Schedule of Papers

Thursday 11th January, 2024

5:30pm Drinks – Moorgate Building
6:00pm Book Launch: Tracey Rowland, Alejandro Sada, and Rudy Albino de Assunção (eds),
Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue with Philosophical Traditions: From Plato to Vattimo (Bloomsbury, 2023) – Moorgate Building

Friday 12th January, 2024

Day	Events
9:30am	Registrations St Benedict’s Hall
10:00am	Opening Address and Welcome Professor Renée Köhler–Ryan – Deputy Executive Dean, Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Theology St Benedict’s Hall
10:20am	Keynote Paper:The Humanism of the Incarnation: from Rademacher to Ratzinger Prof. Tracey Rowland St Benedict’s Hall
11:20am	Morning Tea St Benedict’s Hall
11:40am	*Joseph Ratzinger and Albert Camus. A Struggle for the Meaning of Life [ONLINE]* Dr Alejandro Sada - Universidad Panamericana St Benedict’s Hall
12:15pm	*Lunch (Mass available)*
1:30pm	The Clash of Titans: Rahner contra Ratzinger on the Metz Affair Maddison Reddie-Clifford - UNDA St Benedict’s Hall
1:30pm	Benedict XVI and Political Ethics Matthew Nicholson - Australian College of Christian Studies NDS2/208
2:05pm	Pensive Pope’s Perspective: Literature and Christianity from the Musings of Benedict XVI John Vianney Trocio St Benedict’s Hall
2:05pm	Pope Benedict XVI and Humanity’s Role in God’s Creative Power Joan Christi Bagaipo - University of Santo Tomas, Philippines NDS2/208
2:40pm	Afternoon Tea St Benedict’s Hall
3:00pm	*Ratzinger’s contribution to the rediscovery of the “Sensus Fidei” of the Ancient Church* Revd Nikolaos Garagounis - Angelicum, Rome St Benedict’s Hall
3:00pm	*Pope Benedict XVI’s Via Pulchritudunis: Towards a Dialogical Mission Paradigm in the World Today* Chito M. Sawit - University of Santo Tomas, Philippines NDS2/208
3:35pm	Keynote Paper: The Fast Flowing Waters of the Rhine: Understandings of Progress in Joseph Ratzinger's Theology Prof. Jacob Phillips St Benedict’s Hall

Saturday 13^th January, 2024

Day	Events
9:30am	Registrations St Benedict’s Foyer
10:00am	Ratzinger, Peace, and International Relations [ONLINE] Revd Dr Ashley Beck - St Mary’s University, UKSt Benedict’s Hall
10:00am	The Biblical Hermeneutical Question between Catholics and Lutherans: AJoseph Ratzinger/ Benedict XVI Proposal [ONLINE] Pablo Blanco Sarto - University of Navarra, Spain NDS2/208
10:40am	Morning Tea St Benedict’s Hall
11:00am	Pope Benedict XVI and New Evangelization German J. Calacat Jr. - Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines St Benedict’s Hall
11:00am	*Quaerere Deum as the Root of Culture in the Theology of Benedict XVI: An Arbitrative Measure in a Time of Cultural Crisis* Revd Tegha Afuhwi Nji - University of Notre Dame, USA NDS2/208
11:35am	Religious Freedom and Postive Secularism: Pope Benedict XVI’s Path to Peace Jolino Espina Bagaipo - Adamson University, Philippines St Benedict’s Hall
11:35am	Liturgy, Culture, Identity and Authenticity – Did Ratzinger’s ‘Reform of the Reform’ Fail? Dr Mariusz Biliniewicz - Archdiocese of Sydney NDS2/208
12:10pm	*Lunch*
1:15pm	Keynote Paper: Ratzinger and Secularization Prof. Stephen Bullivant St Benedict’s Hall
2:20pm	Afternoon Tea St Benedict’s Hall
2:40pm	Word and Deed: Benedict XVI’s Vision for the Future of Liturgical Music [ONLINE] Dr Andrew Cichy - University of Western Australia St Benedict’s Hall
2:40pm	Benedict XVI’s “economy of gratuitousness” and the client-centred economy of professional and customer services James Franklin - University of New South Wales NDS2/208
3:15pm	*Ratzinger’s Personal God & Catholic Migrant Identity* Dr Matthew Tan - Diocese of Wagga Wagga St Benedict’s Hall
3:50pm	Final Remarks St Benedict’s Hall