"Scattered & Gathered": Catholics in Diaspora

Catholicism is a worldwide phenomenon, both global in scope and inculturated into local contexts. In this conference, we will explore what happens to Catholicism when it is swept up into larger patterns of migration and displacement in the contemporary world. What is the experience of immigrant and refugee Catholic communities? What kinds of tensions and opportunities arise in such contexts? How do Korean Catholics in California and Zimbabwean Catholics in England develop practices and theologies within a new context? What do those practices and theologies have to tell us about the promises of—and fault lines within—a fully global Catholicism?

Monday, April 7

OPENING PLENARY
Sovereign God & Sovereign Nations: Truth & Difference

Lamin Sanneh
D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity
Yale Divinity School

Tuesday, April 8

Cultures of Diaspora

Margarita Mooney, Associate Research Scientist, Sociology, Yale University
Michel Andraos, Associate Professor, Intercultural Studies & Ministry, Catholic Theological Union

Catholic Mission & Identity

Simon C. Kim, Assistant Professor, Theology, Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Cecile Motus, Former Assistant Director, Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, USCCB

Multiplicity of Identity

Matthew Tan, Visiting Assistant Professor, Catholic Studies, Research Fellow, CWCIT, DePaul University
Mark R. Mullins, Professor of Japanese, The University of Auckland (New Zealand)

The Latin American Catholic Diaspora

Ondina Cortés, RMI, Assistant Professor, School of Theology & Ministry, St. Thomas University
Afonso Soares, Professor, Theology, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Dorian Llywelyn, SJ, Director, Catholic Studies, Loyola Marymount University

PLENARY ADDRESS

Religion Displaced & Replaced: What We Have to Learn from Diaspora Communities

Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., Vatican Council II Professor of Theology, Catholic Theological Union

Wednesday, April 9

The Asian Catholic Diaspora

Jaisy Joseph, Theology doctoral candidate, Boston College
Linh Hoang, OFM, Professor, Religious Studies, Siena College

The African Catholic Diaspora

Dominic Pasura, Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University (England)
Daniel McNeil, Ida B. Wells-Barnett Professor of African & Black Diaspora Studies, DePaul University

Cross-Cultural Communion in a Postmodern World

Daniel Groody, CSC, Director, Center for Latino Spirituality & Culture, University of Notre Dame
Gioacchino Campese, CS, Scalabrinian Missionary, Author, The Way of the Cross of the Migrant Jesus

PLENARY ADDRESS

Maritime Ministry: The Pastoral Care of Seafarers

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston; Vice President, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; Member, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants & Itinerant People

CLOSING PLENARY
The Catholic Church in 2050

Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University

This series of student-focused sessions explore the relevance of various Catholic spiritual practices & tools in today’s secular world. Topics include Ignatian spirituality, reconciliation, centering prayer, and “lived faith,” putting Catholic social teaching into daily practice.

Setting the World Aflame: Ignatian Spirituality & the Life of Mission
Tim Muldoon, Author, The Ignatian Workout; University Mission & Ministry, Boston College

Centering Prayer: No Experience Required
Katie Brick, Director, Office of Religious Diversity, DePaul University

Living Your Faith: Catholic Social Teaching in Daily Practice
Student Panel: Members of the Vincent & Louise House (V&L), DePaul University

Reconciliation: Loving the Hell Out of 'Em
Terry-Nelson Johnson, Resident Theologian & Animator of Faith, Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Chicago)

4th Annual Byrne Lecture

Speaker:
Rev. Andrew O'Connor,Pastor, St. Mary's Catholic Church (New York City); Founder, Goods of Conscience™

Respondents:
Scott Kelley, Coauthor, Alleviating Poverty Through Profitable Partnerships; Assistant Vice President, Mission & Values, DePaul University
Christie Klimas, Researcher funded by EPA's People, Prosperity & the Planet Program; Assistant Professor, Environmental Science & Studies, DePaul University

Michel Andraos
Associate Professor, Intercultural Studies & Ministry
Catholic Theological Union

Gioacchino Campese, CS
Author, The Way of the Cross of the Migrant Jesus
Adjunct Professor & Researcher, Scalabrini International Migration Institute, Pontifical Urbaniana University (Rome)

Ondina Cortés, RMI
Claretian Missionary Sister
Assistant Professor, School of Theology & Ministry
St. Thomas University

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo
Vice President, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
Member, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants & Itinerant People

Daniel G. Groody, CSC
Executive Producer, Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey
Director, Center for Latino Spirituality & Culture, University of Notre Dame

Linh Hoang, OFM
Professor, Religious Studies, Siena College
Author, Rebuilding Religious Experience: Vietnamese Refugees in America

Philip Jenkins
Distinguished Professor of History, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
Author, The Lost History of Christianity and Jesus Wars

Jaisy Joseph
Author, The Struggle for Identity Among Syro-Malabar Catholics

Scott Kelley
Assistant Vice President, Office of Mission & Values
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
DePaul University

Simon C. Kim
Assistant Professor, Theology, Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Author, Memory & Honor: Cultural & Generational Ministry with Korean American Communities

Christie Klimas
Researcher funded by EPA's People, Prosperity & the Planet Program
Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences & Studies, DePaul University

Dorian Llywelyn, SJ
Director, Catholic Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Author, Sacred Places, Chosen People: Land & Nationality in Welsh Spirituality

Daniel McNeil
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Professor of African & Black Diaspora Studies
DePaul University

Margarita Mooney
Associate Research Scientist, Sociology, Yale University
Author, Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving & Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora

Cecile Motus
Former Assistant Director, Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

Tim Muldoon
Author, The Ignatian Workout
Resident Scholar, University Ministry & Mission, Boston College

Mark R. Mullins
Professor of Japanese, The University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Author, Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements

Terry Nelson-Johnson
Resident Theologian & Animator of Faith 
Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Chicago)

Rev. Andrew O'Connor
Pastor, St. Mary's Catholic Church (New York City)
Founder, Goods of Conscience™

Dominic Pasura
Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University (London, UK)
Author, African Transnational Diasporas: Fractured Communities & Plural Identities of Zimbabweans in Britain

Lamin Sanneh
D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity, Yale Divinity School
Author, Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West

Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S.
Vatican II Professor of Theology, Catholic Theological Union
Author, Constructing Local Theologies

Afonso Soares
Professor, Theology
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)

Matthew Tan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Catholic Studies
Research Fellow, CWCIT
DePaul University