One Hundred Years ago, Pope Benedict XV called for the missionary activity of the Church to be carried out in future by missionaries from the very countries and cultures being evangelised. This was welcomed by many and resisted by some, but was surely the cornerstone of the Church’s evangelising efforts for a century.
To mark this centenary, the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Saint Joseph presents a lecture series exploring the history, theology and impact of this teaching, contained in Pope Benedict XV’s document Maximum Illud.
26th March 2019 What was Maximum Illud and should we care?
Prof. Stephen Morgan
Dean, Faculty of Religious Studies
University of Saint Joseph
30th April 2019 The ‘missio ad gentes’ and Matthew 28:18-20
Prof. Arnold Monera
Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Religious Studies
University of Saint Joseph
29th May 2019 Maximum Illud and the Catholicity of the Church
Prof. João Eleutério
Faculty of Theology
Catholic University of Portugal
26th June 2019 Dialogue and Proclamation within the context of “The Three Teachings” in China
Prof. Edmond Eh, OP
Faculty of Religious Studies
University of Saint Joseph
16th October 2019 Maximum Illud & Religious Congregations: the Struggle for the first indigenous seminaries
Prof. Franz Gassner SVD
Co-ordinator of Catholic Theology, Faculty of Religious Studies
University of Saint Joseph
13th November 2019 Minimising Maximum Illud: Early Resistance to Missionary Inculturation in China
Prof. Cyril Law
Faculty of Religious Studies
University of Saint Joseph
11th December 2019 The role of the Catholic University in the ‘missio ad gentes’ in Asia
Prof. Peter Stilwell
Rector, University of Saint Joseph
Lectures will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the Gratia Hall, Seminário de São José, Largo de Santo Agostinho, Macau.
Lectures will be in English but outlines will be available in Chinese at the beginning of each lecture and full lecture texts available in English and Chinese at the end of each evening.
Admissions free
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