9.00am
Registration & Exhibition Space
9:45am
Taking seats in College Hall
10:00am
Welcome and Opening Prayer
Keynote Address, Cardinal Kevin Farrell
11:15am
Coffee break
12pm
Panel Discussion: Faith in the Family
1pm
Lunch
2pm
1st Workshop Session
3.15pm
2nd Workshop Session
4.30pm
Closing Address and Liturgy
2pm
Workshop 1
3pm
Break
3:30pm
Workshop 2
4:30pm
Address - Bishop Noel Treanor
Closing Prayer
The Faith and Life Convention is a forum for people from across the diocese, and beyond, to gather together and to take part in a range of conversations about the meaning of faith and its relevance to every area of our lives. We invite you to join us for our third Faith and Life Convention on Saturday 30th September 2017 in Our Lady and St Patrick’s College, Knock, Belfast beginning at 10am.
This year our convention will focus on Faith in the Family and we are delighted to welcome Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the new Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life to be our keynote speaker. It is s a privilege to welcome Cardinal Farrell to Belfast and we look forward to him providing a thought provoking input that will help us in our Preparations for The World Meeting of Families in Dublin next Summer.
Our discussion will be picking up on all the hot topics reflecting on how the Church, and we as people of faith, position ourselves in current debates and engage more readily in the public square. An essential element of the day will be the afternoon workshops which will explore the place of faith in many different areas of our lives. Each participant can attend two workshops which will be booked on a first come, first served basis. So book early!
Cardinal Kevin Farrell will join us this year as our Keynote Speaker. Cardinal Farrell was recently appointed by Pope Francis to lead the newly-created Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and we are delighted that shortly after his appointment he accepted our invitation to join us in Belfast for our 4th Faith and Life Convention.
Cardinal Farrell was born in Dublin and was ordained to the Priesthood in Rome on Christmas Eve 1978. Much of his Ministry has been in America where he led the Spanish Catholic Centre in the Archdiocese of Washington and in 2001 became the auxiliary Bishop. Pope Benedict later appointed him as Bishop of Dallas, Texas. As Bishop he held numerous roles such as consultant to the Committee on Migration, chancellor of the university of Dallas and the president of the New Evangelisation of America.
In January Cardinal Farrell welcomed the Irish Bishops on their Ad Limina visit to the new Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. At that visit the topics discussed were concern for the transmission of the faith, for which the family is the most privileged place; raising awareness and deepening understanding of Pope Francis’ Exhortation Amoris Laetitia; the faith of young people and the testimony of the laity in public life.
As we prepare for the World Meeting of Families next August we hope that this convention will be an opportunity to pick up the themes from the Ad Limina visit and to prepare for the WMOF together as we explore our theme Faith in the Family.
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(SPIRITUALITY)
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(ECUMENISM)
(FAITH PERSPECTIVE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE)
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(CATECHESIS AND EVANGELISATION)
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Our Lady and Saint Patrick’s College Knock will be the venue for our Faith & Life Convention. The school is located at 120 Gilnahirk Road, Belfast BT5 7DL.
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The College is fully accessible and Refreshments and Lunch will be provided within the College. Please follow the instructions of parking stewards and we would ask all delegates to park in the College grounds and to ensure that they do not block entrances of local residents. For more information on the College – Click here
Living Church Office
120 Cliftonville Road
Belfast
BT14 6LA
livingchurch@downandconnor.org
