The Seminar starts September, 27th with an Ecumenical Service in the Lutheran Church in Lublin at 17:00.
Participants registration at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University starts September, 28th at 8:00 – foyer of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology Building
Preliminary programme of the Seminar (.pdf)
Sunday, September 27
Arrival day
17:00 Ecumenical Service in the Lutheran Church (ul. Ewangelicka 1)
19:00 Reception for participants and representatives (TBA)
Monday, September 28
Topic of the day:
Seeing – Understanding – Acting: Perspectives from Cognitive Science and personal experience
Moderator of the Day – Tuntufye Mwenisongole
8:00 Registration at the university (pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4)
9:00 Meditation
9:15 Conference opening, Introduction to UMCS (Main Audience Hall, „Aula”)
9:30 Introduction to SIPCC, the Seminar and the topic of the Seminar
10:40 Coffee break (foyer)
11:00 Intercultural & Interreligious forum: Frank Mächt, Seers from different countries and religions (Main Audience Hall, Zoom)
12:45 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)
14:15 Welcome of the online participants (Main Audience Hall, Zoom)
14:30 Plenary presentation: Piotr Konderak, Katarzyna Biszkont, Communication as Seeing, Understanding, and Acting: A Two-Voiced Contribution (Main Audience Hall, online) Chair: Rev. Grzegorz Brudny
16:00 Coffee break (foyer)
16:30 Reflection groups (rooms Aula, 4, 101, 201, online)
18:45 Dinner (Restaurant Bazylia)
Tuesday, September 29
Topic of the day:
Seeing – Understanding – Acting: Perspectives from spiritual and religious traditions
Moderator of the Day – Margret Noltensmeier
9:00 Meditation
9:15 Information about the day (Main Audience Hall)
9:30 Intercultural & Interreligious forum: dr Linda Sauer Bredvik, TBA (Main Audience Hall)
10:40 Coffee break (foyer)
11:00 Workshops (rooms 4, 101, 201)
- Herman Vanarwegen, Raimund Panikkar : seeing through the windows of interreligious dialogue. Moderator: Livingstone Arputharaj
- Jacek Żurek, Pastoral care among Jewish communities: the example of the Seer of Lublin . Moderator: Grzegorz Brudny
- Rev. Tuntufye A.O. Mwenisongole, A seer from Africa? Pastoral care in African countries . Moderator: Itumeleng Pudule
- Muslim pastoral care in hospitals: the example of volunteers at the University Hospital in Essen. Moderator: Helmut Weiß
12:30 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)
14:30 Plenary presentation: Rev. Alfred Wierzbicki, Revisiting and rethinking Albert Schweitzer’s ethics of care (Main Audience Hall, online)
16:00 Coffee break (foyer)
16:30 Reflection groups (rooms: Aula, 4, 101, 201, online)
18:45 Dinner (Restaurant Bazylia)
Wednesday, September 30
Topic of the day:
Day of Acting and Moving
9:00 Guided tour: Sławomir Żurek, In the footsteps of Polish Jews
12:30 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)
14:30 Visiting the Old Town of Lublin
18:45 Dinner (Restaurant Bazylia)
Thursday, October 1
Topic of the day:
How to provide Care and Counseling in War and Violence – examples from Ukraine, Tanzania, and Myanmar
Moderator of the Day – Itumeleng Pudele
9:00 Meditation
9:15 Information about the day (Main Audience Hall)
9:30 Intercultural & Interreligious forum: TBA
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Workshops (rooms 4, 101, 201)
- Pastoral care for those affected by the conflict in Myanmar, moderator Helmut Weiß
- Mirosław Łoboda, Aid from the Lutheran Parish in Lublin for those affected by the war in Ukraine. Moderator: Grzegorz Brudny
- Job Smit, Daniel Schipani, Responding to Life Itself.
12:45 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)
14:30 Presentation: Bishop Pavlo Shvarts, Reflections and experiences of pastoral care during the war (Main Audience Hall, online) Chair: Rev. Grzegorz Giemza
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Reflection groups (rooms Aula, 4, 101, 201, online)
18:30 Bus to the UMCS Botanical Garden
19:00 Festive Dinner at the Botanical garden
Friday, October 2
Plenum and Evaluation of the Seminar
Moderator of the Day – Livingstone Arputharaj
9:00 Meditation
9:15 Information about the day (room 101)
10:15 Coffee break (Restaurant Bazylia)
10:30 Intercultural & Interreligious forum and evaluation (room 101)
12:00 Plenary presentation: Kees Smit, Future directions (room 101, online)
12:45 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)
14:30 Seminar closing and Farewell (room 101)