Of Mary one can never say enough: Conference in Rome, 7 & 8 October
12 June 2026
Today the programme is published of a major international conference on the Blessed Virgin Mary in dogma and worship, to be held in Rome from 7 to 8 October 2026.
De Maria numquam Satis โ “Of Mary one can never say enough” โ will be addressed by His Eminence Cardinal Burke, His Eminence Cardinal Muller, Fr Wojchiech Giertych OP, the theologian of the papal household, plus many other distinguished theologians and leading academics in the Church.
The conference, in which Voice of the Family is honoured to be playing a part, aims to offer a modest contribution to the inexhaustible reflections on โMaryโs unique mission in the mystery of Christ and the Church which continually opens up new horizons for understanding the faithโ.
It will officially open with Solemn Vespers in honour of Our Lady of the Rosary on 6 October at: 18:45 in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary (Via Cernaia).
For further details on attendance contact info@demarianumquamsatis.org
Programme
The conference will officially open with Solemn Vespers in honour of Our Lady of the Rosary on 6 October at 6.45 pm in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary (Via Cernaia).
7 October 2026
First Day โ The Mystery of Mary in Dogma and the Magisterium
9:00 Reception and registration
9:30 Opening of the congress
9:45 Opening address: His Eminence Card. Raymond Leo Burke
Session I
10:30 Prof. Fr Manfred Hauke
The Divine Motherhood of Mary. The Dogma of Ephesus and its significance
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 Fr Wojciech Giertych, OP
The Primacy of Virginal Love within Maryโs Maternal Love
12:30 Q&A session
13:00 Lunch
15.00 Holy Rosary
Session II
16:00 Fr ฤฝubomรญr Urbanฤok
The contribution of the Roman School of Theology to the definition of the
Immaculate Conception
16:45 Fr Joseph Hamilton
The Assumption of Mary. The eschatological fulfilment of the Mother of the Lord
17:30 Mgr Rudolf Schmitz
The Virgin Mary in the context of the Incarnation
8 October 2026
Second Day โ Mary in Worship, Devotion and History
Session III
9:00 Prof. Josรฉ Antonio Ureta
Marian devotion in Latin America
9:45 Fr Claude Barthe
The Virgin Mary in the French School of Spirituality
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Fr Roberto Spataro, SDB
Maria Auxilium Christianorum in the Salesian tradition
11:45 Fr Thomas Crean, OP
Mary, Victorious over All Heresies in the Dominican tradition
12:30 Q&A session
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Holy Rosary
Session IV
16:00 Prof. Roberto de Mattei
The theology of history in the message of Fatima
16:45 His Eminence Card. Gerhard Ludwig Mรผller
The Blessed Virgin Maryโs cooperation in the Redemption
17:30 Closing round-table discussion
Mary Today: Faith, Doctrine and Devotion in the contemporary world
Speakers
His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke (United States) โ Patron Emeritus of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Order of Malta); former Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.
His Eminence Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mรผller (Germany) โ Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Fr Claude Barthe (France) โ Liturgist, co-founder of the journal Catholica, chaplain of the International Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage. Author of theological works translated into several languages.
Fr Thomas Crean, OP (England) โ Doctor of Theology from the International Theological Institute in Austria. Author of numerous theological works.
Prof. Roberto de Mattei (Italy) โ Historian, former Vice-President of the National Research Council (CNR), and President of the Lepanto Foundation. Author of works on Church history.
Fr Wojciech Giertych, OP (Poland) โ Theologian of the Pontifical Household; former professor at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome and at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the Dominican Province of Krakรณw.
Fr Joseph Hamilton, DPhil (Oxon) (Ireland)ย โ Rector of Domus Australia in Rome, lecturer in Patristics and Latin. Visiting Fellow at Oriel College Oxford.
Fr Manfred Hauke (Germany) โ Emeritus Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Director of the Institute of Mariology at the Faculty of Theology of Lugano. Director of the German Mariological Society.
Monsignor Rudolf Michael Schmitz (Germany) โ Vicar General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, Director of the journal Divinitas, and Doctor of Dogmatic Theology and of Canon Law.
Prof. Fr Roberto Spataro, SDB (Italy) โ Doctor of Dogmatic Theology, former professor at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome and Jerusalem, and former Secretary of the Pontifical Academy for Latin.
Fr ฤฝubomรญr Urbanฤok (Slovakia) โ Priest of the Archdiocese of Trnava and doctoral candidate in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Josรฉ Antonio Ureta (Chile) โ Senior Researcher at the Sociรฉtรฉ Franรงaise pour la Dรฉfense de la Tradition, Famille et Propriรฉtรฉ and President of the association Avenir de la Culture.