Monday, December 14, 2009

Report of LIFT- IV

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Time: 19 to 21 hrs

Venue: Louis Jannsens Hall, Holy Spirit College, Naamsestraat 40, Leuven

The Fourth meeting of LIFT took place as per the changed date and time decided at the previous meeting. Accordingly the session, under the new leadership of Jobi Patteruparambil took place on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 between 19 and 21 hours at the Holy Spirit College, Leuven.

There were eleven doctoral students in all participating in the session that was moderated effectively by Jeevaraj Lourdhu. An insightful paper on Eucharist: The Source and Centre of the Consecrated Life: A Study in Light of Vita Consecrata and Ecclesia de Eucharistia was presented by Amala Ranikkattu, who has completed her doctoral thesis and is awaiting her public defence in December 2009.

The presentation was followed by an interesting exchange of views on Religious life and its wider place and role in the ecclesial life and mission of the Universal Church and the Church in India, in particular. The specific call of the Religious and that of the Eucharist being the centre of the Church’s life provoked a fierce theological debate and Amala’s careful research in part shed light on this important topic. The actual paper presented at the session could be read at http://lift-leuven.blogspot.com/

In the brief consultation that followed, it was decided to have the next LIFT session on Tuesday, February 09, 2010.