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DOCTORAAL SEMINARIE π maandag 25 maart 2013 π Universiteit Antwerpen · Stadscampus · Annex (r)
SÉMINAIRE DOCTORAL π lundi 25 mars 2013 π Université d’Anvers · Campus du centre-ville · Annex (r)
DOCTORAL SEMINAR π Monday 25 March 2013 π University of Antwerp · City Campus · Annex (r)
Het Universitair Centrum Sint-Ignatius
Le Centre Universitaire Saint-Ignace
Antwerpen (ucsia) heeft de eer u uit
d’Anvers (ucsia) a l’honneur de vous
te nodigen op een doctoraal seminarie
inviter à un séminaire doctoral avec
met dr. Donal Dorr.
dr. Donal Dorr.
Coming Down to Earth: The Option for the Poor. The experience of ‘coming down to
earth’ can be a valuable and exciting challenge. The first step is experiential – coming
to a sense of solidarity with those who are poor, disadvantaged, or marginalized. This
requires some degree of immersion in their world, towards a first hand experience of
their lives, concerns, interests, and values: ‘gaudium et spes, luctus et dolor’ (Gaudium
et Spes, 1). This may lead on to ‘an option for the poor’, which has the character of a conversion. Such conversion calls for the development of new skills, particularly listening
skills and the discernment of what Paulo Freire calls ‘generative issues’. Coming down
to earth also involves a deeper awareness of the ways in which the earth sustains and
nourishes us physically, psychologically, and spiritually – and a concomitant sharpening of the commitment to care for the earth when considering social intervention for
migrant persons and groups (which must include their reception, recognition, redistribution and representation), as well as how this affects our very notion of integration.
in samenwerking met · en collaboration avec
Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen · ku Leuven
Faculté de Théologie · Université catholique de Louvain
Faculteit voor Protestantse Godgeleerdheid te Brussel
DOCTOR AL SEMINAR MONDAY 25 MARCH 2013
The doctoral seminar is open to post-doctoral and doctoral researchers and invited master
students of theology and other relevant disciplines such as sociology, political science and law.
Prof. dr. Johan Verstraeten (ku Leuven) will critically reflect on Dr. Dorr’s contribution,
followed by an exchange of thoughts and a discussion with the participating scholars.
Rev Dr. Donal Dorr sps is an Irish missionary priest,
­theologian, and social activist. Ordained in 1961, he obtained his doctorate in theology at Maynooth University,
Ireland, in 1964. He engaged in intensive training in
group work and more recently also as a therapist. After
three years of lecturing in philosophy at Cork University,
he went on to teach theology at various colleges in
­Ireland and at the National Institute for Moral and
­Religious Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
In the early 1980s he was the holder of the Cardinal
­Conway Research Fellowship in Theology of Development, Maynooth University.
The main focus of his work and research has been on empowering grassroots activists in Africa and Ireland in
working for justice and the care for the environment, in
training religious leaders and activists in leadership skills,
and in running spirituality workshops for people who are
searching for meaning and purpose in their lives.
15:00
Introduction · Prof. Dr. Jacques Haers, ucsia
15:05
Address · Dr. Donal Dorr
15:30
Response · Prof. Dr. Johan Verstraeten, ku Leuven
15:45
Debate with participants
17:00
End
Donal Dorr is the author of the following books: • Catholic Social Teaching: Option for the Poor and for
the Earth (Orbis Books, 2012) • Conversion and Holiness: The Teaching of John Wesley (CreateSpace, 2012) •
Spirituality: Our Deepest Heart’s Desire (Columba Press, 2009) • Faith at Work. A Spirituality of Leader-
ship (Liturgical Press, 2007) • Integral Spirituality, Mission in Today’s World (2000) • Spirituality and
Justice (1986) • The Social Justice Agenda (1992) • Divine Energy (1996)
Johan Verstraeten is professor at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies and research coordinator
for theological ethics. He shares Donal Dorr’s special interest in Catholic Social Thought (cst) and the
relationship between spirituality and leadership. He recently published articles on cst in Concilium,
­International Journal of Public Theology and he edited a special issue of The Journal for Catholic Social
Thought on ‘cst and the Movements’ (forthcoming). His book (in Dutch) on leadership and spirituality
was reprinted several times.
date Monday 25 March 2013
15:00–17:00 hrs.
venue Universiteit Antwerpen | Stadscampus
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