XVI. European Forum for Religious Education On the Way to the Periphery of Christianity Religious Education as an Invitation Prague, 23 27 th April 2014, Centrum Mariapoli Mladoboleslavská 667, CZ 190 17 Praha 9 Vinoř Tel.: +420 286 007 711 Fax: +420 286 007 709 E-mail: cmpraha@espol.cz www.centrummariapoli.cz
Our topic ON THE WAY TO THE PERIPHERY OF CHRISTIANITY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AS AN INVITATION The world is experiencing an alarming economic crisis, which also hits moral and religious areas, or is even caused by them. Changes in values are noticeable in social development, too. A kind of devaluation of existing standards is often promoted. New reading of Second Vatican Council, just 50 years later, can bring new impulses today. The basic idea of the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes was then opted for a deeper view of the world, which is still valid and contains explosive power for both the Church and society. The picture Courtyard of the Gentiles in the Jerusalem Temple in nowadays understood by the Church as a dialogue with non-believers and those who are distancing themselves from the faith. The Church seeks new opportunities for this dialogue. This should encourage us to reach the periphery of Christianity (Pope Francis). In order to make the language of the Church understandable and addressing today, it is necessary to develop a new language and new forms of expression of the faith. Psalm Sing to the Lord a New Song (Ps 149,1) is understood as an invitation and a commitment. Israel gained a new concept of God after experiencing the world periphery, in exile, and sang a corresponding new song. Let s try it likewise today. Prague, 6 th April 2013
Programme Wendesday From 13.00 Arrival at Prague airport 23-04-2014 To 18.00 Accommodation 19.00 Dinner OPENING 20.00 Opening Introduction programme and participants Prof. P. Dr. Avelino Revilla, President EUFRES Cultural programme Thursday 8.00 Eucharist (Preparation: Spain) 24-04-2014 TOPIC I 9.30 World in Crisis. Response of Second Vatican Council 50 years later for today Prof. Dr. Jan-Heiner TÜCK Vienna 10.30 Break 11.00 Group discussion (in language groups) 11.45 Group questions and discussion with the presenter 12.30 Lunch CONTRIBUTIONS 15.00 Contributions from specific countries - I 16.30 Break CONTRIBUTIONS 17.00 Contributions from specific countries - II 18.00 Dinner CONTRIBUTIONS 19.00 Contributions from specific countries - III 20.30 Party Friday 8.00 Eucharist (Preparation: Italy) 25-04-2014 TOPIC II 9.30 On the Way to the Perifery of Christianity. Religious Education as Courtyard of the Gentiles Prof. Francesc Riu i Rovira de VILLAR - Barcelona CULTURAL PROGRAMME 10.30 Discussion with the presenter 11.15 Break with catering 11.45 12.00 Leaving for Prague 13.00 Audience with Prague auxiliary Bishop Václav Malý 14.00 15.00 18.30 Lunch St Vitus Cathedral, Hradčany, the Charles Bridge, Old Town Dinner 21.30 Return to Mariapoli Centrum
Saturday 26-04-2014 8.00 Eucharist (Preparation: German speaking participants) TOPIC III 9.30 Sing to the Lord a New Song (Ps 149,1) Language and Expression Means in the World in Crisis Prof. Andrea GRILLO Roma-Padova 10.30 Discussion with the presenter 11.00 Break CLOSING 11.30 Summary and conclusion of EuFRES GENERAL ASSEMBLY 12.00 General assembly of Forum 2014 12.30 Lunch CULTURAL PROGRAMME 13.30 Leaving for Karlštejn castle Visiting Karlštejn castle 18.00 20.00 Dinner Return to Mariapoli Centrum Sunday 27-04-2014 8.00 Eucharist From 9.30 Leaving
Lecturers PROF. DR. JAN-HEINER TÜCK Prof. Dr. Jan-Heiner Tück is a fundamental dogmatic theologian. Since March 2010 he has been professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Vienna. Before that he was engaged in teaching and research work e.g. in Lucerne, Osnabrück and Freiburg i. Br. Jan-Heiner Tuck is also an editor of the international Catholic journal Communio. Signficant works: Gelobt seist du, Niemand (2000), Die Wahrheit des anstößige Glaubens - Zum theologischen Profile Joseph Ratzingers (released together with Helmut Hoping, 2005), Passion aus Liebe - Das Jesusbuch des Papstes in der Diskussion (2011). PROF. FRANCESC RIU I ROVIRA DE VILLAR Francesc Riu i Rovira de Villar is a Salesian, priest and teacher. He reached master s degree in Physical Science at the University of Barcelona. In 1970s he took an active part in the founding Blanquerna University School, which later formed Ramon Llull University. In the years 1977-2005 he was General Secretary of the Christian School Foundation in Catalonia and a member of the General Council for Catholic Education. From 1997 to 2005 he served as General Delegate for Christian education in the Archdiocese of Barcelona as a coordinator of Interdiocese Secretariat for Religious Education in Catalonia (SIERC). He has written many books on education and shooling. PROF. ANDREA GRILLO Born in Savona on August 28, 1961. He is married, with 2 children. He graduated from law in 1985 at the University of Genoa with his thesis entitled Law Understood As a Positive Science. He studied at theology school Ut unum sint in Savona which includes Savona seminary, later in Padua at the Abbey of Santa Giustina, where he attended a specialized course in liturgy and pastoral theology. He graduated in theology at ILP in Padua in 1990, the title of his thesis was Ludwig Wittgenstein And the Opening to the Mystical in the Horizon of the Relationship between Immediacy And Mediation: from Silence to Language Games and Rituality. Hypothesis of Reading in Liturgical Perspective. In 1993 he graduated from theoretical philosophy at Genoa University with his thesis Ethics of W. Hermann between Philosophy and Theology. He was awarded doctorate in theology in 1994 at the ILP in Padua. Dissertation - Fundamental Theology and Liturgy. The Relationship between Immediacy and Mediation in Theological Reflection. In 1996-2000 he was a member of the Italian Episcopal Conference entrusted with the translation and editing the new rite of the celebration of the sacrament of marriage. In 2002-2006 he was a member and vice-chairman of the presidency of the Association of Professors of Liturgy. Currently he is professor of sacramental theology at the Theological Faculty of Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo in Rome and teaches liturgical pastoral theology at the Institute of Padua and the Theological Institute of Marchigiano in Ancona. In addition, as an external tutor he taught at the Theological Faculty of Lugano and the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Scientific Board of the journal Studium and the Scientific Board of the magazine La Maison-Dieu.