Mission of the Vincent Pallotti Institute (VPI)
The Vincent Pallotti Institute meets on the Thursday mornings on the dates listed in this brochure from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Each morning session of the program features two 45 minute presentations with discussion, a coffee break and the opportunity to join in the celebration of the Eucharist.
2008 - 2009 Program Schedule
Rejoice and Share Your Joy
(Philippians 4:9)
Abbot Edmund Power, OSB; Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR; Robert
White
Thursdays - 16, 23, 30 October; 6, 13, 20
November 2008
Suggested Contribution: 150 €
This six week course will mark the Pauline Year
(28 June 2008 - 29 June 2009) with a series of lectures and site
visits about the life, theology and spirituality of the Apostle of
the Gentiles, focusing with particular attention on St Paul's
Letter to the Philippians.
Abbot Edmund Power, OSB, is the abbot of the
Monastery at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR, is associate professor of moral theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana
in Rome.
Oasis in the City: Evenings of Discussion
and Prayer
Art in the Earliest Roman House Churches
Rev. Dr. David Balch
Tuesday - 28 October 2008
18:00-20:00
Professor Balch will present his new book, Roman Domestic Art and
Early House Churches (WUNT 228: Mohr Siebeck 2008). This
groundbreaking study explores how visual representations in Roman
houses across the ancient Mediterranean world shaped early Christian
worship and ethics, and influenced the composition of the New
Testament.
Rev. Dr. David Balch is the Professor of New Testament at the
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California.
Oasis in the City: Evenings of Discussion
and Prayer
Contemplating Cairo: Musings of a Nuncio
Most Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, M.Afr
Tuesday - 25 November 2008
18:00-20:00
Archbishop Fitzgerald will share some reflections about his
experiences of interreligious dialogue as the Apostolic Nuncio in
Egypt and life in the capital city of a country with one of world's
most ancient cultures.
Most Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, M.Afr is the Apostolic Nuncio to
Egypt in Cairo.
Advent Day of Recollection
A Time to Begin Anew
Rev.
John Keating, O.Carm
Sunday -
30 November 2008
Casa di Esercizi
Spirituali of the Passionist Fathers (Rome)
Suggested
Contribution: 50 €
Plan on
joining us for a day of respite in order to prepare for the great
Solemnity of Christmas with a renowned speaker and writer at the
Passionist Retreat House in Rome. The
day will begin at 9:30 with the celebration of Sung Morning Prayer,
and will feature two conferences, lunch, time for private prayer and
the chance to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and the
celebration of the Sunday Eucharist. Sung Evening Prayer will
draw the Lord's Day to a close at 18:00.
Rev.
John Keating, O.Carm, is a Member of the General Council of the
Carmelite Order and the author of Introduction to Carmelite
Spirituality (Columba Press, 1999). He taught at the
Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Dublin, Ireland.
Faith Alive in the Art of Baroque Rome
Dr. Elizabeth Lev
Thursdays
- 8, 15, 22, 29
January 2009
Suggested Contribution: 100 €
A light luncheon will follow the 12 o'clock
Eucharist on the opening day (8 January 2009).
The age of
Bernini, Borromini and Pietro da Cortona possessed a vision of
spirituality through art that remains unrivaled in Rome's history.
This program will explore some of the treasures of art which inhabit
the Eternal City and the faith which inspired their creation.
Dr. Elizabeth Lev
teaches art history at Duquesne University's Rome campus. She
also writes for Inside the Vatican and is a regular
contributor to the Zenit news agency.
The Patrick and Mary Dorgan
2009 Memorial Program
Praying the Psalms with Jesus
Rev.
Craig Morrison, O.Carm.
Thursdays
- 5, 12, 19, 26 February 2009
Suggested
Contribution: 100 €
The Book
of Psalms was important in the life of Jesus and in the life of the
early Christian community. This program will uncover the
continuing importance of these sacred hymns, canticles and poems in
the life of the Church.
Rev.
Craig Morrison, O.Carm. is a Carmelite priest and Professor of
Biblical Languages at the
Pontifical Biblical Institute.
Oasis in the City: Evenings of Discussion
and Prayer
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Musical
Elements in the Pauline Writings
Rev. Jan Michael Joncas
Tuesday - 24 February 2009
18:00-20:00
The
letters of St. Paul not only give us a glimpse of the thought
and conduct of this premiere Christian evangelist but a window
onto the liturgy of primitive Christian communities. This
session will explore the content of the worship texts found in
the Pauline letters, their probable ritual settings, and the
musical settings of these texts for contemporary Christian
worshipers.
Fr. Jan Michael
Joncas is a priest of the archdiocese of St. Paul and
Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA). He has served as an associate
pastor, campus minister, and parochial vicar. He is an
Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of St.
Thomas, St. Paul, MN. He is the author of three books and
a well-known composer of 20 collections of liturgical music.
The Patrick and Mary
Dorgan 2009 Memorial Series Lenten Retreat Weekend
To Walk in the Newness of Life (Romans 6:4)
Rev. Timothy Costello, SM
Friday, 6 March - Sunday, 8 March
2009
Casa di Esercizi
Spirituali of the Passionist Fathers (Rome)
Cost per person (for full room and board): €175
This weekend Lenten retreat at the Casa di Esercizi
Spirituali of the Passionists in Rome will help us reflect on
what it means to be alive in Christ as we journey through the
forty days of preparation for the Easter Triduum. The weekend will include lodging and meals at
the retreat house, lectures, time for personal meditation, and the daily celebration of the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours.
Rev.
Timothy Costello, SM, is a Marist priest and Professor of
Psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
The
Patrick & Mary Dorgan Memorial Program and Retreat were established by the retired U.S. Ambassador Jean Wilkowski in loving memory of her grandparents for the faith that they passed on to her family. Patrick and Mary Dorgan were immigrants to the United States from County Kerry, Ireland who settled in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Ambassador Wilkowski served in the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Africa. She also spent time working at the United Nations in New York. She is a member of the Board of St. Mary of the Woods College in Indiana and Barry University in Florida. She holds six honorary doctorates, including one from the University of Notre Dame. Having served in Rome, Italy, on two different assignments, she is a frequent visitor to the Eternal City and a friend of the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas.
A Matter of Life and Death: Reflecting Intelligently on Bioethical
Issues Today
Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR; Rev. Mark Attard, O.Carm
Thursdays
- 5, 12, 19, 26 March 2009
Suggested Contribution: 100 €
Our society is barraged daily with news of death,
terrorism and destruction of human life. Society is horrified and
protests loudly and clearly. But there are some other areas where
human life is equally, taken, destroyed, manipulated and engineered.
And yet these issues are frequently welcomed and applauded by the
very same society. How can we reflect intelligently on such matters
as end of life issues, the creation and development of human stem
cells, artificial techniques of human reproduction, cloning, and
cybernetics? It is urgent that our knowledge and positions on
these issues are crystal clear!
Rev. Stephen Rehrauer, CSsR, is Associate Professor of
Moral Theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana
in Rome.
Rev. Mark Attard, O.Carm, is a Professor of Bioethics and
Relational Ethics at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he
is also head of the Moral Theology Department.
Oasis in the City: Evenings of Discussion
and Prayer
Finding Time or Making Time: Aspects of
Leisure
Rev. Michael Casey, OCSO
Sunday - 3 May 2009
16:00-18:00
Time is a
precious commodity in our day to day lives. This session will
focus on how time shapes
spirituality.
Rev. Michael Casey, OCSO
is a monk of
Tarrawarra Abbey in Victoria, Australia. He is the author of many
books, including
Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of
Lectio Divina (Liguori Publications, 1996) and A Guide to
Living in the Truth: Saint Benedict’s Teaching on Humility
(Liguori Publications, 2001).
Program Registration
To register for any one of this year’s VPI program offerings simply contact the Lay Centre
(e-mail: info@laycentre.org; tel: +39 06 772 6761 or fax: +39 06 772 676 235). Contributions are usually presented with registration or at the first day of each course.
Annual Ticket
The Lay Centre offers a discounted annual ticket for those who register for
the entire year (14 morning sessions) and pay in advance (not including the Lenten retreat) The suggested contribution for the 2008-2009 season ticket is €300. This
ticket does not include the four Oasis in the City evenings, the Advent Day of
Recollection or the Lenten Retreat Weekend.
Location
The Lay Centre is located between the Basilica of St. John Lateran and the Basilica of SS Quattro Coronati. By metro or bus to San Giovanni it is a 15 minute walk to Via dei SS Quattro 7. Convenient buses: 16, 85, 87, 117, 571, 714. Limited parking is available if arranged in advance.
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