THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 All sessions held at The Phoenix Park Hotel, Second Floor, 520 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

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1 AMERICAN MARITAIN ASSOCIATION Twenty-ninth Annual International Meeting Philosophy and Vocation: Intellectual and Spiritual Conditions for Renewal CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 2005 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 All sessions held at The Phoenix Park Hotel, Second Floor, 520 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 2:00-5:00 Registration 2:45-4:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 1 1A Religious Experience and Epistemology, The Georgian Room Eduardo Echeverria, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Chair Douglas Geivett, Biola University, The Epistemology of Belief in the Resurrection of Jesus Donald Haggerty, St. Joseph Seminary, Maritain and Mouroux on Religious Experience Jude Dougherty, The Catholic University of America, The Ontology of the Artifact 1B Philosophy, Vocation, and Truth, Federal City Room Christopher Cullen, S.J., Fordham University, Chair Rev. Robert E. Lauder, St. John s University, N.Y., The Philosopher: Echo of the Divine Call Richard Cain, Wheeling Jesuit University, Human Freedom and Divine Persuasion: Cultivating a Discerning Disposition to the Divine Rhetoric Cornelia Tsakiridou, La Salle University, Quid est Veritas? Maritain s Critique of Modernism in Peasant of the Garonne 1C The Meaning of Vocatiion in Education and Health Care, Powerscourt John Trapani, Walsh University, Chair William Boyle, St. John s University, N.Y., Philosophy and the Catholic University Catherine Green, Rockhurst University, Nursing: An Essentially Philosophic Enterprise? Scott Sullivan, University of St. Thomas (Houston), The Development and Nature of the Ordinary/Extraordinary Means Distinction in the Catholic Tradition 4:45-7:30 Dinner break 6:30-7:30 Registration 7:30-9:15 p.m. Plenary Session 1: The Call of Vatican II, The Georgian Room John Hittinger, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Chair Richard Schenk, O.P., Dominican House, Vatican II: Theological and Philosophical Issues Joseph Koterski, S.J., Fordham University, The Use of Philosophy in Catholic Social Teaching: The Case of Gaudium et Spes 9:15-10:15 p.m. RECEPTION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 Morning and afternoon sessions held at The Catholic University of America Evening sessions held at The Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol Street, N.W. 8:00-8:30 a.m. Mass, Caldwell Hall Chapel 8:00-11:00 a.m. Registration 8:30-9:00 a.m. Juice, Coffee and Rolls 9:00-10:45 a.m. Plenary Session 2: Metaphysics and Renewal, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame, Chair Msgr. John Wippel, The Catholic University of America, St. Thomas and the Renewal of Metaphysics

2 Lawrence Dewan, O.P., Dominican College (Ottawa), St. Thomas and the Renewal of Metaphysics Friday, October 14, continued 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 2 2A The Church in the Modern World, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall Alice Ramos, St John's University (New York), Chair Richard Crane, Greensboro College, Vatican II and the Historical Vocation of the Church: Gaudium et Spes and The Peasant of the Garonne Christopher Cullen, S.J, Fordham University, A New Benedict: Ratzinger and the Church in the Modern World Mario Ramos-Reyes, Latin America and Gaudium et Spes, Forty years after: A Maritainista Reading 2B Issues in Political Philosophy, Caldwell Hall, Room 451 Jeanne Heffernan, Villanova University, Chair G. J. McAleer, Loyola College (Baltimore), Maritain and Catholic International Theory José Puente, Cuban Maritain Association in Miami, Jacques Maritain and Political Thought Miguel Rumayor, Universidad Panamerica, Human Virtues and Spiritual Virtues: The Unity of the Intellectual Vocation 2C History of Philosophy, Caldwell Hall, Dissertation Room John Cuddeback, Christendom College, Chair Pamela Proietti, University of Memphis, The Worlds of Matter and Spirit: Eternal Questions about Human Identity and the Human Soul (the Locke-Leibniz Debates viewed from a 21st Century Perspective) Robert Vigliotti, Rockhurst University, The Young Heidegger s Transcendental Neo-Scotism Roberta Bayer, Independent Scholar, Leo Strauss vs Radical Orthodoxy: Different responses to Heideggerian existentialism 2D Étienne Gilson Society, Caldwell Hall, Room 111 Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University, Chair Curtis Hancock, Rockhurst University, Recovering a Catholic Philosophy of Elementary Education Timothy Weldon, University of St. Francis, Respondant 12:30-1:45 p.m. Lunch and President's Remarks, Caldwell Auditorium 2:00-3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 3 3A Challenges to Truth, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall Catherine Greene, Rockhurst University, Chair Gregory Kerr, De Sales University, On Relativism: Who s To Say Who s To Say? John Trapani, Walsh University, Gate-Keeper of Small Mistakes James Jacobs, Notre Dame Seminary, Christian Vocation and the Transcendentals 3B Love, Eros and Family, Caldwell Hall, Room 119 Mario Ramos-Reyes, Chair James Hanink, Loyola Marymount University, Vocation, Family, and the Academy: Signa Perscrutandi Peter Koritansky, Walsh University, The Christian Vocation of Love and the True Meaning of Eros Santiago Ramos, Rockhurst College, Philosophy, the New Faithful, and the Example of Maritain 3C Themes in St. Thomas Aquinas, Caldwell Hall, Room 111 Gavin Colvert, Assumption College, Chair Marie George, St. John's University (New York), Aquinas on the Causes of Trust W. Matthews Grant, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul), God and the Permission of Sin Gregory Doolan, The Catholic University of America, Aquinas, Angels and the Sciences 3:45-5:30 p.m. Plenary Session 3: Vocations, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall John O' Callaghan, University of Notre Dame, Chair Sr. Prudence Allen, R.S.M., St. John Vianney Seminary, The Vocation of a Philosopher Thomas Hibbs, Baylor University, Philosophy as a Way of Life: Ethics as a Guide into Metaphysics 5:30 7:30 Dinner Break

3 Friday, October 14, continued Phoenix Park Hotel 7:30-9:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 4 4A Philosophy and Vocation, The Georgian Room Francis Slade, St. Francis College (Brooklyn), Chair Michael Torre, University of San Francisco, To Philosophize in the Faith: Maritain's Understanding of his Intellectual Vocation and Its Present Challenge Ralph Nelson, University of Windsor, A Question of Calling Alice Ramos, St. John's University (New York), The Affections and the Life of the Mind 4B Faith, Science and Philosophy, Powerscourt Robert O'Brien, Fordham University, Chair William Joensen, Loras College, Developmental Life Sciences as Faith-Based Initiative? Metaphysical Foundations and Some Moral Considerations Glenn Statile, St John's University (New York), Science and the Modern Church James Madden, Benedictine College, Fides et Ratio, Scientism and Intelligent Design 4C Gabriel Marcel Society, Marcel and Contemporary Thought, Federal City Room Thomas Michaud, Wheeling Jesuit University, Chair Brendan Sweetman, Rockhurst University, Marcel and Postmodernism Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute, Marcel's Visit to America: Personal and Philosophical Reflections Timothy Weldon, University of St. Francis, Marcel and Mass Society Sr. Prudence Allen, R.S.M., St. John Vianney Seminary, Marcel and the Family 9:15-10:15 p.m. RECEPTION, The Georgian Room Sponsored By The Catholic University Of America Press SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 All sessions held at The Catholic University of America 8:15 8:45 a.m. Juice, Coffee and Rolls 8:45 10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 5 5A On Fides et Ratio, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall Giuseppe Butera, Providence College, Chair Eduardo Echeverria, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Scriptural Philosophy: The Idea of Christian Philosophy Revisited John Morris, Rockhurst University, Fides et Ratio and John Paul II s Call to Catholic Philosophers: Orthodoxy and/or the Unity of Truth Gavin Colvert, Assumption College, Service to the Truth: The Vocation of a Christian Philosopher 5B Thomas and Political Philosophy, Caldwell Hall, Room 119 Robert Kraynak, Colgate University, Chair Kevin Cherry, University of Notre Dame, Leo Strauss, Thomas, and Thomists Jeanne Heffernan, Villanova University, Democracy and Tradition: Thomistic and Conciliar Reflection versus American Pragmatism Siobahn Nash-Marshall, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul), Autarchy, Values, and the Future of Democracy 5C Faithful to Truth, Caldwell Hall, Room 111 John Cuddeback, Providence College, Chair James Schall, S.J., Georgetown University, Maritain and the Intellectual Vocation Dan Gallagher, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, The Obedience of Faith in Dei Verbum: A Pauline Phrase and its Implications for Catholic Intellectual Life Heather Erb, St. Francis University (Loretto PA), Chosen for Glory: Vocation to the Supernatural in Aquinas 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Plenary Session 4: Catholics and the Renewal of Political Life, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall

4 James Hanink, Loyola Marymount University, Chair Bradley Lewis, The Catholic University of America, Political Participation and the Catholic Citizen Thomas Rourke, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Vatican II and Political Philosophy Saturday, October 15, continued 12:00-1:15 p.m. LUNCH BREAK On your own -- Try Pryzbla Center or Basilica Cafeteria 1:15-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 6 Colloquium with David Schindler, Author of Heart of the World, Center of the Church, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall Peter Pagan, Aquinas College, Chair Roger Nutt, Aquinas College, Comments on Schindler's Heart of the World, Center of the Church Romanus Cessario, O. P., St. John s Seminary (Boston), Comments on Schindler's Heart of the World, Center of the Church Steve Long, Ave Maria University, Comments on Schindler's Heart of the World, Center of the Church David Schindler, The John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family (Washington, D.C.), Response to Comments 6B New Issues in Just War, Caldwell Hall, Room 119 Gregory Doolan, The Catholic University of America, Chair Douglas Ollivant, United States Army, Jus in bello Issues Raised by the _War on Terror_ Antonio F. Perez, The Catholic University of America, A Democratic Just War Theory: Right Intention in an Era of Popular Sovereignty Gregory Reichberg, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Traditional and Contemporary Church Teaching on Just War: Mapping the Differences 6C Social Renewal, Caldwell Hall, Room 111 Astrid O'Brien, Fordham University, Chair Juan Maria de los Rios, Spiritual Conditions for Progress and Peace: Jacques Maritain s Integral Humanism and the Open Society Joseph J. Califano, St John's University, Faith, Reason, and Public Policy Matthew Cuddeback, Providence College, The Task to Cultivate the Treasures of Creation : Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, and Thomas Aquinas 3:15-5:00 p.m. Plenary Session 5: Reflections on Vocation in Modern Society, Happel Room, Caldwell Hall Jude Dougherty, The Catholic University of America, Chair Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute, Business as a Calling Edmund Pellegrino, Georgetown University, Integral Humanism and the Crisis in Medicine 5:15 6:15 p.m. Vigil Mass, Shrine of the Immaculate Conception RECEPTION AND BANQUET ATRIUM, COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW 7:00-7:45 p.m. RECEPTION Hosted by The School of Philosophy, The School of Theology and Religious Studies, The School of Canon Law of The Catholic Universiy of America 7:45-9:30 p.m. BANQUET Humanitarian Award Presented to Hamilton Reed Armstrong, internationally known sculptor, teaching at Christendom College Maritain Medal for Scholarly Excellence Presented to Edmund Pellegrino, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Ethics; Senior Fellow Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Georgetown University; Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Fides et Ratio: Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Jude P. Dougherty, Dean Emeritus, The School of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America Yves R. Simon Graduate Student Award Presented to Kevin Cherry, University of Notre Dame Announcement of 2006 Conference

5 Please turn to the next page for the Sunday program schedule SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 All sessions held at The Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol Street, N.W. The Georgian Room 8:00-9:00 a.m. Juice, Coffee and Rolls 8:45-9:15 a.m. John O' Callaghan, University of Notre Dame, Business Meeting 9:30-11:30 a.m. Plenary Session 6: Colloquium with Tracey Rowland, Author of Culture and the Thomist Tradition After Vatican II Roberta Bayer, Independent Scholar, Chair Robert Kraynak, Colgate University, Remarks on Thomism and Culture Doug Ollivant, U.S. Army, Remarks on Thomism and Culture James Keating, Providence College, Remarks on Thomism and Culture Tracy Rowland, The John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family (Melbourne), Reply to Comments