'Responding to a thirsty generation', topic central of the XI conference of update Pastoral Care of the University of Navarra

The School of Theology at the University of Navarra will hold its 11th Pastoral update conference on October 20th and 21st, entitled 'Responding to a Thirsty Generation: Pastoral Proposals in a Time of mission statement ' . meeting , which will bring together priests from different Spanish dioceses, has as goal to reflect on different pastoral proposals on how to respond to a generation that seeks God. conference They will combine presentations, panels, and dialogue spaces with a fundamentally focused orientation internship .

Professor Fernando Milán , director of the conference He points out that despite living in a secularized society, “signs of openness to God and the transcendent are also emerging: young people returning to the Church, people discovering adoration or the Eucharist, adults requesting baptism or beginning a journey of faith, people seeking spaces of silence, prayer and meeting " 

In this context, he adds, “the task of the priest is to learn to recognize that thirst and accompany each person, as Jesus did with the Samaritan woman, helping her to discover in Him the living water she was looking for.” 

For Professor Milan, and in line with the invitation of Leo XIV during his recent visit Spain to “raise its gaze”, the conference They want to "offer concrete ideas and proposals for pastoral work, to help people encounter Jesus Christ."
 

Four lectures and a panel on new pastoral paths

The conference They will begin on Tuesday, October 20, at 10 a.m., with the opening to position by Professor Gregorio Guitián , Dean of the School of Theology Next, Bishop Francisco Conesa of Solsona will give the lecture 'What is the search for God like in the 21st century?' The second presentation of the morning, 'Pastoral proposals for a time of uncertainty', will be given by position by Fulgencio Espa , parish priest of Santa María de Nazaret in the Ensanche de Vallecas (Madrid).

In the afternoon, the panel 'Paths of Growth' will take place, in which three different approaches will be presented. Laurent Touze , Professor of Spiritual Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome), will speak on 'Itineraries of Prayer'; Tomás Baviera , Senior Associate Professor from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, will address 'The role of the “verum” and the “via pulchritudinis”'; and Victoria Segura , deputy director of training and teacher of high school Orvalle from Madrid will speak on 'The Theology of the Body as a Path of Growth: From Theory to Experience'. The first workshop It will conclude with the concelebration of the Eucharist, a dinner, and a colloquium in it seminar Bidasoa International.

The program will continue on Wednesday, October 21st with a presentation by Juan Luis Lorda. Full Professor emeritus of the School of Theology from the University of Navarra, who will pose the question 'How to renew the image of the Church as mother, teacher, and house of God?' Subsequently, Higinio Marín, President from the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, will pronounce the lecture 'The (re)habilitation of the subject', which will put an end to the conference .