Day 3

19.04.2012

 Where We Dwell in Common

7.00-7.50am

Breakfast

7.30; 7.45; 8.00

Departures begin for Upper Assisi and Basilica di Santa Chiara

8.30-9.30am

Soul Food Plenary

Celebration of the Year of Clare in the Basilica di Santa Chiara

1. Opening Prayer: Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino (Assisi, Italy)

2. ‘Together with Those Who Hold the Incomparable Treasure’ – Clare on Relational Spirituality

Jean Molesky-Poz (US)

3. Meditation and Chants

9.30

Visit to and Reflection at Tomb of St Clare

followed by

Short Tour of Basilica di Santa Chiara

9.45am

Make our way to Respective Venues for Next Session (Taking Coffee en route in local cafes)

Venue A: allow 15-25 mins walk; Venue B: 10-15 mins; Venue C: 10-15 mins walk

10.30-12.00pm

ABC Parallel Plenary Sessions:

A. Intra/Inter-Church Issues

Chair: Vladimir Latinovic (Serbia/Germany)

Sala Romanica, Sacro Convento di San Francesco

Dia-Logos. Reflections on different forms of Inter-Christian Dialogue and their possibilities

Dagmar Heller (Germany)

Together in Mission. Re-energizing the Ecumenical Cause through Mission

Viggo Mortensen

(Denmark)

Orthodox Models of Unity & their Achievements

Radu Bordeianu

(Romania)

Elements and Endowments that Give Life to the Church Itself

Catherine E. Clifford  (Canada)

B. Inter-faith Issues

Chair: Giovanni Pernigotto (Italy)

Chiesa Santa Maria Maggiore

The original Cathedral of Assisi and place of St Francis’ baptism – beside the Episcopal Curia; Built on the site of a Roman Temple) Opening with a Welcome from  Friar Enzo Iannaccone

Living in a Pluralist Reality – the Indian Experience

Roberto Catalano (Italy/India)

The Genuine Gains in 20th Century Jewish-Christian Dialogue

Aaron S. Gross (US)

A Common Word Among Us: Islamic Outreach to Christians

Bahar Davary (Iran/US)

Dialogue without God: Reflections on Christian-Buddhist Dialogue

Mario I. Aguilar (Chile/Scotland)

C. Faith and World

Chair:  Tina Beattie (Zambia/England)

Garden of the Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement

Holy Physics: The Prismatic Cosmos through Contemplative Practice and Natural Science

Aaron T. Hollander (US)

Outside Creation, No Salvation: Losing Life and Finding Grace on Earth

Geraldine Smyth (Ireland)

Bonaventure’s Cosmic Christology: A Common Resource for Eco-Conversion

Dawn M. Nothwehr, OSF (US)

Called into Common Dwelling: Understanding Creation from an African-Orthodox Perspectives

John N. Njoroge (Kenya/Greece)

12.00pm

Free Time to take Lunch in Upper Assisi

14.30-16.00pm

Cathedral of San Rufino, Upper Assisi

Gathering Plenary Session

Chair: Edwin Arrison (South Africa)

Discerning the Oikoumene Today

Peter Phan (Vietnam/US)

Seeing Beyond the Religious and Social Divide

Agnes M. Brazal (Philippines)

Unreal Worlds Meeting? Vision and Pragmatism in Ecumenical Dialogue

Paul Avis (England)

Respondent: Ivana Noble (Czech Republic)

16.00-16.15

Soul Food: Closure of Plenary with Reflection and Chant

16.40/-

17.10/17.40

Buses Return to Domus Pacis at these times (public buses available at other times or allow 35-60 mins to walk down)

18.15pm

Dinner

19.45-21.15pm

The Art of Bridgebuilding: Food for Ecumenical Thought

Parallel Plenary Sessions

Historical, Methodological and Procedural Perspectives

Perceiving the Church

Chair: Richard R. Gaillardetz (US)

United Witness: a Question of Knowing

Paul M. Collins (England)

Communion Ecclesiology: Ideology or Pathway to Dialogue?

Dennis Doyle (US)

When dialogue fails: A Hermeneutical Plea concerning Ecumenical Method

Peter De Mey (Belgium)

Dialogue Through (Inter-) Action: Lived Ecumenism

Chair:  Eleni Kasselouri-Hatzivassiliadi (Greece)

Methods and Practices of Dialogue in Religious Orders

Gemma Simmonds (England)

An Experiment in Ecumenism through Lived Practice – The Story of the Chevtogne Community

Fr Thaddée Barnas  (Belgium)

The Story of Societas Oecumenica and Some Interludes on the Future of Ecumenism in Europe

Andrew Pierce (Ireland)

Methods and Processes of Inter-Church Dialogue

Chair:  Peter Admirand (US/Ireland)

The Methodology of ARCIC III: Towards the End of Ecumenical Dialogue

Paul D. Murray  (England)

Unity in Diversity: Old Catholic Approaches to Ecclesiology and Dialogue

Andreas Krebs (Switzerland)

Reconciled Diversity: A First-Hand Account of the ELCA-UMC Full Communion Success Story

Jacqueline Bussie (US)

Building Bridges & Fostering Dialogue Through Education

Chair: Maureen R. O’Brien (US)

The Erasmus Program: Bridgebuilding Through Education

 Sofia Corradi (Italy)

Emerging Adults, Religious Pluralism, and University Education

Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Jacobsen (US)

Groundbreaking Moments in Interfaith Dialogue: Catholic and Orthodox Perspectives

Chair: Patricia Madigan, OP (Australia)

Reading Other Religious Texts – Guidance from Vatican II’s Dei Verbum

Michael Barnes (England)

The Challenge of Other Religions – Roman Catholic and Orthodox Responses in Recent Times

Kyrillos Katerelos Bishop of Avydos (Greece)

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus? What Has the Church Learned on Interfaith Dialogue Since Vatican II?

Sandra Mazzolini (Italy)

Thomas Merton’s Franciscan Model of Interreligious Dialogue

Daniel P. Horan (US)

A Dialogue Beyond the Ecumenical Movement

Chair: Randy J. C. Odchigue (Philippines)

Thomas Hughson (US)

Martyn Percy (England)

Global and Context-specific Perspectives

World Christianity – Exploring New Gifts  and  Challenges for a Truly Global  Faith

Chair:  Namsoon Kang, (Korea/US)

Globalization, Migration and World Christianity

Elaine Padilla (US)

Local Church in Global World: National Ecclesiology in an Age of Pluralism

Vladimir Latinovic (Serbia/

Germany)

World Christianity and Ways of Doing Theology

Peter Phan (Vietnam/US)

The Moment of Grace and Opportunity:  The Global Kairos Movement for Peace in the Holy Land

Chair: Denys Horgan (US)

Edwin Arrison

(South Africa)

Mark Braverman

(Israel/US)

John De Gruchy (South Africa)

Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue in Africa – Looking Back, Looking Forward

Chair: Mary N. Getui (Kenya)

Convergence of Faith: Wounded Christianity and the Heart of the World

Yvon Christian Elenga (Côte d’Ivoire)

Ecclesiological Presuppositions in African Theology: A Study of Origen and Mbiti

Hans Engdahl (South Africa)

The Challenges of Inter-faith relations in Ghana: A case study of its implications for Peace-building in Northern Ghana

Nora Kofognotera Nonterah (Ghana/Belgium)

Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue in India – Looking Back, Looking Forward

Chair:

Cyril Joseph Kuttiyanikkal (India/Netherlands)

The Spirituality of Ecumenism – A Test Case from India (1900-1919)

Joseph G. Muthuraj (India)

Ecumenism as Unity for Struggle: A re-look at the ecumenical cause in India

Viju Wilson

Being as Dialogue: Exploring Inter-faith Relations in India

Sebastian Madathummuriyil (India/US)

Como puentes de barcas: U.S. Latinos/as Reconfiguring Ecumenical Dialogue

Chair: Gilberto Cavazos-González (US)

José R. Irizarry (Puerto Rico/US)

Carmen Nanko-Fernández (US)

Jean-Pierre Ruiz (Puerto Rico/US)

Race and Ethnicity in Ecumenical Dialogue: On Not Forgetting

Chair: Eduardo Domingo (Philippines)

When The Word Becomes a Double-Edged Sword:

Misappropriations of Scripture and the Colonization of Black Bodies and Minds:

Stacey Floyd-Thomas (US)

Becoming Children of Light and Darkness: the Black Body as Theo-Historical Problem:

Juan M. Floyd-Thomas (US)

The Quest for Church Unity: a New Socio-Cultural Agenda

Eddy Van der Borght (Belgium/ Netherlands)

21.00pm-late

Conversation, Music and Bar

22.00-22.15pm

Auditorium

Soul Food: Ecumenical Compline