On Saturday 19th November, the Titus Brandsma Institute at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, honoured Fr. Falco Thuis, O.Carm., former Prior General of the Order, with a conference on spirituality on the occasion of his departure from the board of the Institute. 

There were a number of presentations by various speakers during the day and these were interspersed with musical interludes. Welcoming the numerous academics, members of various religious congregations, representatives of the the Carmel Foundation of schools in the Netherlands, Carmelites and members of Fr. Falco’s family, chair of the Titus Brandsma Institute Board, Dr. Jan Peters, S.J., began by acknowledging the great contribution of Fr. Falco to the Institute, to education, to the Order and to the Church. The newly appointed Director of the Institute, Dr. Inigo Bocken, concluded the conference with a presentation on the Social Spirituality. Fr. Falco in thanking the Institute pointed out the challenges and the opportunities that lay ahead. Fr. John Keating, O.Carm., Councillor General for Europe, represented the General Council of the Order.

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