Timetable

10th May 2025

Holy Mass

9.00

All are welcome to join us for Holy Mass at the start of the day.

Registration and Refreshments

10.00 – 10:30

Welcome & Introduction

10.30

Our emcees for the day will unpack the themes of the day, familiarise you with the timetable and spaces we'll use and run through some logistical points.

Spiritual Motherhood

and the Marian Dimension of the Church

10.40 – 11:30

Mother Agnes Mary, SV

Panel One

11:30 – 12.00

Sisters of Life

Lunch

12.00

Lunch will be served in the Parish Centre. We will attempt to cater as best we can for dietary requirements. There is overflow seating in Café Manoppello and you may like to eat your food outside in the square.

Sessions I

12.45

During the Sessions Rounds, you’ll have the chance to choose from one of three workshop-style sessions, each offering a different lens on womanhood in the Church - from theology and literature to personal witness. Pick the one that speaks most to your heart (or your curiosity!).

One | Writing Motherhood

How Mary shaped my understanding of what it is to be a mother

Sally Read

Two | Women of the Catholic Literary Revival in the UK

Caryll Houselander, Alice Thomas Ellis

Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson

Three | How Early Christian Belief About Mary can Shape our Understanding of Woman Today

Dr Arabella Volkers

Coffee Break

13.30

Sessions II

13.45

During the Sessions Rounds, you’ll have the chance to choose from one of three workshop-style sessions, each offering a different lens on womanhood in the Church - from theology and literature to personal witness. Pick the one that speaks most to your heart (or your curiosity!).

One | Living Your Feminine Genius

Sr. Nazareth, SV

Two | "Admiral Beatrice": Medieval Literature's Most Famous Woman

Dr Kathryn Davis

Three | Interview: Taking Sexual Difference Seriously

Dr Margaret Harper McCarthy

#GirlBoss or #Tradwife?

Seeking Authentic Womanhood in a Culture of Cartoons

14.30

Kerri Christopher

Coffee Break

15.15

Panel Two

15.40

Kerri Christopher | Mother Agnes Mary, SV, Sally Read, and others.

Conclusions

& End

16.40

Mass

9.00 & 18.00

Mass will take place before the Summit, at 9am and after the Summit at 6pm (vigil).

All-day Adoration

10.00am onwards

Throughout the day there is Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the church and in the small chapel attached to Café Manoppello. You are welcome to spend time in Adoration of our Lord present in the Blessed Sacrament.