gathering 2023

March 3-4

HIGHLIGHTS

8:00 – 8:45 a.m. | Keynote

Rafael Luciani, Boston College, “Synodality: A New Phase in the Reception of the Council” 

8:45 – 9:30 AM | Response 

Jaisy Joseph, Villanova University

Bishop Christopher Coyne, Diocese of Burlington 

9:45 – 10:30 AM | Discussion 

Facilitator: Michael P. Murphy, Loyola University Chicago 

10:50 AM | Mass 

St. Mary’s Chapel

Principal Celebrant: Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston

1:00 – 1:45 PM | Keynote

Robin Darling Young, The Catholic University of America, “Synodality in the Early Church”

1:45 – 3:15 PM | Panel, “Synodality Then and Now” 

Maria Clara Bingemer Pontifical, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

John McGreevy, University of Notre Dame

Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University 

Facilitator: Grant Gallicho, Archdiocese of Chicago

3:30 – 4:30 PM | Panel, “Challenges to Synodality” 

Kathleen Cummings, University of Notre Dame

Massimo Faggioli, Villanova University

M. Cathleen Kaveny, Boston College 

Facilitator: Anne Thompson, NBC News

4:30 – 5:30 PM | Discussion 

Facilitator: David Gibson, Fordham University

9:00 – 9:45 AM | Keynote

Hosffman Ospino, Boston College, “Practical and Pastoral Theology”

9:45 – 10:05 AM | Response 

Susan B. Reynolds, Emory University 

10:25 – 11:45 AM | Discussion 

Facilitators: Richard Coll, USCCB, & Mark Massa, S.J., Boston College 

12:00 PM | Mass 

St. Mary’s Chapel

Principal Celebrant: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington 

2:00 PM | Keynote 

Bishop Daniel Flores, Diocese of Brownsville, “Collegiality, Synodality, and the Pastoral Vision of Pope Francis” 

2:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks