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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CLOSING EVENTS
OF THE SERVETIAN YEAR
ZARAGOZA/ VILLANUEVA DE SIJENA – OCTOBER
22 & 23, 2004
Organizing entity: MICHAEL SERVETUS INSTITUTE
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Government of Aragon
County of Los Monegros
City Council of Villanueva de Sijena |
Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses
Ateneo de Zaragoza
Medical Bar Association of Huesca |
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22– MUSEUM OF
ZARAGOZA (MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE ZARAGOZA)
(PLAZA DE LOS SITIOS, 6, 50001, Zaragoza.) |
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17:15 |
Opening Speech by Mr. Marcelino Iglesias, President
of the Government of Aragon. In his absence,
another representative of the Government of
Aragon will pronounce the welcoming speech.
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17:30 |
Presentation of the closing acts by Mr. Bizén
D’o Río Martínez, Director of the Michael Servetus
Institute.
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17:45 |
Lecture by Dr. Angel Alcalá, Commissioner of
the Government of Aragon for the events to commemorate
the 450th anniversary of the death of Michael
Servetus, Emeritus Professor at the Brooklyn
College (City University of New York): Our
debt with Servetus: inspirations of his thought
for the XXIst century.
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18:30 |
Lecture by Dr. Lluís Duch, Ph.D. in Theology,
Professor at the University of Barcelona (Spain),
Friar at the Monastery of Montserrat: Reformation
and Counterreformation: the history of a struggle
in the Servetian universe.
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19:15 |
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19:45 |
Lecture by Dr. Gustavo Palomares Lerma, Dr.
in Political Science and Administration, Chair
“Jean Monet” in Cooperation Policies of the
European Union, Professor at the Long-Distance
Spanish University (Madrid): International
relations in the XXIst century : is it possible
the coexistence between peoples?
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20:30 |
Proclamation of the Manifest of Villanueva
de Sijena. The Manifest will be read by
Dr. Angel Alcalá.
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| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23– BIRTH
HOUSE OF MICHAEL SERVETUS - VILLANUEVA DE SIJENA
(HUESCA) |
| 10:00 |
Welcoming Speech by Mr. Ildefonso Salillas
Lacasa, Mayor of Villanueva de Sijena and First
Vicepresident of the Michael Servetus Institute.
Welcoming Speech by Mr. Manuel Conte, President
of the County of Los Monegros.
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| 10:15 |
Lecture by Dr. Fernando Solsona (Professor
at the Medicine School, University of Zaragoza,
Head of the Department of Radiology at the Michael
Servetus Hospital (Zaragoza): Glory and
Projection of Michael Servetus.
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| 11:00 |
Lecture by Dr. Marian Hillar, Director of the
Center for Socinian Studies, Texas Southern
University (Houston-EE.UU.): The Christianismi
Restitutio: the religious program of Michael
Servetus.
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| 11:45 |
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| 12:15 |
Lecture by the Rev. Dr. Donald W. McKinney,
Emeritus Minister of the First Unitarian Church
of Brooklyn (New York-USA): The religious
legacy of Servetus: principles and current trends
of the Unitarian religion.
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| 13:00 |
2nd. Proclamation of the Manifest of Villanueva
de Sijena by Dr. Ángel Alcalá.
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| 13:15 |
Appointment of the new fellows of the Michael
Servetus Institute.
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| 16:30 |
Presentation and premiere of the documentary
(60 mn.): The life of Michael Servetus:
God, the Reformer and the Heretic: Director:
Mr. Oliver Eckert (Germany).
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| 17:30 |
Round Table: Servetus, a Renaissance man: global
knowledge versus specialization
Moderator: Mr. Luis Betés, Ph.D. in Theology.
Dr. José Bada Panillo, Ph.D. Theology, philosopher,
former Director of Culture of the Government
of Aragon.
Dr. Luis Miguel Tobajas Asensio, M.D., Member
of the Royal Medicine Academy of Zaragoza
Dr. Eduardo Montull, Secretary of the Jurisprudence
Academy of Aragon.
Dr. Ana Gómez Rabal, Ph.D. Classic Philology.
Mr. Jaume de Marcos, Researcher, President of
the Universalist Unitarian Society of Spain
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| 18:45 |
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| 19:00 |
Homage to Michael Servetus:
Ringing of the bells.
Lighting of the candles.
Fire offering.
Flower offering .
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19:45 |
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