Advisory
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual Fall meeting takes place November 15-18 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington.
Meetings are open to credentialed media.
Credentials: On-site credentialing and credential pick-up begin Sunday, November 14, at 3 p.m. in the Conference Theatre. Credentialing continues throughout the meeting.
Media Center is in the Conference Theatre.
Hours of operation:
Sunday, November 14, at 3 p.m -8 p.m.
Monday -Wednesday, Nov. 15-17, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 18, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Press conferences follow immediately after morning and afternoon public sessions, Monday -Thursday, in Columbia B.
Meeting Room: Regency Ballroom
Schedule:
Monday: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. -5 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (There is no public session Tuesday afternoon)
Wednesday: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m.-noon.
Media Reception -- Capitol Room, Tuesday, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Agenda: Items on the agenda include a Pastoral Message on Charity, a statement on Older Persons in the Church and Society, a Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation, a Proposal to Develop a new National Catechetical Directory, Norms for Application of Ex Corde Ecclesiae (the papal document on the relationship between the Church and Catholic higher education), a message on the Occasion of the Jubilee Year 2000, and several liturgy items, including a preliminary discussion of a statement on the environment for worship.
Phone numbers:
Media Center -- Conference Theatre Room
Phone: 202-639-0486 and 202-639-0512
Fax: 202-639-0513
Interview Desk (To set up interviews with bishops and experts) -- Regency Ballroom Foyer, staffed during meeting sessions open to media.
Phones: 202-942-1564 and 202-942-1566
Media Staff Office-- Columbia C
Phone: 202-942-1557
Fax: 202-942-1554
Information Officers:
Msgr. Francis Maniscalco
Bill Ryan
Sister Mary Ann Walsh
David Early