16th ONGOING FORMATION COURSE ON ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
IN THE FRANCISCAN MISSION
Program 2022
Sunday, 16 October 2022
Arrivals and reception
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Monday, 17 October 2022
DIALOGUE: A WAY OF LIFE
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 PRESENTATION:
A word of welcome and introduction to the Franciscan International community in Turkey (P. Eleuthere Makuta, OFM).
Introduction of Participants
Program: Objectives and Methodology
(P. Felianus Dogon, OFM)
10.30 Break
11.00 Sharing in groups (introducing themselves, the experience of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, expressing their expectation of the formation course)
12.30 Lunch
FOUNDATION OF INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
15.30 BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
(P. Claudio Monge, OP)
16.30 Break
17.00 THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS IMPORTANCE OF TURKEY
(P. Adrian Eugenio Loza, OFM)
18.00 Dialogue with speakers
19.30 Vespers/ Dinner
20.30 Recreation
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Tuesday, 18 October 2022
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 ANTHROPOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DIALOGUE
(P. George Misange, OFM)
10.15 Dialogue with speakers
10.30 Break
11.00 VISIT TO HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW, THE PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE
13.00 Lunch
16.30 POPE FRANCIS AND THE INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE TODAY
(P. Michael Calabria, OFM)
18.00 Dialogue with the speaker
19.30 Vespers/ Dinner
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Wednesday, 19 October 2022
REALITY OF THE DIALOGUE
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 CHRISTIAN – ISLAMIC DIALOGUE: CHRISTIAN PROSPECTIVE
(P. Antonius Duma, OFM)
10.15 Break
10.45 ISLAMIC – CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: ISLAMIC PROSPECTIVE
(Prof. Kenan Gürsoy)
11.30 Dialogue with speakers
12.30 Lunch
15.00 TESTIMONY OF THE IMAM OF THE MOSQUE OF KEMERALTI, SMYRNA (Imam Cahit Sağlam)
15.45 Break
16.15 DIALOGUE WITH THE SECULAR SOCIETY
(P. Dariusz Mazurek, OFMConv)
16.45 FRANCISCANS IN DIALOGUE
(P. Michael Perry, OFM)
17.30 Dialogue with the speakers
19.30 Vespers/ Dinner
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Thursday, 20 October 2022
THE CHALLENGES AND THE FUTURE
OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 DIALOGUE WITH CULTURE: A CHALLENGE OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE (P. Pascal Robert, OFM)
10.15 Break
10.45 SAINT FRANCIS AND THE SULTAN: THE CHALLENGES OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE TODAY (P. Gwenole Jeusset, OFM)
11.30 Dialogue with speakers
12.30 Lunch
15.30 TESTIMONY OF LIFE: ASIA
16.15 Break
16.45 TESTIMONY OF LIFE: AFRICA
17.30 TESTIMONY OF LIFE: EUROPE
19.00 Holy Mass celebrated by mons. Massimiliano Palinuro,
Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul
19.30 Vespers/ Dinner
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Friday, 21 October 2022
A LOOK TO THE FUTURE
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 SUFISM IN ISLAM
(P. Alberto Ambrosio, OP)
10.15 Break
10.45 SUFISM AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
(P. Alberto Ambrosio, OP)
11.30 Dialogue with speakers
12.30 Lunch
15.00 Free afternoon
19.00 Interreligious prayer with our brothers Dervishes directed
by sheikh Nail Dede Kesova
20.30 Dinner
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Saturday, 22 October 2022
SIGNIFICATION OF ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 THE SPIRIT OF ECUMENIC DIALOGUE
(P. Apollinaire Bahinde, OFM)
10.15 Break
10.45 ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES: ECCLESIOLOGY AND CANONICITY
(S.E. Dimitrios Salachas)
11.30 Dialogue with speakers
12.30 Lunch
15.30 IN DIALOGUE FOR GROWING
(Prof. Roberto Astuto)
19.30 Vespers/ Dinner
20.30 TESTIMONY OF THE FOCOLARI MOVEMENT
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Sunday, 23 October 2022
EFFORTS FOR ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE
07.30 Breakfast and departure for the Princes-Heybeliada Islands
11.00 SYNODALITY AND PRIMATE IN THE CATHOLIC-ORTHODOX DIALOGUE (S.E. Dimitrios Salachas)
11.40 Dialogue with speakers
12.15 Holy Mass
13.00 Lunch and departure for Büyükada
16.00 Visit to St. Pacificus Church and the island
19.30 Dinner at the Franciscan Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Sisters’ house
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Monday, 24 October 2022
DIALOGUE AND ENCOUNTER
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 DIALOGUE WITH THE ARMENIAN CHURCH (Representative of the Armenian Church)
10.15 Break
10.45 DIALOGUE WITH THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH (Representative of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate)
11.30 Dialogue with the speakers
12.30 Lunch
15.00 Visit of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii)
19.30 Vespers/ Dinner
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Tuesday, 25 October 2022
ENCOUNTER AND DIALOGUE
07.30 Morning Prayer/ Mass/ Breakfast
09.30 DIALOGUE WITH THE CHURCHES OF THE REFORM (Representative of the Reformation Churches)
10.15 Break
10.45 INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AND FRANCISCANS TODAY (Representative of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the OFM)
11.30 Dialogue with the speakers
12.30 Lunch
15.00 Evaluation of the course
16.00 Break
16.30 Preparation for the pilgrimage
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Ecumenical Prayer of Taizé
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Wednesday, 26 October 2022 – Saturday, 29 October 2022
PILGRIMAGE
Sunday 30 October 2022
Departures
SPEAKERS
Eleuthère Makuta, OFM, Guardiano della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di Turchia
Michael Perry, OFM, L’ex Ministro generale OFM
Mons. Massimiliano Palinuro, Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul
Dimitrios Salachas, Esarca Apostolico Emerito per i Cattolici di Rito Bizantino in Grecia
Apollinaire Bahinde, OFM, Membro della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di S. Maria Draperis, Istanbul
Pascal Robert, OFM, Membro della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di Bornova, Smirne
Antonius Duma, OFM, Membro della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di S. Maria Draperis, Istanbul
Gwenole Jeusset, OFM, Membro della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di S. Maria Draperis, Istanbul
Alberto Ambrosio, OP, Professore di Teologia e Storia delle Religioni alla Luxembourg School of Religion and Society
Michael Calabria, OFM, Direttore del Centro di Studi Arabi e Islamici dell'Università di San Bonaventura in Allegany New York; Assistente generale per il dialogo con l'Islam per l'Ordine dei Frati Minori
Prof. Kenan Gürsoy, Professore di Filosofia all'Università Galatasaray ed Ex-Ambasciatore Turco Presso la Santa Sede
George Misange, OFM, Membro della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di S. Maria Draperis, Istanbul
Adrian Eugenio Loza, OFM, Membro della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di Bornova, Smirne
Claudio Monge, OP, Responsabile del Centro Culturale Domenicano di Istanbul (DOSTI) e consultore per il Consiglio Pontificio per il Dialogo Interreligioso
Felianus Dogon, OFM, Membro della Fraternità Francescana Internazionale di S. Maria Draperis, Istanbul
Nail Dede Kesova (Al Sheikh ul Mevlevi) Uluslararası Mevlâna Vakfı - Fondazione Internazionale Mevlana
Imam Cahit Sağlam, Imam della moschea di Kemeraltı, Smirne
Dariusz Mazurek, OFMConv, Segretario Generale dello SGAM (Segretario Generale per l'Animazione Missionaria)
Roberto Astuto, PhD esperto di dialogo interculturale, Liceo “E.Majorana” Latina
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