First of NOVEMBER

From Jim Keenan:

Sorry, this is so late this month; November had some unexpected challenges.

In addition to the four essays below that have appeared in journals in Europe and the US, I want to call your attention to a few issues. Before I do that, do not hesitate to send me news to post here.

First, on November 28, three of the original members of the planning committee, Renzo Pegoraro, Linda Hogan and I are meeting in Amsterdam to review the evaluations and to plan for the future. I will contact you on December 1 about the outcome.

Second, the essays for Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church: The Plenary Papers from Padua (Continuum, 2007) are almost all in and on January 15 I submit them to Continuum. I hope to see them out by the end of summer 2007. The Italian, German, Fernch and Spanish papers have been already translated into English.

Third, Linda Hogan has nearly finished the selection process for the applied ethics papers and her volume will be called Traditions in Dialogue: Applied Ethics in a World Church (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2007). Editing and translating is just now beginning.

Finally, From John Mary Waliggo

Very warm greetings from Kampala, Uganda.

Today, Saturday 11th November, with a group of ten
moral and ethical Catholic Theologians and
Philosophers, we have officially established the
Uganda Chapter of the East African English-Speaking
Association formed at Padova last July. We have
elected our Coordinator and Chapter Secretary. We
have indentified 15 other experts to be included in
the Chapter's membership. We have spent much time on
identifying the major moral ethical challenges facing
our country. Each member has chosen a theme or topic
to research on. We have concluded the one-day meeting
with joy and great hope for the future.

All this would have never happened had Padova not been
there. As I shared my impressions at Padova and the
impact it made and the general conclusions that seemed
to emerge from it and the need to keep the spirit of
Padova moving, all participants seemed to agree that
Padova was a great and prophetic event.

I very much hope, similar Chapters in Kenya and Tanzania have been
formed or are to be formed soon, so that our regional
body meets during the first half of next year.

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On the Openning Session of the Padova Conference: Alberto Altobelli in Rivista di teologia Morale

On "Just War," Kenneth Himes in America

On "Human Rights, Justice and the World Church," David Hollenbach in America

On the themes of the Padova Conference, Marie-Jo Thiel in Lettre de l’ATEM

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