:: Please Note ::

• For the most up-to-date information, including the full speaker lineup and final schedule, please visit the conference website.
• This is a hybrid event, hosted both in person and via livestream.

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Each year, World Catholicism Week gathers scholars and practitioners from around the world to reflect on a theme. Our 2023 global gathering asks the question: How can the Vincentian charism contribute to the reform process Pope Francis has begun and help make the Church more open to God and to the poor?

Join speakers from the Philippines, Chile, Haiti, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Nigeria, Argentina, the U.S., and Europe, including Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, Superior General of the Vincentians, who will give the opening keynote address on Thursday, April 13.

Topics of discussion include

• Historical perspectives on reform in the lives of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, and Vincentian communities worldwide
• The changing concept of "the poor" and the theme of marginality
• The internal rreform of the Church, including the roles of laity and women
• Becoming an outward-facing Church dedicated to transforming the world