Convocation
March 13-15, 2026 - Delta Hotel
Friday, March 13
3:30 pm Registration & Check-In (The Delta Hotel Foyer)
5:00 pm Evening Prayer (Grand Ballroom)
5:15 pm Welcome Remarks (Grand Ballroom) Deacon Ernie Martinez
5:45 pm Conference One (Grand Ballroom) Deacon Timothy Unger, Director of Formation
6:10 pm Conference Two Sister Mary Grace Langrell, Sisters of Life Letting Love Lead: How to Live Fully Alive in a Fallen World (Grand Ballroom)
7:00 pm Prayer & Dinner Buffet (Lower Atrium)
7:50 pm Stations of the Cross (Chapel)
8:30 pm Social (Hotel Bar – Special Pricing)
Saturday, March 14
5:30 am Holy Hour (Chapel)
6:30 am Breakfast Buffet (Lower Atrium)
8:00 am Morning Prayer (Grand Ballroom)
8:30 am Director’s Message (Grand Ballroom) Deacon Ernest Martinez Brothers in the Arena: Christ the Servant in Battle
9:30 am Bishop Jorge Rodriguez Deacons: Men and Channels of Grace (Grand Ballroom)
10:20 am Break
11:00 am Opening Mass (Chapel) Principal Celebrant: Bishop Jorge Rodriguez
12:00 pm Angelus & Lunch Buffet (Lower Atrium)
1:00 pm Deacon Dominic Cerrato, PhD. Encounter Christ the Servant – Session 1 (Grand Ballroom)
1:50 pm Break
2:15 pm Deacon Dominic Cerrato, PhD. Encounter Christ the Servant – Session 2 (Grand Ballroom)
3:15 pm Break
3:45 pm Breakout Sessions I
Fr. Brian Larkin, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Ambassadors of Reconciliation & Unity~ 2 Corinthians 5 & 6 (Wolf Creek/Cripple Creek)
Dr. John Nicoletti, Nicoletti, Flater, & Assoc. From Awareness to Response in Crisis, Trauma, & Resiliency (Crested Butte/Telluride)
Deacon Dominic Cerrato, PhD As I Have Loved You: Clerical Unity in the Heart of Christ (Grand Ballroom)
4:45 pm Evening Prayer & Break (Grand Ballroom)
5:15 pm Breakout Sessions II
Fr. Brian Larkin, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Ambassadors of Reconciliation & Unity~ 2 Corinthians 5 & 6 (Wolf Creek/Cripple Creek)
Dr. John Nicoletti, Nicoletti, Flater, & Assoc. Awareness to Response in Crisis, Trauma, & Resiliency (Crested Butte/Telluride)
Deacon Dominic Cerrato, PhD As I Have Loved You: Clerical Unity in the Heart of Christ (Grand Ballroom)
6:15 pm Break
6:30 pm Social & Dinner (Grand Ballroom) Deacons and Priests of the AOD Deacon Dominic Cerrato, PhD, Keynote As I Have Loved You: Clerical Unity in the Heart of Christ
Sunday, March 15
5:30 am Holy Hour (Chapel)
6:30 am Breakfast (Lower Atrium)
8:00 am Morning Prayer (Grand Ballroom)
8:20 am Fr. Matthew Book, Vicar for Clergy St. Francis before the Cross (Grand Ballroom)
9:00 am Break & Room Checkout
9:20 am Brittany Vessley, Colorado Catholic Conference (Grand Ballroom)
10:00 am Break
10:15 pm Hall of Deacons – Almoners Appeal (Grand Ballroom)
11:15 am Break
11:30 am Closing Remarks (Grand Ballroom) Deacon Ernie Martinez
12:00 pm Angelus & Lunch Buffet (Lower Atrium)
12:50 pm Break
1:00 pm Archbishop-designate James R. Golka (Grand Ballroom)
1:40 pm Recognition of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila (Grand Ballroom)
2:00 pm Prepare for Holy Mass
2:10 pm Closing Mass Principal Celebrant: Archbishop Emeritus Samuel J. Aquila Con-Celebrant: Fr. Matthew Book (Chapel)
NOTE: Convocation 2027 is scheduled for March 5-7, 2027 at the Delta Hotel