The Priest as father
Forthcoming conference 30/03/2020
Outline
With the figure of the father increasingly contested in contemporary Western society, the priest can find himself questioning his own role and its ongoing validity. This conference seeks to give priests an ever deeper confidence in their mission as shepherds and fathers of their people. The speakers will explore different aspects of the priestly mission to help us appreciate how rich a reality spiritual fatherhood is: what we can learn from married men who are fathers, how we act as channels of grace, and how our paternity also extends to the bodily and psychological care of our people and to helping them grow in virtue and character. When we understand how great our spiritual mission is, “Father” will no longer be for us a mere title but a joyful reality which configures our whole identity and inspires our mission.
The programme
Monday
12:30 Registration and lunch
14:30 Are fathers necessary and do they matter? A layman’s perspective Ciro Candia
16:00 Tea
16:30 The priest as a channel of grace Rev Dr Paul O’Callaghan
17:45 Adoration of the blessed sacrament
18:45 Dinner
20:00 Get together led by Rev Dr Paul O’Callaghan
Tuesday
7:45 Morning prayer, meditation and concelebration of the mass
9:25 Breakfast
10:30 Mental health issues faced by priests in their ministry Dr Adrian Treloar
11:30 Coffee followed by discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:30 The priest as father Archbishop Leo Cushley
16:00 Tea
17:45 Benediction and Eucharistic adoration
18:45 Dinner
20:00 Get together led by Archbishop Leo Cushley
Wednesday
7:45 Morning prayer, meditation and concelebration of the mass
9:25 Breakfast
10:30 The “making of men”: St John Henry Newman’s ideas on human flourishing Dr Paul Shrimpton
11:30 Coffee followed by discussion
13:00 Lunch and depart
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The cost of the conference is £290 for three days including meals and accommodation. The day rate is £70 which includes lunch.
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Event Speakers
Mr Ciro Candia
Headteacher and father
Rev Dr Paul O’Callaghan - Speaker
Professor of Theological Anthropology
Fr Paul O’Callaghan was born in Dublin and studied Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin. A professor of Theological Anthropology, he has taught theology at the University of Navarre (1985-1990) and from 1990 at the School of Theology of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross where he was Dean of Theology (2000-2008). He has also worked extensively in the formation of seminarians and the spiritual support of priests, having been Vice-Rector and Spiritual Director at Sedes Sapientiae International Ecclesiastical College and Director of the Centro di Formazione Sacerdotale.
Dr Adrian Treloar - Speaker
Psychiatrist
Dr Adrian Treloar is a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry working in South East London. He also edits the Catholic Medical Quarterly. Alongside his major specialism of Dementia Care, he is also a general psychiatrist with 30 years’ experience, and a former GP. He has published and spoken widely in the UK and around the world. Three of his books published by the Redemptorists on depression, suicide and dementia will be available on the day.
Archbishop Leo Cushley - Speaker
Archbishop and Metropolitan of St Andrews and Edinburgh
Archbishop Leo Cushley has been archbishop and metropolitan of St Andrews and Edinburgh since 2013. Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was a school chaplain before entering the Holy See’s diplomatic service where he served in such countries as Burundi, Portugal, the UN in New York, and Southern Africa before heading the Secretariat of State’s English Language Section from 2009-2013.
Dr Paul Shrimpton - Speaker
Historian of Education at Magdalen College School Oxford
Dr Paul Shrimpton has taught at Magdalen College School, Oxford for over thirty years. As a historian of education, he has been researching the educational ideas and practice of John Henry Newman for three decades. His published works include: ‘A Catholic Eton? Newman’s Oratory School’ (2005) and 'The "Making of Men": The Idea and Reality of Newman’s University in Oxford and Dublin’ (2014). Paul runs a website, www.ideaofauniversity.website, based on the 'Making of Men'. He is currently working on a critical edition of Newman’s university papers, which were printed posthumously as ‘My Campaign in Ireland’ (1896).
