Join us at a free conference
organized by the
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky
Institute of Eastern Christian Studies:
The Vatican II Decree on the
Eastern Catholic Churches,
Orientalium ecclesiarum,
Fifty Years Later
Friday, October 17 and
Saturday October 18, 2014 at the
University of St. Michael’s College
in the University of Toronto
Keynote Speakers:
Brian Daley, SJ
University of Notre Dame
“Orientalium ecclesiarum Fifty Years Later:
A Roman Catholic Perspective”
John Erickson
Professor Emeritus and Former Dean,
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
“Orientalium ecclesiarum Fifty Years Later:
An Orthodox Perspective”
Bishop Nicholas Samra
of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton
“Eastern Catholics in the Middle East Fifty Years
after Orientalium ecclesiarum”
Thomas E. Bird
City University of New York
“Eastern Catholics in North America
Fifty Years after Orientalium ecclesiarum”
Roman Zaviyskyy
Ukrainian Catholic University
“Eastern Catholics in Eastern Europe
Fifty Years after Orientalium ecclesiarum”
The Conference will include a presentation on the work of
The Catholic Near East Welfare Association
The Conference is co-sponsored by:
The Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)
The Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism Research Centre, Saint Paul University, Ottawa
The Centre for Research on the Second Vatican Council in Canada, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto
