Titus Brandsma Congress

19.00 – Walk in

19.30 – Words of Welcome (20 minutes each), music in between

• The Meaning of Titus Brandsma for Radboud University (Rector magnificus Radboud University)
• The Meaning of Titus Brandsma for the Dutch Church (Bishop of Den Bosch)
• The Meaning of Titus Brandsma for the Carmelite Order (Prior General of the Carmelite Order)
• The Meaning of Titus Brandsma for the Dutch Carmelite Province (Prior Provincial Dutch Province)
• Music (Chris Fictoor et al.)
• Short announcements – Organization committee
• Time of Recreation

8.30 – Morning prayer (Lorenz van Rickelen and Severin Tyburski)

9.30 – Lectures (20 minutes each, no discussion)

• Introduction to the Collected Works of Titus Brandsma (Elisabeth Hense)
• Titus Brandsma and his Family (Henk Nota)
• Titus Brandsma and the University (Jan Brabers)
• Titus Brandsma as a Philosopher (Inigo Bocken)

11.00 – Coffee / Tea

11.30 – Lectures (20 minutes each, discussion in between)

• Titus Brandsma and the Ruusbroec Genootschap (Rob Faesen)
• Titus Brandsma and Dutch Mysticism (Jos Huls)
• Titus Brandsma and Eastern Mysticism (Alfons Bruening)

13.00 – Lunch

14.00 – Walk around the campus (Christoph Lüthy, Jan Brabers)

16.00 – Coffee and Tea at the Titus Brandsma Memorial

16.30 – Walk through Nijmegen: In the footsteps of Titus Brandsma (Marieke Rijpkema et al.)

20.00 – Brandsma, een verhaal voor vandaag – Brandsma, a story for the present-day at the Titus Brandsma Memorial (composer Willibrord Huisman, text writer Hendrik Jan Bosman)

8.30 – Morning prayer (Lorenz van Rickelen and Severin Tyburski)

9.30 – Lectures (20 minutes each, discussion in between)

• Titus Brandsma and the Carmelite Rule (Patrick Mullins)
• Titus Brandsma and Carmelite Spirituality (Giovanni Grosso)
• Titus Brandsma and his Biography of Teresa of Avila (Fernando Millán Romeral)

11.00 – Coffee / Tea

11.30 – Lectures (20 minutes each, in between discussion)

• Titus Brandsma and the Spiritual Life (Michael Plattig)
• Titus Brandsma and National-Socialism (Edeltraud Klueting)
• Titus Brandsma as a public theologian avant la lettre (Christoph Hübenthal)

13.00 – Lunch

15.30 – Coffee and Tea in Boxmeer

16.00 – Visit to the Titus Brandsma Archive in Boxmeer (Ton van der Gulik and Veronica Kruijswijk)

8.30 – Morning prayer (Lorenz van Rickelen and Severin Tyburski)

9.30 – Lectures (20 minutes each, discussion in between)

• Testimonies of Titus Brandsma (Hettie Berflo e. a.)
• Canonization of Titus Brandsma (Giovanna Brizi)
• Titus Brandsma and Spiritual Guidance (Hein Blommestijn)

11.00 – Coffee / Tea

11.30 – Lectures (20 minutes each, discussion in between)

• Titus Brandsma and Social Action (Rico Ponce)
• Titus Brandsma and Journalism (William Harry)
• Network Titus Brandsma Circle (Organization Committee)

13.00 – Lunch

14.30 –Break-out groups:

• Journalism and communications concerning Titus Brandsma (William Harry)
• Spiritual guidance inspired by Titus Brandsma (Hein Blommestijn)
• Social action inspired by Titus Brandsma (Rico Ponce)
• Teaching about Titus Brandsma (Hettie Berflo e. a.)

17.30 – Mass (sermon Mícéal O’Neill)

19.00 – Dinner