Romero Days 2017 - Conference: "Christian Discipleship: The Witness of Blessed Archbishop Óscar Romero"
March 24-28, 2017
University of Notre Dame
Location: Hesburgh Center, C103 (unless otherwise stated)
Friday, March 24
5:15 pm
Anniversary Mass – Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Celebrant and Homilist, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila
Music by El Coro Primavera
Monday, March 27
9:00 am
Opening Remarks
Peter Casarella, Director, Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC)
9:15 am
Session 1: Romero as a Pastoral Doctor of the Universal Church
Rev. Robert Pelton, CSC, University of Notre Dame
9:30 am
The Spirituality of Óscar Arnulfo Romero
David Perrin, OMI, St. Jerome’s University
10:15 am
Panel Discussion
The Pastoral Dimension of Romero
Rev. John Thiede, SJ, Marquette University
The Transforming Effects of Persecution in the Life of Blessed Óscar Romero
Damian Zynda, McQuaid Jesuit High School
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am
Session 2: The Transfiguration of El Salvador: Romero’s Source for a Pedagogy of Life
Edgardo Colón-Emeric, Duke Divinity School
12:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Session 3: Óscar Romero, Discipleship, and the False Middle
Michael E. Lee, Fordham University
3:00 pm
Book Presentation (Hesburgh Center Auditorium)
Romero and Grande: Companions on the Journey
Sr. Ana María Pineda, RSM, Santa Clara University
4:00 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Session 4: The Christian Discipleship of Óscar Romero Towards His Death (Hesburgh Center Auditorium)
Roberto Morrozzo della Rocca, Università degli Studi, Roma Tre, Italy
7:00 pm
Kellogg Institute Dinner Celebrating Father Robert Pelton, CSC (By invitation)
Tuesday, March 28
Location: Hesburgh Center, C103 (unless otherwise stated)
7:00 am
Mass – Dillon Hall, Chapel
Celebrant and Homilist, Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
9:00 am
Session 1: Lived Faith and Witness of Sr. Carla Piette, Maryknoll Missionary in Chile and El Salvador
Jackie Maggiore, Mary Knoll Affiliates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10:00 am
Session 2: Archbishop Romero and the New Evangelization in Latin America
David Lantigua, University of Notre Dame
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am
Session 3: Romero on the Witness of the Martyrs
Todd Walatka, University of Notre Dame
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Work Meeting – Discussion regarding book project
3:00 pm
Book Presentations (Hesburgh Center Auditorium)
Pope Francis: Gift and Challenge to Latinos
Bishop Ricardo Ramírez, CSB, Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces, New Mexico
Building Bridges, Not Walls in a Time of Division
John Francis Burke, Trinity University
5:00 pm
Reception (Hesburgh Center, Great Hall)
5:30 pm
Closing Plenary – Hesburgh Center, Auditorium
Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
Peter J. Casarella
This profile was current as of 2019-20 when he was a member of the on-campus Kellogg community. Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Peter Casarella is associate professor of theology and former director of LANACC. Before coming to Notre Dame in 2013, Peter Casarella served as professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University where he was also the director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology...