Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities - Rediscovering our Roots: Spirituality and Catholic Higher Education, A Rome Seminar 18-23 June 2007.

Program Description
This third annual seminar for trustees, administrators and key senior faculty of ACCU’s member institutions offers an opportunity to explore the wealth of the spiritual legacy of the Catholic Church in order to renew, refresh and promote the mission of Catholic Higher Education.  Conducted and coordinated by ACCU senior staff and the staff of the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, the seminar offers an inside look at the Vatican and a first-hand acquaintance with the spiritual treasures of the city of Rome.  Included are opportunities to meet with representatives of various dicasteries of the Holy See and some of Rome’s pontifical universities.

The seminar will include lectures and discussions facilitated by Dr. Sandra Keating, Dr. James Keating. Coordinators of the seminar are Dr. Michael Galligan-Stierle, Dr. Donna Orsuto, and Robert White..  

Provisional Agenda
Monday, 18 June 2007
4:30pm Welcome & Introduction at the Lay Centre
5:00pm Opening Presentation: “Implementing the Principles of the Compendium of the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church in Catholic Higher Education” His Eminence Renato Cardinal Martino,President, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
5:45pm Discussion
6:15pm Evening Prayer at the Lay Centre
7:00pm Dinner Presentation: “The Issues that Matter to the Holy See: The Perspectives of Three
Vatican Journalists” John Thavis from Catholic News Service; Gerard O’Connell from Asia Catholic News Service  and Robert Micken from The Tablet

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
8:30am Departure from Lancelot Hotel by minibus for the Vatican
9:30am Morning Presentation: “The Spiritual Principles of Catholic Education and the Role of the Pontifical Congregation for Catholic Education”  Most Rev. J. Michael Miller,
Secretary, Congregation for Catholic Education
10:30am  Discussion
12:00 noon Free time
1:30pm  Optional Guided Visit to St. Peter’s Basilica with Dr. James Keating
3:15pm  Gathering for the Celebration of the Eucharist His Eminence William Cardinal Levada, Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
6:00pm Reception at Domus Paolo VI hosted by Fr. Terrence Morgan

Wednesday, 20 June 2007
7:30am Departure from Hotel Lancelot by minibus for St. Peter’s Square
10:00am General Audience with Pope Benedict XVI

12:30pm  Welcome and Opening Remarks at the Canadian Embassy to the Holy See The Candian Ambassador to the Holy See, Donald Smith
Lunch Presentation: “Interreligious Dialogue and Catholic Higher Education”
Most Rev. Agostino Marchetto,
Secretary, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples
3:15pm Celebration of the Eucharist in the Rooms of St. Ignatius Rev. Paul Murray, OP Professor of Spiritual Theology and Former Vice Rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Urbe (Angelicum)
4:15pm Optional Visit to Ignatian Sites in Rome

Thursday, 21 June 2007
7:30am Departure from Lancelot Hotel by minibus for Subiaco
10:00am Guided Visit and Mass at the Monastery of the Sacro Speco
1:00pm Lunch at the Foresteria of Saint Scholastica
3:00pm Presentation: “Founding Religious Charisms, Transfer to Lay Leadership and Catholic Higher Education” Rev. Jonathan DeFelice, OSB, President, Saint Anselm College
(Manchester, NH)

Friday, 22 June 2007
9:00am Morning Prayer
9:30am Concluding Presentation: “The Vocation to Catholic Higher Education”
Rev. Msgr. Roderick Strange, Rector, the Pontifical Beda College
4:30pm Dialogue about the Week’s Experiences at the Lay Centre
6:00pm  Celebration of the Eucharist Most Rev. J. Michael Miller, Secretary, Congregation for Catholic Education
7:00pm  Reception and Dinner at the Lay Centre

Saturday, 23 June 2007
Departures from Rome

For those who are still in the Eternal City:
2:15pm Guided Visit to the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City State with Dr. Donna Orsuto

The Third Annual ACCU Rome Seminar is not open to the public.  Representatives of member institutions are invited to register or request more information by contacting the ACCU directly:

Michael Galligan-Stierle, Ph.D.

Vice President

Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

One Dupont Circle, Suite 650

Washington, DC 20036

mgs@accunet.org

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