Programme for the 2022 to be confirmed*
FRIDAY, 24th September 2021
1:30 pm: Welcome-coffee, booklets, room check-in
2:15 pm: Introductory session
Past and future of European borders: will time prevail on space?
Keynote speech by:
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm: Open debate in plenary with Alain Lamassoure
4:15 pm: Break
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Group Session 1
Exchange in multi-national groups on the challenges of European history for the future of Europe
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm: Dinner (hand washing dishes by participants)
8:00 pm: Social networking at the library’s bar (with a taste of various Belgium beers)
2:15 pm: Introductory session
Past and future of European borders: will time prevail on space?
Keynote speech by:
- Alain Lamassoure, Chair of the Governing Board, Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE) of the Council of Europe, former French Minister and Member of the European Parliament
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm: Open debate in plenary with Alain Lamassoure
4:15 pm: Break
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Group Session 1
Exchange in multi-national groups on the challenges of European history for the future of Europe
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm: Dinner (hand washing dishes by participants)
8:00 pm: Social networking at the library’s bar (with a taste of various Belgium beers)
SATURDAY, 25th September 2021
7:30 am: Lauds in the Crypt (optional)
7:30 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Group Session 1
Beyond borders : how to avoid fragmentation, build solidary and keep brotherhood, despite crisis
Moderator:
Jean Peyrony, General Director, Transfrontier Operational Mission
Speakers:
10:30 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 am: Group Session 2
12:20 am – 1:30 pm: Lunch
(+ hand washing dishes by participants)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: SESSION 2
Future of Europe: The spiritual dimension of resilience, condition for our common home future
Moderator:
Henning vom Stein, Director of the Otone European Affairs Bruxelles
Speakers:
Mgr. Aldo Giordano, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union (not in presence/virtually)
3:30 pm: Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Group Session 3
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm: Dinner (hand washing dishes by participants)
7:30 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Group Session 1
Beyond borders : how to avoid fragmentation, build solidary and keep brotherhood, despite crisis
Moderator:
Jean Peyrony, General Director, Transfrontier Operational Mission
Speakers:
- Gyula Ocskay, General Secretary, CESCI (Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives)
- Victoria Martin de la Torre, Press officer of the S&D Group in the European Parliament and author of the book “Europe, a Leap into the Unknown”
10:30 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 am: Group Session 2
12:20 am – 1:30 pm: Lunch
(+ hand washing dishes by participants)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: SESSION 2
Future of Europe: The spiritual dimension of resilience, condition for our common home future
Moderator:
Henning vom Stein, Director of the Otone European Affairs Bruxelles
Speakers:
- Anguel Beremliysky, Member of the Common Secretariat of the Conference on the Future of Europe (not in presence/virtually)
- Philippe Lamberts, Belgium Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA
- Edmond Grace SJ, Secretary for Justice and Ecology, Jesuit European Social Center
Mgr. Aldo Giordano, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union (not in presence/virtually)
3:30 pm: Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Group Session 3
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm: Dinner (hand washing dishes by participants)
8:00 pm: Evening piano concert in the Chapel
Some musical tastes of the European cultural heritage
Maxence Pilchen, pianist
Maxence Pilchen's vast repertoire, which includes both solo and orchestra work, along with his interpretations of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Albert Roussel or Prokofiev, have earned him critical acclaim in the musical world. He has also participated in the creation and execution of many contemporary works. Thanks to this wide ranging repertoire, he has won many other international distinctions in cities such as Porto, Barcelona, Rome and Epinal.
Some musical tastes of the European cultural heritage
Maxence Pilchen, pianist
Maxence Pilchen's vast repertoire, which includes both solo and orchestra work, along with his interpretations of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Albert Roussel or Prokofiev, have earned him critical acclaim in the musical world. He has also participated in the creation and execution of many contemporary works. Thanks to this wide ranging repertoire, he has won many other international distinctions in cities such as Porto, Barcelona, Rome and Epinal.
9:30 pm: Social networking at the Library’s bar
SUNDAY, 26th September 2021
7:30 am: Lauds in the Crypt (optional)
7:30 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:00 am: Feedback / wrap-up Session
10:30 am: Break
11:00 am: Mass in the Chapel
12:20 am - 13:30 am: Lunch (+ hand washing dishes by participants)
2:00 pm: Departure
7:30 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:00 am: Feedback / wrap-up Session
- Report from the groups and analysis
- Exchange on main conclusions and draft contribution to the Conference on the Future of Europe
- Botond Feledy, Director of the European Leadership Program of JESC (Jesuit European Social Centre)
10:30 am: Break
11:00 am: Mass in the Chapel
12:20 am - 13:30 am: Lunch (+ hand washing dishes by participants)
2:00 pm: Departure
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