Römisches Institut der Görres-­Gesellschaft

by Sebastian Grünbaum

In August 2025, I was generously given by the Görres Society and the Abbey of the Dormition the possibility to visit Israel. 

The benedictine Abbey of the Dormtion is a wonderful place that is situated on Mount Zion. The beautiful church, built from sandstone, whose foundations were laid 125 years ago, can be visited daily. There is also a possibility to enjoy the Benedictine spiritual tradition in the form of daily hours. Downstairs in the crypt, there is a beautiful sculpture of Mary as she is sleeping.

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The Schneemelcher College of the Protestant Theology Faculty at the University of Bonn is hosting the first Patristic Schneemelcher Symposium. Topics relating to the Apocrypha, the Old Testament and art will be presented

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Written by: Stefan Heid

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Yesterday, 3 September, it was that time again: in the evening, the procession of the brightly lit Gothic macchina of St. Rosa, patron saint of Viterbo, took place. In March, the staff of the Roman Institute had taken a trip to Viterbo, and now Federica Giordani was able to take photos from her room at close range.

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Deadline: 31 October

The Society for Conciliar History Research (Prof. Dr Johannes Grohe, Prof. Dr Thomas Prügl) is asking for proposals for papers for the next conference, which will take place in Vienna from 23 to 25 February 2026. 

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On 11/12 July 2025, the University of Augsburg is hosting a conference on the Council of Nicea (325): ‘Historical perspectives and ecumenical impulses for the present’. The organisers are Thomas Marschler (Dogmatics) and Matthias Simperl (Church History).

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The theme of the 56th International Priests' Meeting in Cologne is "Who is this? Nicaea (325) and the question of Christ today". The speakers are Helmut Hoping, Peter Bruns, Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger, Stefan Andrzejewski and Ralf van Bühren.

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25 years after the publication of ‘The Spirit of the Liturgy’, the question of Joseph Ratzinger's liturgical legacy arises. A conference at the Catholic University of America in Washington on 25-26 September is dedicated to this topic.

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The Leibniz Centre for Archaeology in Mainz is organising a conference on ‘Byzantine Anatolia from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, 600-800: Historical and Archaeological Approaches to a Crisis Era’ from 26 to 28 May. Online participation is possible.

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The XIX. International Congress of Christian Archaeology will take place from 2 to 8 October 2028 in Cordoba, Spain. Responsible for the organisation of the international congresses is the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology.

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In an interview for Domradio Cologne with Jan Hendrik Stens, Stefan Heid loses himself in the confusing world of patriarchs and their patriarchates.

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