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Summer Symposium 2007 |
Gardone Riviera, Lago di Garda
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The Roman
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2007 Summer Symposium (Gardone Riviera, Lago di Garda)
Private Boat Trip on Lake Garda
Excursions to Venice & Borromeo Islands (Lago Maggiore)
June 28th-July 9th (11 nights)
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Accommodations and the
Setting |
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Accommodation and lectures for the Symposium at Gardone
are at the Locanda agli Angeli, on Lake Garda, in the
foothills of the Alps in northern Italy. Rooms are
mostly doubles, with bath. A limited number of singles
are available. The Locanda is located in Gardone Sopra,
a ten minute walk from the lakefront, where free, clean
beaches with a number of amenities can be found. The
Angeli offers a beautiful swimming pool and garden on
its premises as well. Meals are taken both there and at
a trattoria, Da Mario, several minutes walk away. Mass
is in the parish church, also within a few minutes
walking distance. Special arrangements, at different
prices, can be made for those who wish to stay and take
their meals in one of the many still higher quality
hotels in Gardone or Salo. Arrangemnets to arrive
earlier or stay later, at additional cost, may be made
through the director. Gardone is within easy traveling
distance of Verona, Venice, Trent, Bescia, Milan,
Ravenna, Pavia, and Padua. In years past, participants,
in their spare time, have rented cars to tour the area,
taken more extensive boat trips on the lake, attended
the opera in Verona, and even ventured as far away as
Florence. The region offers opportunities not only for
swimming, but for hiking, biking, boating and scenic
walks as well. The lectures are scheduled in such a way
as to allow time for recreation and sightseeing.
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Daily
Program |
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The daily program consists of two lectures with ample
time for discussion and Holy Mass, according to the 1962
missal (the Tridentine Mass). There are no lectures on
Sundays. Although the lecture program is fixed,
unexpected guest lecturers often arrive. Regular past
lecturers have included Dr. Alice von Hildebrand and Dr.
David Allen White, plus the late Michael Davies and Dr.
William Marra.
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Topics to Be Addressed |
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Christendom in the Carolingian Period (751-896)
The 2007
Summer Symposium of the Roman Forum explores the period
beginning with the Franco-Papal alliance under Pippin
and continuing through the desperate efforts of Popes
John VIII and Formosus to find a competent Emperor to
fight the internal and external threats to the survival
of the emerging Christian order.
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The
Eastern Roman, Carolingian and Moslem Empires
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Carolingians, the Roman Church and Christianization
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The
Carolingian Renaissance From Philosophy to Artistic
Achievement
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The
Nature and Beauty of Gregorian Chant
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Iconography, Eastern Iconoclasm & the "Victory of
Orthodoxy"
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Western Caesaro-Papism, Iconoclasm & the Missions
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Emperors, Patriarchs, Stoudites & the Principle of
Economics
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Christianity in the Caliphate and Divided Spain
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Internal and External Threats to the Carolingian
Order
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East /
West Battles & the Slav and Bulgar Mission
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Faculty |
Rev. Dr. Ignacio Barreiro Carambula
S.T.D., University of Holy Cross; Director,
Human Life International, Rome
Rev. Bernard Danber, QSA
M. Div.; M. Ed.
Rev. Dr. Richard Munkelt
Ph.D. University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome
Lecturer, Fairfield University
Dr. John C. Rao
D, Phil., Oxford; Assoc. Prof. of History
St. John´s University
Rev. Richard Trezza, OFM
M. Div., M.A., Music Ed.
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Transportation |
Each participant must make his own arrangements for
flying to Italy. Transportation will be provided frum
Milan´s Malpensa Airport to Gardone on June 28th, and
then back to Malpensa on the morning of July 9th. All
other transportation costs, aside from group excursions,
are separate. Participants arriving and leaving at
different times or using different airports must make
their own arrangements for getting to Gardone.
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Cost |
Cost is
1,600 Euros (c. $2,100 as of Feburary, 2007) and 1,400
Euros (c. $1,800) for students. This includes tuition,
room (singles extra, prices varying according to quality
and availability) and board (very ample breakfasts,
dinners and wine, plus all gratuities), basic transport,
excursions to the Borromeo Islands and to Venice, as
well as a private boat trip on Lake Garda. Some
reductions in price may be available for those assisting
in recruiting other truly interested participants.
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A Note on
Benefactors |
The Roman
Forum, a not-for-profit educational organization,
attempts to keep prices at a level allowing the most
participation possible. Prices reflect basic costs for
those attending, but not the funds required for Church
use, transporting and housing the lecturers (all of whom
freely donate their services) and meeting unexpected
expenses, especially significant ones caused by
considerable alterations in the exchange rate. Patrons
who would offset these costs, support deserving college
students and seminarians and keep 2007 prices stable are
very much needed for the survival of the truly
extraordinary Catholic cultural experience which the
Symposium offers. All benefactions are tax deductible,
including donations beyond the $2,100 to be paid by
participants in this year's program.
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Application and Payment |
Name,
address, age, a one paragraph statement regarding why
the program is of interest, as well as all questions
regarding costs and other details must be submitted
either by e-mail or regular mail to the address
indicated below. A non-refundable $500 deposit will be
required by April 15th 2007. Remaining payments can be
sent to the address below, in dollars, before May 15th,
or be made, in Euros, at Gardone in June. Prices are
based upon a dollar-Euro equivalent of $1.30.
Adjustments may be required at the time of payment
should the dollar exchange fall below the requisite
1400/1600 Euro figures (see above).
The Roman Forum
c/o Dr. John C. Rao
II Carmine Street, #2C
New York, NY, 10014-4442
director@romanforum.org
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Bibliography |
Dawson, C., The Making of Europe; Religion and the Rise
of Western Culture (Various Editions)
Fletcher, R., The Barbarian Conversions (University of
California, 1999)
Herrin, J., The Formation of Christendom (Princeton,
1987)
Holmes, G., ed., The Oxford History of the Middle Ages
(Oxford, 1988)
Hughes, P., A History of the Church (Volume 2, New York,
1949)
Lapidus, I.M., A History of Islamic Societies
(Cambridge, 1988)
Mayeur, J.M., Ed. Histoire du Christianisme (Volume 4,
2000)
Ostrogosky, G., History of the Byzantine State (2
Volumes, Oxford, 1980)
Richards, J., The Popes and the Papacy in the Early
Middle Ages (London, 1979)
Riche, P., The Carolingians (Philadelphia, 1993)
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