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
    Dr. Charles Robertson—“Newman, Liberalism, and the Great Apostasy”
    Mr. Clement Ng—“Meeting the Challenge of the Sexual Revolution’s Third Wave: Sexual Difference     and the Ordering of Nature”
    Dr. Paul Flaman—“Gender Theory, Persons Who Identify as Transgender, and Catholic Teaching”

11am-noon Young Scholars’ Section
    Mr. Luca Castroneves—Physics, After God: The Quest for Certainty in a Causeless World”
    Mr. Victor Carpay—Patience: What Makes Submission to Divine Wisdom Possible
    Mr. Kolya Sidloski—The Poet, the Preacher, and the Party Boy: Reordering the Disordered State
    Mr. Julian Kwasniewski—“What Heart Heard of, Ghost Guessed”

12pm Lunch

1 pm Paper Session 2
    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”
    Dr. Celene Sidloski—“The Prosthetic Preference and the Flight from the Real”

2:45 pm Coffee Break

3:00 pm—4:30 Paper Session 3
    Mr. Tomas Rochford—“A Pearl on the Prairie: Building a Small-Town Church with the Mind of the         Church”
    Mr. Mark Doerksen—“The Seed of Reality: The Theory of the Medieval Narrative Frame”
    Dr. Ryan Topping—Presentation on Benedict XVI Institute CARA Study on Vocations in Canada

4:45 pm Mass (St. Paul’s)

6:00 pm Transport to Our Lady of Good Success Hall
6:15 pm Cocktails and Social
7:00 pm Banquet (catered by YXE Foodies) followed by entertainment
Miranda Molnar—poet
Dominic Sidloski—Chopin
Schola—sacred music

Open Mike—poem, story, song

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