Day 1: 8 October 2002

Vatican II in Perspective

Session 1: Welcome and Orientation

Bishop Bunluen Mansap

Chairperson of Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, on behalf of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand

Session 2: Presentation on Gaudium et Spes: The Church in the Modern World

Sandra Jayne Cornish

Asian Center for the Progress of Peoples, Hotline Director, Hong Kong, China

Session 3: An Asian Perspective on Vatican II

Mina Ramirez

President of Asian Social Institute, Manila, Philippines

Session 4: Historical Overview of the Lay Movements

Stefan Gigacz, Cardijn Liaison Committee