Conference Programme

8.45

Registration

 11.00

Opening Ceremony

Opening Prayer

Words Of Welcome
Prof. Gerald J. Pillay - Vice-Chancellor & Rector of Liverpool Hope University
Prof. Anthony J. Cernera - President of the International Federation of atholic Universities

Presentation Of The Conference
Prof. Bart McGettrick - Dean of Education of Liverpool Hope University

 11.30

Inaugural Conference
Newman – A Legacy for the Modern World
Prof. Gerald J. Pillay - Vice-Chancellor & Rector of Liverpool Hope University

 12.30

Refreshments and Lunch

 14.00

The Idea of A University: A Conversation with Ian Ker
Dr Ian Ker - Oxford University

 14.45

 Discussion with the audience

 15.15

 Coffee Break

 15.45

Discussion Groups (by languages - English/French/Spanish)
“What is the lasting impact of Newman in education as you experience it?”

 17.30

 Free

 18.30

 Cocktails - Dinner

9.00  

Prayer

9.15

Case Study - Liverpool Hope As An Ecumenical University
Prof. Bart McGettrick, Prof. Camilla Burns SND, Miss Marie-Therese Lacey, Dr Wendy Bignold - Liverpool Hope University

 11.00

Coffee Break

 11.30

Newman - The Man and His Ideas
Prof. Mark Chapman - Oxford University

 12.30

Lunch

 14.00

The Idea Of A University - The external aspects of the University Perspectives from Different Cultures
India - Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas, S.J. - St Xavier’s College, Mumbai
Palestine - Fr. Jamal Khader - University of Bethlehem
Latin America - Prof Joaquin Clotet - Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

 15.30

 Coffee Break

 16.00

The Idea Of A University - The internal aspects of the University Perspectives from Different Cultures
USA – Sr. Andrea Lee - St. Catherine University, St. Paul /Minneapolis, Minnesota
Africa – Fr. Jean-Bosco Matand - Université Catholique de Kinshasa, Congo R.D.
Europe – Prof. Thérèse Lebrun - Université Catholique de Lille, France

 17.30

 Free

18.00

Ecumenical Celebration

 19.30

Conference Dinner presided by H. E. Zenon Grocholewski, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (Holy See)

8.50

Prayer

9.00 

Formation of Staff and Professors in a Christian context
Prof. Anthony J. Cernera - IFCU President and President of Sacred Heart University, USA

9.45

Respondent
Prof. Patricia Licuanan - Miriam College, Philippines

10.00

Discussion With The Audience

10.30

Coffee Break

11.00

Contributions & Challenges of Today
Working Groups of participants - parallel discussions
a) Newman - The Person
b) Newman - The University
c) Ecumenism and the University

 12.30

Conclusions

 13.00

Lunch

 15.00

Participants who are attending the beatification in Birmingham will leave - A bus will be arranged.

 17.00

Participants who are staying at Liverpool Hope University are invited to attend an evening at The Creative Campus

 9.15

The Beatification Of John Henry Newman