Conference Program
The Contribution of the Belgians to Vatican Council II

Monday, September 12, 2005

Venue: Mechelen

15:00 hrs Opening Reception at the Archbishop's Residence – Courtesy of Peeters Publishing

15:45 Welcome: Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Mechelen-Brussels

16:00 Methodological Issues

Moderator: Doris Donnelly , The Suenens Center, Cleveland, USA

A Sociological Analysis of the Dynamics of Large Assemblies and the Functioning of Small Groups within the Assembly

Presenter: John Coleman, Los Angeles, USA

16:45 Diaries: Private Sources for a Study of the Vatican Council II

Presenter: Leo Kenis, Leuven

17:15 Discussion with Lecturers

18:00 Evening Prayer at the Mechelen Cathedral

19:30 Supper for Lecturers & Invited Guests

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Venue: Louvain-la-Neuve

09:30 The Leadership of Cardinal Leon-Joseph Suenens

Moderator: Joseph Famerée, Louvain-la-Neuve

09:45 The Influence of Cardinal Suenens at Vatican Council II

Presenters: Leo Declerck, Bruges and Mathijs Lamberigts

Important Relationships of Cardinal Suenens

10:15 Cardinals Suenens and Julius Döpfner

Presenter: Guido Treffler, Munich

10:45 Refreshments

11:15 Cardinals Suenens and Giacomo Lercaro and Giuseppe Dossetti

I. Presenter: Dirk Claes, Leuven

11:45 II. Presenter: Giovanni Turbanti, Bologna

12:15 Discussion with Lecturers

13:00 Luncheon for Lecturers & Invited Guests:

L'espace temps

Grand'Rue

B-1340 Louvain-la-Neuve

15:00 Cardinal Suenens and Pope John XXIII and Video Interview with Monsignor Loris Capovilla

Presenter: Luc van Hilst, Mechelen

16:00 Cardinals Suenens and Giovanni Battista Montini/Paul VI

Presenters: Toon Osaer, Mechelen and Leo Declerck, Bruges

16:45 Refreshments

17:15 Cardinals Suenens and Paul-Émile Léger

Presenter: Gilles Routhier, Québec

17:45 Discussion with Lecturers

18:30 Closing Prayer – Joseph Komonchak , Washington DC

19:30 Supper for Lecturers & Invited Guests at the home of Hubert and Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer Werhahn

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Venue: Louvain-la-Neuve

09:30 Belgian Contribution and Influence: Key Areas

Ecumenism: Unitatis Redintegratio

Moderator: Joseph Komonchak , Washington, DC

09:45 I The Role of the Monastery of Chevetogne at Vatican Council II

Presenter: Emmanuel Lanne, Chevetogne

10:15 II Gustave Thils and Ecumenism at Vatican Council II

Presenter: Peter De Mey, Leuven

10:45 Refreshments

Revelation: Dei Verbum

Moderator: Mathijs Lamberigts

11:15 I De Revelatione under Revision 1964: Contributions of Charles Moeller et al.

Presenter: Jared Wicks, Cleveland, USA

11:45 II Lucien Cerfaux and the Preparatory Schema de Fontibus Revelationis

Presenter: Karim Schelkens , Leuven

12:15 Discussion with Lecturers

13:00 Luncheon for Lecturers & Invited Guests :

L'espace temps

Grand'Rue

B-1340 Louvain-la-Neuve

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Venue: Leuven

09:30 Belgian Contribution and Influence: Key Areas

Moderators: Doris Donnelly & Mathijs Lamberigts

09:45 Liturgy: Sacrosanctum Concilium

Presenter: Mathijs Lamberigts, Leuven

Ecclesiology: Lumen Gentium

10:15 I Giuseppe Dossetti and Gerard Philips

Presenter: Jan Grootaers , Brussels

10:45 Refreshments

11:15 II Gustave Thils and the De Ecclesia

Presenter: Joseph Famerée, Louvain-la-Neuve

11:45 III The Contribution of Charles Moeller to Vatican Council II

Presenter: Claude Soetens, Louvain-la-Neuve

12:15 Discussion with Morning Lecturers

13:30 Luncheon for Lecturers & Invited Guests

Ecclesiology: Gaudium et Spes

15:30 I Pierre Haubtmann and the Belgians

Presenter: Philippe Bordeyne, Paris

16:00 II De Matrimonio

Presenter: Jan Jans, Tilburg

16:30 Discussion with Lecturers

17:00 Closing Prayer – Joseph Komonchak

19:30 Supper for Lecturers & Invited Guests

Presentation of “The Cardinal Suenens ‘Living Water' Award to

Professor Giuseppe Alberigo

Friday, September 16, 2005

Venue: Leuven

09:30 Belgian Contribution and Influence: Key Areas

Moderator: Joseph Famerée

Religious Liberty & Missiology

09:45 Émile De Smedt, John Courtney Murray and Dignitatis humanae

Presenter: Silvia Scatena , Bologna

10:15 On Missionary Bishops

Presenter: Eddy Louchez , Louvain-la-Neuve

10:45 Refreshments

11:15 Summary Observations

Presenter: Michael Fahey, Milwaukee, USA

12:15 Future Planning

13:00 Conference closes

Luncheon for Lecturers & Invited Guests