LRC Seminars
One of the principal activities of the Liturgical Research Centre (LRC) is to promote and organize organized serious studies and researches in history, liturgy, theology, spirituality, discipline, etc. that are relevant and pertinent to the Syro-Malabar Church. Since its inauguration on 10 April 1999, the LRC organized 52 research seminars including international and national seminars. The seminars are conducted with the participation of the experts. The topics of the research seminars are the following:
| S.NO |
RESEARCH SEMINARS |
YEAR |
MONTH |
DATE |
DAYS |
PLACE |
|
1. |
LIFE AND NATURE OF THE ST. THOMAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE PRE- DIAMPER PERIOD |
1999 |
OCT |
04-06 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
2. |
SOME HISTORICAL QUESTIONS |
2000 |
SEPT |
04-06 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
3. |
LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC STUDY OF THE MALAYALAM TEXT OF THE ANAPHORA OF THE QURBANA -I |
2000 |
OCT |
05 |
01 |
KAKKANAD |
|
4. |
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ST. THOMAS CHRISTIANS |
2001 |
JAN |
24-26 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
5. |
SEMINAR ON ENARXIS AND OFFERTORY PART OF THE QURBANA |
2001 |
MAR |
7-8 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
6. |
SEMINAR ON ARCHIVES I |
2001 |
MAY |
8-9 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
7. |
LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC STUDY OF THE MALAYALAM TEXT OF THE ANAPHORA OF THE QURBANA-II |
2001 |
JUNE |
06-8 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
8. |
THE HISTORY OF ST. THOMAS CHRISTIANS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE PORTUGUESE |
2001 |
OCT |
24-25 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
9. |
ECUMENICAL SEMINAR ON THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ST. THOMAS CHRISTIANS AND THE EFFORTS TO PRESERVE IT |
2001 |
NOV |
10 |
01 |
KAKKANAD |
|
10. |
THE PASTORAL ASPECT OF THE PRAYERS OF OUR QURBANA FROM THE BEGINNING UP TO LAKU MARA |
2001 |
DEC |
6-8 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
11. |
LITURGICAL MUSIC |
2002 |
JAN |
31 |
01 |
KAKKANAD |
|
12. |
THE SPIRIT OF THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR |
2002 |
JUNE |
25-27 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
13. |
NEW NAME FOR OUR CHURCH |
2002 |
AUG |
28-29 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
14. |
THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS |
2002 |
NOV |
26-28 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
15. |
SEMINAR ON ST THOMAS DRAVIDIAN CHRISTIANITY, HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE |
2003 |
JAN |
21-22 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
16. |
ANAPHORA OF ADDAI AND MARI |
2003 |
JUNE |
23-24 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
17. |
PRE-ANAPHORA PART OF THE QURBANA |
2003 |
OCT |
07-09 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
18. |
THE POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER INCULTURATION OF THE SYRO-MALABAR LITURGY |
2004 |
JAN |
27-29 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
19. |
SEMINAR ON THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS FOR THE CENTRAL LITURGICAL COMMITTEE |
2004 |
MAR APR |
30-01 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
20. |
THE POST ANAPHORA & COMMUNION PART OF THE QURBANA |
2004 |
JUN |
22-24 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
21. |
THE KERALA CHRISTIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE |
2004 |
OCT |
19-21 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
22. |
THE ANAPHORAE OF MAR THEODORE AND NESTORIUS |
2005 |
JAN |
11-13 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
23. |
THE EUCHARISTIC THEOLOGY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II |
2005 |
APR |
05-07 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
24. |
THE LITURGICAL MUSIC OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2005 |
JUL |
19-21 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
25. |
THE SOCIAL LIFE OF KERALA IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM |
2005 |
NOV |
15-17 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
26. |
THE VATICAN COUNCIL II AND THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2006 |
MAR |
21-23 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
27. |
THE SACRAMENTALS OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2006 |
JUN |
14-15 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
28. |
THE POPULAR DEVOTIONS IN THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2006 |
SEP |
19-21 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
29. |
MISSION THEOLOGY OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2007 |
FEB MAR |
27-01 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
30. |
THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2007 |
JUL |
17-19 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
31. |
THE CHRISTOLOGY OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2007 |
DEC |
18-20 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
32. |
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD OF GOD IN THE LIFE AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH |
2008 |
MAY |
20-22 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
33. |
THE ROLE AND MISSION OF THE LAITY IN THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2008 |
JUL |
11-12 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
34. |
ECCLESIAL MISSION OF THE SYRO MALABAR CHURCH IN INDIA AND ABROAD |
2008 |
NOV |
14-16 |
03 |
NEW DELHI |
|
35. |
CATHOLIC RESPONSE TO KERALA LAW REFORM COMMISSION |
2009 |
FEB |
21 |
01 |
KAKKANAD |
|
36. |
THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF THE PRIESTS OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2009 |
NOV |
03-05 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
37. |
THE SEMINAR ON CONSECRATED LIFE |
2010 |
JUL |
26-28 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
38. |
THE SEMINAR ON ECO – THEOLOGY |
2010 |
NOV |
26-29 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
39. |
THE EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES OF ST THOMAS TRADITION IN INDIA (MISSION) |
2011 |
JUL |
29-31 |
03 |
MUMBAI |
|
40. |
NEW EVANGELIZATION WITHIN AND BEYOND: AN EASTERN CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE |
2011 |
MAR |
31 |
01 |
ROME |
|
41. |
ST. THOMAS CHRISTIANS AND EVANGELIZATION (MISSION) |
2011 |
NOV |
22-24 |
03 |
BANGALORE |
|
42. |
ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHIVES - 2 |
2012 |
JAN |
25-26 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
43. |
MISSIONARY CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS (MISSION) |
2012 |
FEB |
09-12 |
03 |
WARDHA |
|
44. |
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SYRO - MALABAR CHURCH TO THE MISSION IN INDIA(MISSION) |
2012 |
MAR |
26-28 |
03 |
BHOPAL |
|
45. |
NEW VISIONS AND PLANS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE EVANGELIZATION IN INDIA |
2012 |
AUG. |
17 |
01 |
KAKKANAD |
|
46. |
THE ROLE OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH IN THE NATION BUILDING (MISSION) |
2012 |
NOV. |
17 |
01 |
DELHI |
|
47. |
THE SEMINAR ON THE SYRO-MALABAR LITURGICAL YEAR |
2013 |
JULY |
23-25 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
48. |
RECAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF VATICAN II IN THE YEAR OF FAITH |
2013 |
NOV. |
5-7 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
49. |
FORMATION OF ANAPHORAE: REVISITED |
2014 |
APRIL |
7-9 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
50. |
THE FAMILY: CRADLE OF THE FORMATION AND TRANSMISSION OF FAITH & MORALS |
2015 |
MARCH |
3-5 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
51. |
ARNOS PADIRI: HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY |
2015 |
NOV. |
3-4 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
52. |
TRADITION AND IDENTITY OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH |
2016 |
JUNE |
24-25 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
53. |
THE SYNOD OF DIAMPER: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHURCH AND THE KERALA SOCIETY |
2017 |
MARCH |
7-9 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
54. |
KERALA CHURCH ART, ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION |
2017 |
NOV. |
24-26 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
55. |
SYRO-MALABAR SUI LURIS CHURCH: GROWATH, RENEWAL AND ORIENTATIONS |
2018 |
MARCH |
15-16 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
|
56. |
ACTS OF JUDAS THOMAS: AN EARLIEST WRITTEN DOCUMENT OF EVANGELIZATION IN INDIA |
2019 |
JAN. |
22-24 |
03 |
KAKKANAD |
|
57. |
A STUDY ON VARTHAMANAPPUSTHAKAM |
2019 |
JULY |
11-12 |
02 |
KAKKANAD |
| 58. | INCULTURATION IN THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION | 2020 | MARCH | 09-10 | 02 |
KAKKANAD |
| 59 |
APOSTOLATE OF ST. THOMAS IN INDIA: A HISTORICAL STUDY. |
2021 | MARCH | 20 | 08 | WEBINARS |
| 60 | THE HISTORY OF ST.THOMAS CHRISTIANS UP TO AD 1500. | 2021 | NOV. | 26 | 08 | WEBINARS |
| 61 | HIERACHY OF SYRO- MALABAR CHURCH .1923 - 2023 | 2023 | MAY. | 04 | 08 | WEBINARS |