Date: Tue 19th April, 2022
Time: 19:00
Venue: Dar Ħanin Samaritan, Santa Venera
As the war in Ukraine is in its seventh week, the Justice and Peace Commission will be holding a public lecture on how Catholic Social Teaching sheds light on the responsibility of the international community, including Malta, to protect innocent lives from the severity of conflicts and wars. The event will be held on Tuesday, 19th April 2022, at Dar Ħanin Samaritan in Santa Venera, at 7pm. The public is invited to attend.
The keynote speaker is Fr René Micallef SJ, an Associate Professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Whilst highlighting other ‘hidden’ conflicts which continue to ravage the lives of millions away from the media spotlight, Fr René Micallef will speak from a historical perspective and will focus on the role of Christians in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
During the event, Claudia Taylor East, Chief Executive Officer at SOS Malta, will also give a brief overview of SOS Malta’s collaboration with Romanian NGOs who are assisting Ukrainian refugees.
Due to Covid restrictions, attendees need to register prior to the event through the following link. Registration may close if the seating capacity of the venue is reached.
About Fr René:
Fr René Mario Micallef SJ is a Maltese Jesuit priest and Associate Professor in Moral Theology and Social Ethics at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He specialises in subjects such as migration, conflicts, human rights and the sources of moral reasoning. Fr Micallef graduated in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Malta, in Philosophy from the University of London, and in Theology from the Jesuit Faculty in Paris and from the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid. During his doctoral studies in Sacred Theology, he focused on the ethics of migration policies.
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