The 11th edition of the Evangelium conference will be held in Maynooth in April 26 with the aim to bring together “excellent speakers from outside and inside of the Catholic Irish Church.”
“It is very Catholic, ethical and educational… It’s about helping people to understand and learn about the Catholic faith,” explained Evangelium’s Public Relations Officer, James Bradshaw.
Main talks include ‘Understanding the contemporary mind’ and ‘Can Catholic teaching change?’. “There are lectures and workshops, so every attendee gets the three different lectures and workshops. There will be a Q&A session. The religious aspect, with Mass in the College Chapel is at heart of the event,” said Mr Bradshaw.
“If you look at their attendance year on year, good proportion of other people are coming back. But then a good proportion of also people who we’ve never had any contact with. We’re getting a good broad attendee base… There is lots of opportunities for tea and coffee breaks. And we also have the big lunch all together.”
“A lot of people would have felt that there was an anti-intellectual strain in Catholicism. It was certainly the case in Ireland: Catholicism by convention, rather than by conviction. In recent decades, you have a shift in how people think about this. There’s an appetite for these events. People are clearly eager to learn more. People who come to the conference want to learn more and dig deeper,” Mr Bradshaw concluded.
Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
