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From 20 to 25 August 2023 in Balderschwang (Oberallgäu) Cardinal Kurt Koch, Ralph Weimann and Markus Graulich (all from Rome) will lecture on Revelation, Liturgy, Redemption and Mary in Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. The lectures will be broadcast live by Radio Horeb, Radio Maria Schweiz and EWTN.
Diocesan history in the German-speaking region has always been a focus of Erwin Gatz, director of the RIGG until 2010. We are therefore particularly pleased to draw attention to the conference to be held in Mainz on 10-11 November 2023 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Gesellschaft für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte. Among the illustrious speakers are Christoph Kösters, Barbara Wieland, Andreas Holzem, Bernhard Schneider, Jürgen Bärsch, Matthias Kloft and Claus Arnold.
The private trip of the lecturers and staff of the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology to Reichenstein Castle on the Rhine near Bingen was a delight thanks to the sunny weather, the perfect organisation by Courtial Reisen, the hospitality of the owner of the castle, Lambert Lensing-Wolff, a descendant of Nikolaus Kirsch-Puricelli, and the competent guides by Dr Albrecht Weiland.
The new Ratzinger Academy at the Institute for Religious Studies of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro deals with the thought - in exegesis, ecclesiology, anthropology, aesthetics - of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. The focus is on the integration of Joseph Ratzinger's thought into the cultural dynamics of contemporary society.
Dr. Sascha Priester (Munich), RIGG archaeology advisor, will give a lecture on 19 July at 5 pm at the University of Regensburg (HS 22) on the topic: "An ancient pyramid tomb in the space of the ager Vaticanus - archaeological reflections on the 'Meta of Romulus'".
Article of Sascha Priester about the Vatican in ther Römische Quartalschrift
RIGG member Anselm Demattio from the Benedictine Abbey of Kremsmünster (Austria) will be ordained to the priesthood on 11 July at 10 a.m. in the Kirchberg chaplaincy (Kremsmünster). Demattio is studying in Rome at S. Anselmo..
The Munich group of Görres will meet on 4 July at 6.30 p.m. in KHG Leopoldstr. 11. Dr Fabian Huber will speak on the topic "How the Barock came to Bavaria. The Theatinerkirche in Munich as a prelude to a new art and piety". Afterwards there is a meeting in a pub.
On 24 June, the former scholarship holder at the Roman Institute of the Görres Society Christopher Helbig will be ordained a priest in the Bamberg Cathedral. Helbig supervised the Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI Study Library at Campo Santo Teutonico from 2017 to 2019 with a scholarship from the Vatican Ratzinger Foundation.
Dr Ignacio García Lascurain Bernstorff will give a lecture on "A College for Priests in the Sign of Historicism: the Medieval Reception at Campo Santo Teutonico 1876-1893" on 20 June at 4-6pm.
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On 26 June, professors and staff of the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology will fly to Burg Reichenstein near Mainz. It is a private tour in the footsteps of the history of the Institute, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025.
Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
