Saturday, May 13, 2023

Speaker: Emmanuel Durand

Free registration: cdevs@udominicaine.ca

Online conference (ZOOM) at 1:30 PM (Montreal – EST) 7:30 PM (Europe)

Have you ever been hurt by the violation of the dignity of a vulnerable person?

The Dominican Center for Ethics and Spiritual Life (CDEVS) is offering its final conference of the academic year:

“Where is our unassailable dignity based?” on Saturday, May 13 at 1:30 p.m. (Quebec and Ontario time) by Emmanuel Durand, Dominican and professor of theology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).

On the program:

• Faced with unjust and imposed shames, what answer can be found in oneself and in the other party?
• What is the basis for the emergence of a new sense of dignity in us?
• Before whom can I stand in truth and with just pride?
• Question and answer session with Emmanuel Durand

This is the fourth and final conference in the cycle on restored dignity. You can review the first three on the CDEVS page:

-Michel Gourgues, “Sometimes in the feminine, sometimes in the masculine: two journeys of recovered dignity in the Gospel of Luke”

-Marie de Lovinfosse, “Recognizing myself as trustworthy: the testimony of Paul”.

-Luca Castiglioni, “Dignity restored, listening to the cry of women”.

If you have not yet registered, you have a few days to do so by simply sending an email to cdevs@udominicaine.ca You will receive your free Zoom link.

Tuesday 28 March 2023

Cycle “Reviving the First Breath: Spritiual Healing

Speaker: Catherine Aubin, O.P.

Free registration: cdevs@udominicaine.ca

Online conference (ZOOM) at 7:30 pm

Hildegard of Bingen and her original visions of man and of the woman healed and saved: how to be reached? 

The Dominican Center for Ethics and Spiritual Life (CDEVS) offers “Healing in Hildegard of Bingen” on   Tuesday March 28 at 7:30 pm (Quebec and Ontario time) by Catherine Aubin, Dominican and professor of theology of the spiritual life at the Dominican University College . 

On the program:

–  Hildegarde mystic and visionary: “the inspired conscience of the ^12th century”

–  How do Hildegard’s visions of man and woman challenge us?

–  Discover the relevance of Hildegard’s representations of the visions

–  Discussion with Catherine Aubin

If you have not yet registered, you have a few days to by simply sending an email to cdevs@udominicaine.ca You receive your free Zoom link.

There will be room for all registrants, with no limit to the number of number of participants. That’s why you can share this invitation to all those who might be interested.  

We look forward to seeing you on  onTuesday, March 28 at 7:30pm!

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Cycle “Living one’s last breath: End of life and medical aid in dying”.

Speaker: Didier Caenepeel, O.P.

Free registration: cdevs@udominicaine.ca

Voices are being heard to recognize “life fatigue” or “fulfilled life” as new grounds for access to medical assistance in dying.

The Dominican Center for Ethics and Spiritual Life (CDEVS) offers “Death from fatigue… to live: a new criterion for medical aid in dying?” on Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. (Quebec and Ontario time) by Didier Caenepeel, Dominican and professor of bioethics at the Dominican University College.

On the program:

–
Why do older
people come up with such reasons for dying?

–
Is it a matter of individual choice or a reflection of a deeper social malaise?

–
How to accompany a person who is “tired of living” to the point of wanting to die?

–
Question and answer session with Didier Caenepeel

If you have not yet registered, you have a few days to do so by simply sending an email to cdevs@udominicaine.ca

You will receive your free Zoom link.

There will be room for all registrants, with no limit on the number of participants. That’s why you can share this invitation with anyone who might be interested.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30 pm!

Tuesday1 February 14, 2023

Cycle “Reviving the First Breath: Spritiual Healing

Speaker: Thomas de Gabory, O.P.

Free registration: cdevs@udominicaine.ca

Online conference (ZOOM) at 7:30 pm

When you are sick, it is normal to want to get better… and even to ask for a miracle, especially when it is serious. 

But isn’t it more important to be saved?

 Thomas de Gabory, Dominican priest and palliative care physician, professor of theology at the Dominican University College, offers a conference on “Hi and Healing” on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. (Quebec time and Ontario time). Everything is online and free!

 On the program: 

 1.       God can heal me, but does he really want to?

2.       The Christ heals and saves, both at the same time? Not always!

3.       Healing or being saved: what should I ask God for?

4.       Live session questions/answers with Thomas de Gabory

If you don’t have the Zoom link in your email yet, then sign up at by simply sending an email to cdevs@udominicaine.ca 

Don’t worry, there will be room for all registered participants, with no limit to the number of participants.

 We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 7:30pm!

  Brother Thomas de Gabory,  op, for the CDEVS team

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Cycle “Living one’s last breath: End of life and medical aid in dying”.

Speaker: Michelle Dabrowski

There is nothing more scandalous than a child who suffers and a child who dies. Dying at the beginning of life involves decisions that can be all the more difficult and painful.

Michelle Dabrowski, Director of the Office for Family and Life at the CCCB,
and a doctoral student in theology at Dominican University College, will give a lecture
on “Dying at the Dawn of Life: Palliative Care and Medical Aid in Dying in Children” on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 7:30 pm (Quebec and Ontario time). Everything is online and free!

Program: 1. Issues of potential eligibility of children for medical aid in dying. – 2. The specificity of childhood and its ethical issues. – 3. The answers still possible for a child with a terminal illness. 4. Live Q&A session with Michelle Dabrowski

Free registration: cdevs@udominicaine.ca