Msgr. Michael Clay, associate dean for graduate ministerial studies, offered workshops on the Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux on August 4, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati on September 8, and the Archdiocese of New Orleans on September 15.  On October 11, he conducted an orientation session on the new Spanish Misal Romano, recently promulgated for use in the United States, for the Diocese of Richmond.