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2023 Schedule

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:: Location for Today's Sessions ::

Except for the 2:45pm pre-conference session,* all of today's sessions will be held in the

John T. Richardson Library
2350 N. Kenmore Ave. (map)
Room 103 (see library floor plan)

*Please Note: The 2:45pm pre-conference session will be held in Rm. 207, on the 2nd floor of the John T. Richardson Library; see the floor plan here.

:: Schedule ::

2:45-4:00pm
(Rm. 207)

Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation (pre-conference session)*

Each year, undergrads from DePaul’s Catholic Studies courses submit a research poster, focused on that year’s World Catholicism Week topic/theme. The top 8-10 are selected by their professors to present their research posters in a public, interactive session before the conference itself kicks off. And three of our conference speakers serve as respondents, speaking individually with the students about their research and then coming together to offer their comments on each student’s work in a “feedback session.”  

This year's respondents are

  • Daniel F. Pilario, CM (St. Vincent School of Theology—Quezon City, Philippines)
  • Yasmine Cajuste (Famvin Homeless Alliance—Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
  • Theresa Eke, DC (Daughters of Charity International Leadership—Paris, France)

This year's student presenters and topics are

  • Nikki Allen—The Daughters of Charity: Combating the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in East Africa
  • Thalia Cruz—How the Catholic Church is Helping Solve the Poverty Crisis in Latin America
  • Daniel Lopez—The Amazon's Protector: Sister Dorothy Stang
  • Eden Nisam—Agnes Brazal's Theology of Equality for Migrants and Women in the hurch
  • Michelle Nolasco—Overcoming Injustice in Ecuador through Nonviolence
  • Janet Olivera—La Virgen de Guadalupe and her Guadalupanos
  • Rijad Puskar—Oscar Romero and Land Reform in El Salvador
  • Emily Santos—Homelessness in Brazil & How the Institute of Global Homeslessness is Handling It
  • Serena Stern—Dom Helder Camara's Teachings of Nonviolence


*This session will not be livestreamed, given its interactive, mix-and-mingle nature.
4:00-4:15pm Break
4:15-5:00pm
(Rm. 103)		 Words of Welcome—William T. Cavanaugh (Director, CWCIT—DePaul University)

Opening Keynote Address—Tomaž Mavrič, CM (Superior General—Congregation of the Mission and the Company of the Daughters of Charity)
5:00-6:30pm Break for dinner (on your own)
6:30-8:30pm
(Rm. 103)		 ROUNDTABLE—The Historical Vision of Reform in the Vincentian Charism
  • Alison Forrestal—Ways of Knowing: The Laity in Early Vincentian Practices of Reform
  • John Rybolt, CM—Vincent de Paul: A Reformer? Two Cases—The Salon of Mme. Acarie and the Council of Conscience
  • Raymond Sickinger—To Become a Church of the Poor: Frédéric Ozanam's Lay Vision of Reform & Transformation

Moderator: Margaret Marie Clifford, DC (Advancement Initiatives for Sponsored Works, Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise—St. Louis)
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:: Location for Today's Sessions ::

Except for the 9-10am breakfast,* all of today's sessions will be held in the

John T. Richardson Library
2350 N. Kenmore Ave. (map)
Room 103 (see library floor plan)

*Please Note: The breakfast will be hosted one block away, at the DePaul Student Center, in Rm. 220 on the 2nd floor (see floor plan here).

:: Schedule ::

9:00-10:00am Continental breakfast
10:00am-12:00pm ROUNDTABLE—Marginality: The Evolution of the Concept of the Poor
  • Jorge Costadoat, SJ—The Poor as Theologians
  • Theresa Eke, DC—Beyond Charity: Evolution of the Mission of the Daughters of Charity in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Dominque Iyolo, CM—The Vincentian Charism: An Invitation to the Church's Bold Reform Today

Moderator: Catherine Mary (Katie) Norris, DC (Provincial, Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise—St. Louis)
12:00-1:30pm Break for lunch (on your own)
1:30-3:30pm ROUNDTABLE—The Reform of the Church
  • Carlos Schickendantz—Church Reforms and Synodality
  • Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée—Do We Invent the Saints We Need? Pope Francis, the Saints "Next Door," and Lay Vincentians
  • Guillermo Campuzano, CM—Enlarging the Space of Our Tent: Possibilities and Challenges for the Transformation of the Church

Moderator: Betty Ann McNeil, DC (Vincentian Scholar-in-Residence and Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University—Chicago)
3:30-4:00pm Break
4:00-5:30pm Keynote Address
"Repair My House: Empowering the Church of the Poor through the Eyes of St. Vincent"

Daniel F. Pilario, CM (Associate Professor, St. Vincent School of Theology, and Director of Research—Adamson University)

Moderator: Rachelle Kramer (Director, Catholic Campus Ministry, DePaul University—Chicago)
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:: Location for Today's Sessions ::

Except for the 9-10am breakfast and the closing Mass,* all of today's sessions will be held in the

John T. Richardson Library
2350 N. Kenmore Ave. (map)
Room 103 (see library floor plan)

*Please Note: The breakfast will be hosted one block away, at the DePaul Student Center, in Rm. 220 on the 2nd floor (see floor plan here). The closing Mass will take place on the 1st floor of this same building, in the St. Louise de Marillac Chapel.

:: Schedule ::

9:00-10:00am Check-in & registration / Continental breakfast
10:00am-12:00pm ROUNDTABLE—The Transformation of Society
  • Renato Lima de Oliveira—The Society of St. Vincent de Paul: 190 Years of Love, Empathy, and Hope for Those in Need
  • Yasmine Cajuste—The Encounter with Those Experiencing Poverty for the Transformation of Society
  • Franciscus Armada Riyanto, CM—The Formation of the Laity & Seminarians for an Outward-Facing Church: A Vincentian Contribution to the Reform of the Catholic Church in Indonesia

Moderator: Francine Soliunas (Chief Mission Officer, Marillac St. Vincent Family Services—Chicago)
12:00-1:30pm Break for lunch (on your own)
1:30-3:00pm Keynote Address
"Education and Integral Human Development: Challenges & Opportunities"

Quentin Wodon (Director, International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa—UNESCO)

Moderator: Julie Cutter, DC (Councillor, Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise—St. Louis)
3:00-3:15pm Short break
3:15-3:45pm Conference Wrap-Up Discussion
3:45-4:00pm Short break
4:00-5:00pm Closing Mass (will not be livestreamed)
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