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Enriching Our Catholic Faith and Life Workshops Published 04/03/2008




Tuesday 8 July 


TITLE:               Are You more Than Your Genes?"

PRESENTED BY: Dr Nicholas Tonti-Filipini, John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family

DATE:               Tuesday 8 July

TIME:                10:30am to 11:30am

VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre


TITLE:              Sex and the Gift of Self: Living as a Catholic Young Person

PRESENTED BY: Bishop Prowse
DATE:               Tuesday 8 July
TIME:                12:00pm to 1:00pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

 

TITLE:              Are we just friends or is this love?

PRESENTED BY: Matthew and Julie MacDonald, Council for Marriage and Family
DATE:               Tuesday 8 July
TIME:                1:30pm to 2:30pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

 

TITLE:              Life and Love: Treasuring your Fertility

PRESENTED BY:   Lynne Anderson: Billings- Leaders in Fertility Education
DATE:                 Tuesday 8 July
TIME:                  3:00pm to 4:00pm
VENUE:               Thomas Carr Centre


TIME:               John Paul II on building a culture of life

PRESENTED BY: Anna Krohn, Respect for Life Office
DATE:               Tuesday 8 July
TIME:                4:30pm to 5:30pm
VENUE:             Cardinal Knox Centre - Knox Lecture Theatre

DESCRIPTION:   Anna Krohn is the Academic skills advisor and a Ph.d Student at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family. She is also a tutor at the School of Nursing Australian Catholic University and Convenor of Anima Women’s Network.


TITLE:        Colloquium on Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Spe Salvi
                    Beyond The Stars: Hope in Christ

PRESENTED BY:      John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
DATE:                    Tuesday 8 ( Tue 8 - Thurs 10 July)
TIME:                     6:30pm – 9:00pm
VENUE:                 Thomas Carr Centre
REGISTRATION:     Please go to http://www.jp2institute.org/media/Spe_Salvi.pdf to register


 

Wednesday 9 July


TITLE:              The Beauty of Sexuality: in the thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand

PRESENTED BY: Anna Krohn, John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
DATE:               Wednesday 9 July
TIME:                12:00pm to 1:00pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

 

TITLE:              Ready to Love: How to prepare for a successful marriage

PRESENTED BY: Sam and Maria Adeloju, Council for Marriage and Family
DATE:               Wednesday 9 July
TIME:                1:30pm to 2:30pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

 

DESCRIPTION: The marriage commitment requires an on-going nurturing and effort to develop a long-lasting bond between husband and wife. In particular, with the increasing pressures of our present day society, the challenge of achieving a successful and life long marriage relationship is even more difficult and requires acquisition of the right dispositions and learning the appropriate skills for dealing with different situations, as well as achieving good and effective communication. In this talk, we will present some practical strategies for fostering strong marriage relationship between husband and wife that if practiced regularly will serve to provide a solid platform for a lifelong marriage.

 

TITLE:              In God’s Image: Called to Relationship

PRESENTED BY: Bishop Costelloe
DATE:               Wednesday 9 July
TIME:                3:00pm to 4:00pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

           

TITLE:              Cure-all or Kill-all? Cloning and Stem cells

PRESENTED BY: Michael Cook, Respect for Life Office
DATE:               Wednesday 9 July
TIME:                4:30pm to 5:30pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

DESCRIPTION:   Michael Cook is editor of an international bioethics newsletter, BioEdge, and an internet magazine, MercatorNet.


TITLE:        Colloquium on Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Spe Salvi
                    Beyond The Stars: Hope in Christ

PRESENTED BY:      John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
DATE:                    Wednesday 9 ( Tue 8 - Thurs 10 July)
TIME:                     6:30pm – 9:00pm
VENUE:                 Thomas Carr Centre
REGISTRATION:     Please go to http://www.jp2institute.org/media/Spe_Salvi.pdf to register

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Thursday 10 July

TITLE:              Guardians of Creation (in English)

Presented by: Norman Lévesque, www.gardienscreation.org
DATE:               Thursday 10 July
TIME:                12:00noon – 1:00pm
VENUE:             Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus  

 

TITLE:              The Church’s radical vision of marriage: Is it possible today?

PRESENTED BY: Bishop Peter. J. Elliott
DATE:               Thursday 10 July
TIME:                12:00pm to 1:00pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

 

TITLE:              Called to Witness

PRESENTED BY: Catherine of Siena Institute and Archbishops Office for Evangelisation
DATE:               Thursday 10 July
TIME:                1:30pm – 2:30pm
DATE:               Friday 11 July
TIME:                1:00pm – 2:00pm
VENUE:             Australian Catholic University, St Patricks Campus

DESCRIPTION:   This workshop will look at how the Holy Spirit equips you to be Christ’s witness. Everyone has a vocation. You may not be called to marriage, priesthood or religious life, but you still have a vocation.

The essence of this vocation is mission - to witness to Christ and the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Each member of the Church has a unique and irreplaceable vocation which will take into account their individuality and unique place in the world. They have also been individually and uniquely ‘gifted’ by the Holy Spirit to fulfil that vocation.

This presentation will look at examples of how discerning and using the gifts we received at Baptism can change lives and bring God’s love and healing to those around us. It looks at the real clues in our lives: the Church, our uniqueness and giftedness, the context in which we live our lives. These are all important clues discerning our vocation and our mission We will show how these gifts have been used in the Church by the saints – particularly WYD 2008 patrons such as Mother Teresa and Pier Giorgio Frassati – but also in the lives of ordinary Christians.

 

TITLE:              Women and Intimacy

PRESENTED BY: Anne Avice, Council for Marriage and Family

DATE:               Thursday 10 July
TIME:                1:30pm to 2:30pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre

DESCRIPTION:    This talk is designed for young women who are considering marriage as a vocation.

Covered in this talk are factors that undermine women’s ability to relate in healthy ways. Some of these factors include messages coming from society about how women should behave and inherited female shame (or a feeling of not being good enough).  If not understood these factors lead women to seek approval in relationships by being over responsible and “too nice” at the cost of compromising their own self.

 To overcome this tendency each young women will be invited to develop a relationship with herself and God so as to grow in understanding of her absolute worth. From this basis she is then able to enter a relationship confident enough to set a standard of relating that allows her the freedom to be all that she is created to be without unhealthy compromise or an exaggerated concern for taking care of the other.  Also covered will be danger signs to be watchful of when dating. 

About the speaker:  Anne has a background in psychology and is a graduate of the John Paul II Institute.  She works as a relationship counsellor and her special interest is supporting and strengthening women survivors of domestic violence.


TITLE:              The Gift of Self and Single Life

PRESENTED BY: Connor Sweeney, John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
DATE:               Thursday 10 July
TIME:                3:00pm to 4:00pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre


TITLE:         What is ‘Youth Mission Team’?

PRESENTED BY:     Michael Toohey and Youth Mission Team’
DATE:                   Thursday 10 July
TIME:                    3:00PM – 4:00PM
VENUE:                 Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus


TITLE:              How abortion hurts women: Personal Stories

PRESENTED BY: Melinda Tankard Reist, Respect for Life Office
DATE:               Thursday 10 July
TIME:                4:30pm to 5:30pm
VENUE:             Cardinal Knox Centre - Knox Lecture Theatre

DESCRIPTION:   Melinda is a Canberra-based writer and researcher with a special interest in women’s health, new reproductive technologies and medical abuses of women. She is author of Giving Sorrow Words: Women’s Stories of Grief After Abortion (Duffy & Snellgrove 2000/2002) and Defiant Birth: Women Who Give Birth Against Medical Expectations (Spinifex Press).


TITLE:         Missionary’s of Gods Love

PRESENTED BY:     Br. Sam Burns
DATE:                   Thursday 10 July
TIME:                    4:30PM – 5:30PM
VENUE:                 Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus 


TITLE:         What is ‘National Evangelisation Team’

PRESENTED BY:     Melbourne NET Team
DATE:                   Thursday 10 July
TIME:                    4:30PM – 5:30PM
VENUE:                Thomas Carr centre 


TITLE:         Teams ‘Couples communication in our busy life

PRESENTED BY:     Teams- Anne and Pat O’Shaughnessy
DATE:                   Thursday 10 July
TIME:                     6:00PM – 7:00PM
VENUE:                   ACU, Lecture Rm- 1 -‘Christ Lecture Rm’

DESCRIPTION: Teams is an International Movement commenced in France in 1939 and is now world-wide with 107,000 members in 10,000 teams. It is for couples to assist in the development of their couple spirituality; for mutual support and ‘recharging’; and for the ongoing growth as a couple. A Team consists of 5 or 6 couples who gather monthly in each others homes for a simple meal or supper, prayer and discussion.  Today Teams is very relevant in strengthening the Christian life of couples.

TITLE:        Colloquium on Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Spe Salvi
                 Beyond The Stars: Hope in Christ

PRESENTED BY:     John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
DATE:                   Tuesday 8 – Thursday 10 July
TIME:                    6:30pm – 9:00pm
VENUE:                 Thomas Carr Centre
REGISTRATION:     Please go to http://www.jp2institute.org/media/Spe_Salvi.pdf to register


 

Friday 11 July

 

TITLE:              How to help a friend facing an unplanned pregnancy

PRESENTED BY: Mary D’Elia, CEO Caroline Chisholm Society Pregnancy and Family Support Service. Respect for Life Office
DATE:               Friday 11 July
TIME:                12:00pm to 1:00pm
VENUE:             Thomas Carr Centre


TITLE:              Called to Witness

PRESENTED BY:     Catherine of Siena Institute and Archbishops Office for Evangelisation
DATE:                   Friday 11 July
TIME:                    1:00pm – 2:00pm
VENUE:                 Australian Catholic University, St Patricks Campus

DESCRIPTION:     See Above


 
TITLE:              Youth and The Internet: Challenges

PRESENTED BY: Fr Paul Newton, Council for Marriage and Family
DATE:               Friday 11 July
TIME:                1:30pm to 2:30pm
VENUE:             Cardinal Knox Theatre


TITLE:               Making the Gospel heard in a secular culture

PRESENTED BY:     Father Michael McKenna, Catholic Chaplain to the University of Melbourne
DATE:                   Friday 11 July
TIME:                    3:00pm - 4:00pm
VENUE:                 Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus


DESCRIPTION: Australian culture has been one of the most explicitly secular in the world.  Is this an obstacle or an opportunity in announcing the Gospel?  What is different about making the Gospel heard here, to making it heard in cultures where the Christian view has a privileged place?  Or cultures where another religious view dominates?  What is the difference between “secular” and “secularist”?

Victoria’s first university, The University of Melbourne, was established in 1853 and exemplifies our secular culture. At the beginning, the University was forbidden to offer degrees in divinity, or to have clergy on its staff.  For some, that has been understood as a guarantee of free expression, where no single religion or denomination dominates. For others, it has been understood as implying a privileged position to the secularist view.  In either case, how can the Gospel best be proclaimed?

 In this workshop, a team from the Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Melbourne will present their observations and insights about these questions and invite you to share yours.

TITLE:              Wishing Well Doing Wrong: Why Contraception Falsifies Marriage

PRESENTED BY:         Adam Cooper, John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
DATE:                       Friday 11 July
TIME:                        3:00pm to 4:00pm
VENUE:                     Thomas Carr Centre


TITLE:         Making the Gospel heard in a secular culture

PRESENTED BY:      Fr Michael McKenna. Chaplain University of Melbourne
DATE:                    Friday 11 July
TIME:                     3:00PM – 4:00PM
VENUE:                 Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus 


 

Saturday 12 July


TITLE:              The Myth of Faith Vs Science 

PRESENTED BY:     Fr Max Polak, Opus Dei
DATE:                   Saturday 12 July
TIME:                    11:30AM – 12:30PM
VENUE:                 Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus

DESCRIPTION:   The frequently surfacing media angle that pits faith (and in particular, the Catholic Church) against scientific enquiry and advances is based on faulty history and other indiscretions.


A number of important scholars have put forward the thesis that modern science owes its momentum precisely to the Judaeo-Christian understanding of the world, which overcame superstition and fatalism. Science as we know it began to emerge not in the Renaissance but well before in the Middle Ages.


Controversies like that of Galileo involved complex issues of personalities and cultural change and do not represent the general attitude of the Church to learning and progress. Many outstanding men and women who contributed to scientific and technological advances espoused Christian faith.  Many elite contemporary scientists identify themselves as Christian or hold to belief in a supreme being.


Speaker:  Fr. Max Polak BSc., MSc.(MIT), SThd (Navarre)   Parish Priest of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, West Melbourne.  Formerly Catholic Chaplain to the University of Tasmania and University of Waikato (). Fr. Max holds degrees in aeronautics and astronautics.


TITLE:         Living a Catholic Student life in 2008 of Faith in Action

PRESENTED BY:         VCYSA, Kevin Andrews and Jerome Santamaria
DATE:                        Saturday 12 July
TIME:                         1:00PM – 2:00PM
VENUE:                     Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus 


TITLE:         National associations of Catholic families

PRESENTED BY:         Anne Tilley
DATE:                       Saturday 12 July
TIME:                        2:30PM – 3:30PM
VENUE:                    Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus 


TITLE:             God's Desire for Marriage

PRESENTED BY:      Fr Benignus Clowes Marcel & Marianne Van den Bronk and Leo & Helen Wursthorn
DATE:                   Saturday 12 July
TIME:                    1:00PM – 4:00PM
VENUE:                 Thomas Carr Centre - 278 Victoria Parade East Melbourne

 

DESCRIPTION: Please join us for an afternoon and discover some possibilities of God's Desire for Marriage.

 Fr Ben Clowes, O.F.M., Box Hill Vic,   Marcel & Maryanne Van den Bronk and Leo & Helen Wursthorn will share with you some of their experiences of living their vocations in 2008.  They will speak about how they live both intimately and responsibly.  Their aim is to help you explore more about God's desire for each of us, in living our sacraments.   The formations presented progressively build on each other and will invite you to take a positive look at your relationships.

These formations are for people interested in their communication skills within their most intimate relationships.


We invite Married and Engaged couples, Priests, Seminarians, Religious to explore God's Desire for you. Babes in arms are welcome.  Priests, Seminarians and religious will benefit most if they come with a friend.  Please arrive at 12:45pm for 1.00pm start.  Afternoon tea provided afterwards if facilities available.


Marriage Encounter is a worldwide organisation that offers a catholic perspective on the daily realities of living our chosen Sacrament.


To reserve your place for this presentation please email our ticketing department at ticketing@did08.com with your name, number of tickets required and a contact number.  Please ensure your email is titled "Marriage Encounter RSVP".

TITLE:              Guardians of Creation (in French)

PRESENTED BY:Norman Lévesque, www.gardienscreation.org
DATE:                Saturday 12 July
TIME:                 4:00pm to 5:00pm
VENUE:             Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus


TITLE:         Cathoilc Charismatic Renewal 

PRESENTED BY:     Alan Panozza
DATE:                     Saturday 12 July
TIME:                     4:30PM – 5:30PM
VENUE:                 Thomas Carr centre 


TITLE:         Relationships in the Family

PRESENTED BY:   Couples for Christ- Gordon Walsh
DATE:                    Saturday 12 July
TIME:                     5:30PM – 6:30PM
VENUE:                 Australian Catholic University, St Patrick’s Campus 


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