Friday, 16 February 2007 through Sunday, 18 February 2007
The Annual PFMC RETREAT CONFERENCE (RC) for 2007 will be held on the third weekend in February, Friday (16) through Sunday (18) February 2007 at the Clarion Hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Please attend even if you just walk in and register at the CLARION HOTEL, Cherry Hill, NJ for any portion of the weekend. Maps and directions to the CLARION HOTEL have been posted. The whole PFMC Volunteer Team is in the Interior Layout of the CLARION HOTEL for the weekend. Please look for us there.
The theme for 2007 is "but deliver us from the evil one.” (Matthew 6:13) [NAB]
This event will feature Father Bill Halbing, Francine Schmatz, Neal Lozano, Robert Abel, Moira Noonan, and Father John Tino.
Ordained priests and deacons, those studying in seminary or in a recognized deaconate program, religious brothers and sisters may register without a registration donation. Please register early.
We need priests to share a portion of their time, particularly on Friday night and Saturday, for the Sacrament of Confession / Penance / Reconciliation. Please call (856) 768-9228 with time availability for the Sacrament of Confession / Penance / Reconciliation and to reserve your place at the RC. We would love it if more priests would help us with the Sacrament of Confession / Penance / Reconciliation and stay to concelebrate Holy Mass.
The schedule for this RC has been posted. A copy is provided with each registration confirmation letter.
A Compact Disc (CD) and Cassette Tape Order Form has been posted for the 2007 RETREAT CONFERENCE (RC).
The Compact Disc (CD) and Tape Order Form is posted for the 2006 RETREAT CONFERENCE (RC) if you wish to listen to the excellent talks given last year. Particularly interesting are the talks given by Father Edgardo "Bing" Arrellano.
The Annual PFMC RETREAT CONFERENCE (RC) for 2007 was a tremendous spiritual success.
The CLARION HOTEL, Cherry Hill, NJ was indeed turned into a retreat center for more than 400 attendees.
The whole PFMC Volunteer Team is to be congratulated and thanked profusely for their YES for the weekend.
A Compact Disc (CD) and Cassette Tape Order Form is posted for the 2007 RETREAT CONFERENCE (RC).
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Information Packet with Registration Forms:
A four (4) page information packet with registration forms is available on-line.
There are delicious hot meals available on Saturday noon and evening as well as Sunday noon for a pre-registration fee of only $20 per lunch and $25 for dinner. All meals may be purchased in a meal plan for $60. The registration forms have places to check-off for each desired meal.
The requested individual donation, $50, has been discounted to $95 for married couples to encourage married couples to attend the 2007 RC together.
There are special rates, $20, for students.
Ordained priests and deacons, those studying in seminary or in a recognized deaconate program, religious brothers and sisters may register without a registration donation. Please register early.
We need priests to share a portion of their time, particularly on Friday night and Saturday, for the Sacrament of Confession / Penance / Reconciliation. Please call (856) 768-9228 with time availability for the Sacrament of Confession / Penance / Reconciliation and to reserve your place at the RC. We would love it if more priests would help us with the Sacrament of Confession / Penance / Reconciliation and stay to concelebrate Holy Mass.
The schedule for this RC has been posted. A copy is provided with each registration confirmation letter.
Please make a copy of the RC registration form portion of the information packet or the registration forms page, fill out the RC registration form as appropriate and return your registration to the PFMC by "snail" mail to PFMC, 61 Cooper Road, Voorhees, NJ 08043-4963 as soon as possible.
You may donate to the PFMC by any negotiable means. Please do not send cash in the mail unless that is absolutely necessary. A check or money order is the usual method. Donations to the PFMC may be made by the credit cards listed on the registration form. Please remember that the PFMC asks for your assistance with the nearly 3% surcharge we must pay for the use of credit cards. This extra 3% donation from those who use credit cards is truly appreciated and assists the PFMC keep the donation levels down for those who do not use credit cards.
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Last Minute Registration / Walk-Ins:
Within two weeks of Friday, 16 February, 2007 it is advisable to send the RC registration form portion of the information packet or the registration forms page by FAX to (856) 768-9428 with the Credit Card information completely filled out. Please remember that the PFMC asks for your assistance with the nearly 3% surcharge we must pay for the use of credit cards. This extra 3% donation from those who use credit cards is truly appreciated and assists the PFMC keep the donation levels down for those who do not use credit cards.
If you wish to pay by check or money order within the last two weeks of the dates above, please consider the use of Priority or Express Mail to expedite our receipt of your registration form(s) and check or money order. Please do NOT use Certified Mail or other signature required delivery systems as this volunteer organization is not always open with personnel available when the mail or other delivery personnel arrive.
We have experienced long lines of walk-ins at the hotel in past years and would like to have as many as possible receive pre-registration packets at the door. You may call (856) 768-9228 with a credit card to reserve your seat up until NOON on Thursday, 2/15/2007. After that time, the PFMC Volunteers will be in the Clarion Hotel setting up for these events. Registration will open at the Clarion Hotel around 4 PM on Friday, 16 February 2007.
See below for Clarion
Hotel information. Advance room reservations are scheduled in our
contract with the Clarion Hotel to close on Friday,
2/9/2006.
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Speakers:
The principal speaker duties for 2007 will be shared between Father Bill Halbing, Francine Schmatz, Neal Lozano, Robert Abel , Moira Noonan, and Father John Tino. Father Michael Semana, lost for several months due to a move and change of phones, will return and act as our Master of Ceremonies (MC). He will offer his musical talents between talks and for the Saturday Holy Mass before lunch. More information about these speakers is printed in the PFMC 2007 RC Information Packet which is posted at the underlined link.
Saturday night will feature Neal Lozano preparing the attendees for a special healing service.
The schedule for this RC has been posted. A copy is provided with each registration confirmation letter.
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Audio Tape / Compact Disc (CD) Recordings:
Aardvark Productions from Steubenville, Ohio, will record all talks for the 2007 RC and will offer both audio cassette tapes and audio compact disc (CD) recordings at the 2007 RC and by Order Form on the Internet after the event.
Consider ordering a whole set of tapes or CDs for someone close to you who could not physically be present.
If you need to contact the
PFMC about a tape for this 2007
RC event or any of the past
PFMC events, call 1-800-788-6279 [MARY] or
1-(856) 768-9228.
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Music:
The music for the weekend RC will be provided by REFUGE.
REFUGE now has 3 Compact Disc recordings which help support their ministry.
Consider ordering some music from REFUGE.
Come to the Clarion
Hotel and visit their table in the Windsor Ballroom Entry Foyer.
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Displays, Ministry / Vendor Tables:
The PFMC will have its inventory of religious articles, statues, books, pamphlets, etc. on display in the Regency Ballroom across the Pool Deck from the Windsor Ballroom. See discussion of the interior layout of the Clarion Hotel below. All the speaker presentations will be made in the Windsor Ballroom. Please stop in and peruse the PFMC inventory. If you don't find what you want please ask Vince and / or Livia Nocella and they will find it for you or offer to order it for you.
A line diagram of the interior of the Clarion Hotel has been posted for your reference and is being printed in the RETREAT CONFERENCE Booklet so you can orient yourself to the areas mentioned above.
Basically the hotel is a big rectangle, whose long sides run parallel with NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike, with a wing added to the side away from NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike. In the back of the rectangle, farthest away from the Lobby are the Salon Rooms where Adoration Room and Confession Rooms are available. The Regency Ballroom is on the side of the rectangle near NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike. The Windsor Ballroom and Entry Foyer are in the wing that juts aways from the rectangle into the parking lots on the side away from NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike. There is additional parking along the back of the building as well as in an Overflow Lot behind the Future Fitness property next door to the West.
In the Entry Foyer outside the Windsor Ballroom and in the Hallways outside the Regency Ballroom there will be ministry / vendor tables and displays of material from other ministries as well as selected Christian and Roman Catholic oriented vendors. The latter category may include Jesus Mosaics with Frank and Mary Bear.
A Ministry / Vendor Application form has been posted to assist ministry and vendor personnel in applying for space at PFMC events. The Ministry / Vendor Application form should be printed, filled out, sent by FAX, if available, and mailed with donation to arrive at the PFMC before 31 January 2007.
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Clarion Hotel:
Directions and maps to the Clarion Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ are available for printing from the posted Portable Document File (PDF) file.
A line diagram of the interior of the Clarion Hotel has been posted for your reference and is being printed in the RETREAT CONFERENCE Booklet so you can orient yourself to the areas mentioned above.
Basically the hotel is a big rectangle, whose long sides run parallel with NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike, with a wing added to the side away from NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike. In the back of the rectangle, farthest away from the Lobby are the Salon Rooms where Adoration Room and Confession Rooms are available. The Regency Ballroom is on the side of the rectangle near NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike. The Windsor Ballroom and Entry Foyer are in the wing that juts aways from the rectangle into the parking lots on the side away from NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike. There is additional parking along the back of the building as well as in an Overflow Lot behind the Future Fitness property next door to the West.
Advance room reservations are scheduled in our contract with the Clarion Hotel to close on Friday, 2/9/2006. Please reserve your room in the "PILGRIMS" room block with the Clarion Hotel as soon as possible. The hotel usually agrees to leave the "PILGRIMS" room block open through the event in case we do not fill our room block requirements by the deadline. Don't count on having a room in the Clarion Hotel unless you reserve with them.
The Clarion Hotel is handling the room reservations locally including your desires for a smoking or non-smoking room. Smoking rooms are segregated from non-smoking room by floors. The hotel has four (4) floors with three (3) elevators. Two (2) elevators are in the front by the Lobby and one (1) is at the back by the Salon Rooms. The large Standard Guest Rooms have either one King bed or two Queen beds, a microwave, a refrigerator, coffee maker, hair dryer, etc. The rooms have been recently redecorated and a really nice.
You can have up to four people registered in a room with their own keys. The hotel has rental cots or roll-away beds available for use in the king bed rooms. It is best to document all your needs as early as possible so they can make you comfortable. Last minute requests may not always be met. If you ask in advance they will do their best to accomodate any identified needs.
Please call (856) 428-2300 or go on-line to Clarion Hotel and get your room reservations in the "PILGRIMS" block of rooms set aside for the PFMC 2007 RC as soon as possible.
The Clarion Hotel is adjacent to the westbound lanes of NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike just west of the traffic signal at Covered Bridge Road and just west of Exit 34B of Interstate (I) - 295.
Directions and maps to the Clarion Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ are available for printing from the posted Portable Document File (PDF) file.
The Clarion Hotel may be reached using New Jersey Transit (NJT) 406 bus which runs along Old Marlton Pike (NJ 70) or the NJT train from Philadelphia to Atlantic City or vice versa which stops at the Cherry Hill Train Station.
Rapid Rover, a van based limousine service obtained by calling
(856) 428-1500 or (800) 322-8062, will bring you
from the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to the Clarion Hotel. There are also
limousine services available from Newark International Airport (EWR)
as well as Atlantic City International Airport (ACY).
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Transportation - Air, Train, Bus, Commercial:
Many people have called the PFMC requesting information about the closest airport.
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is the closest in mileage, at about 20 miles, but this could take about an hour drive particularly during rush hours (3-6 PM), to the Clarion Hotel. It is not necessarily the closest in time, due to the way the Interstate (I) highways, I-95, I-76, I-276, and I-295, run through the cities and across toll bridges.
If you are renting a car rather than taking commercial transportation from any of the airports, you might find cheaper flights and be closer in time to use either Newark International Airport (EWR) or Atlantic City International Airport (ACY).
Look for the least expensive flights and consider travelling on Thursday and Monday which are cheaper travel days than Friday and Sunday. The excellent PFMC room rates at the Clarion Hotel are good for Thursday and Sunday night.
Newark International Airport (EWR) is about 75 miles north of the Clarion Hotel but that distance can be travelled in about an hour since the airport and the hotel are right next to Interstate (I) highways, I-278, I-95, NJ Turnpike (toll), and I-295, with no major bottlenecks in between.
Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) is in Pomona, NJ about 9 miles west of Atlantic City and about 45 miles from the Clarion Hotel. It is adjacent to the Atlantic City Expressway (toll) which connects to I-276 and I-295. The travel time is about an hour.
Rapid Rover, a van based limousine service obtained by calling (856) 428-1500 or (800) 322-8062, will bring you from the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to the Clarion Hotel. There are also limousine services available from Newark International Airport (EWR) as well as Atlantic City International Airport (ACY).
The NJT train to / from Atlantic City runs from / to the Amtrak 30th Street Train Station and stops at the Cherry Hill Train Station. This station is behind The Pavillions Shopping Center, with Shop Rite, Friendly's, Staples, and Old Country Buffet, on the former grounds of the Cherry Hill Race Track. Taxis run from the Cherry Hill Train Station to the Clarion Hotel.
The NJT #406 bus runs from the downtown Philadelphia bus station across the Ben Franklin Bridge through Camden, NJ and then east on NJ 70 or Old Marlton Pike with a stop in front of the Clarion Hotel. This route has regular service to Marlton, NJ with extensions to Berlin, NJ, Medford, NJ, and Mount Laurel, NJ.
Call the NJT Schedules and Fares Information Center at the numbers listed below:
| 6:00 AM to Midnight, daily: | ||
|---|---|---|
| From Northern New Jersey and Mercer County | (800) 772-2222 | |
| From Out-of-State | (973) 762-5100 | |
| Text Telephone TT | (800) 772-2287 | |
| 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM, daily: | ||
| From Southern New Jersey | (800) 582-5946 | |
| From Philadelphia Area | (215) 569-3752 |
Call the PFMC at (856) 768-9228 for a copy of the NJT #406 bus map and schedule, if bus transportation fits your needs and you can't get the schedule to print legibly on your printer. We have made 11" 17" copies which are fairly readable.
There are taxi services available in the vicinity of the Clarion Hotel which can pick-up at the Greyhound / Trailways Bus Station in Mount Laurel, NJ for those who wish to take the bus from the New York City area.
Rapid Rover, a van based limousine service obtained by calling
(856) 428-1500 or (800) 322-8062, will bring you
from the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to the Clarion Hotel. There are also
limousine services available from Newark International Airport (EWR)
as well as Atlantic City International Airport (ACY).
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Directions:
Directions and maps to the Clarion Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ are available for printing from the posted Portable Document File (PDF) file.
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Booklets:
The printed RETREAT CONFERENCE Booklet handed out to registered attendees is available on-line.
The schedule for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the form of sign-up sheets is also posted.
The schedule for this RC has been posted. A copy is provided with each registration confirmation letter.
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