50th International Eucharistic Congress 2012

Theology Symposium

6th – 9th June 2012

St. Patrick’s College

Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland

The Ecclesiology of Communion Fifty Years after the Opening of Vatican II

www.iec2012.ie/theologysymposium

Programme

Thursday 7th June: Exploring Sources and Ways of Communion

9.15-10.45 The Eucharist: A Way of Life for Jesus and the Christian, according to the Scriptures.

Prof. Teresa Okure SHCJ

Drawn Day by Day - Eucharistic Ecclesiology from the Perspective of a Liturgical

Theologian. Prof. Dr. Martin Stuflesser

11.15-12.45 The ‘Body Given Up for You’ as Origin and Form of Communion.

Rev. Prof. Piero Coda

The Sacraments: Gifts of the Rising Christ. Prof. Brian Johnstone

14.15 In the afternoon, participants are invited to attend any of the emerging

scholar sessions. The main programme then continues with various

special topics. Participants can choose two (one before and one after

the coffee break).

14.15-

14.45

Emerging Scholars Sessions

Wednesday 6th June: Introduction and Context

Morning Short Papers / Emerging Scholars

14.00 Registration

15.30 The Eucharist, Communion and the People in Irish Christianity.

Dr. Jennifer O’Reilly, Prof. Salvador Ryan and Rev. Prof. Brendan

McConvery CSsR

19.30 Formal Opening and Keynote Address:

The Ecclesiology of Communion 50 Years after the Opening of Vatican II.

His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet

21.30 Reception

15.00-16.00 ‘A Domestic Sanctuary in the Church’ (Apostolicam Actuositatem, 11):

Living Eucharist in the Family Today. Dr. Clare Watkins

Beyond the Big Bang: The Eucharist at the Heart of Cosmic, Evolutionary

and Human History. Dr. Brendan Purcell

Being Educated in Communion. Rev. Michael Drumm

The Irreducible Particularity of Christ: Eucharist, Beauty and Communion.

Prof. Gill Goulding, CJ

Some Patristic Insights into the Eucharist Understood as Communion.

Prof. Finbarr Clancy, SJ

16.30-17.30 Responding to the Great Challenge Facing the Church Today: Blessed John

Paul II and the Ecclesiology of Communion. Prof. Slawomir Nowosad.

‘With Reverence and Love’: Being a Priest in a De-traditionalised Cultural

Context. Rev. Prof. Eamonn Conway.

Becoming Eucharist for One Another through Forgiving. Prof. Robert

Enright and Prof. Geraldine Smyth, OP.

Economics, Communion and Gratuity. Prof. Stefano Zamagni.

Eucharist as the Sacrament of the Eschaton. Rev. Dr. Dermot Lane.

The Church’s Marian Profile and the Reception of Vatican II’s Ecclesiology.

Prof. Thomas Norris.

18.00 Liturgy

Programme

… Thursday Sessions Continued

The information provided is an outline of the programme and is subject to change.

9.00-10.30 Mission: Climax and Consummation of the Eucharist. Rev. Dr. Michael

McCabe SMA and His Eminence Oscar Cardinal Rodríguez

Maradiaga

11.00-11.45 Communion with Christ: Mission and Evangelization in Asia.

Rev. Dr. Theodore Mascarenhas.

The End of the Mass for the Masses? Reflections on the Source and Summit of the

Christian Life of Faith in Secular Cultures. Prof. Joris Geldhof.

11.45 Conclusion

12.15 Concluding Liturgy

Afternoon Outings (Optional)

9.15-10.30 The Relation between the Eucharist and Ecclesial Communion: An Ecumenical

View. His Eminence Kurt Cardinal Koch

11.00–12.45 Ut Unum Sint: “What I Learnt from Jean-Marie Tillard”. Rev. Canon Nicholas Sagovsky

Reforming Ascent: Calvin’s Communion Motif. Dr. Julie Canlis

14.15–14.45 Emerging Scholars Sessions

15.00 Eucharistic Communion and the World. Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright

16.30 Dialogue

Evening Symposium Dinner (Optional)

Friday 8th June: Learning from Ecumenism

Saturday 9th June: Looking to the Future: The Interaction of Communion and Mission

Programme

The information provided is an outline of the programme and is subject to change.

Speakers

Rev. Prof. Brian Johnstone from Australia is Professor of Moral Theology/Ethics in

the Catholic University of America, specialising in Bioethics, Moral Theology and

the Philosophy of the Gift project.

Rev. Prof. Piero Coda is President of the Sophia University Institute, Loppiano, Florence. He was formerly Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Lateran Pontifical University, Rome, Secretary of the Pontifical Academy of Theology and President of the Italian Theologians Association.

Rev. Prof. Eamonn Conway is the head of Theology and Religious Studies at Mary

Immaculate College, University of Limerick, and is a former President of the

European Society for Catholic Theology.

His Eminence Kurt Cardinal Koch is President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. From the diocese of Basel, Switzerland, Cardinal Koch was formerly Professor of Theology at Lucerne.

Rev. Prof. Martin Stuflesser from Germany is Professor of Liturgy at Julius-

Maxmillians University in Würzburg. He has published widely and since 2003 is

Secretary of the International Society for Liturgical Study and Renewal (Societas

Liturgica).

Prof. Salvador Ryan is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrick’s College,

Maynooth, and has published in the area of popular religion in late medieval and

early modern Ireland.

Rev. Dr. Brendan Purcell, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin, is Adjunct Profes-

sor in Philosophy at Notre Dame University, Sydney. Formerly he was senior lec-

turer in Philosophy in University College Dublin.

Rev. Prof. Robert Enright, Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A., has pioneered the scientific study of forgiveness, which now claims over 1,000 researchers worldwide.

Dr. Clare Watkins is a Catholic theologian, teacher and writer. She teaches at the Westminster Seminary and is a member of the International Methodist-Roman Catholic Commission.

His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet (Keynote Speaker) Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and formerly Archbishop of Quebec.

Prof. Joris Geldhof is Professor of Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium where he is Chair of the Liturgical In-stitute. He is Editor in Chief of the bilingual journal Questions Liturgiques/Studies in Liturgy.

Rev. Dr. Theodore Mascarenhas, a priest from Goa, is in charge of the Departments of Asia, Africa and Oceania at the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture. He also lectures at the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical St. Thomas University, Rome and the Pilar Theological College, Goa.

Rev. Dr. Brendan McConvery, born in Belfast, is a member of the Redemptorist

Congregation. He is an author and lecturer in Sacred Scripture, with a

concentration in the area of Old Testament, at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.

Rev. Prof. Michael McCabe, SMA is Head of the Mission Studies Department of the School of Theology at Tangaza College, Nairobi. He was President of the Executive Committee of the Africa/Europe Faith and Justice Network (AEFJN) from 2002-2004.

Rev. Prof. Slawomir Nowosad is Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations and Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland where he is also Head of the Department of Ecumenical Moral Theology.

Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright is a British Methodist Theologian well-known for his ecumenical writings and engagement in official dialogues. He was awarded the 2005 Johannes Quasten Medal by the Catholic University of America for "Excellence in Theological Scholarship".

Speakers

His Eminence Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, is Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras). As a Salesian priest, he was Professor of Moral Theology and Ecclesiology at the Salesian Theological Institute, Guatemala, and later its Rector. He is President of the Episcopal Conference of Honduras and President of Caritas International.

Prof. Teresa Okure, SHCJ is Professor of New Testament and Gender Hermeneu-tics at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria where she was former Dean of the Faculty of Theology. She is a member of various national and international theological and biblical associations.

Prof. Geraldine Smyth, OP is Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics. Formerly Director of ISE, she has been involved for some years in the Post-Conflict Justice Centre in Trinity Col-lege Dublin.

Prof. Gill Goulding, CJ (Loreto), is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality at the University of Toronto. She has lectured in Systematic Theology and Spirituality in the University of Edinburgh, the Roman Catholic National Seminary in Scotland and the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Speakers

Prof. Stefano Zamagni is Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna. From 1999 to 2007 he was President of ICMC (an NGO based in Geneva dealing with migrant and refugee issues) and is a fellow of “Human Development and Capability Association” (Harvard University).

Rev. Prof. Nicholas Sagovsky was Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey from 2004-2011. He is a member of ARCIC III. He has held lecturing positions in Edinburgh Theological College, Clare College, Cambridge, and from 2002-2004 he was Professor of Theology and Public Life, Liverpool Hope University College.

Rev. Prof. Finbarr Clancy, SJ is Professor of Theology at the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin, where he is also currently Rector of the Ecclesiastical Faculty and Acting President. He is the Chairman of the Patristic Symposium, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.

Rev. Dr. Dermot Lane is President of the Mater Dei Institute, a college of Dublin City University. He has also taught at the Irish School of Ecumenics in Dublin and is a frequent lecturer in the United States.

Rev. Prof. Thomas Norris is a member of the International Theological Commission. Formerly he was Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and joint secretary of the Irish Inter-Church Meeting.

Rev. Michael Drumm, a former director of the Mater Dei Institute of Eduction, is currently Executive Chairperson of the Catholic Schools Partnership, an umbrella group providing support for all of the partners in Catholic schools in the Republic of Ireland.

Dr. Julie Canlis has lectured in the field of Trinitarian Theology and Theological Anthropology in Canada and Scotland. She was awarded a Templeton Award for her extensive work on communion in Calvin and Irenaeus at the University of St Andrews (Scotland).

Dr. Jennifer O’Reilly is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Senior Lecturer in Medieval History in University College Cork until 2008, she now teaches Art History. Her research interests include the influence of traditions from the world of Late Antiquity on Insular Art and Writing.

The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the

opening of the Second Vatican Council.

The Theology Symposium will explore the vision

behind its Ecclesiology of Communion and consider

the questions that arise. As an international event, the

symposium will be enriched by expert contributions

from international scholars across the disciplines of

Theology (Scripture, Systematics, Moral Theology, Liturgy, Pastoral Studies,

Missiology and Ecumenics).

There will be plenary sessions, seminars and liturgies. The symposium is aimed at

participants who have at least a graduate level (or equivalent) of study in Theology.

Register for the Theology Symposium and Book Accommodation

Register Online: www.iec2012.ie/theologysymposium

Early Registration: €350 / Late Registration: €400 /

Student Concessions (Early Registration: €175 / Late Registration: €200 )

Includes lunch, coffee breaks and texts, as available. Does not include dinners or accommodation

Optional: Symposium evening dinner €55 (Friday 8th June)

Accommodation available on campus - Additional tours available to book

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