30th Anniversary
Memory to Build the Future:
“Thinking and Acting in Terms of Community”
5-6 June 2023 in New Synod Hall – Entry Piazza S. Uffizio
(Draft)
Monday 5.6.2023
Morning:
7. 15 a.m. Withdrawal of the Badge for the Holy Mass and the Audience with the Holy Father – New Synod Hall (Entry: Piazza S. Uffizio)
8.00 a.m. Holy Mass with H.E. Card. Gambetti, O.F.M. Altar of St. Peter’s Chair
10.00 a.m. Key Lecture – S.H.E. Card. Pietro Parolin Secretary of Vatican State
11.00 a.m. Audience of the Holy Father at the Apostolic Palaces
Lunch free
Afternoon:
2.00 p.m. Accreditation
2.30 p.m. Welcome coffee
3.00- 6.00 p.m. General Assembly
3.00- 3.20 p.m. Chairwoman’s Report
3.20-3.30 p.m. Presentation of new General Secretary
3.30- 5.30 p.m. Presentation of the groups’ work
Moderator: Giovanni Marseguerra
Evening:
8.00 p.m. Dinner at the Sant’Egidio community – Via della Paglia 14c
8.30 p.m. Dinner at the Sant’Egidio Community
Tuesday 6.6.2023
Morning:
9.00 a.m. Meditation- H.E. Msgr. Celli, FCAPP International Ecclesiastical Assistant
9.30-10.30 a.m. First Session
Presentation of the book: “30 Years of Papal Messages to Centesimus Annus”: A Guide for Future Action
The evolution of the Teaching of the Church in the Holy Fathers’ addresses to Centesimus Annus.
Moderator: Monica Maggioni
Speakers:
- H.E. Monsignor Galantino, President of APSA
- H.E. Card. Matteo Maria Zuppi, President of CEI
- H.E. Card. Louis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelisation
- Prof. Alberto Quadrio Curzio, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at the Catholic University of Milan, Former President of the Scientific Committee of FCAPP
10.30-11.30 a.m. Second Session
How Centesimus interpreted and accomplished its mission
Round table with the Chairs of the Foundation
Moderator: Christofer White (Two table rounds)
Panelists:
- Roberto Mazzotta (1993 – 2002)
- Lorenzo Rossi of Montelera (2002 – 2009)
- Domingo Sugranyes Bickel (2009-2019)
- Anna Maria Tarantola (2019)
11.30-12.00 a.m. Coffee break
12.00-1.00 p.m. Third Session
The Foundation’s future action in the territories
Moderator: Loup Besmond de Senneville correspondent of La Croix
Discussants:
- Mr. Ulrich Schürenkrämer Local Coordinator German Group
- Mr. Frederick Fakharzadeh Local Coordinator Usa Group
- Mr. David Cherboryot Local Coordinator of the nascent African Group
- Mr. Alessandro Rizzo Local Coordinator Roma Group
- Mr. Luca Filagrana Local Coordinator Trento Group
1.00 – 1.30 p.m. Q&A
1.30 – 3.00 p.m. Buffet lunch
3.00 – 4.30 p.m. Fourth Session
The future of Centesimus- the view of some members (Fratelli Tutti in Action)
Round Table
Moderator: Ludwig Ring-Eifel
Discussants:
- Prof. Giovanni Marseguerra, Coordinator of the FCAPP Scientific Committee
- Prof. Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Chairman of Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, founding member of Centesimus
- Roman Lavault, IT entrepreneur
- Stephanie zu Lowenstein, CEO of Fuerst Loewenstein Group, Member of the German Children’s Hospice Community
- Riccardo Braglia, Vice Chairman and CEO of Helsinn Group, pharmaceutical sector, philanthropist active in Africa with humanitarian projects
4.30 – 5.00 p.m. Conclusions – Keynote speech
Keynote Speaker: Thomas Heine-Geldern, Executive President, Aid to the Church in Need, ACN International – “Living the Four Pillars: Common Good, Personhood, Solidarity and Subsidiarity. An Application of Catholic Social Teaching for the persecuted and suffering Church.”
5.00-6.00 p.m. Q&A
CAPP-USA (Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice, Inc.) is the United States affiliate of the Vatican-based pontifical foundation of Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice, established by Pope St. John Paul II in 1993 to promote Catholic Social Teaching in fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. CAPP-USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

