A theological conference specifically designed for undergraduate students will bring Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, Sr. Joan Neal and Fr. Cyprian to Notre Dame.

The conference, Christ is Risen!  So Now What? has been organized by the Center for Liturgy and the Notre Dame Vocation Initiative (NDVision), which held a similar conference on vocations for undergraduates last year.

We thought it important to assist and encourage theological discussion of issues of personal concern to undergraduates, said David W. Fagerberg, director of the Center for Liturgy and one of the conference organizers.  In this conference, which will take place a few days after Easter, we want to address what appears to be a false dichotomy between those who pray and those who act that is, between the student drawn to a contemplative retreat and the student more inclined toward service and pursuing justice.  We wish to show that both these demands of Christian discipleship have their source in the empty tomb.

The conference will consist of three presentations, all in the ballroom of the LaFortune Student Center.

Rev. Cyprian Consiglio will speak on A Life of Prayer at 7:30 p.m.  Father Consiglio is a musician, composer, author, teacher and monk of the Camaldolese Congregation. For 10 years, he lived at New Camaldoli Hermitage near Big Sur, Calif., serving as liturgist, choir director and teacher. Deeply interested in comparative religion, he frequently visits India to study and teach.  He divides his time evenly between his home in Santa Cruz, Calif., and travel for performing, teaching and leading retreats.