The Founding Meeting of the European SPES was held in October 22–23, 2004 in Leuven, Belgium. The aim of the meeting was to reflect on the meaning of spirituality as a public affair and to establish a European network for Spirituality in Economic and Social life.
Jesuitenhuis, the place of the European SPES founding meeting
The program of the meeting included the following presentations:
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): Spirituality as a Public Affair
Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): Spirituality and Ethics
Vincent Triest (Marseille Espérance) and Catherine Leroy (Bruxelles Espérance): Personalism in Europe: Political Initiatives for Interreligious Dialogue
Also a panel discussion was organized on the topic “Spiritualities with and without God. Is there a common ground?”
As a result of the meeting the book “Spirituality as a Public Good” was published by Garant in 2007.