilism. This talk will also examine the

question of why the normalization of violence has become one of

the most characteristic features of our time.

Carter Snead Director, de Nicola Center for

Ethics and Culture, University

of Notre Dame

US Abortion Law and Policy: The Way Forward After June

Medical Services In this lecture Carter Snead (Director of the de Nicola Center for

Ethics and Culture and Professor of Law at the University of Notre

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

Roger Severino Director, Office for Civil Rights

(OCR), U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services

Federal Efforts in the Fight to Protect Human Dignity In this interview, Roger Severino discusses what the Trump

Administration and HHS have done to fight for life, conscience and religious freedom rights, and to protect human dignity. Mr.

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 Executive Director, Christ Medicus Foundation

A New Birth for Civil Rights

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 America

FRIDAY, 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 Senior Counsel and Vice

President of Appellate

Advocacy, Alliance Defending

Freedom

Title TBA

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

6:00 p.m. Pacific

Friday Evening Videos Released

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 Concert

SATURDAY, 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

8:00 a.m. Pacific

Saturday Morning Sessions Released

These sessions will be available to watch at your leisure from

8:00 a.m. Pacific until October 14, 2020

Speaker Topic

Dr. John Bergsma Professor of Theology,

Franciscan University of

Steubenville

St. Paul Center Presents the Bible – Part 2

The Gospel of Matthew: The Kingdom Has Come!

Vincent Phillip Muñoz Tocqueville Associate

Professor of Religion & Public

Life, University of Notre Dame

Religious Liberty & the Supreme Court

Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J. Co-founder/President, Napa

Institute

Transforming Suffering Through Faith

Rick Warren Pastor & Founder, Saddleback

Church

Topic TBA

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Mary Hasson Fellow at the Ethics and Public

Policy Center in Washington,

D.C.

JK Rowling and the Crisis of Womanhood

Allen C. Guelzo Director, Initiative on Politics

and Statesmanship, Princeton

University

Ignoble History: The 1619 Project The 1619 Project, published as a special issue of The New York

Times Magazine in 2019, claims to offer a comprehensive new

interpretation of American history, in which every aspect of

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 Distinguished Senior Fellow,

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Lessons from St. John Paul II for This Catholic Moment The United States has been living through a crisis of crises during

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 Conception

SATURDAY, 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 Executive Director, ACTS XXIX

We Were Born for This 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 Author, Speaker, and Host of

Pints with Aquinas

Porn: 7 Myths Exposed There are many myths that prevent people from seeing

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 Associate Professor of

Psychiatry and Director of

Medical Ethics Program,

University of California, Irvine,

School of Medicine

Maintaining Our Mental Health During the COVID

Pandemic Rates of depression, anxiety, stress, substance abuse, and suicide

have been on the rise during the coronavirus stay-at-home orders.

Dr. Kheriaty, a psychiatrist, will not only describe these concerning

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 Director of Academic

Programs, Witherspoon

Institute

Tradition and Moral Identity: What the Church Can

Give the Young Many young people want to lead serious lives, but many feel that

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 work

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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 Senior Fellow, Ethics and

Public Policy Center; Former

Senior Advisor and Special

Assistant to Archbishop

Charles J. Chaput

Crisis, Church Reform and the Lay Vocation The turmoil today in our nation and in so much of modern life can

seem distressing. But it’s simply the truth, and the truth really does

make us free; not comfortable, but free from our illusions. Free to

see the world as it really is. We can’t control the circumstances that

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 Op-Ed Columnist, Podcast Host

and Author, The New York

Times

The Decadent Society and the Church Today the Western world seems to be in crisis. But beneath our

social media frenzy and reality television politics, the deeper reality

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. Founder and President,

Woodson Center

America Should Not Be Forever Defined by the Stain of

Slavery, but celebrated for its victory over it and the promise

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.

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Fr. John Riccardo Executive Director, ACTS XXIX

National Day of Prayer and Fasting 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. Register/Purchase Your Tasting Kit Here