15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2002 September 7, at Webster Falls theme RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE We are waiting for you!

Questions for thought stimulation  -  hints for those who decide to write a paper, to be co-organizer or to be patron

- What is the vocation and mission of Church and State?
- Where is this commission from?
- What is the main difference between their deliberative and executive bodies?
- What is the difference between their punishing and rewarding methods? Can they use each other’s methods?
- How far progressed their separation after the decisions of Vatican II (Gaudium et spes, 76)?
- Are the clergy interfere the control of communal life (in other words into the politics)?
- Is it a private affair of the moral behaviour of the State's leaders?
- How possible to reconcile the consciences liberty (as principal authority) with their leading?
- How relate the eternal truth of the Church to the relative truth of the State?
- Is the relation rank equal between the different Churches and States?
- How formed the relationship of the different religions and States?
- What kind of changes can we expect in the future?
 

Arguable sentences, or propose new ones:

- When the Church becomes part of the State, then she is used by the State for oppression, and the Church makes her commandments to state law, so the sins against God will be punished by the state, which goes against the freedom of conscience.

- Some think Church and state must be separated even more; others dream about the good old times of the Middle Ages, when the two were virtually one. Some say the Church takes uncritically over undesirable elements from culture; others think more needs to be done (more democracy in the Church?)

- The influence of the Church is minimal; when making important decisions, no one really listens to the pope, or to the bishops; might priests participate in elections or party-politics?

- The Church's moral code is drifting further and further away from the state laws, especially in the areas of sexuality (abortion, anti-conception, marriage), politics (war, pacifism) and bioethics (cloning, euthanasia). Is the ethical conduct of our politicians our business?

- Only negative news receive attention about the Church.

- The faith-related subjects in the Education are limited more and more; support from governments is decreasing.

- Hostility towards Christian symbols and holidays (Sunday); public prayers are disappearing from schools and government institutions.
 

Invitation

If you are interested in these exciting questions, then we are inviting you to a thought-provoking, amusing and eventful weekend. For everybody, who feels spiritually fresh and young, there will be our magnificent lecturers and the friendly milieu!

Program	Invited lecturers	Organizers
- Studies from 10 am - Lunch, 12-1 pm - Discussions - Walk to the Falls		Presenter: Directors:	Szilvássy, Gábor Gáspár, Julius and Szilvássy, Gábor

 

Registration and more Information  -  hints for prepare yourself

Registration fee:	free, but we ask pre registration.	Telephone service: Gáspár, Julius tel:  416-651-2764 or Szilvássy, Gábor tel:  416-255-5065
Information:	More Information  - on E-mail or telephone -  in the evenings by the organizers.
Donations:	Our expenses are covered by donations what is give able to us at St Elizabeth of Hungary Parish or posted to our address.	Address: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Pax Romana Movement   432 Sheppard Ave. East Toronto, Ont. M2N 3B7 Tel: 1 (416) 225-3300 Fax: 1 (416) 225-3814

 

General Information

Conference:	Every year we organize an annual conference and to lecture we invite professors or experts. Our conference widens our friends, and we feel that it's success requires optimal focus and respect towards each other's opinions.
Preparations:	The participant, as preparation, is asked to read those articles which will only be published in written form and will be seen on our web site before our Conference. These will be discussed too after the delivered lectures. The other articles of our conferences are readable too.
Boarding:	Self-sufficient.
Dressing:	Leisure wear. We will be in the open air in hole day.
Travelling:	Individually, but we organize transportation for those who don't have a car. Parking place is signed on the map. Those persons who come by car, please sign forward, how many persons could bring with you.
Free time:	Available in the valley of the falls.
Rules:	The organizers ask: - respect towards each other's opinions, - keep the time of the program. The organizers thanking forward.

 

Location

Address:	Webster Falls, Fallsview Rd.
Route:	Toronto - QEW - 403 - Hamilton - 8 - Dundas: King St W - Brock Rd - Harvest Rd - Short Rd - Fallsview Rd - to red triangle
Time:	10 am, September 7, 2002

 

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