Pontifical Theological Faculty St Bonaventure

Christ – The Church – Man

Vaticanum II
in the Pontificate of John Paul II

The International Symposium
Rome, Seraphicum 28-30.10.2008

 

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Programme

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Morning – 9:00am

 Presides: His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of Vatican State

 Theme: SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT

 Initial Greetings:

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His Eminence Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow

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Fr. Marco Tasca, Minister General OFM Conv.

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Representative of the Roman Township

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Fr. Zdzisław J. Kijas, President of the Pontifical Theological Faculty St. Bonaventure- Seraphicum

 Conference:
“The Church in relation to the problems of the contemporary world: between illuminism and post-modernism”

Prof.
Rocco Buttiglione
(Senator)

 Presentation:
“The Synod of Krakow”

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Afternoon – 3:00pm

 Presides: His Eminence Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

 Theme: CHRIST AND THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

 Conference:
“The origin and vocation of the human person”

His Excellency Monsignor Ignazio Sanna
(Archbishop of Oristano)

 Round Table

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“The verum bonum in the moral teaching of John Paul II”
Fr. Wojciech Giertych OP
(Theologian of the Pontifical House)

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“Issues of bioethics and biogenetics: from Vatican II to John Paul II” 
Fr. Gonzalo Mirando
, LC

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“The woman seen in the light of Mary from Vatican II to John Paul II”
Prof. Laura Tortorella
(Pontifical Theological Faculty St. Bonaventure-Seraphicum)

 Conference:
“The family as a place of experience and communion”

His Eminence Cardinal Carlo Caffarra
, Archbishop of Bologna

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Morning – 9:00am

Presides: His Eminence Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar to His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome

Theme: THE CHURCH ON THE WAY

Conference:
“The Liturgical Reform and John Paul II”
Prof. Matias Augé
, cfm / His Excellency Monsignor Piero Marini, President of the Committee for the International Eucharistic Congresses

Round Table

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“Ethics, Politics, and the human person”
Prof.
Marco Cangiotti
(University of Urbino)

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“The Church in the Pontificate of John Paul II”
Fr. Giovanni Iammarrone
(Pontifical Theological Faculty St. Bonaventure-Seraphicum)

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Fides et Ratio: Christianity and the Contemporary Culture”
Prof.
Massimo Borghesi (Pontifical Theological Faculty St. Bonaventure-Seraphicum)

Conference:
Redemptoris Missio as the doctrinal framework for evangelisation in the contemporary world”
His Excellency Monsignor Angelo Amato
, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Afternoon – 3:00 pm

Presides: Mrs. Hanna Suchocka, Polish Ambassador for the Holy See

Theme: GOD SPEAKS IN THE COURSE OF HISTORY

Conference:
“The Church, the culture and the integral development of the person: from the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council to John Paul II”

His Eminence Cardinal Paul Poupard
,  President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue

New horizons:

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“Dignity and respect for life”
Prof. Andrzej Szostek
, University of Lublin

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“Europe and the Christian identity”
Dr. Bernd Posselt
, Pan-Europe, Member of the European Parliament

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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Morning – 9:00am

Presides: His Eminence Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

Conference:
“John Paul II and the new humanism”

Prof. George Weigel
, Washington, USA

Round Table
“A glance between past and future”

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Monsignor Sławomir Oder, Postulator of the Cause of Beatification for the Servant of God John Paul II

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Dr. Michael Waldstein, Professor of theology at the Internationales Theologisches Institut in Austria and the Ave Maria University in Florida (USA)

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Dr. Ina Siviglia, Professor of anthropology at the Theological Faculty of Palermo

 

CONCLUSIONS OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Fr. Zdzisław J. Kijas, President of the Pontifical Theological Faculty “St. Bonaventure—Seraphicum

The Faculty Façade

The Symposium Hall

The Garden at Seraphicum

The Library

Inside the Library

Assisi.
St. Francis Basilica

Assisi.
Sacro Convento