‘CelebratingNostraAetate’
AchievementsandchallengesintheChurch’srelationswithJewsandthose
ofotherreligionsinthefiftyyearssincetheSecondVaticanCouncil.
HeythropCollegeandtheCatholicBishops’ConferenceofEngland&Wales
InternationalConference:5‐7November2015
HeythropCollege,UniversityofLondon
DraftProgramme
Thursday5November:NostraAetate,theCatholicChurchandtheWorld
Religions
10.30:Registration
10.45:Welcome‐ArchbishopKevinMcDonald,Chair,OfficeforInterreligious
RelationsandCommitteeforJewishChristianRelations,CatholicBishops’
ConferenceforEnglandandWales.
11.00‐12.00:ArchbishopMichaelFitzgerald,PresidentEmeritusofthePontifical
CouncilforInterreligiousDialogueandformerPapalNunciototheArabLeague:
NostraAetateanditssignificance.
12.00‐12.15:Coffee
12.15‐1.15:ProfessorGavinD’Costa,UniversityofBristol:theCatholicChurch
andotherreligions.
1.15‐2.15:Lunch
2.15‐3.15:MartinGaneri,HeythropCollege,UniversityofLondonandBlackfriars
Hall,UniversityofOxford:NostraAetate,theCatholicChurchandHinduismand
Buddhism.
3.15‐3.30:Tea
3.30‐4.30:ArchbishopKevinMcDonaldon‘MeetingGodinFriendandStranger.’
Friday6November:Christian‐JewishRelations
9.45:Registration
10.15‐10.30:ArchbishopKevinMcDonald
10.30‐11.30:CardinalWalterKasper,PresidentEmeritusofthePontifical
CouncilforPromotingChristianUnity
10.30‐10.45:Coffee
11.45‐12.45:ProfessorRaymondCohen,HebrewUniversity,Jerusalem:‘Stateof
Israel’sResponsetoNostraAetateintheContextoftheEvolutionofCatholic‐
JewishRelations.’
12.45‐1.45:ProfessorDavidNeuhausSJ:LatinPatriarchateVicarforHebrew
SpeakingCatholics,Jerusalem:TheQuestionofLandinCatholicJewishChristian
relations.
1.45‐2.45:Lunch
2.45‐4.30:Afternoonsessions:
AnthonyO’Mahony,HeythropCollege,UniversityofLondon:LouisMassignon,
Judaism,ZionismandtheStateofIsrael.
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7November:Christian‐MuslimRelations
10.30:Registrationandcoffee
11.00‐12.00:ArchbishopMichaelFitzgerald:areviewofChristian‐Muslim
relations.
12.00‐1.00:ProfessorSajjadRizvi,UniversityofExeter:AMuslimPerspectiveon
theCatholicChurchandChristian‐MuslimRelations
1.00‐2.00:Lunch
2.00‐3.00:DamianHowardSJ,HeythropCollege,UniversityofLondon,on
ChristianMuslimRelationsfromaJesuitPerspective.
3.00‐4.00:JeanJacquesPérennèsOP,formerDirectoroftheDominicanInstitute
forOrientalStudies,Cairo(IDEO):TheDominicanContributiontoNostraAetate
andChristianMuslimRelationsaroundandsincetheSecondVaticanCouncil.
4.00‐4.45:Tea,panel,questionsandconcludingremarks
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