Vatican II and the Promise of Renewal:
A Celebration of the 800th Anniversary of the Dominican Order
THURSDAY MAY 7
4:00 pm – 6:00pm
6:15 – 6:45 pm
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
7:30 – 8:45 pm
8:45 – 10:30 pm
Registration
Vespers (St. Michael’s Chapel)
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Michael Attridge
Bruno Cadore, OP
Madden Hall, Carr Hall
Keynote Address: Peter C. Phan (Georgetown University)
Reading Nostra Aetate in Reverse:
What If We Look at the Catholic Church from the Perspective of Other Religions?
Madden Hall, Carr Hall
Introduction: Michael O’Connor
Opening Reception (Loretto Hall)
FRIDAY MAY 8
8:30 – 8:45 am
9:00 – 10:30 am
9:00 – 9:30 am
Concurrent Session I
Room 403
Justice and Peace
Moderator – Benjamin Luhan
Rohan Curnow
“Vatican II’s Group of the Church of
the Poor: Achievements and
Implications”
Lauds (St. Michael’s Chapel)
Concurrent Session II
Room 404
Liturgy
Moderator – Christian McConnell
Peter Spichtig, OP
“New Liturgical Spaces for a Renewed
Liturgy”
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Concurrent Session III
Madden Hall, Carr Hall
Interfaith
Moderator - Didier Caenepeel
Claudio Monge, OP
“Father Bruno Hussar: A Prophet of the
Judeo-Christian Dialogue and One of the
Fathers of the Fourth paragraph of Nostra
Aetate”
9:30 – 10:00 am
10:00 – 10:30 am
Merid Hailu Habte
David H. Pereyra
Jean Jacques Pérennès
“800 Years of Preaching Committed to
Justice and Human Dignity”
“The Danger of Taking our Current Rituals
for Granted”
“Les dominicains du Caire et l'évolution
du egard sur l'islam à Vatican II”
Matthew Eaton
“Dominican Ecology and the New
Materialism: Theology and More-thanHuman Subjectivity Following Maurice
Merleau-Ponty”
10:30 – 11:00 am
11:00 – 12:30 pm
12:30 – 2:30 pm
2:30 – 4:00 pm
2:30 – 3:00 pm
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Fr. Jun Arvie Bello, OP
“The Dominican Clerical Fraternity: The
Legacy of the Dominican Order to the
Philippine Church”
Minlib Dallh, OP
“From Le Saulchoir to Nostra Aetate”
Coffee Break (Carr Hall Lobby)
Opening Remarks from John McLaughlin, Dean, Faculty of Theology, USMC
Keynote Address: Robert M. Doran, SJ (Marquette University)
Is a Summa Possible Today?
Madden Hall, Carr Hall
Introduction: Jaroslav Skira
Lunch (Not Provided)
Concurrent Session IV
Concurrent Session V
Concurrent Session VI
Room 403
Room 404
Room 405
Ecclesiology
Aquinas/Thomism
Liturgy
Moderator – Abigail Lofte
Moderator – Michael Buttrey
Moderator – Connie Price
Kathleen McManus, OP
Carla Mae Streeter
Else-Britt Nilsen
“Cross-grained Praxis: Edward
Schillebeeckx, Vatican II, and Religious
Life in the 21st Century”
“Lonergan as Aquinas Scholar: General
Empirical Method and Vatican II’s Interfaith
Dialogue Challenges”
“From Latin to Norwegian:
‘Inculturation’ in language and music? A
Dominican Enterprise”
Gerard Mannion
Nick Olkovich
Marcos Ramos
“Beyond Hierarchiology: Congar,
Vatican II and the Unfinished Reform
of Magisterium”
“Vatican II and Thomist Revivalism:
Macintyre and Lonergan on the Dialectic of
History”
“Music and the Prayer of Praise:
Liturgical Music According to Frank
Quinn, O.P.”
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3:30 – 4:00 pm
Jason Zuidema
Michael Attridge & Darren Dias, OP
OPEN
“Thomistic Method in Trinitarian Theology”
Break
Vespers (St. Michael’s Chapel)
Reception and Poster Presentations (Loretto Hall)
Poster Presentations with Sean O’Seasnian, Claudio Miatello, Fr. Gaspar de Roja Sigaya, and Daniel Cadrin
Address by Vivian Boland, OP
Banquet (Madden Hall, Carr Hall)
4:00 – 5:30 pm
5:30 – 5:45 pm
5:30 – 7:15 pm
7:30 – 9:30 pm
SATURDAY MAY 9
8.30 – 8:45 am
9:00 – 10:30 am
9:00 – 9:30 am
9:30 – 10:00 am
10:00 – 10:30 am
Concurrent Session VII
Room 403
Interfaith
Moderator – Reid Locklin
Dennis Halft
Lauds (St. Michael’s Chapel)
Concurrent Session VIII
Room 404
Vatican II
Moderator – Mary Ellen Sheehan
Oscar Cole-Arnal
Concurrent Session IX
Madden Hall, Carr Hall
Chenu/Congar
Moderator – Gilles Mongeau
Alessandro Cortesi
“Towards A New Perception of Islam:
The Influence of Marie-Dominique
Chenu’s (1895-1990) théologie
d’ouverture au monde on ChristianMuslim Relations”
“From the Docks of Marseille to Vatican II:
The Pivotal Role of the Dominican workerPriests, 1942-1965”
“La contribution d'Yves Congar dans la
redaction de la déclaration sur la liberté
réligieuse de Vatican II Dignitatis
Humanae”
Fr. Elias H. Fullenbach
Fr. Edmond Eh, OP
Bruno Demers
“Some German Dominicans and the
‘Jewish Question’”
“The Continuing Relevance of Thomistic
Philosophy since Vatican II: The Search for
Global Justice as an Economic Virtue”
OPEN
“La Méthod Herméneutique”
OPEN
Stanley Azaro
“Ecclesial Co-responsibility and
Decentralization: The Contributions of
Congar, Schillebeeckx, and Tillard to the
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Ecclesiology of Vatican II”
10:30 – 11:00 am
11:00 – 12:30 pm
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Coffee Break (Carr Hall Lobby)
Opening Remarks from Andre Descoteaux, OP
Keynote Address: Gilles Routier (University of Laval)
Les dominicains, une famille aux prises avec Vatican II :
un milieu en mouvement dans un monde et une Église en transition
Madden Hall, Carr Hall
Introduction: Elaine Champagne
Address by Darren Dias
Close of Conference (Madden Hall, Carr Hall)
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