Program

Everything takes place in the Leo XIII seminary on September 16th, 2023. The lectures take place in the Rerum Novarum room.

09:00-09:25 | Welcome
09:25-09:30 | Introduction (Dr. Michaël Bauwens)

09:30-10:30 | Opening lecture: Plato’s “Diotima”, “Sophia, sapientia creata” and “Mary, sedes sapientiae” (Prof. Dr. Sigmund Bonk)

Paper session 1
10:40-11:20 | Wisdom in the Religious Philosophy of Vladimir Sergeevich Soloviev (1853-1900) (Dr. Fr. Ján Dolný)
11:20-12:00 | Lady Philosophy in Boethius’ Consolation as a paradigm for Christian philosophical inquiry (Dr. Simon Müller, Edward Mezger)

12:00-13:00 | Lunch in the Rosary Room

13:00-14:00 | The Liar Paradox, truth, and Mary (Dr. Michaël Bauwens)

14:15-15:15 | From Aeterni Patris to Fides et Ratio: a Thomist reading of the Sedes Sapientiae (Dr. Jörgen Vijgen)

Paper session 2
15:30-16:10 | Contemplating the Contemplative Posture of Mary, Sedes Sapientiae (Prof. Dr. Sr. Theresa Marie Chau Nguyen)
16:10-16:50 | Wisdom as Handmaiden: Viewing Philosophy Through a Marian Lens (Dr. Sr. Anne Frances Ai Le)

17:30-18:30 | Closing lecture: Marie, miracle et trône de la Sagesse Eternelle de saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort à saint Jean-Paul II (Prof. Dr. Fr. Etienne Richer)

18:30-18:50 | Little office of the Immaculate Conception (scores and translation) in the Leo XIII chapel