San Josemaría and Theological Thought

Rome, November 14-16, 2013

Thursday, November 14, 2013

10:00 − Welcome Address by the Rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross,
               Prof. Msgr. Luis Romera

10:30 – Discourse by the Chancellor of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               Most Rev. Ex. Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei
               50 Years after Vatican II: The Contribution of St. Josemaría

11:15 – Prof. Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Vice-Chancellor, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               What Inspiration can Theology Receive from the Teaching of St. Josemaría?

11:45 – Rev. Prof. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               Sons of God in the Church of the Saints and the Martyrs: The via agiofanica in the context of the theology of credibility and the new evangelization

12:15 – Debate (Moderator: Rev. Prof. Laurent Touze, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)

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15:00 − Rev. Prof. Robert Wielockx, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               The Use of the Teachings of the Saints in the Theological Argumentation of St. Thomas Aquinas

15:30 – Rev. Prof. Giulio Maspero, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               Dogma and Sanctity: The relationships between creation and the Trinity in the light of a concrete experience of divine sonship

16:00 − Debate (Moderator: Rev. Prof. Antonio Ducay, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)

16:30 − Break

Session of Anthropology and Ecclesiology

17:00 – Rev. Prof. Paul O’Callaghan, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
               The Look of the Son of God. Christian Anthropology and the Teaching of St. Josemaría

17:30 – Rev. Prof. José Ramón Villar, University of Navarra (Spain)
               The Birth of Ecclesial Contemplation from the Ordinary Christian Condition

18:00 – Debate (Moderator: Rev. Prof. Philip Goyret, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)
 

Friday November 15, 2013

Session of Moral Theology

9:15 – Rev. Prof. Réal Tremblay C.Ss.R., Emeritus Professor at the Alphonsian Academy
            A ‘Priestly’ and ‘Lay’ Morality? On What Basis? In the Wake of an Intuition of St. Josemaría Escrivá

9:45 – Prof. Msgr. Ángel Rodríguez Luño, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
             St. Josemaría Escrivá and Moral Theology

10:15 – Debate (Moderator: Rev. Prof. Graziano Borgonovo, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)

10:45 – Break

Session of Spiritual and Biblical Theology

11:15 – Rev. Prof. Javier López Díaz, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               The Contribution of “An Authentic Lay Spirituality” to Spiritual Theology

11:45 – Rev. Prof. Giuseppe De Virgilio, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               “Conformed to the image of the Son” (Rom 8:29). Aspects of Biblical Theology in the Teaching of St. Josemaría Escrivá

12:15 – Debate (Moderator: Rev. Prof. Vicente Bosch, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)

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Session of Philosophy

15:00 – Prof. Ana Marta González, Univerity of Navarra (Spain)
              The World and the Human Condition in St. Josemaría Escrivá. Christian Keys for a Philosophy of the Social Sciences

15:30 – Rev. Prof. Juan José Sanguineti, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               Aspects of the Teaching of St. Josemaría Escrivá Relevant for Philosophy

16:00 – Debate (Moderator: Rev. Prof. Stephen L. Brock, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)

16:30 − Break

Session of Canon Law

17:00 – Prof. Gaetano Lo Castro, Sapienza University of Rome
               Between Charism and Law: The Life of a Saint

17:30 – Prof. Msgr. Carlos José Errázuriz, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
               St. Josemaría and Work as a Canon Lawyer

18:00 – Debate (Moderator: Rev. Prof. Eduardo Baura, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)

 

Saturday, November 16, 2013

9:30 – H.E. Card. Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
            The Saints and Theology in the Thought of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedetto XVI

10:10 – Rev. Prof. François-Marie Léthel, OCD, Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum
              “The scientia fidei and the scientia amoris go together and complete one another” (Benedict XVI): The consequences of this principle in theological work

10:30 − Break

11.00 – Presentation of the Diccionario de San Josemaría (ed. Monte Carmelo, 2013, 1850 pp.)
               Rev. Prof. José Luis González Gullón and Prof. Mercedes Alonso – University of Navarra (Spain)
               The Genesis and Composition of the Diccionario

11:20 – Prof. Msgr. José Luis Illanes, University of Navarra (Spain)
              The Diccionario in the Context of the Theological Bibliography on St. Josemaría

11:45 – Debate (Moderator: Msgr. Ernst Burkhart, Prefect of Studies and Chancellor Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei)

12:15 − Farewell