Conference for the Year of Evangelisation

Reading Luke in a Time of Decision

for parishes of the Archdiocese of Dublin

St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Saturday 24 April, 2010

The Evangelisation Conference – Reading Luke in a Time of Decision, is co-hosted by Maynooth College and the Office of Evangelisation, Archdiocese of Dublin.

Programme:
9.30 a.m.: Arrival, Registration & Refreshment
10.15 a.m.: Welcome, Opening Prayer and Reflection
10.30–11.15 a.m.: Opening Presentation
            Professor Séamus O’Connell, Pontifical University, Maynooth
            “The Word is Very Near to You” (Deut 30:14) –
            The Life-Making Word in Moses, Paul and Luke
11.15 a.m.: Break
11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.: Keynote Address
            Professor Santiago Oporto, Pontifical University, Salamanca, Spain
            “Reading the Bible with Jesus in the Year of Evangelisation” (Luke 4:16-30)
12.45 p.m.: Lunch
1.45 – 3.15 p.m.: Workshops
            Ways of opening Luke in Dublin today
3.30 – 4.15 p.m.:  Plenary Session
            Moderator: Rev Patrick Sweeney
4.30 p.m.: Evening Prayer in the College Chapel
5.00 p.m.: Departure

Keynote Speaker: Santiago Guijarro Oporto
Santiago Guijarro Oporto is Professor of New Testament Studies at the Pontifical University of Salamanca and has been Vice Rector there since 2002.  Ordained in 1981, he pursued his biblical studies in Salamanca, Washington and Jerusalem and holds a doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical University of Salamanca.  He was Director of the Biblical Apostolate for Spain from 1982 to 1997 during which time he coordinated a new translation of the Bible into Spanish.

Click here for PDF of Prof Santaigo Guijarro Oporto's Keynote address

Workshops:
Sr Moira Bergin RSM                       Singing Luke’s Canticles
Ms Diane Corkery                           Luke’s Good News of Inclusion
Rev Brendan McConvery CSsR          The Resurrection Stories in Luke
Rev Seán Maher                             Praying Luke’s Canticles
Rev Alan Martin                             Jesus and the Roman Empire in Luke
Ms Jane Mellett                             Compassion and Worship in Luke
Rev Séamus O’Connell                    The Parables as Keys to Luke’s Good News
Rev Anthony O’Leary CP                  Poverty and Riches in Luke
Rev Liam Tracey OSM                      Luke and the Lectionary

To reserve your place on the conference:

• e-mail: evangelisation@dublindiocese.ie
• Further information: 01-808-7538
• www.yearofevangelisation.ie

It costs €30 to attend. However if you book with your parish it will cost €10, (parish will pay €10 and the diocese will pay the balance.)