Print this pageVatican II For the Next Generation, Sept 27-29th, 2012
On Sept 27th-29th, 2012, the Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism Research Centre hosted an international conference in Ottawa, Ontario celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. Reflecting on the importance of the Council’s teaching for the Church of the 21st century, the bilingual conference was organized with pastoral renewal, faith formation and professional development in mind.
Note: All conference papers are forthcoming in a 2012 edition of Theoforum.
Vatican II Conference to Examine How Council has Influenced Church 50 Years On
Saint Paul University Honors Vatican II and Cardinal Turkson
Vatican II Sets Agenda for Ongoing Renewal, Scholars Say
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:
Thursday/Jeudi
19 h / 7 p.m. Conférence Henry Herbert Glasmacher / Henry Herbert Glasmacher Lecture
Vatican II : une vision d’avenir, une pédagogie de la foi,une manière de résoudre des questions particulières Vatican II
A Vision for the Future, a Pedagogy of Faith, a Way to Resolve Particular Questions,
(Christoph Theobald, SJ)
Friday/Vendredi
9 h / 9 a.m. Plenary Session / Séance plénière
Learning from the Council: A Church in Dialogue
Les apprentissages du Concile : Une Église en dialogue,
(Catherine E. Clifford)
11 h / 11 a.m. Ateliers / Workshops
Joan Cronin, GSIC – Memory and Reform: Vatican II 50 Years Later – Religious Education/Catechetics after the Council
Richard R. Gaillardetz – Vatican II and the Vocation of the Laity
Myroslaw Tataryn – Eastern Catholic Churches and the Paradox of Vatican II
Christian Dionne, OMI – Ignorer l’Écriture, c’est ignorer le Christ !
Normand Provencher, OMI – L’ecclésiologie de Vatican II : renouveau et impactsthe Next Generation
13 h 45 / 1:45 p.m. Ateliers / Workshops
Yvonne Tregonning – Vatican II et l’enseignement religieux en Ontario
Bernadette Gasslein – Baptism: Key to Full, Conscious, Active Participation in the Liturgy
Julien Hammond – I’m Dating a Muslim! Interfaith Relations in Real Time
Margaret Lavin – The ‘Signs of the Times’ for a Global Church
Maxime Allard, OP – Témoigner aujourd’hui
15 h / 3 p.m. Séance plénière / Plenary Session
Vatican II comme fondement d’un projet de nouvelle évangélisation
Vatican II as the Basis for the New Evangelization,
(Gilles Routhier)
19 h 30 / 7:30 p.m. Keynote Address - Convocation / Conférence d’honneur - Collation des grades
Vatican II: A Council of Justice and Peace
Vatican II : Concile de Justice et de Paix,
(Cardinal Peter Turkson)
Samedi / Saturday 29
9 h / 9 a.m. Séance plénière bilingue / Bilingual Panel
Témoins du concile
Witnesses to the Council,
Gregory Baum, Bishop Remi De Roo, Bishop Gérard J. Deschamps, SMM, Léo Laberge, OMI, et autres /
11 h / 11 a.m. Ateliers / Workshops
Bishop Donald Bolen – Catholic Ecumenical Principles and the Local Church
Kelly Connors, PM – The Renewal of Religious Life: Historical Perspectives and Current Challenges
Michael Attridge – Word of God, Source of Life: Remembering Dei Verbum
Mgr Noël Simard – Vatican II et les défis éthiques d’aujourd’hui
Marie-Thérèse Nadeau, CND – La contribution de Vatican II sur les laïcs
13 h 45 / 1:45 p.m. Ateliers / Workshops
Mgr Claude Champagne – Une Église diocésaine : cinquante ans après Vatican II
Chad Glendinning – Diocesan and Parish Pastoral Councils: Active Participation of the Faithful in the Life and Mission of the Church
Bernadette Gasslein – Baptism: Key to Full, Conscious, Active Participation in the Liturgy
Christian Dionne, OMI – Ignorer l’Écriture, c’est ignorer le Christ !
Leah Perrault – Body, Soul and Sex: Living Sexuality in 21st Century Catholicism
15 h 30 / 3:30 p.m. Keynote Address: / Conférence d’honneur
Building on Vatican II: Setting the Agenda for the Church of the Twenty-first Century
Conférence d’honneur : Bâtir sur le Concile Vatican II : Établir l’agenda pour l’Église du 21e siècle,
(Richard R. Gaillardetz)
