Theme:
Cura vitae - the care for and healing of life
The opening address was delivered by Fr Michael Lapsley
SSM,
Director: Institute for Healing of Memories in Cape Town.
Michael lost both his hands when he received a letter bomb, apparently
sent by the South African security police, whilst living in Zimbabwe
in April 1990. He is now director of the Institute for Healing of
Memories in Cape Town.
His address was titled
"Breaking the chain that turns victims into victimisers:
A collective approach to community and individual healing".
The rest of the speakers included:
Prof Daniël J Louw, Stellenbosch professor of Pastoral theology,
Pastoral care and Counselling
[Integrative spiritual healing in "soul care": From the "psyche"
and "prozac" to position/habitus and the dynamics of life (cura
vitae) in intercultural counselling.];
Prof Emmanuel Lartey, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling,
Candler School of Theology,Emory University, Atlanta
["Spiritual Care in African Religious traditions: Can pastoral counseling
learn from African Traditional Religion?"];
Rev Dr Samuel Ayete-Nyampong form Ghana
[Cura Vitae: Pastoral Care Approach to Gerontological Needs in Africa],
Prof Maake Masango, Practical theology, University of Pretoria (UP),
SA
[Violence: A challenge that requires Healing]
Dr Callie Hugo, University of South Africa (UNISA)]
[Faith care as Pastoral care]
Dr Christo Thesnaar, Pastoral Theology, Pastoral care and Counselling,
Stellenbosch University
[Forgetting is Full of Memories]
Dr JC (Liana) Lamprecht, Department of Classics and World Languages,
UNISA
[Consolation of the bereaved: reflections on the pastoral care of
the Early Church Fathers from a post-modern perspective]
Dr Vuhmani Magezi, George Whitefield College, Cape Town
[Possibilities and opportunities: Exploring the Church's contribution
to fostering "health and well-being" in South Africa]
Dr Frederick (Bobby) Nel, pastor, Uniting Reformed Church, George,
Western Cape, South Africa,
[Is there a Role for religious Workers in Twenty-first Century Hospitals?]
Dr Terence Cooke, retired minister Dutch Reformed Church, Potchefstroom,
North West Province, SA
[Whole pastors are necessary to facilitate healing in a broken society]
Ms Amanda Richter, UP, PhD candidate,
[Ubuntu - Becoming through stories: A narrative pastoral care approach
to helping Africa's HIV and AIDS orphans]
On Tuesday evening,
former students and colleagues of prof Daniël Louw honoured him
with a fest schrift.
This was indeed a very special evening for prof Louw, his family
and the faculty of theology at Stellenbosch where he was appointed
in 1978 as a lecturer. Daniël Louw studies at the University of
Stellenbosch in South Africa and at Tübingen in Germany. He served
as a minister of the Dutch reformed Church in Wynberg (Cape Town)
and Stellenbosch before being appointed to the faculty of Theology
at Stellenbosch University where he lectured in Practical Theology,
Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Care and Counselling. Prof Louw was
Dean of the Faculty of Theology from 2001 to 2005. Since retiring
at the end of 2005 he continues to lecture as a visiting professor
at Stellenbosch.
The congress was attended daily by about 40 people, with a core
group of 30.
