On November 8-10, 2002, some 50 former and current student and friends of the Protestant Theological Faculty, from 10 different countries, met in Prague for the fourth annual assembly of the Association of Friends of the Faculty. This year´s theme was "Darknes", after the title of a book by the well-known Czech author Jirásek about the Counter-Reformation period in Czech history.
The participants heard presentations by Dr. Alena Janatková, Dr. Jan Fiala and Dr. Peter Morée on different aspects of culture and religion in Baroque Prague, and discussed whether the period really was as Dark as Jirásek depicted it and the extent to which Baroque can be identified with the Counter-Rformation. They also had the opportunity of a practical encounter with Baroque monuments.