Entitled “Holiness in the Workaday World, “ the conference will focus on St. Josemaría’s teaching about human work in Christian life. William J. Toth, Professor of Moral Theology, will explore the parallels between the thinking of John Paul II and St. Josemaría, focusing especially on how the pastoral insights of St. Josemaría on the secular vocation of the laity and their sanctification through work were reflected and affirmed in the official teaching of John Paul II. Professor of Law, John F. Coverdale, who worked with St. Josemaría in Rome for several years, will talk about what it was like to live and work with a saint.
The conference will conclude with a mass celebrated by the Most Reverend John J. Meyers, Archbishop of Newark.
The conference is being sponsored by Seton Hall University’s Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership . The conference is free and open to the public.
The schedule for the conference is the following:
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 Welcome. Professor David R. Foster, Director of the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership and Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall University
9:15 St. Josemaría and John Paul II on Work and Holiness . Professor William J. Toth, Director of the Institute on Work and Professor of Moral Theology, Seton Hall University.
10:00 Coffee break
10:15 Living and Working with a Saint . Professor John F. Coverdale, Seton Hall University School of Law
11:00 Closing Remarks. Professor David R. Foster
11:30 Mass of St. Josemaría Escrivá. Most Reverend John J. Meyers, Archbishop of Newark
The conference will take place in the McNulty Amphitheater, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079. Further information can be obtained at 917-526-2906.
