University of Malta
FACULTY OF THEOLOGY
408 years of excellence in Theological Studies
Faculty Calendar The original main gate of the old University Building
2007‐2008 September
28 Friday
October
1
Monday
3
Wednesday
5
Friday
8
Monday
8
Monday
16-18
19
Friday
25
Thursday
November
1
2
14
15
20
22
Thursday
Friday
Wednesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
30
Friday
December
3
4
5
7
10
11
12
20
22
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
January
6
10
17
19
24
30
31
Sunday
Thursday
Thursday
Saturday
Thursday
Wednesday
Thursday
Opening of 2007/8 Academic Year
Mass for Evening Theology Students (University Chapel, 17.30)
Enrolment and Registration for study-units for 1st year students
Students’ Day
End of Enrolment and Registration Period
Senate
Start of Add and Drop Period for study-units
Last day for changing courses or areas of study
Senate
11th Annual St. Augustine Lecture (GW Hall E)
Augustine Lecture for all Theology students
Council
Thanksgiving Mass for Theology Graduate students
Foundation Day Mass and Celebration
Foundation Day
Foundation Day Celebration Concert
Graduation Ceremony for M.A. Theology and S.Th.L students
Start of Second Semester Study-Unit Registration Period
Graduation Ceremony for Undergraduate Theology Students
Theology Encounter (Evening)
End of Second Semester Study-Unit Registration Period
Christmas Charity Campaign
Christmas Charity Campaign
Departmental Meeting
Faculty Board
Christmas Recess
End of Christmas Recess
Senate
Council
Beginning of Test Week
Faculty Staff Seminar
Departmental Meetings
St. Thomas Aquinas (Faculty’s Patron Saint)
Faculty Day (a half day seminar for staff and students)
February
4
Monday
7
Thursday
16
Saturday
18-20
21
Thursday
Beginning of the Second Semester
Faculty Board
Half Day Retreat – Evening Students
Add and Drop Period for study-units
Senate
March
6
8
12
13
15
23
27
30
Thursday
Saturday
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
Sunday
Thursday
Sunday
Inter-Faculty Dialogue
Half Day Lenten Retreat
Departmental Meetings
Faculty Board
Easter Recess
Easter Sunday
Council
End of Easter Recess
Tuesday
Thursday
Thursday
Academy in Honour of St. Thomas Aquinas
Senate
Theology Encounter (Afternoon)
Friday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Saturday
Last Day for submitting Long essays and dissertations
Departmental Meeting
Faculty Board
Council
Examination Period
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Saturday
Theology Encounter (Half Day)
Senate
Faculty Staff Seminar
End of Examination Period
April
8
17
24
May
9
14
15
22
24
June
12
19
26
28
July
7-11
17
Thursday
September
1 -13
4
Thursday
18
Thursday
25
Thursday
External Examiner
Council
Supplementary Examinations
Faculty Board
Senate
Council
Some dates may be liable to change. Always check the Faculty website for updates
11th Annual St. Augustine Lecture
1 November 2007
Dr. Larissa Seelbach will deliver a lecture on Augustine on Women. Dr Seelbach is a
Lecturer in Theology at the University of Würburg.
Theological Encounters
The aim of the Theology Encounters is to offer an opportunity for Faculty staff
members to share and discuss their recent research. With the exception of the first
Theological Encounter the other meetings are reserved for the academic staff:
Prof. J. Friggieri
Theology in Caravaggio
Rev. Dr. H. Scerri
L-Eskatoloġija f’xi poeti Maltin
Rev. Prof. E. Agius
Europe’s shared fundamental values in Biotechnology
and Health Policies
Emerging issues in Pastoral Theology
Rev. Dr. Joe Galea Curmi
Faculty Day
31 January 2008
L-isfida li toffri Malta Illum
The aim of this half day seminar is to bring students and academics together to
celebrate their faith, discuss and share opinions on theological issues and to socialise
with each other.
Inter-Faculty Dialogue
6 March 2008
Values and the Formation of Teachers
Meeting for members of Staff of the Faculties of Theology and Education.
Academic Evening in honour of St. Thomas Aquinas
8 April 2008
The evening is organised by the Theological Student Association in collaboration with
the Faculty of Theology. The guest speaker is Prof. Ludger Honnefelder who is an
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bonn in Germany, the Director
of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences, and the Director of
the Department of Biomedical Ethics in the Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik in Bonn.
External Examiner
7-11 July 2008
As part of the continuous evaluation of the academic programmes, the Faculty of
Theology invites annually a lecturer from a foreign university to review students’
performance in final examinations. The Faculty is honoured to have Prof. Barbara
Hallensleben from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland as this year’s external
examiner. Born in 1957, Prof Hallensleben teaches in the Department of Dogmatic
Theology. In 2004, she has been appointed by Pope John Paul II as member of the
International Theological Commission.
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