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Broad range of speakers for International Eucharistic Congress

Congress will be held in Dublin from 10-16 June
Congress will be held in Dublin from 10-16 June

List of speakers for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress

A

Patty Abozaglo - Trócaire
Sr Terry Abraham PVBM – Presentation Sisters, Monasterevin
Sr Una Agnew – Milltown Institute, Dublin
Frank Allen – Director of ‘The Trial’
Fr Niall Ahern – Diocese of Elphin
Carl Anderson – Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus

B

Frankie Berry – International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, National Chaplaincy for Deaf People, Ireland
Rev Inderjit Bhogal - Leader of the Corrymeela Community, Belfast.
Cardinal Seán Brady – Archbishop of Armagh
Dr Marcel Broesterhuizen - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Monica Browne – Emmaus Productions
Christina Broderick - Young and On the Mission
John Bruton – Former Taoiseach
Rose Busingye – Meeting Point Kampala, Uganda
Elizabeth Byrne - Parish pastoral worker, Leixlip
Bishop Derek Byrne SPS – Diocese of Guiratinga, Brazil

C

Bishop Frank J Caggiano – Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Brooklyn, US
Fr Jim Caffrey - Catholic Youth Care
Fr Gregory Carroll – Worldwide Marriage Encounter Ireland
Noreen Carroll – Foxrock Parish, Dublin
Fr Paul Churchill – Legion of Mary
Padraigín Clancy – Lecturer, author and broadcaster
Nicole Clarke - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Australia
Archbishop Dermot Clifford – Archbishop of Cashel & Emly, Ireland
Dr Richard Clutterbuck – Edgehill College, Belfast
Dr Anne Codd – Council for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development
Sr Eilis Coe SC – Act to Prevent Trafficking
John Colgan – Living Communion
Fr Neill Collins SSC – Columban Missionaires
Bishop Kieran Conry – Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, England
Fr Dan Crosby OFM Cap – St Athonty Spirituality Centre, Marthon, US
Joanne Crooks – St Agnes’s Community String Orchestra
Jo Culhane – Cathechesis of the Good Shepherd
Mark Cumming – Trócaire
Stephen Cummins - Director of Marriage Education, ACCORD Catholic Marriage Care Service
Pat and Carmel Cunneen – Equipes Notre Dame (Teams of Our Lady)
Fr John Cusick – Archdiocese of Chicago, US

D

Bishop Mark Davies – Bishop of Shrewsbury
Fr Martin Delaney – Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Brigid DeMoor
Don Devaney – Divine Mercy Apostolate
Sr Brenda Dolphin – Sisters of Mercy
Fr Gary Donegan – Holy Cross Parish, Belfast
Dr Donal Dorr SPS – Irish Missionary Union
Dominic Dowling - St Joseph's Young Priests' Society
Fr Michael Drumm – Catholic Schools Partnership
Rev Dr Eugene Duffy - Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Mary Duggan - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Ireland
Peter Dunn – The radharc Trust
Bríd Dunne - Trócaire
Sr Catherine Dunne – Sisters of Charity
Fionnuala Dunne - Order of Discalced Carmelite Friars

E

Simon Edwards - Psalm Drummers
Dr Kevin Egan – All Hallows College, Dublin
Professor Robert Enright – university of Wisconsin-Madison, US

F

Fr Giancarlo Faletti - Focolare
Dr Enzo Farinella – Casa Italia Cultural Centre, Dublin
Bisho[ Brian Farrell LC - Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Fr Derek Farrell – Parish of the Travelling People, Dublin
Fr Paul Farren - Vocations Director in the Diocese of Derry
Seán Feeney - Elation Ministries
Mr Askur Meade Fernández - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Mexico
Dr Jack Finnegan – Milltown Institute, Dublin
Sr Consilio Fitzgerald – Cuan Mhuire Addiction Rehabilitiation Centre
Dr Bernadette Flanagan – All Hallows College
Rev Paul Fletcher SJ - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, England
Br Donatus Forkan OH – Prior General, Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God
Phil and Trish Friel – Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Greg Fromholz - 3Rock Youth Ministry Anglican Archdiocese of Dublin and Glendalough
Colette Furlong – Postoral Services Manager, IEC2012-04-24

G

Ger Gallagher – Office of Evangelisation, Archdiocese of Dublin
Gardiner Street Gospel Choir
Glenn Gannon - Writer and performer in ‘The Trial’
Maura Garrihy - Elation Ministries, Youth 2000, Catholic Comment
Eleanor Glenn – Actress, Archdiocese of Kingston, Canada
Dr Lorna Gold – Economy of Communion
Professor Gill Goulding – University of Toronto, Canada
Rev Nicky Gumbel – Alpha International

H

Fr Peter Hannan SJ, Manresa Retreat Centre, Dublin
Ref Professor Andre Haquin – Université de Louvain-La_Neuve
Fr Seán Healy – Social Justice Ireland
Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF – Singer and musician
Abbot Mark Patrick Hederman OSB – Glenstal Abbey
Sr Moya Hegarty OSU – St Angela’s College, Sligo
Br Richard Hendrick OFM Cap - The Capuchin Franciscan order
Archbishop Barry Hickey – Archbishop of Perth
Conor Hickey – Crosscare
Fr Danny-Pierre Hillewaert - Professor at the Institute of Theology, Diocese of Tournai, Belgium
Fr Charlie Hoey - Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Irish Province of Carmelites, O.Carm
Bishop Friedhelm Hoffman – Bishop of Würtzburg, Germany
Fr Louis Hughes OP - Black Abbey, Kilkenny
Fr Declan Hurley – Dioceses of Meath

J

Archbishop Michael Jackson – Anglican Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough
Br Kuuk Dominick Jansen OP - Dominican Order
Br Jean-Marie - Taizé Community, France
Bishop Christopher Jones

K

Fr Hugh Kavanagh – Focolare
Julie Kavanagh – Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Patrick and Susan Keenan – Retrouvaille Ireland
Fr Eamon Kelly - Vice Chargé of the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center
Fr Dermot Kelly O.Carm - Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Irish Province of Carmelites, O.Carm
Archbishop Patrick A Kelly – President, International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Archdiocese of Liverpool, England
Justin Kilcullen – Trócaire
Bishop John Kirby - Chairman of Trócaire, Bishop of Clonfert
KISI-KIDS
Renate Komorek – Focolare

L

Bishop Franz Lackner –Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
Rose Marie Lavelle – Office of Evangelisation, Archdiocese of Dublin
Donal Lawlor – Focolare
Stephen Lawlor - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Australia
Fr Liam Lawton – Musician and composer
Alice Leahy – Trust Ireland
Professor Brendan Leahy – Focolare
Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-Mien – Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
Most Rev Robert LeGall OSB – Archbishop of Toulouse, France
Norman Lévesque – Green Church
Br Alois Löser – Prior of Taizé Community, France

M

Maeve Mahon – Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Sr Mary Mangan – Sisters of Mercy
Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriquez Maradiaga – Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Archbishop Piero Marini – President, Pontifical Council for the Eucharistic Congress
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin – Archbishop of Dublin
Bishop Julian Lopez Martin – Diocese of León, SpainProfessor Vincent McBrierty – Trinity College Dublin
Tracy Matthews - Archdiocese of Dublin
Professor Vincent McBrierty - Trinity College Dublin
Fr John McCarthy – Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Joseph McDonagh – St Anthony’s Parish, Clontarf, Dublin
Sr Conchita McDonnell – MSHR
Fr Eunan McDonnell SDB
Fr Bede McGregor – Legion of Mary
Fr Benny McHale - Catholic Grandparents Association
Brian McKee - Holy Cross Parish, Belfast
Sr Briege McKenna OSC – Intercession for Priests
Bishop Donal McKeown – Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Down and Connor
Joe McKeown – YouthlinkNI
Eoghan McKiernan – Trócaire
Philip McKinley - The Irish Inter-Church Meeting
Anna McNevin - Emmanuel Community
Peter McVerry SJ – Peter McVerry Trust
Lena Meehan – SPRED, Diocese of Down and Connor
Jane Mellet – Parish Pastoral Worker, Archdiocese of Dublin
Archbishop J Michael Miller – Archbishop of Vancouver, Canada
Fr Chris Monaghan CP
Professor John Monaghan – Deputy President, Society of St Vincent de Paul
Richard Moore – Children in Crossfire
Julieann Moran – Council for Pastoral Renewal
Marion Mulhall – WorldPriest
Ian Murphy – John Main Mediation
Fr Paul Murray OP – University of St Thomas, the Angelicum, Rome

N

Fr Vojtech Nepšinsky – Comenuis Universty, Slovakia
Archbishop Michael Neary – Archbishop of Tuam
Professor Thomas Norris – Focolare

O

Breda O’Brien – Columnist
Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien – Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
Fr Ciarán O’Carroll – Rector, Pontifical irish College, Rome
Fr Connal O’Cuinn SJ - Irish Jesuits
Professor Timothy T O’Donnell – Christendom College, Virginia , US
Fr Seán O’Duinn OSB – Glenstal Abbey
Rev Professor Gerry O’Hanlon SJ - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
Rev Dr Kieran O’Mahony OSA – Orlagh Retreat Centre, Dublin
Professor Desmond O’Neill – Trinity College Dublin
Sally O’Neill – Trócaire
Cardinal Marc Ouellet – Papal Legate
Brendan O’Reilly – Council for Catechetics, Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Sr Margaret O’Shea IBVM - Loreto Sisters
Pauline O’Shea - Parish pastoral Worker, Dublin Archdiocese
Our Lady’s Choral Society - Archdiocese of Dublin

P

Fr Min Seo Park - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, South Korea
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya – Archbishop of Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo
David Payne – Catholic Faith Exploration (CaFE)
Rev Dr Ruth Patterson – Restoration Ministries
Bishop Joseph Perry - Auxiliary Bishop, the Archdiocese of Chicago, USA
Gareth Priestley - Archdiocese of Dublin
Priests of the Focolare Movement – Focolare
Maire Printer - Catholic Grandparent’s Association
Sr Bernadette Purcell - Presentation Sisters, Dublin
Fr Brendan Purcell – University of Notre Dame, Sydney

Q

David Quinn – Iona Institute
John Quinn - Writer and broadcaster

R

Fr Timothy Radcliffe OSB – St Dominic’s Priory, London
Professor William Reville – University College Cork
Sr Brigid Reynolds – Social Justice Ireland
Patrick Reynolds
Robert Rooney - Magis Ireland
Fr Tom Rosica CSB – Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation, Canada
Rev Josef Rothkopf - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Germany
Pascale Roussy - Trócaire

S

Sagrra
Cardinal Robert Sarah – President, Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, Rome
Fr Kevin Scallon – Intercession for Priests
Deacon Tony Schmitz
Fr Michael Shields – Magadan, Russia
Bishop Michael Smith – Diocese of Meath
Professor Martin Stuflesser – Diocese of Maine, Germany
Peter Sutherland – United Nations
Sr Bernadette Sweeney RCS – St Agnes’s Community String Orchestra

T

Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle – Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
Dr Susan Timoney - International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, US
Archbishop Joseph Tobin CSSR – Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, The Vatican
Cardinal André Vingt-Trios – Archbishop of Paris, France
Cardinal Peter Turkson - President, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Patriarch Fouad Twal – Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Br David Twohig - Irish Province of Carmelites

V
Dr Peter van der Burgt - Christians in Science, Ireland
Fr Henricus Veldkamp - Chancellor, Archdiocese of Tirana-Durrës
Dr Maria Voce – President of Focolare

W

Dr Marie Ward - Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Irish Province of Carmelites, O.Carm
Archbishop Bashar Warda – Archbishop of Erbil, Iraq
John Waters – Journalist
Catherine Wiley – Catholic Grandparents Association
Y

Sr Marie Laetitia Youchtchenko