Woman
Section
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Woman and man, the humanum in its
entirety
CELEBRATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOSTOLIC
LETTER MULIERIS DIGNITATEM (1988 - 2008)
Rome, February 7th - 9th 2008
Grand Hotel Palazzo Carpegna (Domus Mariae)
Via Aurelia, 481
P R O G R A M
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH
16.30 - 19.30 Registration of participants
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH
7.00 - 9.00 Registration of participants
9.00 Opening Prayer
9.20 Introduction
10.00 CONFERENCE
Reflection on the subject of women since the Apostolic Letter
Mulieris dignitatem:
evaluation and prospects (His Eminence Antonio Cardinal
Cañizares)
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 CONFERENCE
Jesus of Nazareth, Mary and women in the Gospel and in the
early Church
(Hanna Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz)
12.30 Open discussion
13.30 Lunch
15.00 PANEL DISCUSSION
Christianity and the advancement of women
Introduction (Antonia Bel Bravo)
Witnesses of love (Angela Ales Bello)
Founders and missionaries worldwide (Grazia Loparco)
Mystics and doctors of the Church (Carlota Rava)
Faithful to the Truth even to martyrdom (Jack Scarisbrick)
16.45 Coffee Break
17.15 CONFERENCE
“So God created humankind in his image, in the image
of God he created them; male and
female he created them” (Gn: 1:27): person, nature
and culture (Blanca Castilla de Cortázar)
18.15 Open discussion
19.30 Mass
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH
8.30 Mass
9.30 CONFERENCE
Woman and man, created each for the other (Attilio Danese
- Giulia di Nicola)
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 PANEL DISCUSSION
Problems and Contemporary cultural trends
Introduction (Olimpia Tarzia)
The reduction of femininity to an object of consumerism
(Helen Alvare)
Gender ideology (Margherite Peeters)
Devaluation of motherhood and family (Maria Elena Lugo)
Women in the workplace (Janne Haaland Matlary)
12.30 Open discussion
13.30 Lunch
15.00 CONFERENCE
Women’s responsibility and participation in building
up the Church and society (Paola Bignardi)
16.00 Coffee break
16.30 PANEL DISCUSSION
The role and mission of women
Introduction (Giorgia Salatiello)
Intellectual formation of women and women as educators (Carmen
Aparicio)
The feminine religious sense (Sr. Cristiana Dobner)
Guardians of spousal and maternal love (Brenda Finlayson)
Witnesses to consecrated life (Sr. Enrica Rosanna)
18.00 Open discussion
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH
9.00 Morning prayer
Audience with Pope Benedict XVI
13.30 Lunch
15.00 WORKSHOPS
Predominant challenges as perceived in various parts of
the world
Promoting women’s dignity (Elaine Charles - Teresa
Duck-Choo-Oh)
The importance of marriage, family and motherhood (Maleny
Medina - Paola Soave)
Defending the dignity of women in a technological and consumeristic
society
(Dale O’Leary - Genevieve Kineke)
The role of women in communicating the Christian faith (Elisabeth
Twissa - Jacqueline Obone-Mba)
The integral formation of women (Lola Velarde - Sandra Sato)
Women confronted by fundamentalism and violence (George
W. Haddad - Bassima Saman)
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 Synthesis of the workshops
18.00 Conclusions
19.00 Mass
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