O Holy Mary, Daughter of the Most High God,Virgin Mother of the Saviour and Mother of us all,look tenderly upon the Church of your Sonplanted on Asian soil.Be her guide and modelas she continues your Son's missionof love and service in Asia. Protect the Church from all the powersthat threaten her.Help her to be a true imageof the Most Holy Trinity.Pray that through the Church's love and serviceall the peoples of Asia may cometo know your SonJesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world,and so taste the joy of life in all its fullness.O Mary, Mother of the New Creationand Mother of Asia,pray for us, your children, now and always!

(Dall'Esortazione Apostolica "Ecclesia in Asia")

In foto:Statua della Madonna

di Lavang (Vietnam)

TRANSFORMING ASIA

Challenges of the Christian Mission in Asiaon the 20th Anniversary of"Ecclesia in Asia"

Rome 18‐19 December 2019

Pontifical Theological Faculty ofSt. Bonaventure ‐ Seraphicum

Pontifical Urbaniana University

Pontifical Missionary Unionin collaboration with

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Franciscan Institute for Asian Theological StudiesFIATS

Centre for Chinese Studies

Pontifical Missionary Union

FIATS - Franciscan Institute For Asian Theological StudiesPontificia Facoltà Teologica san Bonaventura - Seraphicum

Via del Serafico, 100142 Roma

Tel. +39 3505.864.202Email: fiats2503@gmail.com

Centro Studi CinesiPontificia Università Urbaniana

Via Urbano VIII, 1600165 Roma

Tel. +39 06.698.89.616E-mail: hanxue@urbaniana.edu

INFO:

DAY 1 – 18th DecemberPontificia Facoltà Teologica san Bonaventura ‐ SeraphicumAula Sisto V

TRANSFORMING MISSIONin South‐Eastern Asian Societies

TRANSFORMING MISSIONin Indian and Chinese Societies

Moderator: Fr. Fabrizio Meroni PIME Moderator: Fr. Fabrizio Meroni PIME

9:00 Welcoming speechProf. Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen OFMConvPresident of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. BonaventureDirector of the Franciscan Institute For Asian Theological Studies

11:15 Hindu Nationalism’s Challenge toChristian Mission in IndiaFr. Pudota Rayappa John SJ

11:40 Challenges and Prospects of Inter‐religiousDialogue in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of Easter AttacksFr. Indunil J. Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage

12:00 The State of Islamo‐Christian Dialogue in PakistanProf. Shahid Mobeen

12:15 Questions and Answers

12:30 Concluding remarksProf. Benedict Kanakappally OCDProf. Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen OFMConv

DAY 2 – 19th DecemberPontificia Università UrbanianaAuditorium Giovanni Paolo II

9:00 Welcoming speechProf. Leonardo Sileo OFMRector of the Pontifical Urbaniana University

9:15 Anthropological and Social Transformationsin Contemporary Asia Fr. Gianni Criveller PIME

10:00 Tendencies in Catholic Religious Life in theSouth‐East Asian ChurchesFr. Joseph Nguyen Tat Thang OP

10:30 Questions and Answers

10:45 Coffee Break

11:15 Vietnamese Perspectives on the Ecclesia in AsiaFr. Paulus Y Pham

11:35 Challenges Facing the Christian Mission in IndonesiaFr. Paulus Budi Kleden SVD

12:00 A Buddhist Reflection on the FranciscanSpirituality: A Note on Doing Asian Comparative Theology in the Light of Ecclesia in AsiaFr. Francis Yongho Lee OFM

12:20 Questions and Answers

Keynote speech

Resonance

Panel presentation and discussion – Voices from Asia

9:15 Christian versus Asian Religious Perspectives:Necessity, Possibilities and Limits of DialogueProf. Gaetano Sabetta

10:00 The Agreement between the Holy See and China: developments and challengesProf. Elisa Giunipero

10:30 Questions and Answers

10:45 Coffee Break

Keynote speech

Resonance

Panel presentation and discussion – Voices from Asia