This conference is the fruit of a process extending back to the 2008 founding of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology. CWCIT organized conferences in 2008 and 2010 that looked at the global future of Catholicism in new ways. In particular, CWCIT sponsored an international colloquium, “Forms of Catholicity,” in January 2009. We brought together key international Catholic scholars who have helped to forge “the discourse of catholicity” as a theological idiom. The point of departure was an address originally delivered in Manila by Prof. Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., of Catholic Theological Union.
In his talk, Schreiter argued cogently for a discussion that would address the gap between Concilium and Communio, i.e., between—to cite his words more precisely—the strand in Catholic thought that he linked to Gaudium et Spes and the strand that he labeled “neo-Augustinian.” This gathering included a presentation by Schreiter, a paper by Jorge Scampini, OP, on catholicity and ecumenism, and a paper by Miriam Wyjlens on catholicity and canon law. In this conference, CWCIT gathered scholars who are forging a discourse of catholicity to serve the Church of the 21st century.
April 12
Opening Plenary Session
Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., Vatican Council II Professor of Theology, Catholic Theological Union
Emmanuel Katongole, Co-director, Center for Reconciliation, Duke University
Catholicity & the Mission of the Holy Spirit in the Light of the Global Expansion of Pentecostalism & the Charismatic Renewal
Jeffrey Gros, FSC, Distinguished Professor of Ecumenical & Historical Theology, Memphis Theological Seminary
Ralph Del Colle, Associate Professor, Theology, Marquette University
Charles Taylor and the Hermeneutics of Intercultural Dialogue
William Barbieri, Associate Professor, School of Theology & Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America
Carolyn Chau, Toronto School of Theology, Regis College (Toronto, Canada)
Pablo Lazo Briones, Professor & Researcher, Philosophy, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City, Mexico)
Unity & Diversity in the Heritage of Catholic Social Teaching: A Celebration of the 120th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum
Zachary Calo, Assistant Professor of Law, Valparaiso University
Thomas O'Brien, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, DePaul University
Civil Religions, National Myths, and the Catholicity of the Church: Toward a Comparative Exploration
Martin Menke, Professor, History & Government, Rivier College
Slavica Jakelic, Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia
New Paradigms for Global Ecclesiology
Linh Hoang, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Siena College
Teresia Hinga, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Santa Clara University
Second Plenary Session
Walter Euler, Professor, Fundamental Theology & Ecumenical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Trier (Trier, Germany)
Peter Casarella, Director, Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology, DePaul University
April 13
Third Plenary Session
Michael Budde, Senior Research Fellow, Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology, DePaul University
Margarita Mooney, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Unity & Diversity of the Church in the New Testament
Margaret Mitchell, Professor, New Testament & Early Christian Literature, & Dean, Divinity School, University of Chicago
Barbara Reid, OP, Professor, New Testament, & Vice President/Academic Dean, Catholic Theological Union
Catholicity in the Fathers of the Church
Rev. Dr. J. Kiran Sebastian, H. George Anderson Professor of Mission & Cultures, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Chad Pecknold, Assistant Professor, Historical & Systematic Theology, The Catholic University of America
Michael Hollerich, Professor, Theology, University of St. Thomas
The Mutual Exchange of Gifts: Clergy Formation & the Challenge of Intercultural Dialogue
Keynote Speaker & Moderator:
Msgr. Wayne Prist, Director of Priest Development, Archdiocese of Chicago
Panelists:
Daniel Borlik, CM, DePaul University Board of Trustees
Louis Cameli, STD, Archdiocese of Chicago, Archbishop’s Delegate for Formation & Mission
Joseph R. Ferrari, Professor, Psychology, DePaul University
Daniel Gast, Director, Project INSPIRE
Kevin Gillespie, SJ, Associate Provost, Loyola University of Chicago
Manuel Ginete, CM, preparing to serve in Sudan
Lennoxie Lusabe, CM, served in Kenya, currently graduate student in Canada
Patrick McDevitt, CM, Assistant Professor, School of Education, DePaul University
Gary A. Mueller, CM, served in Kenya, currently graduate student in Rome
Book Presentation: A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory & Trinitarian Theology
Rev. Dr. J. Kiran Sebastian, H. George Anderson Professor of Mission & Cultures, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Peter Casarella, Director, Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology, DePaul University
Paul Louis Metzger, Director, Institute for the Theology of Culture, Multnomah Biblical Seminary
Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., Vatican Council II Professor of Theology, Catholic Theological Union
William Storrar, Director, Center for Theological Inquiry
Fourth Plenary Session
Anselm Min, Dean & Maguire Distinguished Professor of Religion, School of Religion, Claremont Graduate University
Closing Plenary
John Allen, Senior Correspondent, National Catholic Reporter; Senior Vatican Analyst, CNN