2015 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium

The 2015 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium will be held at LMU (Loyola Marymount University) in Los Angeles on February 27th through March 1st. The title for this year’s symposium is: “Sacred Architecture of East and West: Lessons from History and Contemporary Trends.” The Diocese’s Deacon Nicholas Denysenko is one of the speakers and suggests the event as a continuing education credit opportunity (and it is free of charge!)

From the symposium’s webpage (visit by clicking here) :

This year’s symposium is the third and final in our series exploring the relationship between tradition and contemporary practice in Catholic and Orthodox liturgy.

Throughout history, Christians have gathered in private rooms, cemetery chapels, basilicas, cathedrals, ships, garages, and buildings of all sizes and shapes to worship the triune God. The buildings accrued symbolic significance to such a degree that all of salvation history could be communicated through the various rooms, vessels, iconographic programs, and liturgical rituals celebrated in the space. As we reflect on architecture in the 21st century, many new questions emerge. 

Keynote speaker: the Very Rev. Mark Morozowich, provost, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Other speakers include: Nicholas Denysenko (Loyola Marymount University), Sharon Gerstel (UCLA), Robin Jensen (Vanderbilt University), Jeanne Kilde (University of Minnesota),  Tom Lucas (Seattle University), Christina Maranci (Tufts University), Denis McNamara, and Richard Vosko.