From October 18\u201320, the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco and Mary\u2019s Shrine in Ontario co-sponsored an international symposium entitled \u201cLife and Death in the Missions of New France and East Asia: Narratives of Faith and Martyrdom.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The symposium began with remarks by Thomas Worcester, S.J., the president of Regis College, before moving to Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons, one of the Ontario Huronia Historical Parks. An introductory panel included presentations by\u00a0M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J., of the Ricci Institute, and\u00a0Michael Knox, S.J., of Martyrs\u2019 Shrine. Another five panels featured presentations by scholars from around the globe.<\/p>\n
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A schedule of the symposium appears below.<\/p>\n
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October 18<\/p>\n
Regis College, University of Toronto<\/p>\n
12:15\u201345 p.m.: Lunch followed by a presentation on the history of the Jesuits in France in the 17th century by Regis College President, Rev. Thomas Worcester, S.J<\/p>\n
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October 19<\/p>\n
Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons<\/p>\n
9:00 \u2013 10:45 a.m.: INTRODUCTORY PANEL<\/p>\n
Chair: Wu Xiaoxin (Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cLife and Death in the Missions of New France & East Asia: \u2018Connected Histories\u2019 of Faith & Martyrdom,\u201d by M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J. (Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Jesuit Martyrs of New France & Sainte-Marie among the Hurons,\u201d by Michael Knox, S.J.\u00a0(Martyrs\u2019 Shrine)<\/p>\n
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11:00 \u2013 12:30 p.m.: PANEL I: CONTEXTS & FAITH<\/p>\n
Chair: Fred Hacker, Esq. (Midland Cultural Centre)<\/p>\n
Discussant: Donald L. Baker University of British Columbia, Canada & EDS-Stewart Chair (Ricci<\/p>\n
Institute, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the online collective memory of the Christian martyrs of the Boxer incident (1900) in Shanxi province,\u201d by Tao Feiya (Shanghai University, China)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Historical Context for the Acceptance of Catholicism in Joseon Korea,\u201d Kwon Youngpa (for Prof. Cho Kwang, National Institute of Korean History)<\/p>\n
\u201cBuilding Word Bridges Across a Cultural Divide: 17th Century Jesuits and the Wendat (Huron),\u201d by John L. Steckley (Emeritus, Humber College, Canada)<\/p>\n
\u201cAn Interpretation on the Nineteenth-Century Vietnamese Martyrdom according to Traditionally Established Codes of Exemplary Deified Deaths,\u201d by L\u00e2n Ng\u00f4, S.J. (Loyola Marymount University, USA)<\/p>\n
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2:00 \u2013 3:30 p.m.: PANEL II: MISSIONARIES & ENCOUNTERS<\/p>\n
Chair: William Baird (General Manager of Huronia Historical Parks)<\/p>\n
Discussant: Robert Carbonneau, CP (University of Scranton, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cBishop Bai\u2019s Cave: The Fujian Martyrs and the Politics of Martyrdom between China, the Philippines, and Europe, 18th century to the present,\u201d by \u00a0Eugenio Menegon (Boston University, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Transmission of Religious Experience in the Jesuit Relations from New France: The Case of the Torture and Death of Jean de Br\u00e9beuf,\u201d by Micah True (University of Alberta, Canada)<\/p>\n
\u201cMartyrdom in Japan as a new way of Cultural Encounter: The Influence of Christian Martyrdom in a non-Christian Culture,\u201d by Renzo De Luca, S.J. (Jesuit Provincial of Japan)<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeking Sanctity in a Fallen World: Tension, Transformation, and Martyrdom in early Korean Catholicism,\u201d by Franklin Rausch (Lander University, USA)<\/p>\n
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October 20<\/p>\n
9:00 \u2013 10:30 a.m.: PANEL III: IMPACTS & RESPONSES<\/p>\n
Chair: Nahanni Born (Huronia Museum)<\/p>\n
Discussant: Anthony E. Clark (Whitworth University, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Two-Edged Sword of Confucianism for the Early Korean Martyrs,\u201d by Kim Sung Hae, S.C. (Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cA Diachronic Connection between New France Reports and Japan Reports, on the Practice of Christianity and on Non-European Cultures,\u201d by Abe Takao (Yamagata Prefectural Yonezawa Women\u2019s Junior College, Japan)<\/p>\n
\u201cCatholic Writings and the Formation of Catholic Identity in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Vietnam,\u201d by Anh Q. Tran, S.J. (Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cChinese Responses to Christian \u2018Thanatopsis\u2019 in the Seventeenth Century,\u201d by Dong Shaoxin (Fudan University, China)<\/p>\n
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11:00 \u2013 12:30 p.m.: PANEL IV: CRISIS & PERSECUTION<\/p>\n
Chair: Jamie Hunter (Huronia Archaeological Society of Midland)<\/p>\n
Discussant: Michael Knox, S.J.\u00a0(Martyrs\u2019 Shrine)<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom New France to the \u2018Civilizing Mission\u2019: No\u00ebl Chabanel and the Jesuit Martyrs of China,\u201d by Anthony E. Clark (Whitworth University, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Re-member\u2019 the Women Martyrs in Seventeenth-Century Japan,\u201d by Haruko Nawata Ward (Columbia Theological Seminary, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cPhilosophy and Persecution: The Catholic Challenge to Korean Neo-Confucian Beliefs and Values,\u201d by Donald L. Baker (University of British Columbia, Canada & EDS-Stewart Chair, Ricci Institute, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018To the bone\u2019: Emotion and Relics at the Foundation of the French Missions in North America in the 17th Century,\u201d by Dominique Deslandres (Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Canada)<\/p>\n
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2:00 \u2013 3:30 p.m.: PANEL V: STORIES & TESTIMONIES<\/p>\n
Chair: Rosemary Vyvyan (Retired Manager of Programmes for Huronia Historical Museum)<\/p>\n
Discussant: Robert Danieluk, S.J. (Roman Jesuit Archives, Italy [ARSI])<\/p>\n
\u201cFruits of Autumn: The Martyrs of the Urakami \u2018Yonban Kuzure,\u2019\u201d by Simon Hull (Nagasaki Junshin University, Japan)<\/p>\n
\u201cPilgrims in the Margins: The Meaning of the West to Early Korean Catholics,\u201d by Deberniere Janet Torrey (University of Utah, USA)<\/p>\n
\u201cVoice, Materiality and Stewardship: An Archivist\u2019s Perspective,\u201d by Theresa Rowat (Archives of the Jesuits in Canada, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n
\u201cJesuit Teachings and Vietnamese Reception in Early Vietnamese Christianity, 1625-1700,\u201d by Nhung Tuyet Tran (University of Toronto, Canada)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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