2008 Lonergan Workshop

"…and God’s Own Glory, in Part, Is You":
What Aspect of the Lonergan Legacy Needs To Be Stressed Right Now?

35th Annual Lonergan Workshop
Boston College June 15-20, 2008

Being in Christ Jesus is not tied down in place or time, culture or epoch. It is catholic with the catholicity of the Spirit of the Lord. Neither is it an abstraction that dwells apart from every place and time, every culture and epoch. It is identical with personal living, and personal living is always here and now … In personal living the questions abstractly asked about the relations between nature and grace emerge concretely in one’s concern, one interests, one’s hopes, one’s plans, one’s daring and timidity, one’s taking risks and playing safe. And as they emerge concretely, so too they are resolved concretely. Such concrete solutions, whether doing a job or exercising a personal role, … may be solutions thought out in Christ Jesus for an archaic world that no longer exists or for a futurist world that never will exist; they may be thought out for the world that is now but only at the price of not being thought out in Christ Jesus; they may be for the world that is now and thought out in Christ Jesus.

Our time is a time for profound and far-reaching creativity. The Lord be with us all – ad maiorem Dei gloriam – and, as I have said, God’s own glory, in part, is you.” [B. Lonergan, Collection, 231]

Speakers Include:

Alison Benders Ursuline U., Cleveland

Peter Bisson, SJ U. of Saskatchewan, Regina

David Burrell, CSC Uganda Martyrs, Kampala

Patrick H. Byrne Boston College

Eileen de Neeve Thomas More Inst., Montreal

John Dadosky Regis College, Toronto

Robert M. Doran, SJ Marquette U., Milwaukee

Philip Egan Oscott College, England

Philipp Fluri DECAF, Brussels

Charles C. Hefling Boston College

Paul Kidder Seattle University

Paulette Kidder Seattle University

Paul LaChance College of St Elisabeth, NJ

Robert Luby, MD Groton Dental Wellness

Gregory Maillet Atlantic Baptist U., Moncton, NB

Colin Maloney L’Arche, Toronto

William Mathews, SJ Milltown Inst.,  Dublin

Thomas McPartland Whitney Young / Kentucky State Coll., Danville

Kenneth Melchin St Paul U., Ottawa

Michael McCarthy Vassar College

Brian McDonough Archdiocese of Montreal

Gilles Mongeau, SJ Regis College, Toronto

Mark D. Morelli Loyola-Marymount U., Los Angeles

William E. Murnion PhilosophyWorks

Elizabeth Murray Loyola-Marymount U., Los Angeles

Jon Nilson Loyola U., Chicago

Cheryl Picard Carleton University, Ottawa

John Ranieri Seton Hall U., NJ

Lubos Rojka, SJ Trnava U., Bratislava

Roman A. Siebenrock, Innsbruck U., Austria

Paul St Amour St Joseph’s U., Philadelphia

Michael Stebbins, Gonzaga Inst. of Ethics

Cloe Taddei Cybernetics/Phil Inst., Naples

Raymond Topley St Patrick’s Coll., Dublin

David Tresan Jungian Analylist, San Francisco

Gerald Walmsley, SJ, St Augustine U., Johannesberg

Phyllis Wallbank, Founder, The Gatehouse School, London

Nikolaus Wandinger Innsbruck U., Austria

Gerry Whelan, SJ, Gregorian University, Rome

Jeremy Wilkins, St Thomas U., Houston

Afternoon Workshops Include:

On  Insight and Method in Theology

Moira Carley (TMI/McGill U.), Christine Jamieson (Concordia U.) Lonergan, Celtic Consciousness, Spirituality

Joseph Flanagan, SJ (Philosophy, Boston College) Culture and Conversion

Richard Grallo (Psychology, Audrey Cohen School, Metropolitan College of NY) Lonergan and Psychlogy

Paul LaChance (Theology, College of St Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ) & Fr Theodor Damian (Philosophy & Ethics, Metropolitan College of NY) Lonergan and the Dialogue with Orthodox Christianity

Raymond Topley (St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin) Lonergan and Education

Morag McConville (Director, Lonergan Centre, St Paul U., Ottawa, Pres., Genmora Consulting) Business and Ethics

Schedule:

Morning Speakers: 9:00-10:30 & 11:00-12:30 McGuinn 121 (Break 10:30-11)

Afternoon Workshops: 2-3:30 Campion & McGuinn classrooms

Afternoon Lectures: 4-5:30 McGuinn 121

Evening Events (Sun-Th): 7:30 Fulton 511

Practical Concerns:

Housing check–in:
110 Thomas More Hall lower campus (across from St. Ignatius)

Registration for the workshop: Monday, 8-9 a.m., McGuinn 121

Fees: For the Workshop only (non-credit): $15 registration fee plus $135, payable either in advance or at the Workshop. For full time students and retired persons, $15 registration fee plus $85.

Credit Option: Those who enroll in the Workshop for 3 credits must register with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (McGuinn 221; 617-552-3268) and will continue in a directed study after the Workshop.

Housing: Shared apartments: single bedroom ca.$54/day; double ca. $37/day (per bed); family ca. $98/day.

Meals: Campus cafeterias available.

For information: Fred Lawrence, Director21 Campanella Way, #346 Theology Department Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617-543-9853 617-552-8095(O) lawrence@bc.edu