International Conference on Archbishop Oscar Romero

Location: Hesburgh Center Auditorium

Saturday, September 27, 2014

9:00 am - 2:15 pm

Panel Sessions— Conversion of Romero
Location: Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall

9:00 am

Welcome
Rachel Tomas Morgan, Director of International Service Learning, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Panel 1: Psychological Conversion

Discussant: 
Damian Zynda, Faculty, Christian Spirituality Program, Creighton University

Respondents:
Rev. David Perrin, OMI, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, St. Jerome's University
Mauro Pando, Former Director of the Counseling Ministry, Franciscan Renewal Center

Chair:
Rachel Tomas Morgan, Director of International Service Learning, Center for Social Concerns

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Panel 2: Social Teaching Conversion

Discussant: 
Margaret Pfeil, Associate Professional Specialist in Theology, University of Notre Dame

Respondent:
Rev. Michael Connors, CSC, Associate Professional Specialist in Theology, University of Notre Dame

Chair:
Rachel Tomas Morgan, Director of International Service Learning, Center for Social Concerns

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch
Hesburgh Center Courtyard

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Panel 3: Theological/Pastoral Conversion

Discussant: 
Thomas M. Kelly, Professor of Systematic Theology, Creighton University

Respondent:
Sr. Ana María Pineda, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Santa Clara University

Chair:
Victor Maqque, PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Notre Dame

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Keynote Address 3: “Romero: Martyr”
Michael E. Lee, Associate Professor of Theology, Fordham University

Introduction by:Matthew Ashley, Chair, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame

Respondent:Robert Ellsberg, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Orbis Books

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Tribute to Rev. Dean Brackley, SJ

Gene Palumbo, Journalist and Teacher

Guadalupe Montalvo, Casa de la Solidaridad, El Salvador

5:00 pm

Misa Salvadoreña 
Hesburgh Center Lawn

Presiding:
Most Rev. Ricardo Ramírez, CSB, Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces

Homilist:Rev. John Keefe, CSC

With: The Church of Loretto Choir
Directed by Barbara Ziliak, Former Liturgy Director, Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross

Closing Celebration and Picnic (promptly after Mass)

Hesburgh Center Lawn