Speaker Pelosi, new speakers confirmed for NCR Washington Briefing

	Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker of the House of Representatives
	E.J. Dionne, nationally syndicated columnist and author of Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right
	Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), ranking member of the House Budget Committee and author of “A Roadmap for America’s Future”
	Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS, executive director, NETWORK, a Catholic Social Justice Lobby.

Plus, we have added a panel at which NCR Senior Correspondent John L. Allen, Jr., currently in Rome, will discuss the fallout from the clergy sex abuse crisis in Europe.

For more information on the conference, and to register for this two-day event at the reduced group rate of $395.00, please visit: www.ncronline.org/briefing.

If you have questions, call the National Catholic Reporter at 800-333-7373 or e-mail support@ncronline.org. Or you can call me (816-536-4199) or e-mail me, joefeuer@aol.com.

Many many thanks,

Joe

PS: Hotel Accomodations:
Hotel reservations may be made at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill where a discounted block of rooms has been reserved for conference participants. Transportation to and from the hotel to Trinity will be provided.

Expect two full days, beginning with continental breakfast, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Thursday, May 6 and closing with a keynoted dinner on Friday, May 7. All conference materials, two continental breakfasts and two luncheons, Thursday's wine and cheese reception on Capitol Hill, Friday dinner and transportation between the hotel and Trinity's campus are included in the registration fee.