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International Conference
The Household of God and Local Households:
Revisiting the Domestic Church
Catholic University of Leuven
10 > 13 March 2010

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Wednesday 10 March 2009

14.00-17.00 Arrival & Registration
Room 00.20, Maria-Theresia College, Sint-Michielsstraat 6

19.30-21.00 Opening Session
“Promotiezaal”, University Hall, Naamsestraat 22

19.30-19.45 Welcome
Lieven Boeve, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn, Founder and Director of INTAMS

19.45-20.30 Lecture
Fine-tuning the Notion of "Domestic Church"
Michael A. Fahey, Professor of Theology, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA

20.30-21.00 Introduction into the Conference
Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi, INTAMS Chair for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

21.00 Opening reception
“Jubileumzaal”, University Hall, Naamsestraat 22

Thursday 11 March 2009

09.00-10.30 Plenary Session I
Household of God and Human Relations – What Type of Relations Do We Need in the Church?

Room 00.15 “Aula Minor”, Maria Theresia College, Sint-Michielsstraat 6
Chair: Gerard Mannion

09.00-10.00 Papers
Bernd-Jochen Hilberath, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, USA

10.00-10.30 Public Discussion

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
“Conferentiezaal”, Pauscollege, Hogeschoolplein 3

11.00-12.30 Plenary Session II
Family and Religion in Judaism and Christianity

Room 00.15 “Aula Minor”, Maria Theresia College, Sint-Michielsstraat 6
Chair: Roger Burggraeve

11.00-12.00 Papers

David Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Chair of Catholic Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Warren Zev Harvey, Chair, Department of Jewish Thought, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

12.00-12.30 Public Discussion

12.30-14.30 Lunch

14.30-16.00 Plenary Session III
Church of Churches, Family of Families – Contextual and Ecumenical Considerations

Room 00.15 “Aula Minor”, Maria Theresia College, Sint-Michielsstraat 6
Chair: Peter De Mey

14.30-15.30 Papers
Henk Witte, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, University of Tilburg, Netherlands
Francis Appiah-Kubi, Professor of Theology, St. Peter’s Regional Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana

15.30-16.00 Public Discussion

16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
“Conferentiezaal”, Pauscollege, Hogeschoolplein 3

16.30-18.30 Paper Session I
Maria Theresia College, Sint-Michielsstraat 6 (see also detailed Paper Session Programme)

Free evening
















Friday 12 March 2009

9.00-10.30 Plenary Session IV
What Type of Family is Needed for the (Domestic) Church?

Auditorium Zeger van Hee, De Valk College, Tiensestraat 41
Chair : Thomas Port-Knieps le Roi

09.00-10.00 Papers
Brent Waters, Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA
Jana M. Bennett, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton, OH, USA

10.00-10.30 Public Discussion

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
Foyer, De Valk College, Tiensestraat 41

11.00-12.30 Plenary Session V
What Church Do Families Need?

Auditorium Zeger van Hee, De Valk College, Tiensestraat 41
Chair : Annemie Dillen

11.00-12.00 Papers
Stephanie Klein, Professor of Pastoral Theology, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
Andrea Grillo, Professor of Sacramental Theology, Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, Rome, Italy

12.00-12.30 Public Discussion

12.30-14.30 Lunch

16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
“Conferentiezaal”, Pauscollege, Hogeschoolplein 3

16.30-18.00 Paper Session II
Maria Theresia College, Sint-Michielsstraat 6 (see also detailed Paper Session Programme)

18.30-19.30 Ecumenical Prayer Service
Church of St Damian, Damiaanplein, Leuven (official burying place of St Damian of Molokai)

20.00 Celebratory Conference Dinner
Restaurant De Adellijke Belofte, Naamsestraat 60

Saturday 13 March 2009

09.00-10.30 Plenary Session VI
Universal Church and Local Communities

Auditorium Zeger van Hee, De Valk College, Tiensestraat 41
Chair : Herwi Rikhof

09.00-10.00 Papers
Antoine Arjakovsky, Professor of Theology, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
Richard Gaillardetz, Murray/Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies, University of Toledo, OH, USA

10.00-10.30 Public Discussion

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
Foyer Zeger van Hee, De Valk College, Tiensestraat 41

11.00-12.00 Closing Session
Auditorium Zeger van Hee, De Valk College, Tiensestraat 41

11.00-11.30 Concluding Reflections:
Many Mansions: Ecclesial Being in Richly Diverse Contexts
Gerard Mannion, Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network

11.30-12.00 Discussion with participants

12.00 Departures






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