PUSTphilo - Agenda 2002-2003: The Role of Philosophy in Dominican Formation and Apostolic Work

Dominican International Seminar
The Role of Philosophy in Dominican Formation and Apostolic Work

2–4 May 2003

As mandated by the General Chapter of the Dominican Order at Providence (2001), the Faculty of Philosophy of PUST has organized an international seminar on the role of philosophy in dominican formation and apostolic work. The aim of this seminar is to plan the formation and the philosophical activity of the Order.

Friday 2 May 2003

9.00-10.15: Fr. Guido Vergauwen OP, Philosophy in the Order (text, pdf; abstract, résumé; pictures).
10.30-12.00: Group discussion on Centers of Philosophical Studies and Recruitment of Professors in the Order.
16.00-17.15: Fr. Glenn Morris OP, The Problems and the Particular Opportunities in Philosophical Formation and Work in the Order among Nations of non-Western Philosophical Tradition (text, pdf; abstract, résumé; pictures).
17.30-19.00: Group discussion on Philosophical Formation, the Methods and the Curriculum.

Saturday 3 May 2003

9.00–10.15: Fr. Mauricio Beuchot Puente OP, El compromiso filosófico del tomista actual. Reflexiones sobre el estudio de Santo Tomás en la orden dominicana del nuesto tiempo (The Philosophical Commitment of the Thomist of Today: Reflections on the Study of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Dominican Order of our Time) (text, pdf; abstract, résumé).
10.30–12.00: Group discussion on Integration of Philosophy and Other Sciences and the Teaching of Thomism in the Context of Contemporary Culture.
16.00–17.15: Fr. Benedict Ashley OP, What Should be Done in the Future (text, pdf; abstract, résumé).
17.30–19.00: Group discussion on What Should be Done Concretely in the Order in Philosophy in the Future.

Sunday 4 May 2003

10.00–11.30: Synthesis of the Results Gathered from the Group Discussions and Some Concrete Proposals (pictures of the main speakers and of the participants [page one, two, three]).