Siena Symposium for
Women, Family, and Culture

Woulfe Auditorium, Anderson Student Center 

OEC Auditorium, University of St. Thomas

OEC Auditorium, University of St. Thomas

McNeely Hall, Room 100
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Campus
(Southwest corner of Summit Ave. and Cleveland Ave.)

James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall, Anderson Student Center
University of St. Thomas 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul

University of St. Thomas

University of St. Thomas in McNeely 100 (that's McNeely's first floor Great Room that has the windows looking out at Cleveland). McNeely is on Cleveland between Summit and Grand (across from Davannis). We have permission for you to park for free in any lot marked with yellow/red signs.

 OWS Auditorium

Brady auditorium

Brady auditorium

Owens 3 M auditorium

Summer Seminar Schedule
June 30 – July 1, 2011

Thursday, June 30

Woman in the Church

8:00  Coffee and Rolls, Lower Level Conference Room, Ireland Library

8:30  Opening Session: Lower Level Conference Room, Ireland Library

• Session Leaders: Deborah Savage, Mary Lemmons
• Introductions and Opening Remarks

o Our aims and context: The Problems Confronting Women and the Key to the Solution 
o Some Foundations:

 Two essential principles of the Church: the Apostolic-Petrine and Marian Principles 
 The Complementary Role of Men and Women in the Church and in the World 
 The Feminine Genius

o Mary as Mother and Model

• Texts for this Session:

o John Paul II, Letter to Women, 1995;  Centesimus Annus, 1991, #53-62 
o Benedict XVI: Homily on the 40th Anniversary of the Close of the Second Vatican Council: On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 2005; 
o John Paul II, Christifideles laici, 1988, 49 - 52; Mulieris Dignitatem, 1988, #4-6, 10, 17-21; 
o Louis Bouyer, Woman in the Church, 1976, Chapter 2, “God and Woman”

10:15  Break

10:30  Session Two: Mary and the Church, the Priesthood, and the Eucharist

• Session Leader: Fr. Christopher Beaudet 
• Texts for this Session:

o John Paul II, Redemptoris Mater, 1987 
o Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Mary, the Church at the Source, 1997, Chapter 3
o John Paul II, Mulieris Dignitatem, 1988, Chapter 7, # 23-30

12:00  Lunch

1:00  Session Three: The Marian Dimension of the Church

• Session Leader: Dr. Stephen Hipp 
• Texts:

o Juan Luis Bastero, Mary, Mother of the Redeemer,2006, Chapter Two, Section 6, pp. 54-62; Chapter 12
o Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Mary, the Church at the Source, 1997, Chapters 1, 2

2:30  Break

2:45  Session Four: The Family as Domestic Church and Cultural Cornerstone

• Session Leader: Mary Lemmons
• Texts:

o John Paul II, Letter to Families, 1994, #2, #6-9; #13-14, 17-20;

 Evangelium Vitae, 1995, 87-105
 Familiaris Consortio, 1981, Chapter Three
 Christifideles laici, 1988, 40-44

4:15  Break

4:30  Closing Remarks: A Look Ahead to Day Two: Deborah Savage

The Mission of the Laity and the Church’s Social Vision
• Texts:

o John Paul II, Christifideles laici, 1988, 14-20 
o John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 1995, 99

5:15  Wine and Cheese Reception

6:30  Close 
 

Friday, July 1
Woman in the World

8:00  Holy Mass, St. Mary’s Chapel, SPSSOD

Coffee and rolls will be available in the Ireland Library, Lower Level Conference Room immediately following the Mass

9:00  Session Six: Contemplation in Action:

Part One, Women, Human Work, and Economic Life
• Session Leader, Jeanne Buckeye
• Text: Compendium of Catholic Social Thought, 2005 Chapter 6, pp. 120 – 131; Chapter 7

10:30  Break

10:45  Session Seven: Contemplation in Action: Part Two: Women and the Political Community

• Session Leader: Teresa Collett
• Text: Compendium of Catholic Social Thought, 2005, Chapter 8

12:15 General Discussion: Implications for Action
 
1:00  Closing Prayer 

McNeely

UST campus

UST campus

UST campus, St. Paul

UST campus, St. Paul