"Practicing
Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith"
October
18-21, 2002
College
of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 18, 2002
3:00 p.m.
Registration open in the Smith Hall Lobby through
8 p.m.
"Recollections
(toward oblivion)," installation by Lewis deSoto
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, O'Kane Hall,
open 'til 5 p.m.
Practicing
Catholic Bookstore Display: Books,
CDs, and videos by conference presenters on sale int
he Holy Cross Bookstore, Hogan Campus Center.
5:00
p.m. Reception and Dinner, Hogan Center, Suites A-C
For
presenters, respondents, and others, by invitation
7:00 p.m. Opening
Session, Brooks Concert Hall
Welcome
Stephan C.
Ainlay, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dean
of the College
Practicing
Catholic: Opening Remarks
Bruce Morrill,
Susan Rodgers, Joanna Ziegler, Co-directors
7:30
p.m. Performance/Practice Session One, Brooks Concert
Hall
"The
Deathbed Vigil in Music-Thanatology"
Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Chalice of Repose Project
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 19, 2002
8:00
a.m. Registration open in Smith Hall Lobby through
noon.
9:00
a.m. Papers Session One, Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Paper
One: "The Cell Phone and the Crowd: Messianic Politics
in
Recent Philippine History"
Vicente Rafael, University of California, San Diego
Paper
Two: "The Future of the Past: What Can History Teach
Us About
Symbol
and Ritual?"
Gary
Macy, University of San Diego
Respondent:
Anthony B. Cashman, III
Visiting
Assistant Professor of History, Assumption College
10:30
a.m. Coffee Break, Smith Hall Lobby
11:00
a.m. Papers Session Two, Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Paper
One: "Marginal Bodies: Liturgical Structures
of Pain and Deliverance in
the Middle Ages"
Joanne Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
Paper
Two: "The Death of Comrade Moti: An Untouchable
Catholic Memory from
Northern
India"
Mathew
Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Respondent:
Jennifer Knust, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies,
College of
the Holy Cross
12:00 p.m.
"Recollections" installation open in Cantor Gallery
through 5 p.m.
12:30
p.m. Lunch, Hogan Center, Suites A-C
2:00
p.m. Plenary address, Hogan Campus Center
"Why Catholics Can't Think: The Challenge of Practicing
Scholarship"
Lawrence
E. Sullivan, Director, Center for the Study of World Religions,
and Professor of the History of Religions, Harvard University
4:30
p.m. Performance/Practice Session Two, Saint Joseph
Memorial Chapel
Ritual
Mass for the Anointing of the Sick
Robert Vereecke, S.J., Boston Liturgical Dance Company
Bruce Morrill, S.J.,
presiding and preaching
Paul
Covino, liturgist
Peter
Ghiloni, music director
6:30
p.m. Dinner, Hogan Center, Suites A-C
SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 20, 2002
8:00
a.m. Working Breakfast, Hogan Center, Suite B
For
the presenters and conference directors, concerning book
project
9:15
a.m. Papers Session Three, Part One, Rehm Library,
Smith Hall
Paper
One: "Christ the Healer: A Critical Review of Biblical
and Liturgical
Sources"
Bruce Morrill, S.J., Boston College
Paper
Two: "Procession, Display, and Spectacle in Anthropological
Perspective:
An
Example from Contemporary American Catholicism"
Susan Rodgers, College of the Holy Cross
10:30
a.m. Coffee Break, Smith Hall Lobby
11:00
a.m. Papers Session Three, Part Two, Rehm Library
Paper
Three: "The Customs of the Faithful: Evangelization
and the Politics of Catholic
Fiesta in Bolivia"
Daniel
Goldstein, College of the Holy Cross
Respondent:
John Schmalzbauer
Assistant
Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
12:15
p.m. Lunch, Hogan Center, Suites A-C
1:00 p.m.
"Recollections" installation open in Cantor Gallery
through 4 p.m.
2:00
p.m. Performance/Practice Session Three, Brooks
Concert Hall
"Practicing
Theology with Hildegaard of Bingen: From Cloister to Sacrament"
Margot
Fassler, Yale University
3:15
p.m. Break
3:30
p.m. Papers Session Four, Brooks Concert Hall
Paper
One: "Performing Death and Dying at Cluny in the
High Middle Ages"
Frederick Paxton, Connecticut College
Paper
Two: "The Liturgy of Theory"
Christopher Dustin, College of the Holy Cross
Respondents:
Joanna Ziegler, College of the Holy Cross
Edward Thompson, College of the Holy Cross
Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Chalice of Repose
Discussion
6:00
p.m. Dinner, Hogan Center, Suites A-C
7:30
p.m. Performance/Practice Session Four, Brooks
Concert Hall
Vespers/Evening
Prayer
James
David Christie and the Schola Cantorum
Katherine
M. McElaney, Director of Campus Ministry, presiding
Bruce
Morrill, S.J., liturgist
MONDAY,
OCTOBER 21, 2002
9:00
a.m. Papers Session Five, Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Paper
One: "Modern Inquistions"
Irene Silverblatt, Duke University
Paper
Two: "U.S. Latino/a Popular Catholicism as Source
for an
Aesthetics of Liberation"
Roberto Goizueta, Boston College
Respondent:
James
Nickoloff
Associate
Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
10:30
a.m. Coffee Break, Smith Hall Lobby
11:00
a.m. Interdisciplinary Panels/Discussions
Two
simultaneous sessions featuring Holy Cross professors
and students
Panel
One: Healing, Ritual, and the Body, Rehm Library
William
Stempsey, S.J., Philosophy
Joanna
Ziegler, Visual Arts
student
t.b.a.
student
t.b.a.
Panel
Two: Contestation, Religious and Political, Hogan
519
Susan
Rodgers, Anthropology
William
Clark, S.J., Religious Studies
Mark
McDougall, class of 2004
student
t.b.a.
End
of the Conference
During
the conference, please visit "Recollections (toward oblivion),"
an installation by Lewis deSoto created in conjunction
with the conference, at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor
Art Gallery, O'Kane Hall. Gallery Hours: Friday,
10 to 5; Saturday, 12 to 5; Sunday, 1 to 4; and Monday,
10 to 5. On Thursday, October 17th, the artist will
give a gallery talk, open to the public, at 5:15 p.m.
For further information, contact the Cantor Art Gallery,
508-793-3356, or visit the
Gallery's web site.
The
Holy Cross Bookstore has a special display of books and
CDs related to the conference, including various works
by our performers and presenters. The bookstore will be
open extra hours during the weekend.
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