| 8:00 am |
Registration opens. Complimentary continental breakfast served. |
| 9:00 |
Welcome: Peter Casarella, Director, Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, and Professor, Catholic Studies, DePaul University |
| 9:15-10:15 |
Being a Thinking Catholic: Global Perspectives
on Catholic Studies
Panelists:
Karen Scott, Chair, Catholic Studies, DePaul University
Judith Povilus, Provost, Pontifical Sophia University Institute (Florence, Italy)
Christophe Potworowski, Chair, Catholic Studies, McGill University (Montreal, Canada) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 |
Peacemaking & Catholic Studies
Moderator: Mary Jean Larrabee; Director of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program; DePaul University
Michael Baxter, Visiting Associate Professional Specialist in Theology, University of Notre Dame
|
| 11:45-12:45 pm |
Luncheon Conversation
"Before You Were Born, I Knew You:" The Right to Life
& the Challenge of Communion
John-Paul Deddens, Founding Director, Students for Life of Illinois |
| 12:45-1:00 |
Break
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| 1:00-2:30 |
Concurrent Sessions
- Raised in Jerusalem :Latino Spirituality in the Next Generation
Moderator: Chris Tirres, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, DePaul University
Speaker: Michael Lee, Assistant Professor, Theology, Fordham University
- Ecology & Interreligious Dialogue: Green Monasticism
Moderator: Scott Kelley, Assistant Vice President for Vincentian Scholarship, Mission & Values, DePaul University
Speaker:
Donald Mitchell, Professor, Philosophy, Purdue University
Respondents:
Liam Heneghan, Co-director, Institute for Nature & Culture, DePaul University
David Wellman, Co-director, Center for Religious Engagement, DePaul University
|
| 2:50-4:20 |
Concurrent Sessions
- Sacred Hospitality
Thomas Maier, Assistant Professor, School of Hospitality Leadership, DePaul University
Rev. Claudio Holzer, C.S., Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine (Melrose Park, IL)
Marco Tavanti, Associate Professor, School of Public Service, DePaul University
- Evolution in the U.S.A. & Creation in the Catholic Theological Tradition
James Halstead, Chair, Religious Studies, DePaul University Scott Paeth, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, DePaul University
- Kerala Catholicism & the Global Communion
Moderator: Benita Antony, Catholic Studies, DePaul University
Speakers:
Jaisy Joseph, Harvard Divinity School
Abin Kuriakose, School of Commerce, DePaul University, & St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago
|
| 3:10-4:40 |
Concurrent Sessions
- Memory, Memoir, & Meaning: Telling Our Sacred Stories
Farrell O'Gorman, Associate Professor, Catholic Studies, DePaul University
Scott Kelley, Assistant Vice President for Vincentian Scholarship, Mission & Values, DePaul University
Siobhan O'Donoghue, Associate Director for Community Service, DePaul University
- Our Lady of the World: Mary in the Global Communion of the Church
Moderator: Shelby Mongan, Catholic Studies, DePaul University
Speakers:
Paul O'Hara, Chair, Mathematics, Northeastern Illinois University
Rev. Esequiel Sanchez, Pastor, Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church (Cicero, IL)
- The Road to Canonization: The Spirituality & Life
of Fr. Augustus Tolton
Moderator: Mark Laboe, Associate Vice President, University Ministry/Student Affairs; DePaul University
Speaker: C. Vanessa White, Director, Augustus Tolton Pastoral Ministry Program, Catholic Theological Union
|
| 5:00-7:00 |
Dinner on your own |
| 7:00-9:00 |
Spirituality & Trinitarian Theology in the Life & Thought
of Chiara Lubich
Moderator: Peter Casarella, Director, Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology, DePaul University
Speaker: Maria Voce, President, The Focolare Movement
Respondents:
Thomas Norris, Member, International Theological Commission, & Professor Emeritus, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth (Maynooth, Ireland)
David Schindler, Provost/Dean & Gagnon Professor of Fundamental Theology, Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage & Family, The Catholic University of America |