SATURDAY 21st July

Poetry as His True Religion

3.30 YOUTH PROGRAMME: REGISTRATION meet members of Committee. Briefing on Programme and involvement.

Director: Derek Egan, with William Adamson (Univ of Ulm, Germany)

5.00 Grand opening

Speakers: Seán O Fearghail TD; Richard O'Rourke MC: Margaret Ryan

ANNUAL Art Exhibitions: Opening and RECEPTION

Painting
Brian Bourke; Ed Navone Opening: Adrian McGoldrick
Jay Murphy; John Hughes; Brian O'Loughlin Opening: Karen Ray

Sculpture
John Behan; Benedict Byrne; Michael Sheerin Opening: Frank Fennell
MC: Michael Jacob

6.00 Dinner (NB: no admission without ticket; book before noon)

8.00 ANNUAL CLASSICAL CONCERT Moore Abbey
Celine Byrne soprano, with Dearbhla Brosnan piano
MC: Richard O'Rourke Find out more; listen to Celine's singing

Interval:
Spring and Fall read by Irene Kyffin
Hopkins in Monasterevin by Desmond Egan

10.15 Festival Club The Manley Hopkins Bar

A Favourite Hopkins Sonnet: recited (or read) by: Youngmin Kim (Dongguk Uni. Seoul); Diane Neary; Sr Jeanne Crapo; Mary King; Sr. Mary; Aleksandra Kedzierska (Marie Curie Uni Poland); Dan Carmody; Joan Twomey (Switzerland); Sakiko Takagi (Tokyo); Jill Allway (UK); Ed Hunter (USA); Margaret Conway (USA) MC: Conor Mahony

Sunday 22nd July

N.U.I. Maynooth Day

8.30am Bus for Newman House, St. Stephan's Green, Dublin.
Names in advance to Noel Mc Alinden.
10.00 Guided tour incl. Hopkins's Room.

LECTURES
Newman and Hopkins: Teresa Iglesias (UCD).
Where Hopkins Died: Pat Lonergan. MC: Margaret Ryan

11.00 Hopkins MASS in University Church.
Lessons: Seamus MacGabhann; Noel McAlinden
Prayers of the Faithful: Richard O'Rourke; Frank Holohan; Anne Whelan; Dan Carmody; Derek Egan
After Communion: That Nature... read by Joseph Feeney SJ
MC: Elaine Murphy

12.00: Bus immediately after to NUI Maynooth.

3.30: Guided Tour of Maynooth College Chapel
by Seamus MacGabhann (NUI Maynooth).

Visit to The Russell Library with Penny Downes, Librarian

5.00 GROUP PHOTO (Entrance): Jim Kelly (KTWU, Washburn University)

5.30 Sherry Reception kindly sponsored by President Hughes

6.00 HOPKINS SOCIETY BANQUET 2007
(Tickets from Committee or at door)

Address by Prof. John Hughes, President, NUI Maynooth.

Presentation of Hopkins Society Award to William Adamson (University Ulm)
by HE Ambassador Josef Havlas (Czech Republic) (dress: smart casual) MC: Margaret Ryan

8.45 Bus leaves from Front Gate

10.00 NIGHTCAP Boland's (opposite Church)

Monday 23rd July, 2007

9.30 Art Exhibitions open to public

10.00 Lectures
Hopkins and Irish Poetic Sensibility: Youngmin Kim (Dongguk University Seoul)
Hopkins's Dublin: Sean Bagnall
Moderator: Hikaru Kitabayashi MC: Richard O'Rourke

11.00 Coffee

11.30 Photography Exhibition by Vincent Brady: opening by Bruno Gaurier (France) MC: Anne Whelan

11.45 Reading and LECTURES

5 Poems: Enrique Juncosa (Spain; Director, Irish Museum of Modern Art)
Hopkins and Patrick Kavanagh: Sr.Una Agnew (Milltown Institute, Dublin)
Hopkins and Browning: Patrick Murray (Athlone)
Moderator: Aleksandra Kedzierska (Marie Curie University Poland)
MC: Pat Lonergan

1.00 Lunch Carmody's or Finlay's

2.45 ANNUAL ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
John Henry Newman, the Mind and Heart of a Musician: Joseph Richard Dunne
Secretary, The Newman Society of Ireland
Moderator: Niall Tierney, The President, Newman Society of Ireland)
MC: Margaret Ryan

4.30 RECEPTION, LAUNCH and LECTURE

Reception courtesy,
The Forgotten History of Kildare: Ger McCarthy
Launch by Sean Bagnall
Hopkins and George Russell (AE) : John Donoghue;
MC: Noel McAlinden

6.00 Dinner (NB: no admission without ticket; book before noon)

8.00 PLAY The Only Jealousy of Emer by WB Yeats
The Pantagleize Theatre, Fort Worth, Texas directed by Violet O'Valle with Rachel Loera as Eithne Inguba; Evelyn Wilson as Emer; Shannon Atkinson as The Woman of the Sidhe; and Violet O Valle
Moderator: Hikaru Kitabayashi MC: Frank Holohan

9.30 Festival Club The Bellyard

4 poems: Diarmuid Johnson (Wales); Brian Arkins; Mile Pesorda (Croatia); Prose: Neil Donnelly MC: Derek Egan

Tuesday 24th July

10.00 LECTURES

Hopkins - a Native American Perspective: Nancy Gillis (Neuhardt Centre, Norfolk)

Hopkins and Mysticism: Micael Clarke (Loyola Univ., Chicago)
Moderator: Patrick Samway SJ (St. Joseph's Univ. Philadelphia)
MC: Frank Holohan

11.00 Coffee

11.45 LECTURES

Hopkins and Aubrey deVere: Patrick Samway SJ (St. Joseph's University Philadelphia)

NB CHANGE Newman: Ian Ker (Oxford University)

1.00 Lunch Carmody's or Finlay's

3.30 A VISIT TO Monasterevin House

Song: Conor Mahony; 3 poems: Anatoly Kudriavitsky (Russia);
Mile Pësorda (Croatia); Guitar: Conor Mahony;
3 poems: Kathleen McCracken (N.Ireland); Thomas Tidholm (Sweden)
David Axelrod (USA); Flute: Diarmuid Johnson (Wales)
MC: Dan Carmody

NB: Group Photo on steps immediately afterwards

5.15 TREE PLANTING in The Hopkins Garden
by Desmond Egan; in memory of: Egan Welch RIP
A poem: Robert Welch MC: Elaine Murphy

6.00 Dinner (NB: no admission without ticket; book before noon)

8.00 LECTURE and READINGS

Prose Reading: Niall Donnelly; 5 Poems: Peter Denman (NUI Maynooth)

Lecture: Hopkins and Shakespeare: Brian Arkins (NUI Galway)
Moderator: Hikaru Kitabayashi (Tokyo) MC: Bob Joyce

9.30 Festival Club The Manley Hopkins

4 poems: Kathleen McCracken (N.I.); Shizue Ogawa (Japan);
Robert Welch (N. Ireland); Biba Ishmael (Macedonia);

Flute: Diarmuid Johnson (Wales)

Irish Poems: Derek Egan; Mary O'Connor; Conor Mahony

MCs: Derek Egan and Conor Mahony

WEDNESDAY 25th July 2007

10.00 LECTURES

An English Perspective: Michael Woods (UK)

Hopkins: Frank Fennell (Loyola Univ. Chicago)

Moderator: Joseph Sweeney MC: Bob Joyce

11.00 COFFEE

11.45 LECTURES

Lightness: a New Perspective: Joseph Feeney SJ (St Joseph's Univ. Philadelphia)

David Axelrod: Poetry as his Real Religion (New York University)

Moderator: Robert Welch (Univ. of Ulster Coleraine) MC: Pat Lonergan

1.00 Lunch Carmody's or Finlay's

2.30 SYMPOSIUM
Ian Ker; Frank Fennell; Hikaru Kitabayashi; Micael Clarke
Alla Savchenko Moderator: Sr Una Agnew (Milltown Institute)

MC: Richard O'Rourke

4.30 RECEPTION and Launches

Reception, courtesy of Noel King, Publisher

A Book of Haikus: Anatoly Kudriavitsky (Russia). Explore our Literature Programme

Launch by Torao Sato Minister/Counsellor, Japan Embassy with Shizue Ozawa

Bourke and Dwyer: New CD by Malachy Bourke
Launch by Desmond Egan

CLASSICAL Guitar RECITAL and Reading
Conor Mahony and Ben Howard ( New York)

4 poems by Thomas Tidholm (Sweden); Anatoly Kudriavitsky (Russia);

Desmond Egan Moderator: Bruno Gaurier MC: Frank Holohan

6.00 Dinner (NB: no admission without ticket; book before noon)

8.00 TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC CONCERT Malachy Bourke Group
Fear a' Tí: Conor Mahony MC: Fionnuala Dukes MCC

10.00 Festival Club The Manley Hopkins (upstairs)

4 poems: David Axelrod (USA); James Healy; Dermot Healy MC: Anne Whelan

Thursday 26th July 2007

10.00 LECTURES

Hopkins and Aesthetic Ireland: Ed O'Shea (SUNY Oswega,New York)

The Church in Hopkins Poems: Aleksandra Kedzierska (Marie Curie Univ. Lublin) Moderator: Brian Arkins (NUI Galway) MC: Margaret Ryan

11.00 Coffee

12.00 POETRY READING with MUSIC

4 poems: Biba Ishmael (Macedonia);

Guitar, 2 duets: Conor Mahony and Ben Howard ( New York)

4 poems: Dermot Healy; Thomas Tidholm (Sweden);

Moderator: Ed O'Shea (SUNY Oswega New York) MC: Elaine Murphy

1.00 Lunch Carmody's or Finlay's

3.00 Bus for Newbridge. Tour guide: Michael Jacob
Visit James McKenna's grave and Monument; one poem

MC: Elaine Murphy NB: Book in advance with Noel McAlinden

4.45 NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE Tour of Style Museum and Reception (two groups) followed by

6.00 GALA DINNER in The Silver Restaurant

Friday 27th July 2007

9.00 Artists and Committee, please remove Art works after Midday

Purchases may be claimed only on payment at Office

10.00 Multilingual TRANSLATION WORKSHOP
Director: Aleksandra Kedzierska (M.Curie Univ. Poland) with Diarmuid Johnson (Wales);
Emil Cic (Croatia) and visiting translators

Workshop will focus on Hopkins's Spring and Fall - you will find this poem here. MC: Elaine Murphy

11.00 Coffee

11.30 WORKSHOP continues

1.00 Lunch Carmody's or Finlay's

4.15 YOUTH PROGRAMME

Closing events; Questionnaires Comments and suggestions for 2007 Presentation of Student Certificates
Moderator: Derek Egan MC: Margaret Ryan

4.45 WINE RECEPTION
Reception, courtesy of Czech Embassy

5.30 G. M. HOPKINS SOCIETY Public Meeting
visitors and suggestions welcome

Theme for 2008? The Newman module
Allen Hill letter of protest: last signatures. Dates: July 22 to 28, 2008 Please complete Questionnaire. Secretary: Pat Lonergan Chairman: Richard O'Rourke

6.00 Dinner (NB: no admission without ticket; book before noon)

9.00 Festival Club The Manley Hopkins

2 poems: Emil Cic; Mille Pesorda Song: Chris O'Donoghue New Voices 2 poems from: PJ Tynan; Ciaran O'Rourke; Sheila Sheridan and Scribblers Writers Group (Newbridge) MCs: Michael Jacob and Conor Mahony

FINALE

Everyone sings or recites