ENCOUNTER MEMORY

MEXICO ‘98

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PRAYER. 2

INTRODUCTION. 3

INAGURATION. 6

SPEECH OF SOCHITL DURAN. 6

SPEECH OF P. ANTONIO RIOS CHAVEZ, D.A.S.S. 6

MONDAY, July 13. 7

TUESDAY, July 14. 8

CONFERENCE:     The Oratory and the Postmodern Culture. 9

SEMMINAR:     PROPHETIC AGENS OF THE ORATORY. 13

1.- The prophetic existence. 13

2.- Philip Neri: The prophet 15

3.- Prophetism in Latin America. 17

4.- Prophetic elements of the spirituality philippian. 19

5.- The prophetic paper of the oratorian Woman in L.A. 20

6.- Proposal of how the Oratorian today can embody their prophetic dimension in L. A. 20

CONCLUSION: 21

SEMMINAR:     Postmodern Culture and the Challenge of the Protestant Sects  22

1. Philosophical Roots of Post-modernism and Sectarianism.. 22

2. Postmodern Culture: What is it?. 24

3. Sectarianism: A Reflection of and Reaction to Modern and Postmodern Culture  25

4. The Sectarian Mind-Set: a Personal View. 26

5. The Historical Development of Mormonism as a Model for Sectarian Development Generally. 28

6. The Sectarian Challenge to the Christian Catholic Life. 30

Works Cited. 34

SEMMINAR:      L’oratorio e l’arte. 34

WEDNESDAY, July 15. 38

CONFERENCE:     THE ORATORY IN THE CHURCH TODAY. 38

1. The Variety of the Philipian Charisma. 40

2. The Secular Oratory. 43

3. The Oratory’s Force. 43

4. The Life’s source: The Oratory of the Word. 46

SEMMINAR:      ORATORIAN HOPE AND FREEDOM. 48

The past discover us. 50

Philip embodies a model of being person. 51

The present interrogates us. 53

The True Presence challenge us. 53

TOOLS OF WORK. 53

SEMMINAR:     THE PEDAGOGY OF SAINT PHILIP NERI 57

1. The pedagogy of St. Philip. 58

2. The Oratory as common fulfillment of the pedagogy of St. Philip. 60

SEMMINAR:     MARIAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE ORATORY. 62

INTRODUCTION. 62

THE MATERNAL FIGURE OF THE SACRED VIRGIN MARIA. 63

MARIA’S CHARITY AND St. PHILIP NERI’S. 63

HOW IS MY CHARITY?. 65

CONCLUSION. 67

BIBLIOGRAPHY. 68

THURSDAY, July 16. 70