THE
CONGRESS ON THE CARMELITE RULE
July 4-7, 2005
L'Ermitage
Lisieux, France
A conference of invited international scholars to
study the Carmelite Rule from various aspects was held in Liseux, France on July
4-7, 2005. The meeting was developed and facilitated by the Administrative Board of the Order's Institutum Carmelitanum.
Approximately two dozen scholars from Canada, Brazil, Italy, Spain, France,
the Netherlands,
Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, and USA met at L’Ermitage,
a residence for pilgrims to Lisieux. The center
is administered by the Donum Dei, a group of Third Order
Carmelites.
“This
gathering represents the most diverse body of scholars to study this
ancient text from a variety of academic disciplines
and will build on the excellent series of papers
produced by the Discalced General Definitory of the Discalced Carmelites
six years ago.” said Fr. Patrick McMahon, O. Carm.. “It will mark a
breakthrough in the study of res carmelitana.”
The
study sessions was divided into the historical context of the Rule,
textual studies, the classical commentaries, and contemporary approaches
to the Rule of Carmel.
The
papers were to be made available on the Conference website but the final version will be published as a book for the 8th
centenary of the Rule in 2007.
TRAVEL
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L'ERMITAGE |
WEATHER IN LISIEUX
The Program
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July 4 |
Sources |
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1.
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The Holy Land
at the Time of the Rule |
Sylvano Giordano |
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2. |
The Lay
Eremetical Movements of the 13th century |
Patrick McMahon
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3. |
The Early
Community on Mount Carmel |
Paul Chandler |
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4. |
Autore e
influssi della formula di vita albertina |
Vicenzo Mosca |
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5. |
The Fiery
Arrow and the 2nd Council of Lyons |
Kevin Alban |
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6. |
Comparing the
Carmelite Rule with other Contemporary Rules
|
Carlo Cicconetti
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July 5 |
Textual
Studies |
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7. |
The
Scriptural Foundations for the Rule |
Craig Morrison |
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8. |
The
Prescriptions in the Rule |
Darius Borek |
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9. |
The
exhortations in the Rule |
Chris O’Donnell |
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10. |
The
liturgical Life of the Early Carmelites |
James Boyce |
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11. |
The Sources
for the Rule |
Kees Waaijman |
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12. |
Theological
presuppositions of the Rule |
Patrick Mullins |
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13. |
What is
Missing in the Rule: Mystagogic Meaning of the Rule as a Model of
Interiorization
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July 6
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Commentaries
on the Rule |
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14.
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Early
Approaches to the Rule |
Richard Copsey |
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15. |
Mitigations
and Adaptations of the Rule |
Giovanni Grosso |
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16. |
Jean Soreth’s
Commentary on the Rule |
Brian Deschamps |
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17. |
The 1626 and
1636 Constitutions: Differing Approaches to Living the Rule |
Stefan Panzer
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18. |
Reading the
Rule of Carmel from the lived Experience: Commentaries and
Constitutions from the 14th through the 18th
centuries
|
Emanuale Boaga |
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July 7 |
Contemporary Approaches to the Rule |
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19. |
The Carmelite
Community as a Reconciled and Reconciling
Community According to the Rule |
Fernando Millan |
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20. |
The Rule as
it Speaks to the Lay Person |
TBA |
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21 |
The Rule And
Spiritual Growth |
Michael Plattig |
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22. |
The Rule as
Seen from an Eastern Viewpoint |
Sr. Éliane
Poirot |
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23. |
Symposium on
the Rule as seen from other cultural Viewpoints |
Carlos Mesters
Peter Go
TBA |
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24. |
Response of
the North to the Challenges of the South |
Bruno Secondin
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