Conference on the Family

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Conference on the Family

Where is the Catholic Family Going in New Millennium Ireland?

The Relevance of Familiaris Consortio – encyclical by

Pope John Paul II

Green Isle Hotel, Dublin Sunday 11 March 2012

8.45 Registration

9:15am Introductory Comments Familiaris Consortio

9:30am 10-00am Dr Robert Walley, Matercare Global Maternal Health Issues

10.05am –10:30am – Kathy Sinnott, Former MEP:The Threat of the Children’s Rights Referendum

10:30am 11am – Eanna Johnson Catholic Cathechesis

11.00-11:15am Coffee

11: 15 - 11:45 am Professor Ray Kinsella: The E.U., the Family and Economics.

11:50 – 12:30pm Patrick Fagan: Marriage, Family and Religion.

12:30pm- 1pm Speakers Panel Questions and Answers.

1pm- 2pm Lunch

2pm – 2:30pm Dr Phil Boyle Fertility Care.

2:35pm – 3:05pm Antonia Tully S.P.U.C. UK: What’s happening with sex education in schools?

3:10pm – 3:40pm Dr Tom Ward : The assault on Parental Rights

3:45pm-4:45pm Speakers Panel : Questions and Answers
5:00pm - Mass Fr Michael Ross

€25 admission. Concessions. Space limited

Co-sponsored by National Association of Catholic Families (NACF), European Life Network (ELN) 087 2578250, www.europeanlifenetwork.org and

Human Life International (Ireland) HLII www.humanlife.ie

Tel 094 93 75993

Pat Buckley

I was born in Galway, Ireland where I attended first Scoil Fhursa and then St Ignatius (Jesuit) College. My family moved to Cork in 1960 and I spent my last year at the Christian Brothers College in Mc Curtain street Cork (CBC).

I came to Dublin in 1963 where I met and married my wife Philomena. We have lived in Dublin since then and have been blessed with seven children and 17 grandchildren (so far). When I finished school I studied architecture through the professional institutions and I am a retired Member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (MRIAI). I also hold a BSc. in psychology and political philosophy.

I currently lobby pro-life and pro-family issues at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and occasionally at the European Parliament and Council of Europe. I am a member of the pro-life, pro-family coalition operating within the international institutions and I am a consultant to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children SPUC on UN and related matters.

Between 1978-85, as a married couple Philomena and I were involved in the presentation of Marriage Encounter Weekends and pre-marriage courses. We also represented Worldwide Marriage Encounter on a committee for the family in the Dublin Archdiocese. Between 1985-1988. I was appointed National Secretary and then President of the Catholic Secondary Schools Parents Association (CSPA). I have been lobbying pro-life issue at the UN for upwards of 12 years.

I am a past President of the National Association of Catholic Families (NACF)

Publications:

1997: Anthology of pro-life verse

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Conference on the Family

Pat Buckley

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