Eastern Catholic Spirituality

The Centre for Eastern Christianity,
Heythrop College, University of London
&
Society of St John Chrysostom
Research Study Day
Eastern Catholics in the modern Middle East: Diaspora, Ecumenism and emerging identities


Friday 6th February: 11. am - 5.30 pm

Morning Coffee: 10.15-11.00 am

  
A.O'Mahony (Heythrop College, University of London): "Introduction: Eastern Catholicism today between the Middle East, Europe and Diaspora – Challenges and Contexts" - 11.00-11.45.
 
Robin Gibbons (Centre for Christianity & Culture, Regent’s College, University of Oxford & Visiting Fellow, Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, University of London):
"The Melkite Catholic Church between the Middle East and the West: aspects of liturgy, pastoral theology, canon law and ecclesiology" - 11.45-12.30
 
Stefanie Hugh-Donovan (Heythrop College, University of London): "Olivier Clément: A European Theologian between Eastern and Western Christianity - a reflection on ​"the Antiochian Paradigm​" for relations between Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox​, pointers from the Middle East for Europe today" - 12.30-13.15
 
Lunch 13.15-14.00
 
Joelle Richa (Heythrop College, University of London): "The Maronites: ermetical identity, spiritual renewal and the laity"; 14.00 14.45
 
Emily Tavcar: (Blackfriars, University of Oxford) "The Association of Hebrew Catholics and Hebrew Catholic Identity" - 14.45 – 15.30
 
Afternoon Tea:  15. 30-16.00
 
John Whooley (Diocese of Westminster and Independent Scholar): "The Armenian Catholic Church: Present Dilemmas" - 16.00-16.45
 
Kristian Girling (Heythrop College, University of London): "'How can I close the house of God?' - Maintaining and consolidating the Chaldean Catholic Church 1914-2014: Ecclesiological, social and political perspectives" -  16.45-17.30.


Friday 6th February 11.00  – 17.30

The Arrupe Room, Heythrop College,
University of London, Kensington Square, London W8 5HN
All are welcome.
www.heythrop.ac.uk - www.orientalelumen.org.uk

The ascetic and mystical framework provided by the experiences recorded by St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) have deeply marked the Western Church and shaped the way many Christians approach prayer, discernment, and their outlook on daily life. Ignatian spirituality seems to present intriguing convergences and striking divergences from Byzantine spirituality, a relationship complicated by the discreet importing of Ignatian texts into Byzantine literature by Nicholas of the Holy Mountain. In this lecture I explore some of the important points of mutual confirmation and some points of tension between Ignatian and Byzantine spirituality.