CMSM 2024 Eldercare Summit Part 2 – Collaboration and Models of Care: Practical Conversations for Leaders on Eldercare
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 1:00 pm ET
Part 2 of the Eldercare Summit will take place on February 18, 2025. Part 1, held in the fall, focused on planning for an aging institute. Part 2 will focus on models of care. Join us as we hear from major superiors who have created different models of care for their elder members. Engage in a lively discussion about these models, how the leaders developed them, the strengths and limitations of the models, and what collaborative options are available to care for our elder members.
The mission of the Eldercare Summit is to support leaders in their decision-making and the accompaniment of elder members of their community. Join us for this excellent opportunity to reflect, learn, share, and network about common eldercare issues.
Presenters
Deacon Steven DeMartino
Deacon Steven is the Director of Safeguarding initiatives for the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. In addition, he is active in Parish ministry, consultation to leadership teams of Religious Institutes, Seminary teaching, and retreat work. Deacon Steven’s training centers on behavioral health and governance leadership.
Deacon Steven DeMartino
Br. Wayne Fitzpatrick, MM
At the 1990 General Chapter he was elected the General Council and re-elected in 1996 and served as Assistant General for 12 years. He traveled extensively throughout the Maryknoll missions in Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the United States.
Wayne is a Certified Retirement Planning Specialist for Religious and is certified to give the Retirement Success Profile for Religious and Clergy. Wayne has also given several retreats and workshops to Sisters, Brothers and Priests on the Spirituality of Aging and Meeting God in Times of Change and Transition.
Wayne has served as Managing Director of Senior Care and Transition Services for the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Presently he is Director of Pastoral and Spiritual Life and House Superior at the Maryknoll Society Center in New York. Bro. Wayne is also the Assistant Regional Superior for the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers in the U.S. Region.
Br. Wayne Fitzpatrick, MM
Fr. James Herring, O. Praem.
Fr. James was vested a novice of the Norbertine Order in 1996 at the community’s foundation house of St. Moses the Black in Jackson, MS. He professed First Vows in 1998, Solemn Vows on in 2001, ordained a Deacon in 2001 and ordained to the presbyterate in 2002.
Fr. James earned a BA in Philosophy from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1968, an MA in Theology and a MDiv in Theology from the DeSales School of Theology in Washington, D.C. in 1996. He earned a JCL and MCL in Canon Law from Saint Paul University and the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada in 2000. He earned a JCD and a PhD in Canon Law (dissertation on the “Mandatum” of Ex corde Ecclesiae) from Saint Paul University and the University of Ottawa in 2009.
Fr. James served as the Interim Director of the Peace and Justice Center, Adjunct Instructor of Theology, Campus Minister at St. Norbert College and Pastoral Associate/Deacon for St. Norbert College Parish. He also served on the Green Bay Diocesan Peace and Justice Commission, on the Advisory Committee for the Wisconsin Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.
Fr. James has served on the Board of Education of Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay, the Board of Directors of the National Catholic AIDS Network, the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Theological Union and convener of the Formation Council, Board of Trustees of St. Norbert College, the Board of Directors of the Religious Formation Conference; he presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Resource Center for Religious Institutes, the Board of Directors and Vice-President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men.
Fr. James served as Defender of the Bond for the National Appeals Tribunal of Canada, as a Judge for the Green Bay Diocese Appeals Marriage Tribunal, a Judge for the Chicago Archdiocese Marriage Appeals Tribunal and an Associate Judicial Vicar for Canonical Affairs. Fr. James presently serves as Presiding Judge, a Promoter of Justice, and a Defender of the Bond for the Wilmington Diocese Tribunal. He also serves on the Norbertine Order’s Juridical Commission in Rome.
Fr. James served as Prior of St. Norbert Abbey (2005-13) and the Local Superior and Formator of the Abbey’s Holy Spirit House of Studies in Chicago (2013-18). He now serves as the elected Prior de Regimini and Major Superior of Immaculate Conception Priory of the Norbertine Fathers of Delaware since 2018. Fr. James is a member of the Canon Law Society of America, the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, the Religious Formation Conference, the Resource Center for Religious Institutes and the Conference of Major Superiors of Men.
Fr. James Herring, O. Praem
Br. Stephen Olert, FSC
Br. Stephen Olert, FSC
Br. Dan O'Riordan, FMS
Br. Dan O’Riordan, FMS
Schedule
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
1:00 pm – Welcome & Prayer – Fr. Frank Donio, SAC and Deacon Steven DeMartino
1:15 pm – Models of Care Panel – Br. Stephen Olert, FSC, Br. Wayne Fitzpatrick, MM, Br. Dan O’Riordan, FMS, and Fr. James Herring, O. Praem. (moderated by Deacon Steven DeMartino)
2:00 pm – Question and Answer
2:15 pm – Break
2:30 pm – Gather & Prayer
2:35 pm – Small group discussion
3:00 pm – Large group Q&A
3:20 pm – Collaboration breakouts
3:35 pm – Large group discussion
3:50 pm – Wrap-up
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. David Rohrer Budiash, Director of Programs.