Join us at a free conference

organized by the

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky

Institute of Eastern Christian Studies:

 The Vatican II Decree on the

Eastern Catholic Churches,

Orientalium ecclesiarum
,

Fifty Years Later
 

 Friday, October 17 and

Saturday October 18, 2014 at the

University of St. Michael’s College

in the University of Toronto

 Keynote Speakers:

 Brian Daley, SJ

University of Notre Dame

Orientalium ecclesiarum Fifty Years Later:

A Roman Catholic Perspective”

 John Erickson

Professor Emeritus and Former Dean,

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

Orientalium ecclesiarum Fifty Years Later:

An Orthodox Perspective”

 Bishop Nicholas Samra

of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton


“Eastern Catholics in the Middle East Fifty Years

after Orientalium ecclesiarum

 Thomas E. Bird

City University of New York

“Eastern Catholics in North America

Fifty Years after Orientalium ecclesiarum

 Roman Zaviyskyy

Ukrainian Catholic University

“Eastern Catholics in Eastern Europe

Fifty Years after Orientalium ecclesiarum

The Conference will include a presentation on the work of

The Catholic Near East Welfare Association

 The Conference is co-sponsored by:

The Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)

The Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism Research Centre, Saint Paul University, Ottawa

The Centre for Research on the Second Vatican Council in Canada, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto