Symposium 2019: 20th Anniversary of Macau Ricci Institute
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SYMPOSIUM TO HONOR THE 20th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MACAU RICCI INSTITUTE
“IN ACTIONE CONTEMPLATIVUS”:
CONTEMPLATION, MISSION AND MARTYRDOM
A symposium organized by the Ricci Institutes of Macau, Taipei and the
University of St. Joseph, Macau
Thursday and Friday, October 17 and 18, 2019
Gratia Hall
St. Joseph Seminary, Largo de Santo Agostinho, 5, Macau
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE:
Thursday, 17 October 2019
8:00am - 9:00am: Registration
9:00am - 9:30am: OPENING CEREMONY
Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, Diocese of Macau
Rev. Peter Stilwell, Rector, University of St. Joseph
Stephan Rothlin SJ, Director, Macau Ricci Institute
9:30am – 10:30am: FIRST KEYNOTE SESSION:
CHAIR: STEPHAN ROTHLIN SJ
Rev. Stephen Morgan, Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of St. Joseph: “Contemplation in a world of action: the English Benedictine tradition of mental prayer, its debt to Ignatius and the changing nature of Christian witness in the monastery and on the mission”
10:30am - 11:00am: Coffee/Tea and Group Picture
11:00 am - 12:30pm: FIRST PLENARY SESSION: MARTYRDOM AND MEMORY
CHAIR: STEPHEN MORGAN
Gerhold K. Becker: “Spiritual leadership in hard times: Karl Rahner and Alfred Delp”
Dennis McCann: “Bonhoeffer and the Problem of Dirty Hands: What counts as Martyrdom?”
Joseph Lee Tse-Hei: “Dying for Faith, Transforming Memories: Chinese Christian Martyr Watchman Nee (1903—1972)”
12:30pm - 2:00pm: Lunch
2:00pm - 3:45pm: FIRST PANELS SESSION: WHAT OUR HISTORIES HAVE TO TEACH US
SESSION A: COMMEMORATING MARTYRDOM: CASE STUDIES ON JAPAN AND LAOS:
CHAIR: BISHOP ANTON JAMNIK
Cristina Osswald:“On the perception of Christian martyrdom in Japan: (1597-1639)”
Paul Spooner: “Nagasaki, Looking Inside the Black Box”
Roland Jacques: “Martyrs of Laos: From “Odium Fidei” to the “Veneration of Ancestors”
SESSION B: REFRESHING JESUIT MEMORIES: WAYS OF BRINGING TESTIMONY TO THE PUBLIC:
CHAIR: MARTIN MAIER SJ
Paulus Bambang Irawan SJ: “The Truth Will Set You Free:Ignatian Examen as Contemplative Practice in Boisterous Digital World”
Olivier Lardinois SJ: “The Directory of the Jesuits in China from 1842 to 1955,which was recently published by the Taipei Ricci Institute”
Paul-John Wang Zhiyuan SJ: “Contemplation, Mission and Jesuit Martyrs in El Salvador--Companions of Jesus in El Salvador”
3:45pm – 4:15pm: Coffee/Tea
4:15pm – 5:45pm: SECOND PLENARY SESSION: ENVISIONING MISSION IN THE DIGITAL AGE; CHAIR: DENNIS MCCANN
Rafael Mathando Hinganaday SJ: “Contemplating Renewed Mission and Martyrdom
in the Context of a Modern Plural Society”
Mark Pufpaff: “Leisure and Contemplation; Lessons from Josef Pieper”
Chang He: “Spatial Atmosphere and Informal Contemplation Spaces”
Jimmy Sham: “The awakening of Contemplation and concentration in early childhood”
Friday, 18 October 2019
8:30am – 9:45am: SECOND KEYNOTE SESSION: CONTEMPLATION, MISSION AND MARTYRDOM IN EL SALVADOR: 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
CHAIR: JAROSLAW DURAJ SJ
Keynote Speaker: Martin Maier SJ, Secretary of European affairs of the Jesuit European Social Centre, Brussels
9:45am – 10:15am: Coffee/Tea
SECOND PANELS SESSION: CONTEMPLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
SESSION A: WELLSPRINGS OF CONTEMPLATION:
CHAIR: OLIVIER LARDINOIS SJ
Bishop Anton Jamnik, Archdiocese of Ljublijana, Slovenia: “Mysticism, Contemplation, Christian Life”
Alessandro Andreini: “Put out into Deep Water: Meanings and Methods of Catholic mission from Pope Benedict XV to Pope Francis in the light of the meeting of Saint Francis of Assisi with the Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil”
Antoine Ren SJ: “Obedience for Mission, Mission in Obedience: A Jesuit Contemplative-Active Way of Proceeding”
SESSION B: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA:
CHAIR: THIERRY MENARD SJ
Zhang Quan Yi: “Transformation of religious identities: Roles of sovereign nations”
Wojciech Rybka, SVD: “Biblical Roots of Meditation and Examples of Their Influence in the History of the Catholic Church in China”
Joseph Khor Su Hean: “The Transformative Breath of Universal Perichoresis – Reawakening of Primordial Experience in Contemplative Gestalt Group Therapy”
11:45am – 1:15pm: Lunch
1:15pm – 2:15pm: SPECIAL SESSION ON THE MRI JOURNAL for editors and contributors
Editorial Team (Stephan Rothlin SJ, Dennis McCann, (Mike Thompson), and Mark Pufpaff) will present the recently published issues of the MRI Journal, the processes of its creation, and inform prospective contributors about what to expect in the editorial and peer review processes leading to publication. The session will also provide an opportunity for feedback and constructive criticism on the three issues of the MRI Journal.
2:15pm – 2:45pm: Coffee/Tea
2:45pm – 4:15pm: FIFTH PLENARY SESSION: REDEFINING MISSION GLOBALLY
CHAIR: YVES CAMUS SJ
Stephan Rothlin SJ: “The contemplative dimension of mission: towards a new concept of mission”
Jaroslaw Duraj SJ: “Between Śūnyatā and Pléroma: Fr. Yves Raguin and His Contribution to Dialogue with Asian Spiritualities”
Edmund Eh OP: “Knowledge as Realisation: A Confucian Account of Contemplation-in-Action”
4:30pm – 5:30pm: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS:
CHAIR: STEPHAN ROTHLIN SJhttp://www.riccimacau.riccimac.org/index.php/en/event/99-symposium/324-symposium-2019
Bishop Anton Jamnik
Rev. Stephen Morgan
Cristina Osswald
Martin Maier SJ
