Fr. Anthony Ciorra

Assistant VP of Mission and
Catholic Identity
Sacred Heart University

The Second Vatican Council:
A Gateway to Holiness for
the Twenty-First Century

Dr. Michael W. Higgins

VP of Mission and Catholic Identity
Sacred Heart University

Holiness in the Future;
Holiness as Future

Dr. R. Scott Appleby

Professor of History
University of Notre Dame

To Rulers

Dr. Massimo Faggioli

Assistant Professor
University of St. Thomas

Keynote

Fr. Dave Dwyer, CSP

Director, Busted Halo
Paulist Young Adult Ministries

To Youth

Dr. Nancy A. Dallavalle

Associate Professor of
Religious Studies
Fairfield University

To Workers

Dr. John F. Haught

Senior Fellow, Science & Religion
Woodstock Theological Center

To the Men and Women
of Science

Dr. Diana Hayes

Professor of Systematic Theology
Georgetown University

To Women

Fr. Michael Himes

Professor
Boston College

To Artists

Dr. Roberto Goizueta

Margaret O'Brien Flatley Professor
of Catholic Theology
Boston College

To the Poor, the Sick,
and the Suffering

      The conference is unique in its focus. The umbrella theme for the conference will be the watershed teaching of the council on the "Universal Call to Holiness." Seven of the ten featured presenters will base their presentation on one of the seven speeches given by several cardinals at the conclusion of the council on December 8, 1965. These speeches are contained in the original Abbott edition of the council documents. The agenda of the conference will not be a critique of the council documents but rather creative ways in which the energy of the council can be marshaled in establishing the agenda and needs of the twenty-first century. The conference will target younger generations in the academic and pastoral communities.