Alfred Ancel (1898-1984) conference

"In a society undergoing profound change, does Mgr Alfred Ancel, the pradosian bishop and apostle of the working world, still have something to say to us?

Conference organised by the Faculty of Theology in partnership with the Institut du Prado France.

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 19 March

2pm: Welcome
Michel Younès, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, UCLy
Guy Rougerie, Head of the Institute of Prado Priests (France)

2.15pm: Alfred Ancel's special contribution to the Second Vatican Council
Christian Sorrel, Professor Emeritus - Lyon 2 University

15.00: Conversation with the world in a de-Christianised society
Gauthier Bès de Berc, Co-founder of the magazine Limite
Isabelle de Gaulmyn, President of Semaines Sociales de France

4.15pm: Break

4.30pm: Conversation with the world from the perspective of interfaith dialogue
Michel Younès, Professor of Theology, UCLy
Christian Delorme, Priest of the Diocese of Lyon

5.45pm: Break

6.15pm: SPEECH BY CHRISTOPH THEOBALD
Jesuit priest, Theologian - Facultés Loyola Paris

A PRADOSIAN BISHOP AT THE VATICAN II COUNCIL.
The spiritual and missionary contribution of Mgr Alfred Ancel
Amphi Jean-Paul II - Free admission, registration required

This conference is free of charge.

Thursday 20 March

9.00am: En-quête de pauvreté: essai d'une histoire socio-religieuse de la marge (Investigating poverty: an attempt at a socio-religious history of the margins)
Ellie Douska, Doctoral student in contemporary history - Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (LARHRA)

9.45am: Echo and life stories
Bruno Bibollet, Prado priest

10am: The preferential option, its relevance today
Jacques-Benoit Rauscher, Senior Lecturer, UCLy

10.45 a.m.: Break

11.15am: Final round table chaired by Luc Lalire, Prado priest
Mgr Ramzi Garmou, Archbishop Emeritus of Tehran
Françoise Impéri, Managing Director of Prado Education
Marion Veziant-Rolland, Le Foyer Notre-Dame des Sans-Abri

12.30pm: closing lunch

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