Basic Orientation Seminar on Church Cultural Heritage

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

18 August, Monday

6:30 p.m. - Vespers

7:00 - Supper

7:45 - Opening Ceremonies

Opening Remarks: Bishop Sergio L. Utleg
Statement of Purpose

8:00 - 1st Discussion: Initial Perspectives on the Cultural Heritage of
the Church in the Diocese of Laoag: A PowerPoint Presentation (c/o Fr. Ericson Josue)

9:00 - Compline

19 August, Tuesday

6:45 a.m. - Lauds within Holy Mass. Presider and Homilist: Bishop Julito
B. Cortes. Bishop Cortes’ Opening Message will be incorporated in the homily.

7:45 - Breakfast

8:30 - 2nd Discussion: Heritage 101: The A.B.C. on the Cultural Heritage of the Church (Fr. Milán Ted D. Torralba)

9:45 - Open Forum

10:00 - Break

11:00 - 3rd Discussion: The Pastoral Function of the Ecclesiastical Archives in the life of the Church (Fr. Harold Rentoria, O.S.A., Head of the NCCA National Committee on Archives)

12:00 n. - Open Forum

12:20 p.m. - Lunch

2:45 - 4th Discussion: The Perspective of the National Museum of the Philippines on the Cultural Heritage of the Church (Ms. Corazon C. Alvina, Director of the National Museum of the Philippines )

3:30 - Open Forum

3:45 - Break

4:15 - 5th Discussion: The Perspective of the National Historical Institute on the Cultural Heritage of the Church (Prof. Ambeth Ocampo, Chair of the National Historical Institute)

5:00 - Open Forum

5:45 - Vespers. Thereafter can follow individual or group consultation
with the discussants/speakers

7:00 - Supper

20 August, Wednesday

6:45 a.m. - Lauds within Holy Mass. Presider and Homilist: Bishop Sergio L. Utleg

7:45 - Breakfast

8:45 - 6th Discussion: The Place and Function of Heritage Music in the Life of the Church (Prof. Alexandria I. Chua, Professor of Heritage Musicology, UST Conservatory of Music)

9:30 - Open Forum

9:45 - Break

10:15 - 7th Discussion: The Heritage Conservation Management Plan (Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo, Director of the UST Center for the Conservation of Cultural Properties and the Environment in the Tropics, & Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila)

11:00 - Open Forum

11:15 - Plenary Workshop: Next Steps

11:50 - Closing Ceremonies

Concluding Messages: Prof. Ocampo, Dir. Alvina, Bishop Utleg

12:15 p.m. - Midday Prayer

12:30 - Lunch

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SPEAKERS

Most Rev. Julito B. Cortes, DD
Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu
Chairman, CBCP Episcopal Committee on Culture and Church Heritage

Rev. Fr. Milán Ted D. Torralba
Secretary of the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines
Executive Secretary, CBCP Episcopal Committee on Culture and Church Heritage

Rev. Fr. Harold Rentoria, O.S.A.
Head of the NCCA National Committee on Archives

Ms. Corazon C. Alvina
Director of the National Museum of the Philippines

Prof. Ambeth Ocampo
Chair of the National Historical Institute

Prof. Alexandria I. Chua
Professor of Heritage Musicology, UST Conservatory of Music

Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo
Director, UST Center for the Conservation of Cultural Properties and the Environment in the Tropics
Director, Metropolitan Museum of Manila