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4 – 9 December 2023 – General House, Rome – Italy

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Sunday – 3 December

5.00pm: Registration desk open

7.00pm: Informal cocktail reception (with finger food)

Monday – 4 December

7.30-9.00am: Breakfast available

9.30-10.30am: Opening session

Prayer; Welcome from the Superior General; Introduction to the Symposium; Introduction to one another

10.30-11.15am: Break

11.15am-12.30pm: Presentation 1 – Br Michael Green fms
Don’t be deceived. It’s all about Jesus. The Christocentric sources of Marist spirituality.

1.00pm: Lunch

3.00-4.00pm: Presentation 2 – F. André Lanfrey fms
Mystique, Utopie, Institution aux origines de la Société de Marie.  Réinterprétation des origines des Frères Maristes d’après les sources et les travaux historiques (Part 1)

5.15-6.15pm: Presentation 3 – Dr Danilo Farneda
El contexto: presentación de las coordenadas sociales, eclesiales y pedagógicas en las que se define el modelo educativo de los hermanitos de María

6.50-7.20pm: Daily Mass with the Community of the General House (in French)

7.45pm: Supper

Tuesday – 5 December

7.30-9.00am: Breakfast available

9.30-10.30am: Presentation 4 – F. André Lanfrey fms
Mystique, Utopie, Institution aux origines de la Société de Marie.  Réinterprétation des origines des Frères Maristes d’après les sources et les travaux historiques (Part 2)

10.30-11.15am: Break

11.30am-12.30pm: Presentation 5 – Dr Ângelo Ricordi
La Espiritualidad del corazón

1.00pm: Lunch

3.00-4.00pm: Presentation 6 – H. Manuel Mesonero fms
De la noche oscura a la luz

5.15-6.15pm: Concurrent sessions:

• Cartas personales del hermano François – H. Antonio Martínez Estaún fms

In Spanish with English translation

• Opening the treasures of the Marist Archives – Sig.ra Dorotea Cinanni & Br Colin Chalmers fms

In English with Spanish translation

• Patrimônio espiritual marista e identidade institucional: narrativas visuais, digitais e experiências multissensoriais Dr Dyogenes Philippsen Araujo

In Portuguese with Spanish translation

6.50-7.30pm: Daily Mass available with the Community of the General House (in Spanish)

7.45pm: Supper

Wednesday – 6 December

7.30-9.00am: Breakfast available

9.30-10.30am: Presentation 7 – P. Alois Greiler sm
Why should Jean-Claude Colin be canonised?

10.30-11.15am: Break

11.30am-12.30pm: Presentation 8 – H. Antonio Martínez Estaun fms
Fuentes inspiradoras del Pensiemento del Hermano Basilio Rueda

1.00pm: Lunch

3.00-4.00pm: Presentation 9 – Br. John Klein fms
The Americanization of Marcellin’s Marist Project

5.15-6.15pm: Concurrent sessions

• Ir. Francisco Rivat e a paixão pela escrita – Dr Fabiano Incerti
  In Portuguese with English translation
• Walfrid: a life of faith, community and football. (Brother Walfrid, Founder of Celtic Football Club) – Dr Michael Connolly
  In English with Spanish translation
• Challenges and learnings with religious formation in the Pacific – Fr Milikiade Rayalu SM
  In English with French translation

6.50-7.30pm: Daily Mass available with the Community of the General House (in Portuguese)

7.45pm: Supper

Thursday – 7 December

7.30-9.00am: Breakfast available

9.30-10.30am: Presentation 10 – Ir. João Carlos do Prado fms
Leadership Formation and the Marist Charism: Why should we be interested?

10.30-11.15am: Break

11.30am-12.30pm: Presentation 11 – Br Brendan Geary fms
“I don’t like teachers who are executioners.” Safeguarding in Marist origins and recent developments

1.00pm: Lunch

3.00-4.00pm: Presentation 12 – F. Vincent de Paul Kouassi fms
The challenge of mixed Marist communities in the African context

5.15-6.15pm: Concurrent sessions

• Patrimônio espiritual marista e identidade institucional: narrativas visuais, digitais e experiências multissensoriais – Dr Dyogenes Philippsen Araujo
  In Portuguese with English translation
• Opening the treasures of the Marist Archives – Sig.ra Dorotea Cinanni & Br Colin Chalmers fms
  In Spanish with English translation
• Walfrid: a life of faith, community, and football. (Brother Walfrid, Founder of Celtic Football Club) – Dr Michael Connolly
  In English with Portuguese translation

6.50-7.30pm: Daily Mass available with the Community of the General House (in Italian)

7.45pm: Supper

Friday – 8 December

7.30-9.00am: Breakfast available

9.30-10.30am: Presentation 13 – H. Juan Jesús Moral Barrio fms
Educar a partir del Paradigma de la Interioridad

10.30-11.00am: Break

11.15-11.45am: Concluding session – Br Michael Green fms

12.15pm: Final Eucharist

1.00pm: Celebratory meal