Highlights from the cultural world of Rome
A Christmas concert in memory of Pope Benedict XVI will take place on 20 December at 5 pm in the church of Campo Santo Teutonico. The concert is organised by the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI.
The Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, in collaboration with other institutions, is organising a study day at Campo Santo Teutonico in memory of the German Pope, who died in Rome on New Year's Eve 2022.
Following various archaeological explorations carried out by the Franciscan conventuals in the important early Christian Church of the Twelve Apostles, the redesigned altar area, which allows a view of the early Christian altar, will be presented on 1 December at 4 pm (until 6 pm).
Bullettino vaticano del 10 novembre 2023:
The Rectors and Principals of the six Pontifical Academic Institutions administratively dependent on the Holy See (Pontifical Lateran University, Pontifical Urbanian University, Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for the Sciences of Marriage and the Family)
On 7 December, following Vespers on the Solemnity of the Archconfraternity of Santa Maria della Pietà (5 p.m.), Dr Teresa Lohr's book on the former and current artistic decoration of the church of the Campo Santo Teutonico of S. Heid will be presented. The book is the 69th supplement volume of the Römische Quartalschrift. Mrs Lohr was an assistant at the Roman Institute of the Görres Society. The church of the Campo Santo was built by the confraternity founded in the middle of the 15th century and consecrated in 1500, making it older than the Renaissance St Peter's Basilica.
According to unconfirmed sources, the French Trappists are currently leaving their monastery in Frattocchie, located on the Via Appia Nuova in front of Castel Gandolfo. The monastery is said to be up for sale.
Deadline: 10 Dicember
The Sangalli Institute offers the third international intensive course on the archives of the Holy See and Roman Catholicism, to be held in Rome from 22 to 26 January 2024.
Dr Andreas Burtscheidt, head of the Hanns Seidel Foundation's doctoral funding programme, came to Rome in November with a 40-strong group from the club of former scholarship holders. The programme "History, politics and culture to the right and left of the Tiber" also included lectures and guided tours by "Görresians", in this case the director and Dr Ulf Schulte-Umberg (photo).
On 9 November at 7pm at Campo Santo Teutonico, the English edition of the booklet "Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty - The hero of the Campo Santo Teutonico" will be presented by the Irish Embassy to the Holy See. This will be preceded at 6pm by Holy Mass with Bishop Daimuid Martin from Dublin, the former Vice-Rector of the College.
On the 400th anniversary of the death of the Slavic apostle Josaphat, an exhibition is on display at the Gregorian University. Josaphat, the Basilian monk dedicated his life to unity among Christians. His work spans Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland and Belarus and bears witness to the historical bond between the Eastern Catholic Church and Western Europe and Rome in particular. It is not announced how long the exhibition will be on display.
Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
