Conference ‘Les Dominicains en France (XIIIe-XXIe siècle)’, 10-12 December 2015 – Paris

The conference ‘Les dominicains en France (XIIIe-XXIe siècle)’ / The Dominicans in France (13th-21st centuries) will take place in Paris, as a part of the eighth centenary of the founding of the Order of Preachers by St Dominic. This event is organized with the help of the Institut de France and the province dominicaine de France.

Dominique Avon, co-director of the IPRA, will give a lecture on Saturday, December 12 at 9:30, on the following topic: « Frères prêcheurs et intellectuels musulmans dans le contexte post-conciliaire » (Preacher friars and Muslim intellectuals in the post-conciliar context”

Summary: The Order of Preachers, which will undergo a remarkable expansion throughout Europe and beyond, was shaped by the two environments in which it has built its identity: the Albigensian country where Dominique grasped the severety of the crisis the Church of his time was facing, and the young Parisian university, where he sent the first friars to learn how to defend the Christian faith and how to spread the message of the Bible. How, over the centuries, has the original missionary zeal been implemented and reinvented by the brothers and sisters of the Order of Preachers in the world in which they lived ? The conference will address this question in four themes: the transmission of the religious message; “Self-awareness”: reflexion of the Dominicans upon their works; the Dominicans and the rest of the world; reforms, crisis and variations.

Practical information (please note that the conference is in French):

Dates: from the 10th to the 12th of December 2015

Places:

  • Thursday 10 : Fondation C. et S. del Duca (10, rue A. de Vigny, Paris)
  • Friday 11 : Institut de France (23, quai de Conti, Paris).  Matin : Bibliothèque Mazarine, après-midi : Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Grande salle
  • Saturday 12 : Couvent de l’Annonciation (222, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris)

Registrations : Registrations are mandatory. Contact Catherine Bosgiraud at contact.centenaire@dominicains.fr
Registration references (they have to be included in your registration e-mail) :

  • DFOP10AM: Fondation del Duca, 10, rue A. de Vigny, Paris, 17e,
  • DFOP10PM: Fondation del Duca, 10, rue A. de Vigny, Paris, 17e,
  • DFOP11AM: Bibliothèque Mazarine, 23, quai de Conti, Paris, 6e,
  • DFOP11PM: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 23, quai de Conti, Paris, 6ème,
  • DFOP12AM: Couvent de l’Annonciation, 222,rue du Fbg St  Honoré, Paris, 8e,
  • DFOP12PM: Couvent de l’Annonciation, 222,rue du Fbg St  Honoré, Paris, 8e
  • For the exhibition opening: confirmation has to be sent to Catherine Bosgiraud: contact.centenaire@dominicains.fr
  • reference for the exhibition opening: DFOP11EXP Bibliothèque Mazarine, 23, quai de Conti,  Paris, 6e

For further information and to read the program, feel free to visit this webpage (in French): http://calenda.org/339465

Or to read the event flyer (in French):

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