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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Catholic bishops from Nigeria, Burundi, Uganda, Colombia and the Philippines to join other peacebuilders at Notre Dame in April
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Joan Fallon
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Catholic bishops from Nigeria, Burundi, Uganda, Colombia and the Philippines to join other peacebuilders at Notre Dame in April
Speakers will address the Church’s role in international affairs
NOTRE DAME, In. -- Catholic bishops from war-torn regions around the world who are deeply involved in peacebuilding will meet at the University of Notre Dame in April. A number of them have been directly involved as mediators between warring parties, including governments and rebel groups.
On April 15 (Tuesday), Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja (Nigeria); Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye of Muyinga (Burundi); and Msgr. Matthew Odong of the Gulu Archdiocese (Uganda) will address “Catholic Peacebuilding in Africa” at 7:45 p.m. EDT in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies auditorium. Streaming video will be available at http://kroc.nd.edu/events.
On April 16 (Wednesday), Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga of Tunja will speak on “Colombia: The Church as Peacebuilder” at noon EDT in the Hesburgh Center auditorium. Castro is one of the leading mediators between the Colombian government and the FARC, Colombia’s oldest and largest guerilla group. He played a key role in the release of soldiers kidnapped in 1996. Streaming video will be available at http://kroc.nd.edu/events.
The bishops will be on campus with hundreds of other peacebuilders -- clergy and laity, scholars and peacebuilding practitioners from 30 countries -- for the Conference on the Future of Catholic Peacebuilding. The conference is sponsored by the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and 17 other organizations. A full list of speakers is available at http://cpn.nd.edu.
On April 13 (Sunday), the conference’s opening plenary, “Peace as the Church’s Vocation: The Role of Bishops,” will include the bishops listed above as well as Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, S.J., of Cagayan de Oro on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines and Bishop Evariste Ngoyagoye, president of the Burundi Episcopal Conference. The plenary, moderated by Bishop John Ricard of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT in McKenna Hall. Streaming video of this and other plenary sessions will be available at mms://streaming.nd.edu/cpn.
Official conference registration is closed. These presentations, as well as conference plenary sessions and panels, are open to the public. Some bishops and other speakers are available for interviews before, during and after the conference. For more information, visit http://cpn.nd.edu.
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Joan Fallon
574-631-8819
jfallon2@nd.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Catholic bishops from Nigeria, Burundi, Uganda, Colombia and the Philippines to join other peacebuilders at Notre Dame in April
Speakers will address the Church’s role in international affairs
NOTRE DAME, In. -- Catholic bishops from war-torn regions around the world who are deeply involved in peacebuilding will meet at the University of Notre Dame in April. A number of them have been directly involved as mediators between warring parties, including governments and rebel groups.
On April 15 (Tuesday), Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja (Nigeria); Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye of Muyinga (Burundi); and Msgr. Matthew Odong of the Gulu Archdiocese (Uganda) will address “Catholic Peacebuilding in Africa” at 7:45 p.m. EDT in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies auditorium. Streaming video will be available at http://kroc.nd.edu/events.
On April 16 (Wednesday), Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga of Tunja will speak on “Colombia: The Church as Peacebuilder” at noon EDT in the Hesburgh Center auditorium. Castro is one of the leading mediators between the Colombian government and the FARC, Colombia’s oldest and largest guerilla group. He played a key role in the release of soldiers kidnapped in 1996. Streaming video will be available at http://kroc.nd.edu/events.
The bishops will be on campus with hundreds of other peacebuilders -- clergy and laity, scholars and peacebuilding practitioners from 30 countries -- for the Conference on the Future of Catholic Peacebuilding. The conference is sponsored by the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and 17 other organizations. A full list of speakers is available at http://cpn.nd.edu.
On April 13 (Sunday), the conference’s opening plenary, “Peace as the Church’s Vocation: The Role of Bishops,” will include the bishops listed above as well as Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, S.J., of Cagayan de Oro on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines and Bishop Evariste Ngoyagoye, president of the Burundi Episcopal Conference. The plenary, moderated by Bishop John Ricard of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT in McKenna Hall. Streaming video of this and other plenary sessions will be available at mms://streaming.nd.edu/cpn.
Official conference registration is closed. These presentations, as well as conference plenary sessions and panels, are open to the public. Some bishops and other speakers are available for interviews before, during and after the conference. For more information, visit http://cpn.nd.edu.
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