Pontifical Theological Faculty "San Bonaventura"
Pontifical Theological Faculty "Marianum"
Italian Interdisciplinary Mariological Association

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Rome, 24-27 September 2001

OPENING
SESSION

4.00 p.m.

MESSAGE OF JOHN PAUL II
TO THE PRESIDENT
OF THE MILITIA OF THE IMMACULATA

Greeting by His Em. Zenon Card. Grocholewski, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education

Opening Address by the Dean of the Pontifical Theological Faculty "San Bonaventura", Prof. Orlando Todisco, OFMConv

9.00 a.m.
Maximilian Kolbe and His Time: Proposals for an Historical Rereading
Prof. Giorgio Rumi, University of Milan

9.45 a.m.
The Influence of Contemporaneous Ideologies in the Language and Apostolic Strategy of Father Kolbe
Prof. Fidel Gonzales-Fernandez, MCCJ, Pontifical Gregorian University

10.30 a.m.: Break

10.50 a.m.
The Church at the Time of Pius XI: Impact on Kolbe
Prof. Danilo Veneruso, University of Genoa

11.35 a.m.: Comments/Remarks

AFTERNOON SESSION:
anthropological area

President: Prof. Franco Imoda, Rector, Pontifical Gregorian University

4.00 p.m.
The Immaculate: Icon of a Christian
Prof. Salvatore Perrella, OSM, Pont. Theol. Fac. "Marianum"

4.45 p.m.
St-Maximilian the organizer: a charism at the service of evangelization
Prof. Leon Benigny Dyczewski

5.30 p.m. Break

5.50 p.m.
Kolbe the Man: Concreteness of Action and Strain for Martyrdom
Prof. Faustino T. Ossanna, OFMConv, Pontifical Theological Faculty "San Bonaventura"

6.35 p.m. Comments/Remarks

9.00 a.m.
Fundamental Elements of the Theological Vision of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Prof. Alfonso Pompei, OFMConv, Pont. Theol. Fac. "San Bonaventura"

9.45 a.m.
Franciscan Themes in the Apostolic Activity of Father Kolbe
Prof. Luigi Iammarrone, OFMConv, Pont. Theol. Fac. "San Bonaventura"

10.30 a.m. Break

10.50 a.m.
Maximilian Kolbe: Polish Man and Anthropological Models of the XX Century
Prof. Rocco Buttiglione, St. Pius V University, Roma

11.35 a.m.: Comments/Remarks

AFTERNOON SESSION:
spirituality area

4.00 p.m.
The Spiritual Journey of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe
Prof. Jesús Castellano Cervera, OCD, Pontifical Theological Faculty "Teresianum"

4.45 p.m.
The Mystical Language of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe
Prof. François-Marie Léthel, OCD, Pontifical Theological Faculty "Teresianum"

5.30 p.m.: Break

5.50 p.m.
Mary in the Spiritual Journey of St.Maximilian M.Kolbe
Prof. Angelo Amato, SDB, Pontifical Salesian University

6.35 p.m.: Comments/Remarks

9.00 a.m
.Motivational Ideas in the Evangelization Work of Father Kolbe
Prof. Sergio Lanza, Pont. Lateran Univ.

9.45 a.m.
Mission and Inculturation of the Gospel in Father Kolbe: Theory and Practice
Prof. Jesús Lopez-Gay, SJ, Pont. Gregorian Univ.

10.30 a.m.: Break

10.50 a.m.
The Maternal-Feminine Dimension in the Personality and Writings of Kolbe
Prof. Giulia Paola Di Nicola, University of Chieti

11.35 a.m.: Comments/Remarks

4.00 p.m.
Father Kolbe in Ecumenical Perspective
Prof. Pastor Giorgio Bouchard, University of Turin

4.45 p.m.
Maximilian Kolbe in the Interreligious Dialogue
Prof. Ernesto Piacentini, OFMConv.

Round Table:
Prof. Renzo Bertalot
Prof. Ignacio Calabuig
Prof. Attilio Danese
Prof. Stanislaw Celestinus Napiórkowski

Prof. Ignacio M. Calabuig, OSM
Dean, Pont. Theol. Fac. "Marianum"
Prof. Giovanni Iammarrone, OFMConv
Pont. Theol. Fac. "San Bonaventura"

Offices of the General Secretariat of the Congress:

e-mail: MIinternational@ofmconv.org

       Additional Information

• The Congress means to promote
  an interdisciplinary study of the multifaceted figure
  of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe and his writings

• It is intended for scholars, pastoral workers
  (priests, male and female religious, laypersons)
  and animators of the "Militia of the Immaculate"

• The Congress will run from 24-27 September 2001

• It will take place in Rome, at the Seraphicum,
  Via del Serafico 1,
  which can be reached by the Subway
  (Line B, Direction Laurentina),
  or by Busses: 761, 764, or 765

  THE COST TO PARTICIPATE:

- with Room and Board: Lire 300.000

- without Room and Board: Lire 60.000