that evening, I screened for the first time publicly, the video program I produced titled, "Ray Rogers In His Own Words." The program is edited from more than 5½ hours of on-camera interviews I conducted in May 2004 with Ray at his home in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The highlights of the first day included Dame Isabel Piczek providing an overview of her beautiful exhibit of Sacred Art that was on display in another part of the hotel and Tom D'Muhala's reading of Ray Rogers' Thermochimica Acta paper, Studies on the Radiocarbon Sample from the Shroud of Turin as a tribute to the late scientist and his final contribution to sindonology.Īt 8:00 p.m. Frankly, the score was rather low, but there were a few highlights, including several papers that truly contributed something new to sindonology. Giulio Fanti, he and I somewhat jokingly kept a running scorecard of any "new" information that was presented. I hate to admit it, but as I sat at one of the front tables in the conference hall next to my friend Prof. Of course, this is due in part to the lack of any new Shroud data or materials available to researchers for further studies. Sadly, as has become typical at conferences in recent years, many papers failed to reveal any new information on the Shroud but simply restated or reinforced earlier knowledge. Over the next three days papers covering a variety of Shroud related topics were presented. This was followed by Tom's address that formally opened the conference. Van, Bishop of Fort Worth, who started the proceedings off with opening remarks and a blessing. the following afternoon, Thursday, September 8, 2005, Thomas D'Muhala, AMSTAR President, introduced The Most Reverend Kevin W. (Front Row) Mary Hines, David Alexander, Dan Scavone, Sue Benford, Joe Marino, Richard Orareo, Gus AccettaĪt 1:30 p.m. (Back Row) Phil Dayvault, Bill Meacham, Gina Glick, Diana Fulbright, Dan Porter, Emanuela Marinelli It was the place where most of us went every evening (and some of us stayed until the wee hours). However, most significant in comparison to previous years was the availability of a "Hospitality Suite" provided by Dan Porter, publisher of the excellent Shroud website It provided the perfect environment for an informal gathering of old friends and colleagues to discuss the latest research, catch up on old times or just "hang out." I think I can speak for everyone who spent any time in the suite during the conference in extending a special "thank you" to Dan for making it available. Unlike previous events that were held in the suburbs, this one was held right in the heart of downtown Dallas where restaurants and other amenities were within walking distance. One of the first things that separated this conference from previous Dallas conferences was the location. The conference was not scheduled to begin until the next afternoon, so the first evening and following morning were available for old friends and colleagues to reunite and reminisce. Nello Balossino and their scheduled papers were ultimately read by other Centro members. This was the first Shroud conference to have international co-sponsors, and many hoped it would mark a new era of cooperation between Italian and American sindonologists, so it was somewhat disappointing to discover upon arrival that several important members of the Centro were unable to attend. The conference was jointly sponsored by The Holy Shroud Guild and the American Shroud of Turin Association for Research (AM*STAR) in collaboration with the Centro Internationale de Sindonologia, of Turin, Italy. On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 7, 2005, guests and speakers began arriving at the Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas, to register for the 3rd International Dallas Conference on the Shroud of Turin, scheduled to begin the next day.
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