Conference on Archbishop Romero to convene at Notre Dame | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Conference on Archbishop Romero to convene at Notre Dame Conference on Archbishop Romero to convene at Notre Dame Published: September 19, 2014 Author: Michael O. Garvey An international conference to explore the significance of the life and martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador will be held at the University of Notre Dame from Thursday through Saturday (Sept. 25-27) in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium. The International Conference on Archbishop Oscar Romero, sponsored by Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC) and Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies, will bring together theologians, social and pastoral workers, journalists, historians and policymakers to discuss the effects of Archbishop Romero’s witness and ministry on their work, the Church and the world. The lineup of more than 30 distinguished speakers include keynote addresses from Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P., John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Theology at Notre Dame; Monsignor Ricardo Urioste, president, Fundación Monseñor Romero; and Michael E. Lee, associate professor of theology, Fordham University. All academic lectures of the conference are free and open to the public. Archbishop Romero was assassinated by a right-wing death squad while presiding at Mass on March 24, 1980, in a hospital in San Salvador. His outspoken advocacy of human rights, his denunciations of U.S. military aid to El Salvador, his call for Salvadoran military personnel to disobey immoral orders and his insistence that the Church be inseparable from the poor all made him a figure of controversy before and after his death. Archbishop Romero has been officially recommended for canonization by the Catholic Church in El Salvador, and he already is widely venerated as a martyr in his native country, throughout Latin America and in the United States. A month ago, during the flight to Rome after his visit to South Korea, Pope Francis told journalists that the cause for Archbishop Romero’s canonization had been “blocked out of prudence” by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, but that it had now been “unblocked,” opening the way for the archbishop soon to become one of the saints of the Catholic Church. Contact: Rev. Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C., 574-631-8528, Pelton.1@nd.edu Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn