Programme – November 16th 2024 Leuven
Caring for people at the edges of our health care system
Nov 16th 2024, Leuven, Belgium
Come and join us for this conference with very interesting lecturers.
Registration at 8.00 am.
The programme starts at 8.30 am.
Closing eucharist at 5.45 pm.
(last update Sept 29th)
MORNING SESSION IN IRISH COLLEGE
8.00 am -1.20 pm
Registration of participants
Welcome: Dr. Stefan De Smedt
President of Belgian Medical Society
Conference 1: Prof. Anja Declercq
Director of LUCAS, Sociology KU Leuven
'People at the edge of our society anno 2024'
(Dutch)
Conference 2: Prof. Laura Rizzerio
Department of Philosophy University of Namur
'Can caring for the most vulnerable make us happier (or more human)?'
(French)
Conference 3: Dr. Lotte Voets
Geriatrics, Palliative care, the Netherlands
'Palliative care for people with disabilities'
(English)
Intermezzo
- Levensadem (Short presentation)
(Dutch) - Coffee break
- Fraterity Saint Luke & Junior Saint Luke (Short presentation)
(Dutch)
Conference 4: Mr. François Trufin
Director of a nursing home (Petites soeurs des pauvres, Belgium)
'Elderly people, sentinels of eternity'
(French)
Conference 5: Baroness Hilde Kieboom
Sant' Egidio community
'Care for the homeless at Kamiano, Antwerp'
(Dutch)
Discussion
LUNCH
1.20 pm - 2.20 pm
sandwich lunch is offered to all participants in Irish College
AFTERNOON SESSION IN DAMIAN CHURCH
2.20 pm - 5.45 pm
Welcome in Damian Church: Fr. Ferry Indrianto
Congregatio Sacrorum Cordium
(English)
Conference 6: Canon dr. Bert Vanderhaegen
Head of Roman Catholic Chaplaincy UZGent and Roman Catholic Chaplain for International Students in Ghent, Ontmoeting Buitenlandse Studenten Gent (OBSG) and the International Roman Catholic Community of Ghent (IRCCG)
'Hospital chaplaincy, a listening ear and much more. Father Damian as a model for pastoral care.'
(English)
Conference 7: Prof. dr. Benoit Beuselinck
Oncologist UZ Leuven
'Finding meaning when one is ill'
(English)
Intermezzo
Singing with people with dementia (Short video presentation)
(Dutch)
Discussion
FEAMC & FIAMC
- Prof. dr. Vincenzo Defilippis
president of FEAMC
European Federation of the Catholic Medical Associations
(French) - Prof. dr. Bernard Ars
president of FIAMC
Catholic Physicians troughout the World
(French)
Coffee break
Adoration in the Tomb Crypt of Saint Damian (below the Damian Church)
EUCHARIST
5.45 pm - 6.45 pm
Eucharist preceded by Archbishop Mgr. Luc Terlinden
in St Anthony's Chapel, Tomb Chapel of Saint Damien, Leuven