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| The Centro Pro Unione |
| invites you to the |
| Fourth annual conference in honor of |
| Father Paul Wattson and Mother Lurana White |
| founders of the Society of the Atonement |
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IN
DEFENCE OF THE BODY |
| Writing on "Being Church" in Ecumenical Conversation |
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| Dr. Anna Marie Aagaard |
| Professor emeritus of systematic theology |
| University of Aarthus, Denmark |
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| Thursday, 13 December 2001 - 6 P.M. |
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| Centro Pro
Unione Via Santa Maria dell'Anima 30, 1st floor |
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Anna Marie Aagaard
Professor,
Dr. Anna Marie Aagaard resides in Aarhus, Denmark, where she, till very recently,
held a chair in systematic theology at the University of Aarhus. She has lectured
widely throughout the Nordic countries and in the United States, most recently
(2000) at the Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. In 1986 she was appointed the
first Paul Wattson visiting professor of Ecumenics at The Catholic University
in Washington DC. Her numerous articles and several books center on the third
article of faith — the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and ecclesiology.
Among her most recent publications are "The Present Status of the Ecumenical
Movement", pp. 61-78 in Lawrence S. Cunningham, (ed.), Ecumenism. Present
Realities and Future Prospects (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1998);
"The Orthodox Churches and the Ecumenical Movement", Ecumenical Review
51, 4 (1999) 340-350; "What Does This Look Like? On an Ecumenical Agenda
for the 21st Century", Swedish Missiological Themes 88, 4 (2000) 561-576
and "Ecclesiology and Ethics", Studia Theologica 2/2001. Anna Marie
Aagaard has served as a President of the World Council of Churches (1991-1998)
and as a co-moderator of the Roman Catholic Church-World Council study process
(1990's) on dialogue on potentially divisive ethical questions. She serves on
the board of the theological institute Tantur, founded in Jerusalem as one of
the tangible ecumenical results of Vatican II. She has been a member of the international
Lutheran-Orthodox dialogue almost from its beginnings and she is currently involved
in the attempts to stabilize the relations between the WCC and its Orthodox member
churches.
Among her most recent publications are "The Present Status of the Ecumenical
Movement", pp. 61-78 in Lawrence S. Cunningham, (ed.), Ecumenism. Present
Realities and Future Prospects (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1998);
"The Orthodox Churches and the Ecumenical Movement", Ecumenical Review
51, 4 (1999) 340-350; "What Does This Look Like? On an Ecumenical Agenda
for the 21st Century", Swedish Missiological Themes 88, 4 (2000) 561-576
and "Ecclesiology and Ethics", Studia Theologica 2/2001. Anna Marie
Aagaard has served as a President of the World Council of Churches (1991-1998)
and as a co-moderator of the Roman Catholic Church-World Council study process
(1990's) on dialogue on potentially divisive ethical questions. She serves on
the board of the theological institute Tantur, founded in Jerusalem as one of
the tangible ecumenical results of Vatican II. She has been a member of the international
Lutheran-Orthodox dialogue almost from its beginnings and she is currently involved
in the attempts to stabilize the relations between the WCC and its Orthodox member
churches. Historical note
In
1898, the Spirit of God inspired Sister Lurana White and Father Paul Wattson to
establish a religious community to be called the Society of the Atonement.
The Founders had the vision of a religious congregation dedicated to the unity of Christians and to reconciliation in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. Since the Founders were Episcopalians, the roots of the Society were implanted in that ecclesial communion until 1909, the year in which the Friars and Sisters of the Atonement entered into full communion with the Catholic Church. This was the first time that a corporate reunion with Rome took place since the Reformation.
Among the various activities of the Society of the Atonement, special mention
needs to be made of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begun by Fr. Paul in
1908 and celebrated today throughout the world.
From the humble beginnings in an abandoned church, St. John's-in-the-Wilderness, in an area called Graymoor, (New York), the Society of the Atonement has dedicated its efforts for the unity of the Church and reconciliation in several countries: the United States, Canada, Japan, England, Ireland, Brazil and Italy.
Yearly conferences honoring the memory of Fr. Paul Wattson were begun in 1974
at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, then, in 1980, at the University
of San Francisco. To these were added in 1995, the Paul Wattson Lectures at the
Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax and in 1996 at the Toronto School of Theology.
The Paul Wattson Lectures are given by international experts in the field of ecumenism
and interreligious dialogue.
Since 1998, the Centro Pro Unione organizes lectures each year in December to honor Fr. Paul Wattson and Mother Lurana White, co-founders of the Society of the Atonement. Earlier lecturers were Enzo Bianchi, Founder and Prior of the Community of Bose, Sarah Anne Coakley (Harvard University) and Bruno Forte (Pontifical Theological Faculty - Naples).
The Founders had the vision of a religious congregation dedicated to the unity of Christians and to reconciliation in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. Since the Founders were Episcopalians, the roots of the Society were implanted in that ecclesial communion until 1909, the year in which the Friars and Sisters of the Atonement entered into full communion with the Catholic Church. This was the first time that a corporate reunion with Rome took place since the Reformation.
Among the various activities of the Society of the Atonement, special mention
needs to be made of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begun by Fr. Paul in
1908 and celebrated today throughout the world.From the humble beginnings in an abandoned church, St. John's-in-the-Wilderness, in an area called Graymoor, (New York), the Society of the Atonement has dedicated its efforts for the unity of the Church and reconciliation in several countries: the United States, Canada, Japan, England, Ireland, Brazil and Italy.
Yearly conferences honoring the memory of Fr. Paul Wattson were begun in 1974
at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, then, in 1980, at the University
of San Francisco. To these were added in 1995, the Paul Wattson Lectures at the
Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax and in 1996 at the Toronto School of Theology.
The Paul Wattson Lectures are given by international experts in the field of ecumenism
and interreligious dialogue.Since 1998, the Centro Pro Unione organizes lectures each year in December to honor Fr. Paul Wattson and Mother Lurana White, co-founders of the Society of the Atonement. Earlier lecturers were Enzo Bianchi, Founder and Prior of the Community of Bose, Sarah Anne Coakley (Harvard University) and Bruno Forte (Pontifical Theological Faculty - Naples).
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