01
Oct
01
Oct
Women of Faith and the Family (01-10-2014)
Study Day, LUMSA University, Rome Women of Faith and the Family: Between Tradition and Modernity Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn was invited to give a lecture at the LUMSA University in Rome at an interreligious seminar on "Women of Faith and the Family: Between Tradition and Modernity". Six women from different religions dialogued about issues such as the overlap between Jewish, Christian and Muslim women’s understanding of equality in the family; the unique contribution of women of faith to the changing spousal relationship models; religious and political influences on gender relations in the family; the passing-on of the faith to the new generations etc. The abstract of this study day, together with the papers, was sent to the office of Cardinal Baldisseri.
13
Oct
13
Oct
A Dialogue with John L. Allen Jr (13-10-2014)
Panel Dialogue, Lay Center at Foyer Unitas, Rome A Dialogue with John L. Allen Jr, Associate Editor, The Boston Globe and Crux INTAMS brought together a panel of four theologians to dialogue with John L. Allen on "Marriage and the Family Today: Pastoral Challenges and Hopes in Light of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family". The panel was composed of Philippe Bordeyne, rector at the Institut Catholique de Paris, Martin M. Lintner, OSM, moral theologian at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Brixen, Thomas Knieps and Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn. They offered some thought provoking theological reflections on the theme of marriage and the family today.
23
Oct
23
Oct
Launch of "A Cuore Aperto" (23-10-2014)
Book launch, Lay Center at Foyer Unitas, Rome Post-Synod Launch of the INTAMS book A Cuore Aperto On the heels of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, took place the official launch of the Italian edition of the INTAMS book A cuore aperto, which was first published in German in 2012, and in English in 2013. More than 50 people attended the launch, hosted by The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas in Rome. The final comments were a calling for further reflection on lay spirituality, and a need to discover the spirituality of the home in order to understand the “domestic church” as more than just the family incorporating aspects of monastic life. Presentazione del libro A Cuore Aperto by Giulia Paolo Di Nicola and Attilio Danese
31
Oct
31
Oct
Married Catholic Priests (31-10-2014)
Seminar, Catholic University Leuven Married Catholic Priests: Perspectivs on Priestly and Marital Spirituality The presence of married priests in the eastern rites of the Catholic Church, and, more recently, the establishment of the personal ordinariate for former Anglicans have raised again the question of whether the Roman Catholic Church might alter its traditional discipline of celibacy for the clergy. One question that has rarely been treated in depth is how the spirituality of Christian marriage and the spirituality of ordained priestly ministry might be lived out together in their fullness. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss these issues from various standpoints: historical, theological, and pastoral. Summary.