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Saint Michael’s conference on 40th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s 1967 Encyclical on Human Development & on UN Millennium Goals
“The Vatican’s best kept secret”
Contact Information:
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Religious leaders, business people, and academics from around the country are gathering Oct. 18 and 19 at Saint Michael’s College for a free, public conference “On the Development of Peoples: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio.” Conference organizer Dr. Edward Mahoney, Saint Michael’s professor of religious studies, says this important encyclical has been called “one of the Vatican’s best kept secrets.”
Lectures and panel discussions will explore the progress that has or has not been made since Pope Paul VI issued the 1967 encyclical on human dignity, on the disparity between wealthy countries and the least developed countries, on disparities in these countries, and on the rights of women and children.
The conference will examine the responsibility of developed nations for the full human development of people in the least developed countries; the role of business in ensuring full human development; Pope Paul VI’s vision and its relevance for today; the role of peace building and conflict resolution in human development; the use of foreign aid in achieving development, and more.
The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, issued in 2000 and universally agreed upon, will also be examined at the conference. The UN goals include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing global partnerships for development.
The conference opens Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center with welcomes from Saint Michael's President John Neuhauser and from the Most Rev. Salvatore Matano, Bishop of Burlington, followed by a keynote address linking theology to economic development to be given by Albino Barrera, O.P., Providence College economics professor, with a response by Candy Hill of Catholic Relief Services, moderated by Dr. Edward Mahoney.
Friday, Oct. 19, the program will begin at 8 a.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center with a talk by the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Parke Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion in Life, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, with a response by Marie Dennis of Maryknoll, moderator Dr. Reza Ramazani, Saint Michael’s economics.
Three concurrent Friday sessions will follow at 9 a.m.:
A. Promoting Human Dignity through Economic Participation for least Developed Countries, in the McCarthy Arts Center, with Daniel Rush Finn of Saint John’s Collegeville; Alice N. Pell of Cornell CIIFAD; Ron Layton, LightYears IP, and Candy Hill, Catholic Charities, USA; moderator, Dr. Patricia Delaney, Saint Michael’s anthropology.
B. Opportunities and Alternatives in Sustainable Development, in the McCarthy Arts Center, room 134,, with Roger Samson and Claudia Ho Lem, REAP Canada; Mary Peabody, University of Vermont; Annemarie Reilly, Catholic Relief Services, and Stuart Gannes, Digital Visions Program; moderator, Charles Wilber, University of Notre Dame.
C. Conflict Prevention, Peace Building and Development, in the Tarrant Recreation Center Hall of Fame Room, with CRS representative; William Headley, dean of the Joan B. Croc Institute for Peace & Justice, University of San Diego; Michael Dziedzic, U.S. Institute of Peace; moderator, Dr. Patricia Siplon, Saint Michael’s political science.
On Friday at 10:45 a.m. there will be program on Foreign Aid and Human Development in the McCarthy Arts Center with Carol Adelman of the Hudson Institute, George Ingram of the Academy for Educational Development, and Maryann Cusimano Love of Catholic University of America; moderator Andrew Small, o.m.i., United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Following Mass at 12:15 in the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel there will be lunch ($25) in the Green Mountain Dining Room, Alliot Student Center with a keynote address by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican Nuncio to the U.N.; moderator Dr. William Wilson, Saint Michael's College Provost.
A plenary panel will be held on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Least Developed Countries with Chris Jochnick, director of private sector engagement, OXFAM America; Laura Berry, ICCR; Will Patten,, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility; moderator Seamus Finn, o.m.i.
The closing conversation Linking Faith and Human Development will be held on Friday, Oct. 19, at 3:45 p.m. with Terri Hasdorff, USAID; and Katherine Marshall of Georgetown University and Director of Development, Dialogue on Values and Ethics, World Bank.
Saint Michael’s College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is included in Princeton Review’s The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont, Saint Michael’s is amongst the select group of 270 institutions nationwide allowed to sponsor a chapter of the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, on campus. Saint Michael’s has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, and some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. Saint Michael’s students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants. And Saint Michael’s professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last seven years. The College was named by Newsweek magazine a “Hidden Treasure,” one of 30 colleges recommended most frequently by guidance counselors for being “schools that deserve more national recognition.”
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Religious leaders, business people, and academics from around the country are gathering Oct. 18 and 19 at Saint Michael’s College for a free, public conference “On the Development of Peoples: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio.” Conference organizer Dr. Edward Mahoney, Saint Michael’s professor of religious studies, says this important encyclical has been called “one of the Vatican’s best kept secrets.”
Lectures and panel discussions will explore the progress that has or has not been made since Pope Paul VI issued the 1967 encyclical on human dignity, on the disparity between wealthy countries and the least developed countries, on disparities in these countries, and on the rights of women and children.
The conference will examine the responsibility of developed nations for the full human development of people in the least developed countries; the role of business in ensuring full human development; Pope Paul VI’s vision and its relevance for today; the role of peace building and conflict resolution in human development; the use of foreign aid in achieving development, and more.
The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, issued in 2000 and universally agreed upon, will also be examined at the conference. The UN goals include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing global partnerships for development.
The conference opens Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center with welcomes from Saint Michael's President John Neuhauser and from the Most Rev. Salvatore Matano, Bishop of Burlington, followed by a keynote address linking theology to economic development to be given by Albino Barrera, O.P., Providence College economics professor, with a response by Candy Hill of Catholic Relief Services, moderated by Dr. Edward Mahoney.
Friday, Oct. 19, the program will begin at 8 a.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center with a talk by the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Parke Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion in Life, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, with a response by Marie Dennis of Maryknoll, moderator Dr. Reza Ramazani, Saint Michael’s economics.
Three concurrent Friday sessions will follow at 9 a.m.:
A. Promoting Human Dignity through Economic Participation for least Developed Countries, in the McCarthy Arts Center, with Daniel Rush Finn of Saint John’s Collegeville; Alice N. Pell of Cornell CIIFAD; Ron Layton, LightYears IP, and Candy Hill, Catholic Charities, USA; moderator, Dr. Patricia Delaney, Saint Michael’s anthropology.
B. Opportunities and Alternatives in Sustainable Development, in the McCarthy Arts Center, room 134,, with Roger Samson and Claudia Ho Lem, REAP Canada; Mary Peabody, University of Vermont; Annemarie Reilly, Catholic Relief Services, and Stuart Gannes, Digital Visions Program; moderator, Charles Wilber, University of Notre Dame.
C. Conflict Prevention, Peace Building and Development, in the Tarrant Recreation Center Hall of Fame Room, with CRS representative; William Headley, dean of the Joan B. Croc Institute for Peace & Justice, University of San Diego; Michael Dziedzic, U.S. Institute of Peace; moderator, Dr. Patricia Siplon, Saint Michael’s political science.
On Friday at 10:45 a.m. there will be program on Foreign Aid and Human Development in the McCarthy Arts Center with Carol Adelman of the Hudson Institute, George Ingram of the Academy for Educational Development, and Maryann Cusimano Love of Catholic University of America; moderator Andrew Small, o.m.i., United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Following Mass at 12:15 in the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel there will be lunch ($25) in the Green Mountain Dining Room, Alliot Student Center with a keynote address by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican Nuncio to the U.N.; moderator Dr. William Wilson, Saint Michael's College Provost.
A plenary panel will be held on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Least Developed Countries with Chris Jochnick, director of private sector engagement, OXFAM America; Laura Berry, ICCR; Will Patten,, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility; moderator Seamus Finn, o.m.i.
The closing conversation Linking Faith and Human Development will be held on Friday, Oct. 19, at 3:45 p.m. with Terri Hasdorff, USAID; and Katherine Marshall of Georgetown University and Director of Development, Dialogue on Values and Ethics, World Bank.
Saint Michael’s College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is included in Princeton Review’s The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont, Saint Michael’s is amongst the select group of 270 institutions nationwide allowed to sponsor a chapter of the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, on campus. Saint Michael’s has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, and some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. Saint Michael’s students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants. And Saint Michael’s professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last seven years. The College was named by Newsweek magazine a “Hidden Treasure,” one of 30 colleges recommended most frequently by guidance counselors for being “schools that deserve more national recognition.”
