Friday, May 3
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION—Peace is an Open Workshop
Mauro Garofalo
(Moderator: Ken Butigan—Senior Professional Lecturer in Peace, Justice & Conflict Studies, DePaul University; Chicago)
Saturday, May 4
ROUNDTABLE—Gender and Nonviolence
Jasmin Nario-Galace—Mainstreaming Gender in Peace and Disarmament Policies: The Role of Nonviolent Persuasion
Teresia Wamuyu Wachira—Exploring Nonviolent Indigenous Approaches to Building Peace: The Case of Women in the North Rift and Coast Regions of Kenya
(Moderator: Kathy Kelly—Co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence; Chicago)
ROUNDTABLE—Theology of Nonviolence
Erico Hammes—The Spirit Christology of Nonviolence
M. T. Dávila—Confessions of a Just Warrior: My Challenges Embracing a God of Absolute Nonviolence
William T. Cavanaugh—Toward a Foundational Theology of Nonviolence
(Moderator: Christine Schliesser—Lecturer in Systematic Theology, University of Zurich; Switzerland)
ROUNDTABLE—Peacebuilding and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Eliseo Mercado, OMI—The Peace Process and Active Nonviolence: The Southern Philippines’ Experience
Michael L. Budde—Killing with Kindness: Can a Plague Cure a Plague?
Elias Omondi Opongo, SJ—Humanitarian Military Intervention, R2P, and Nonviolence Discourse: Implications for State Fragility in South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo
(Moderator: Slavica Jakelić—Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Thought, Christ College at Valparaiso University; Valparaiso, IN)
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION—Just War: A Convenient Untruth
Robert Emmet Meagher
(Moderator: Rev. Walter Ihejirika—Professor of Development Communication and Media Studies, Federal University of Port Harcourt; Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
Sunday, May 5
ROUNDTABLE—Martyrdom and the Cross
Daniel F. Pilario, CM—Rethinking Martyrdom in the Age of Violent Populist Regimes: A Report from the Philippines
Maria Clara Bingemer—Christian Nonviolence for Secular Causes: The “Case” of Two 20th-Century Religious Communities
O. Ernesto Valiente—Christian Martyrdom: Jesus’ Self-Giving, Nonviolent Response to a Violent World
(Moderator: Joel Hodge—Senior Lecturer of Theology, Australian Catholic University; Melbourne)
ROUNDTABLE—Grassroots Church Formation in Nonviolence
Ana Raffai—Believers for Peace: Christians, Muslims, and Nonviolent Peacebuilding in Europe
Francis Gonsalves, SJ—“Be the Change You Want to See”: Building Interfaith Solidarity for Peace in India
Elizabeth Kanini Kimau—The Catholic Church’s Unexploited Power in Connecting People at the Grassroots
(Moderator: Rev. Lawrence Fernandes, SJ—Professor of Philosophy, Satya Nilayam Research Institute; Chennai, India)