on Child saints in faith, devotion, theology and art – past and present (universal and regional perspecive)
Organizers: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Society of Dogmatic Theologians, Polish Theological Society – Branch in Elbląg
Date: November 5, 2024
The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn invites you to participate in the International 18th Warmia Hagiological Seminar on the topic “Saint children in faith, piety, theology and art – past and present (universal and regional perspective)”, on November 5, 2024. The purpose of the seminar is to bring together specialists from different research areas to gather information on child saints – the religious cult in which they were or are surrounded, traces of historical and liturgical memory, the charism of holiness and the pattern of spirituality that characterizes them. The common research question is the question of the place and significance of the child saints for the modern generations of believers and seekers.
We direct questions to historians, art historians, musicologists, theologians, sociologists, educators, psychologists, philosophers and other specialists who are interested in the proposed topic.
We assume that a child saint is a person who died in the opinion of sainthood before reaching the age of 18 or who was remembered in tradition as a juvenile and who was canonized or beatified in accordance with the canonization law of the Catholic Church.
The group of saints include: Biblical Youths, Sebastian, Pancracy, Dymphna, Agnes, Agatha, Tarsici, Stanislaus Kostka, Rosa of Viterbo, Juan and Antoni Cristobal, Maria Goretti, Dominic Savio, Jacinta and Francis Marto, Josef Sán chez del Rio, Peter Calungsod, Chi Zhuzi, Maria Fan Kun (Maria Qi Yu), Fina from San Gimignano, Ambrose Kibuuka, Achilles Kiwanuka, third choice: Christopher, Anthony – John – Cristof from Tlaxcala, Mugagga Lubowa, Simon Qin Chunfu OFS, Dionizy Mssebugwawo, Simon – Boy From Trent, Kizito, Thomas Trần Văn Thện, Mbaga Tuuzinde, Andrew Wang Tianqing, CH’ŏl, Maria Zheng Xu, Dionysius [Denis] Ssebuggwawo Wasswa, Ambrosius [Ambrosio] Kibuka, Achilleus [Achileo] Kiwanuka, Where He Came From Musoke, Rich Lubowa, Heavy.
The group of the blessed include: Marguerite la Fière, Imelda Lambertini, Panacea De’ Muzzi, Pierre de Luxembourg, Lorenzino Sossio, Andrew of Phú Yen, Anicet Hryciuk [Greek], Laura Vicuña, Ceferino Namuncurá, Karolina Kozka, Daudi Okelo , Volume Four, Adilio Daronch, Cecilia Eusepi, Albertina Berkenbrock, Antonia Mesina, Cecilia Butsi, Bibiana Khampai, Maria Phon, Benigna Cardoso da Silva, Carlo Acutis, and other children (Stanisława, Barbara, Władysław, Franciszek, Anthony, Maria, Nienarodzony), Anna Kolesarova, Rolando Rivi, Thomas Khampheuane Inthirath, Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chavez, Juan Barrera Mendez.
Hybrid form of participation:
stationary – Faculty of Theology UWM in Olsztyn (Poland), ul. Hozjusza 15
online – Google Meet application: https://meet.google.com/bdz-wovt-bny
Deadlines:
- May 31, 2024 – topic submission
- July 31, 2024 – providing a summary in Polish and English, volume: approx. 150 words
- September 31, 2024 – providing the content of the paper for translation into an alternative language (if the lecture is in Polish, presentation of the full text of the speech in English or Italian)
If you are interested in active participation, please contact: tdf@uwm.edu.pl