CONFERENCE - October in Saskatoon - "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Catholic Realism in a Postmodern World" of Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Canada

Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Canada 2023 Conference—October 20/21, Saskatoon

Theme: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Catholic Realism in a Postmodern World

Conference Description:
We live in a destabilized world, one in which the claims of postmodernism have attempted to destroy the logos—language, reason, history, a coherent anthropology, and indeed truth itself—and the Logos—the incarnate Word in the person of Christ. This conference aims to explore the manifold ways in which Catholicism provides a counter to postmodern error and contains within itself an approach to realism that can help mediate even its own internal struggles.

Conference Dates: October 20/21, 2023

Place: St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral, Saskatoon (conference) and Our Lady of Good Success Hall (banquet and entertainment)

Proposed Agenda:

Friday, October 20 (St. Paul’s Hall)
6:30pm Wine and Cheese
7:30pm Keynote Address Fr. Stefano Penna—“Stuttering Siren and Penitential Pope:  A Drama of the Ugly”

Saturday, October 21 (St. Paul’s Hall)

8:00am Continental Breakfast (Coffee, fruit, and muffins)

8:45 am-10:45  Paper Session 1

11am-12:15 Young Scholars’ Section

12:15 Lunch

1 pm Paper Session 2

2:35 pm Coffee Break

2:45-4:45pm Paper Session 3

5:00 pm Mass (St. Paul’s)

6:00 pm Transport to Our Lady of Good Success Hall

6:15 pm Cocktails and Quartet

7:00 pm Banquet followed by entertainment

Session Papers (session schedule will be provided soon)

Dr. Paul Flaman—“Gender Theory, Transgender Persons, and Catholic Teaching” 

Dr. Donald Graham—“Postcards from the Past:  On the Truth of Revelation”

Dr. John Liptay—“Towards Answering and Resisting the Claims of the ‘End of Ethics’ Program” 

Mr. Tomas Rochford—“A Pearl on the Prairie:  Building a Small-Town Church with the Mind of the Church” 

Mr. Clement Ng—“Meeting the Challenge of the Sexual Revolution’s Third Wave:  Sexual Difference and the Ordering of Nature”

Mr. Mark Doerksen—“The Seed of Reality:  The Theory of the Medieval Narrative Frame” 

Fr. Greg Smith-Windsor—“Ordered Towards a Common End:  The State, the Family, and the Principle of Subsidiarity”

Dr. Charles Robertson—“Newman, Liberalism, and the Great Apostasy”

Dr. Celene Sidloski—“The Prosthetic Preference and the Flight from the Real” 

Conference Rates:

Friday Evening Keynote with Wine and Cheese:  

Free will offering (RVSP required)

Saturday Conference Rate (includes continental breakfast and lunch):  

Regular: $50; Student: $20; Clergy:  free

All-in Saturday Rate (includes breakfast, lunch, and evening banquet):  

Regular:  $60; Student: $30; Clergy: free

To Reserve a ticket contact Dr. Celene Sidloski at csidloski@stmcollege.ca  (306) 715-1541

Payment can be made at the door.
Downtown hotels within walking distance of conference site:

Sheraton Cavalier (5 minute walk from St. Paul’s conference site)
Address: 612 Spadina Crescent E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3G9
Phone: (306) 652-6770
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/yxesi-sheraton-cavalier-saskatoon-hotel/overview/
one queen bed--$179 (plus $26 taxes)

Park Town Hotel (7 minute walk from conference site)
Address: 924 Spadina Crescent E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3H5
Phone: (306) 244-5564
www.parktownhotel.com

Hotel Senator (15 minute walk to conference site)
243 21 st St. E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0B7
www.hotelsenator.ca

Alt Hotel (15 minute walk)
480 2nd Ave. S, Saskatoon
(639) 398-0250
https://www.germainhotels.com/en/alt-hotel/saskatoon

Holiday Inn Saskatoon Downtown (15 minute walk)
101 Pacific Avenue, Saskatoon
(306) 986-5000
www.holidayinn.com

***all rooms can be secured more cheaply on third-party booking sites