The Vocation of the Teacher in the Ignatian Tradition

Conference Schedule

DAY 1 - SUNDAY, JUNE 11

3:00 p.m. Bus tour of the Latin Quarter and sites connected with Ignatius' days in Paris , including a visit to the Martyrium where St. Ignatius and the Early Companions made their first vows

Guides and lecturers : Rev. Bernard Gillibert, SJ, and Jesuit scholastics

6:00 p.m. Opening liturgy: Sunday Eucharist at Saint Pierre Montmartre

Presider : Rev. Howard Gray, SJ, John Carroll University

Homilist : Rev. Joseph M. O'Keefe, SJ, Boston College

Evening free

DAY 2 - MONDAY, JUNE 12

8:15 a.m. Registration at Centre Sèvres -- Foyer

9:00 a.m. Morning prayer at Centre Sèvres -- Main Auditorium

Leader of prayer : Janet W. Krejci, Marquette University

9:30 a.m. Welcome: David M. La Guardia, John Carroll University

Introduction to goals and process by Conference Moderator:

Rev. Michael Himes, Boston College

10:00 a.m. What vocation means in the context of Jesuit higher education

Speaker : Parker J. Palmer, author and lecturer

Introduced by Patrick Rombalski, John Carroll University

Group process, group work, and conversation with Parker Palmer

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Lunch at Hôtel Lutetia - President's Room

Greeting: Père Michel Fédou, SJ, Président du Centre Sèvres - Facultés jésuites de Paris

3:00 p.m. Group process, group work, and conversation with Parker Palmer continues

6:00 p.m. Closure: Rev. Michael Himes

6:30 p.m. Eucharist at Maison Barré

Presider : Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, SJ, Fairfield University

Homilist : Rev. John F. Baldovin, SJ, Weston Jesuit School of Theology & Fairfield University Board Member

Evening free

DAY 3 - TUESDAY, JUNE 13

9:00 a.m. Morning prayer at Centre Sèvres -- Main Auditorium

Leader of prayer: Mary Frances Malone, Fairfield University

9:30 a.m. Welcome: Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ, John Carroll University

Introduction to the day: Rev. Michael Himes

9:45 a.m. Five Missions: The Framework of the Jesuit Enterprise

Speaker : Rev. John W. O'Malley, SJ, Weston Jesuit School of Theology

Introduced by Doris Donnelly, John Carroll University

Group process, group work, conversation with Father O'Malley

1:00 -3:00 p.m. Lunch at Maison Barré

3:00 p.m. The Schools and the Teachers in the Early Jesuit Tradition: What? Why? How? So what?

Speaker : Rev. John W. O'Malley, SJ

Panel response to Father O'Malley, group process, group work, plenary with Father O'Malley

6:00 p.m. Closure: Rev. Michael Himes
6:30 p.m. Eucharist at Maison Barré

Presider and homilist : Rev. Robert B. Lawton, SJ, Loyola Marymount University

Post-Communion Reflection : Amy J. Uelmen, Fordham University Law School

Evening free

DAY 4 - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

9:00 a.m. Morning prayer at Centre Sèvres -- Main Auditorium

Leader of prayer : Anthony Moore, Georgetown University

9:30 a.m. Introduction to the day: Rev. Michael Himes

9:45 a.m. Appropriating the Ignatian Tradition and the Parameters of Pluralism

Speaker : Jane D. McAuliffe, Georgetown University

Introduced by Mary Beadle, John Carroll University

Panel response and conversation with Professor McAuliffe

NOON Ignatian Justice in Higher Education

Speaker : Juniper (June) Ellis, Loyola Baltimore

Introduced by Roger A. Fortin, Xavier University

Conversation with Professor Ellis

1:00 p.m. Lunch at Hôtel Lutetia - President's Room

Afternoon free OR:

3:00 p.m. Walking tour of the Latin Quarter led by Father Bernard Gillibert, SJ. We will visit sites connected with Ignatius and the early companions. We also will visit the Church of Saints Paul and Louis and the site of the Jesuit Professed House in the Marais district.

Guide and lecturer : Professor Jesús Escobar, Fairfield University

Evening free

DAY 5 - THURSDAY, JUNE 15

9:00 a.m. Morning prayer at Centre Sèvres -- Main Auditorium

Leader of prayer: Rev. Thomas D. Stegman, SJ, Weston Jesuit School of Theology

9:30 a.m. Introduction to the day: Rev. Michael Himes

9:45 a.m. Catholic & Jesuit Identity: Appropriation & Mission

Speaker: Rev. Howard Gray, SJ, John Carroll University

Introduced by Rev. Mark A. Ravizza, SJ, Santa Clara University

Panel response and conversation with Father Gray

12:30-2:30 p.m. Lunch on our own

2:30 p.m. The Irritating Questions and an Orientation to the Future

Rev. Michael Himes moderates the last session and brings conference to closure.

5:00 p.m. Closure: Rev. Michael Himes

6:30 p.m. Eucharist at Maison Barré

Presider and homilist : Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ, John Carroll University

Post-Communion Reflection : Doris Donnelly, John Carroll University

8:00 p.m. Cocktails followed by Supper at Hôtel Lutetia - Salon Borghèse

DAY 6 - FRIDAY, JUNE 16

Departures