June 29^th, 2013

Catholic Chaplaincy

Oxford, England

Registration is free

Co-sponsored by the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute at Seton Hall and the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, UK 

You are invited to attend an international conference featuring scholars on the work of the Canadian philosopher-theologian, Bernard J. Lonergan, (1904 – 1984).  The implications of Lonergan’s thought spans the disciplines and highlights human transformation–intellectual, moral and religious. His method links religion with economics, literature with science, philosophy with ordinary living.

Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
June 13-14, 2013

Theme: “The Human Good”

Participants are invited to submit a one-page abstract to Francisco “Paco” Galan (francisco.galan@ibero.mx) or James Duffy (james.duffy@itesm.mx)  by April 19^th, 2013.  To pre-register, please send an email to Francisco or James indicating your affiliation, any special needs, and if you will be staying through the weekend of June 15-16^th.  There will be a registration fee of $250 MXN ($20 USD) payable on the first day of the workshop.

Accommodations — the CAMINO REAL Santa Fe is within walking distance of the university.  http://www.caminoreal.com/     Reservations with Estela Anguiano, 011-52-55-5004-1616, ext. 4954

Please join us in Israel this summer for the

4th International Lonergan Workshop

Ratisbonne House

Jerusalem

August 21 – 28, 2013

We will be hosted  by Ivo Coelho, SDB

Please contact Fred Lawrence (lawrence@bc.edu)  for more details and to express interest in the attending the conference.

“This is advanced notice of the Australian Lonergan Workshop and a call for papers.

(i) Our biennial Australian Lonergan Workshop will be held over the weekend of May 24th-26th 2013. It will begin in the evening of Friday 24th May and run through to mid-afternoon (about 3pm) of Sunday 26th May

(ii) The Workshop will be held in Melbourne (most probably at the Thomas Carr Centre, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne – this will be confirmed at later date)

(iii) The theme for the workshop is “From Polarisation to Collaboration”

In keeping with our tradition, the Workshop will encourage active participation. To this end, we are seeking your participation in the Workshop through:

(i) preparing and presenting a paper on some aspect of the theme

(ii) preparing and facilitating a workshop on some aspect of the theme

(iii) presenting a report or reflection on recent work you may have done on Lonergan’s writings. This could be in the form of  a work-in-progress report or a recent achievement report on something already completed.

(iv) group discussion of two Lonergan texts

Some possible aspects of the theme you might consider for papers and workshops include:

•               bias and its solution (Cosmopolis) in Insight, Chapter 7

•               Lonergan’s call for collaboration in Insight, Chapter 20

•               Functional Specialties underpinning collaboration Method in Theology, esp chapters 5, 10)

Finally, there will be a group discussion of two Lonergan texts (an article or an excerpt). We have yet to confirm our selection, but if you have any specific request in this regard, please let us know.

Hope to see you in May,

John Little  jdlittle@ozemail.com.au

Sean McNelis  smcnelis@fastmail.com.au

Tom Halloran tom@polymedia.com.au

The 40th Annual Lonergan Workshop, The Hermeneutics of Reform & Renewal: 50th Anniversary of Vatican II, will be held between June 16 and June 22, 2013 on the campus of Boston College.

Click on the file below to view the registration form and schedule.

 LW 40 Registration and Schedule

According to the Lonergan Studies Newsletter:

“The Trinity in History is the first volume in a new series by Robert M. Doran that uses the thought of Bernard Lonergan to develop a unified field structure for systematic work in theology. Building on his successful and thought-provoking Theology and the Dialectics of History and What Is Systematic Theology? Doran works out a starting point for a contemporary theology of history and proposes a new application of the ‘psychological analogy’ for understanding the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.

The Trinity in History also enters into conversation with contemporary philosophical emphases, especially with the mimetic theory of noted anthropological philosopher René Girard. Doran suggests several refinements of Lonergan’s notion of functional specialization – developing a perspective for including the data of various religious traditions in theological construction, and establishing this theory’s relevance for contemporary interreligious dialogue.”

Contact the University of Toronto Press for ordering details.

•  “Words in the Flesh: Lonergan, Merleau-Ponty, and the Philosophy of Language” Stephanie Rumpza (current MA fellow)

•  “On Lonergan’s Institutions and Althusser’s State Apparatuses” Theo Manahan (current MA fellow)

• “The Preferential Option for the Poor and the Disinterested Desire to Know” Timothy Hanchin (current Theology doctoral student)

•  “Staying in Love with God: Resolving an Ambiguity Concerning Grace as Cooperative” Nicholas DiSalvatore (current Theology doctoral student)

•  “Simmel and Lonergan on Transcendence” Burke Thompson (former Lonergan MA fellow and current BC employee)

•  “Lonergan and Social Constructionism” Damian Cleary (former MA fellow and current BC employee)

•  “The Lonerganian Supernatural Existential?: The Offer of Being-in-Love Unrestrictedly as Grace” Brian Himes (former MA fellow, featured in photo)

•  “From Practical Reason to Natural Law: A Lonergan-Rhonheimer Dialectic” Ryan Miller (former MA fellow)

•  “The Politics of Univocity and Analogy” Clayton Shoppa (former MA fellow)

 Additionally, Boston College Theology Professor M. Shawn Copeland participated in the panel, “Lonergan and Black Theology.”

Contributors are invited to submit paper proposals (one-page abstracts) and panel proposals (specifying a question or questions to guide discussion) by January 30th, 2013 to mmorelli@lmu.edu. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by February 15, 2013.

Completed papers must be submitted by March 1, 2013 in .doc or .docx format to mmorelli@lmu.edu

Please note that papers will be available prior to their presentation. Papers may be of any length, but speakers will be allowed 20 minutes to present their central thesis and 10 minutes for questions.

The Symposium Program will be posted prior to the symposium on the Los Angeles Lonergan Center website.

Pre-registration: Pre-register by March 1st, 2013 by email to mmorelli@lmu.edu. PLEASE provide your name and professional affiliation, and let us know if you plan to attend our Saturday evening banquet and if you require a vegetarian meal.

Registration Fee: $40 US payable on the first day of the symposium. The registration fee is waived for graduate students.

Accommodations: Custom Hotel, located within walking distance of the university. Their website can be found at http://www.jdvhotels.com/hotels/losangeles/custom_hotel. Call toll free in the US and Canada: 877.287.8601. You may be able to obtain a cheaper rate by booking through Expedia.com. The hotel provides free shuttle service to and from Los Angeles International Airport.

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SUPPORTED BY

THE LOS ANGELES LONERGAN CENTER AND THE BELLARMINE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

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