International Theological Congress

BRINGING FAITH AND THEOLOGY CLOSER

23-27 October 2023

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Aleje Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin

 

 

9:00/9:30 – 13:00   

Congress of Theologians of the Three Seas Countries:

“Theology in Dialogue with the Contemporary” (Academic Theology Section) – CTW-113

16:00 – 18:30

Youth Forum: “Faith for Me and for You” (Popular Theology Section) – CTW-408

19:00 

Holy Mass in KUL University Church

20:00 – 22:00

Youth Forum: “Faith: It Matters!” (Pastoral and Cultural Section) – CTW-408

 

23 October (Monday)
DAY 1

 

THEOLOGY IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CONTEMPORARY – THE CHURCH AND TOTALITARIANISMS

9.00 Inauguration

(Archbishop of Lublin Stanisław Budzik – Grand Chancellor KUL,

Rev. Prof. Dr hab. Mirosław Kalinowski – Rector KUL)

I) Karol Wojtyła and Stefan Wyszyński – allegations, realities, and activities of the communist secret service (9:30-11:00)

Moderator: Ryszard Montusiewicz (TVP Lublin)

1. Dr. Karol Nawrocki (IPN): "Priest, bishop, metropolitan, pope - guardian of Christian values in times of red totalitarianism" [PL]
2. Rev. Dr. Jan Dohnalik (UKSW): "Cardinal Karol Wojtyła in the face of sexual abuse of minors in the Church - a canonical perspective" [PL]
3. Dr. hab. Paweł Skibiński (UW): “The phenomenon of St. John Paul II's pilgrimages to communist Poland. What SB sources tell us and what they do not tell us about this subject” [PL]

4 Rev. Dr. Dominik Zamiatała CMF, prof. UKSW: "Stefan Wyszynski in the operational materials of the SB in the People's Republic of Poland" [PL]

 

II) The Churches of the Three Seas – Resistance and Conformity (11:30-13:00)

Moderator: Grzegorz Miśtal

1. Prof. Dr. hab. Mieczyslaw Ryba (KUL): "The Church with the Nation. Primate Wyszynski and John Paul II - their role in the overthrow of communism" [PL]
2. Dr. Andrzej Grajewski: "Determinants of the socio-political situation of the Church in the Three Seas area after 1945" [PL]
3. Prof. Dr. Ivana Macháčková (Czech Republic): "Christianity in the Czech Republic - past and present" [EN]
4. Rev. Dr. Paul Siladi, assist. prof. (Romania): “The Mission of the Orthodox Church

in Communist Romania: Between Resistance and Compromise” [EN]

5. Dr. Oleh Turiy (Ukraine): "The power of faith against the violence of the powerful: the experience of Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in the 20th century" [EN]

Accompanying events

• Exhibition: “My Children! Bishop Stefan Wyszyński Ordinary of Lublin 1946-1949”
  – KUL Hall of John Paul II College
• Exhibition on Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski at KUL the John Paul II Collegium
• Films about John Paul II and Cardinal S. Wyszyński

(KUL Academy of New Media and TVP Lublin)

 

FAITH FOR ME AND FOR YOU – COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF

 

Musical interlude: Neocatechumenate Lublin

1. I) Who Needs the Bible and For What Purpose? (16:00-17:00)

• Dr hab. Judyta Pudełko PDDM (AKW)
• Dr Wojciech Węgrzyniak (UPJPII)

Moderator: Rev. Dr. Krzysztof Kinowski

 

1. II) Difficult Questions of the Church (17:30-18:30)

• Tomasz Nowak OP
• Dr hab. Kaja Kaźmierska (UŁ)

Moderator: Rev. Dr. hab. Grzegorz Barth, prof. of KUL

Musical interlude: Neocatechumenate Lublin

 

19:00: Holy Mass in KUL University Church with leading of Archbishop of Lublin Stanisław Budzik – Grand Chancellor KUL

 

FAITH: IT MATTERS! – GOD CLOSE AT HAND

An evening of praise: Chemin Neuf, Guadalupe; “Miriam” Lublin School of Evangelization (20.00-22.00)

Animation: Rev. Adam Szymanski SJ, Dr. Paulina Mazurkiewicz, Monika Stojowska

 

 

 

24 October (Tuesday)
DAY 2

 

THEOLOGY IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CONTEMPORARY – THE CHURCHES IN THE FACE OF POLITICS AND WAR

I) The Catholic Church and the Russo-Ukrainian War (9:30-11:00)

Moderator: Rev. Prof. Dr. Marcin Składanowski (KUL)

1. Dr. Iryna Sashko (Ukraine): "The Church as a hospital arena in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war" [PL]
2. Rev. Dr. Ihor Shaban (Ukraine): "The attitude of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church towards Russia's aggression against Ukraine" [PL]
3. Dr. Andrzej Shabaciuk (Catholic University of Lublin): "Evil Came from the West. The image of the West and the Roman Catholic Church in Russian war time propaganda" [PL]

II) Political Contingencies of Churches (11:30-13:00)

Moderator: Rev. Dr. Sławomir Pawlowski SAC

1. Rev. Prof. Dr. Marek Blaza SJ (AKW): "Divided Orthodoxy in Ukraine as a subject of dispute between Constantinople and Moscow" [PL]
2. Rev. Dr. Justyn Boyko MSU (Ukraine) "The Church in Ukraine in the face of war with Russia: challenges and opportunities." [PL]
3. Rev. Prof. Cristian Sonea (Romania): "The Romanian Orthodox Church's Approach to Public Theology: Responding to Contemporary Challenges" [EN]
4. Rev. Prof. Zygfryd Glaeser (UO), "In the Service of Reconciliation. Ecumenical project: Reconciliation in Europe - the task of the Churches in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and in Germany" [PL]

 

FAITH FOR ME AND FOR YOU – FAITH AND COURAGE

Musical interlude: Ukrainian Youth Band

1. I) On Religious Freedom in the World (16:00-17:00)

• Alexey Mitsinkiy MIC (Kazakhstan)
• Steve Ugwu (Nigeria)
• Amalija Karalkova (Belarus)
• Yuliia Hnatyshyn (Ukraine)

Moderator: Julia Dybko

 

1. II) Fr. Franciszek Blachnicki and his vision of human liberation (17:30-18:30)

• Prof. Dr. hab. Piotr Kulbacki (KUL)
• Robert Derewenda (KUL)

Moderator: Rev. Tomasz Pązik

Musical interlude: Ukrainian Youth Band

 

19:00: Holy Mass in KUL University Church

– Main Celebrant: Rev. Dr. hab. Sławomir Pawłowski SAC (KUL)

 

FAITH: IT MATTERS! – STRONGMEN FROM CHURCH COMMUNITIES

Katolickie Stowarzyszenie Młodzieży,

Ruch Światło-Życie (Oaza),

Instytut Ewangelizacji Świata (ICPE),

Chełmska Szkoła Nowej Ewangelizacji,

„GoodGod” Music band,

Pallotyńska Szkoła Nowej Ewangelizacji

(20.00-22.00)

Moderator: Rev. Dr. Andrzej Megger

 

25 October (Wednesday)
DAY 3

THEOLOGY IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CONTEMPORARY – THEOLOGY OF THE HUMAN PUT TO THE TEST

 

I) Redefining the Family? (9:30-11:00)

Moderator: Rev. Dr. Miroslaw Brzezinski, prof. KUL

1. Rev. Prof. Željko Tanjić (Croatia): "The family in times of changing epochs" [PL]
2. Rev. Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Duda (UPJPII): "Family - between definition and identity" [PL]
3. Rev. Dr. Wojciech Kućko (UKSW): "The impact of demography on the understanding of the morality of marriage and family. Analysis of contemporary worldview disputes on the example of Poland and Italy" [PL]

II) The Family in the Face of New Challenges (11:30-13:00)

Moderator: Rev. Prof. Dr. Andrzej Pietrzak (KUL)

1 Essayas Techane Mesfin (Ethiopia): " Help and support for refugees in the framework of the Guest Church Project" [PL]

2. Dr. Urszula Bejma (Caritas Poland): "Caritas Poland in the Service of the Family. Aid activities on the example of the Family to Family program in the Middle East

and in Ukraine" [PL]

3. Goran Andrijanić (Croatia): "Dignity of the person and family in pro-family movements in Croatia" [PL]
4. Dr. Bohumir Živčák (Slovakia): "The challenges of parenthood in the time of isolation, fragmentalisation and redefinition of the family" [EN]

 

FAITH FOR ME AND FOR YOU – IT’S A CHALLENGE TO BRING SOMEONE UP

Music interlude: Schola DA KUL

1. I) “Hearing in Time” – on the Problems of Suicidal Youth (16:00-17:00)

• Tomasz Zieliński
• hab. Mariusz Z. Jędrzejko, prof. AP

Moderator: Ks. Paweł Surowiec

 

1. II) Addictions and Fear of Rejection (17:30-18:30)

• Bernadeta Lelonek-Kuleta (KUL)
• Arkadiusz Paśnik: “Duszpasterstwo AA”

Moderator: Ks. Karol Godlewski

Music interlude: Schola DA KUL

 

19:00: Holy Mass in KUL University Church

– Main Celebrant: Rev. Prodean Dr. hab. Mirosław Brzezinski, prof. KUL

 

FAITH: IT MATTERS! – THE GOSPEL IN FILM POP-CULTURE

Film Discussion Club – CTW-408 (20.00-22.00)

Moderator: Ks. Karol Godlewski

 

26 October (Thursday)
DAY 4

THEOLOGY IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CONTEMPORARY – FAITH ALWAYS RELEVANT

 

I) The Image of God Today (9:30-11:00) 

Moderator: Rev. Prof. Dr. Kazimierz Pek (KUL)

1. Rev. Prof. Dr. Pavol Dancák (Slovakia): "Faith today - an object of existence on the verge of expression " [PL]
2. Dr. hab. Monika Walus (UKSW): "The image of God in the experience of women" [PL]
3. Prof. Dr. hab. Katarzyna Parzych-Blakiewicz (UWM): "The image of God in the sacraments" [PL]

II) The Church in a Pluralistic Society (11:30-13:00)

Moderator: Prof. Dr. hab. Piotr Kopiec (KUL)

1. Rev. Prof. Dr. Janusz Marianski (KUL): "Religion and the Catholic Church in a pluralistic society" [PL]
2. Rev. Prof. Dr. Marian Machinek (UWM): "The dispute over the human person in the background of contemporary socio-cultural changes" [PL]
3. Prof. Dr. hab. Monika Przybysz (UKSW): "The Church in the Mirror of the Media. Challenges for the Church in the context of youth" [PL]
4. doc. ThDr. Branislav Kluska, PhD (Slovakia): "Ladislav Hanus' principle of Catholic pluralism and its implications for Catholic theology in a pluralistic society" [PL]

FAITH FOR ME AND FOR YOU – THE GOSPEL IN POP-CULTURE:
I HAVE FAITH AND I DON’T HESITATE TO USE IT

Music interlude: YouTube Samples

1. I) From theologian to influencer, or how to evangelize on the Internet (16:00-17:00)

• Sebastian Picur
• Tomasz Kozłowski

Moderator: Rev. Dr. hab. Mirosław Chmielewski

 

1. II) Theology from YouTube – God’s Word from the Internet (17:30-18:30)

• Krzysztof Augustyn
• Agata Rujner (AKW)

Moderator: Rev. Dr. Damian Chrzanowski

Music interlude: YouTube Samples

Accompanying event

• Stands promoting seminary communities and religious congregations

 

19:00: Holy Mass in KUL University Church – Main Celebrant: Bishop Adam Bab

 

FAITH: IT MATTERS! – LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO?

Theatre spectacle ITP KUL „Szklana menażeria” (The Glass Menagerie)
CTW-02 (20.00-22.00)

 

27 October (Friday)
DAY 5

THEOLOGY IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CONTEMPORARY – FORUM OF THEOLOGIANS OF THE THREE SEAS

 

I) Theology of the Three Seas: ideas, areas and perspectives (9:30-13:00)

Moderator: Rev. Prof. Dr. Przemysław Kantyka

1. Rev. Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Chojnacki (US): "Internationalization and quality of scientific research in theology in Poland" [PL]
2. Prof. Dr. Janez Vodičar (Slovenia): "The study of theology in the digital
   age" [EN]
3. Rev. Dr. Adrian Podaru, assoc. prof. (Romania): "Answering the challenges

of contemporaneity by using the Fathers of the Church" [EN]

4. Rev. Prof. Wilhelm Dancă (Romania): "For a Theology of Peace Today" [EN]
5. Rev. Prof. Dr. Sveto Ribolov (Bulgaria): "Church and State Relationships in the Context of Hybrid Warfare" [EN]
6. Rev. Prof. Dr. Marcin Kowalski (KUL): "The Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin - New perspectives for the development of Christian-Jewish dialogue" [PL]
7. Dcn. assoc. prof. Benas Ulevičius (Lithuania): "Theology as a response to the hunger for truth and meaning in Lithuanian society" [EN]

 

• discussion by Deans of theological faculties of the Three Seas countries; exchange of information on important theological questions in individual countries
• discussion on a declaration of co-operation by theologians of the Three Seas countries

12:30: Holy Mass in KUL University Church

– Main Celebrant: Dean of the Faculty of Theology KUL - Rev. Prof. Dr. Przemysław Kantyka

– Homily: Rector of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences – Rev. Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Pawlina

II) Meeting of the College of Deans of Theological Faculties in Poland (approx. 15:00)

 

Accompanying event:

·      a visit to the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

(KUL Muzeum, KUL University Church)

 

• Programme of Congress in English