Read the news report on the inauguration of the exhibition at the web site of Rome Reports

Il pontificato di Giovanni Paolo II è senza dubbio quello che ha suscitato la più grande attenzione da parte dei mass media. Questo per due ragioni principali, intanto il grande sviluppo che l’industria della comunicazione ha avuto negli anni di Giovanni Paolo, ma soprattutto per la capacità di papa Wojtyla di intuire le logiche e i linguaggi dei media. Il corso approfondisce i vari aspetti del rapporto fra Giovanni Paolo II e i media, attraverso lo studio dei documenti sulle comunicazioni sociali prodotti durante il suo pontificato e l’analisi di come i media hanno seguito alcuni momenti particolarmente significativi del suo pontificato.

BIBLIOGRAFIA:
F.J. EILERS, R. GIANNATELLI, Chiesa e comunicazione sociale, Editrice Elle Di Ci; G. ZIZOLA, La chiesa nei media, Società Editrice Internazionale; D. DE KERCKHOVE, La civilizzazione video-cristiana, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore.

Prof. G. ROSSI
Mar. 8.30-10.15; Ven. 14.30-16.15

- The Social Teaching of John Paul II
3 credits

As part of the John Paul II semester, this course is offered to allow students to develop a deeper understanding of the social teaching of John Paul II. After an opening lecture, there are three main modules. The first concentrates on presenting his social encyclicals; the second focuses on key themes in his thought; the third, on key areas of social action and the last on development of social teaching during the pontificate of John Paul II.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: notes and backgroud reading will be provided by the professor during the course.

Prof. H. ALFORD, OP
Thu. 17.30-19.15

For more information on this course, contact the Secretariat of the Faculty of Social Sciences:
tel. (0039) 066702402; E-mail: fass@pust.urbe.it

La formazione filosofica di K. Wojtyła:
Max Scheler e Tommaso d’Aquino.
Fenomenologia, esistenzialismo e filosofia della prassi.
La soggettività e l’irriducibilità dell’uomo.
L’integrazione personale e la psiche.
La persona e la responsabilità:
La moralità come campo proprio dell’etica.
La legge di natura e la norma personalistica.
La persona: l’amore e la tendenza sessuale:
L’amore e la famiglia.
Il mistero della maternità e della paternità.
L’intersoggettività attraverso la partecipazione.
La persona: soggetto e comunità.
La trascendenza della persona nell’agire: struttura personale dell’autodeterminazione.

BIBLIOGRAFIA PRINCIPALE:
Karol WOJTYŁA, Persona e atto, Santarcangelo di Romagna: Rusconi, 1999. Perché l’uomo. Scritti inediti di antropologia e filosofia, Milano: Mondadori, 1995. L’uomo nel campo della responsabilità, Milano: Bompiani 2002. Rocco BUTTIGLIONE, Il pensiero dell’uomo che divenne Giovanni Paolo II, Milano: Mondadori 1998.

Prof. B. FURGALSKA

For more information on this course, contact the Secretariat of the Faculty of Philosophy:
tel. (0039) 066702413; E-mail: filodec@pust.urbe.it

Durante il corso, i docenti prenderanno in esame gli aspetti giuridici di alcuni documenti ed
interventi di questo grande Pontefice, studente all’Angelicum dal 1946 al 1948: 1) Fides et
Ratio; Veritatis splendor e Evangelium vitae; 2) Discorsi ai Superiori Maggiori degli istituti
Religiosi; 3) doveri e diritti dei fedeli: libertà di ricerca e vigilanza del magistero in alcuni
documenti durante il Pontificato di Giovanni Paolo II; 4) La portata giuridica dei discorsi di
Giovanni Paolo II alla Rota Romana sul matrimonio.
Proff. B. Esposito, O.P.; J. Sliwa, O.P.;M. Santos Das Neves,O.P.; D. Moral Carvajal, O.P. (Sr.)

Il corso si svolge durante il primo semestre con il seguente orario ogni giovedì dal 22 ottobre: ore 15.30-17.15

For more information on this course, contact the Secretariat of the Faculty of Canon Law:
tel. (0039) 066702411; E-mail: decdir@pust.urbe.it

- L’uomo “via della Chiesa” in Giovanni Paolo II
3 crediti

Il corso, esplorando l’insegnamento di papa Giovanni Paolo II cercherà di rintracciare le linee guida e gli aspetti più importanti riguardanti l’uomo, considerato da Lui come la “via della Chiesa”. Alla base delle analisi approfondite dei vari documenti pubblicati dal Pontefice, si tenterà di delineare gli elementi essenziali della sua “antropologia adeguata”.

BIBLIOGRAFIA:
GIOVANNI PAOLO II, Redemptor hominis; Veritatis splendor; Centesimus annus; Mulieris dignitatem; A. SCOLA, L’esperienza elementare. La vena profonda del Magistero di Giovanni Paolo II, Marietti 2003; L. NEGRI, L’insegnamento di Giovanni Paolo II, Jaca Book 2005.

R. RYBKA, OP
Gio. 10.30 – 12.15

- Pope John Paul II on the Wrongs of the First Two Christian Millennia
3 credits

The moral, ecclesial, and ecumenical significance of Pope John Paul’s summons to the Church for penitential confrontation with the ‘dark side’ of Christian history.  Special emphasis on papal and other magisterial references to past mistreatment of women, dissident Christians, Jews, other non-Christian peoples.  Consideration of some Catholic misgivings and criticisms concerning these initiatives of John Paul II.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: L. ACCATTOLI, When a Pope Asks Forgiveness, Trans. by Jordan Aumann, OP.  Alba House, Staten Island USA, 1998; G. BIFFI (Cardinal),  Memorie e digressioni di un italiano cardinale,  Cantagalli, Siena, 2007; G. COTTIER,  Memoria e pentimento: Il rapporto fra Chiesa e cristiani peccatori,  Trad. di Bruno Gonella,  San Paolo, Roma, 2000; INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION,  Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past, Vatican City, 2000.

B. WILLIAMS, OP
Fri. 15.30 – 17.15

- Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI: Bridging Insights in Their Magisterium
8 credits

The seminar, which extends for two semesters, intends to single out pastoral and theological insights in the magisterium of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, highlighting some peculiar aspects tracing back to their teaching prior to Pontificate.  The seminar is also valid for the Semester John Paul II.

Profs. M.M. & T. ROSSI
Wed. 15.30 – 17.15

For more information on this course, contact the Secretariat of the Faculty of Theology:
tel. (0039) 066702400; E-mail: segrteol@pust.urbe.it

Seminar on the theme: Thinking in Latin: the young Wojtyła and his studies in Rome
This event will be focused on the doctoral thesis of Karol Wojtyła, republished in a special new edition in Italian on the occasion of the semester that includes explanatory essays and comment. Reflections on the theme selected by Wojtyła for his thesis, and on his notes documenting its most important aspects, will be offered by prestigious Dominican academics.

Conference on the theme: Catholics in ’48: Wojtyła among the Tensions and Hopes of Postwar Rome
During this public conference at the Angelicum, leading historians and politicians will recall the climate of conflict and of cultural debate that animated the Capital of Italy in the years in which the future Pontiff was completing his studies in Theology at the Angelicum.

Roundtable discussion on the theme: Karol Wojtyła: a story to be told.
In this roundtable discussion at the Angelicum, directors and cinema critics will discuss how the cinema and television have tried to narrate the personal story of Karol Wojtyła, the man and the Pope, a person who lived every moment of his extraordinary life with faith and courage.

· An outstanding experience of culture and thought, recognized with an academic diploma by the very Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, where the young Karol Wojtyla obtained his Ph.D.

· A beautiful, deep and full visit to Rome

· Tour of 4 and 7 nights

In Rome with Karol Wojtyla

The city of Rome became the “home” of Karol Wojtyla with his election to the papal throne in October 1978. But before that, this city had already welcomed the Polish priest, first as student, and then as bishop in his missions to the Holy See. Between 1946 and 1948 the young Wojtyla studied at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, working on his doctorate and developing a bond with this city that was destined to become ever deeper.

Discovering the places and times of Karol Wojtyla in Rome is fascinating: from the political tensions of the post-war period - that pitted the communist movements against those of Christian inspiration - to relations with the Jewish and other religious communities; from the catacombs, the historical site linked to Christian martyrdom, to the majestic basilicas, symbol of a Christianity able to manifest itself to the world - the city of Rome contributed much to the cultural and spiritual formation of John Paul II.

To celebrate the figure of Pope John Paul, and to throw light on hitherto unexplored dimensions of his life, the Angelicum offers “John Paul II Tourist and Cultural Weeks”, including talks on major themes of his thought and visits to places important to him. These pilgrimages are aimed at those who see in John Paul II not only a great pastor of the Church but also an intellectual capable of facing up to the challenges of politics, science and morals with solid and profound insight.

In the tour programme, talks and lectures, given by specialists in the thought of John Paul II, are combined in interesting ways with visits to the various places associated with the figure of Wojtyla: the routes he took through Rome, the places where he studied, his excursions out of the city, his life in the Vatican in the years of his long pontificate. The pilgrimage, which will be of four or seven days duration, returns several times to the Angelicum, not only for the talks, but also to visit the building itself, including the library and other parts of the building most often visited by Wojtyla, and includes visits to the main monuments of the city and excursions to Umbria and Abruzzo regions.

Please note: two versions of the tour are available, one of 8 days/7 nights, and another one of 5 days/4 nights. You’ll find both the programmes down here. Rates include transportation (according to the programme, please see voice “rate includes”), but a discounted version is available for groups with their own bus.

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8 days/7 nights Programme

1st day - Thursday

Arrival in Rome by autonomous means, check-in at hotel. Afternoon at disposal.

Optional excursion “Rome by night”. Overnight stay.

2nd day - Friday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 09:30 am Meeting at the Angelicum (Largo Angelicum, 1 - tel. + 39 06 67021): presentation of the pilgrimage, tour of the university and of the library, welcome drink.

h. 11:00 am Presentation of the thesis of Karol Wojtyla, submitted in 1948; first lecture, on “The Political Vocation and the Common Good in John Paul II”.

h. 01:30 pm Dinner in a restaurant close by the Angelicum.

h. 03:00 pm Walking city tour, starting by the Angelicum: Coliseum, Roman Forum, Capitol, the Polish Church of St. Stanislaw, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps (approx. 3 hours).

Afternoon at disposal.

3rd day - Saturday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 9:00 am Guided excursion to the Vatican Museums, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, St. Peter Basilica. Holy Mass in St. Peter Basilica.

h. 01:30 pm Dinner in a restaurant close by St. Peter.

h. 03:00 pm Back to the Angelicum. Second lecture, on “The historical situation when Wojtyla was a student in Rome, including other relevant and interesting aspects of his Roman periods” (in cooperation with The Centre for the Study of John Paul II).

h. 04:30 pm Guided excursion “The daily route taken by the young Wojtyla”: the Angelicum and the Church of Sts. Dominic and Sixtus, the Quirinal Palace and the Montecavallo square, the Belgian College (situated in via del Quirinale nr. 26, at that time) , the Jesuit Church of St. Andrews at the Quirinal, where each morning the young Wojtyla stopped to pray, the Church of St. Charles at the Four Fountains, the Basilica of St. Mary Major (approx. 2,30 hours).

Afternoon at disposal.

4th day - Sunday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 9:00 am Departure from the meeting point, to visit the underground of St. Peter Basilica, and the tomb of John Paul II. Holy Mass inside the Basilica of St. Peter. Angelus with His Holiness Benedict XVI.

h. 12:45 pm Dinner in a restaurant close by St. Peter.

h. 02:15 pm Visit to the Basilica of St. John in Lateran, and to the Christian Catacombs, that Wojtyla considered one of the foundational places of Christianity, and where he often went as a student.

h. 06:00 pm Back to the Angelicum. Third lecture on “John Paul II, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue”. Ceremony of diplomas, and taking leave of participants who won’t follow the second part of the week.

Afternoon at disposal.

5th day - Monday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 9:00 am “John Paul II and the Mountain” excursion. Visit to relevant and beautiful monuments and historical views of the region where he went to pray alone when he was Pope. Dinner in a typical Abruzzese restaurant. Back to Rome at early night.

Afternoon at disposal.

6th day  - Tuesday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 9:00 am “Assisi: sites associated with St Francis and with the Universal Prayer for Peace” excursion, by following John Paul II’s steps, who visited several times the “seraphic city”. Dinner in a typical Umbrian restaurant. Back to Rome at early night.

Afternoon at disposal.

7th day - Wednesday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 9:00 am Meeting at the Vatican, for the Papal Audience.

h. 12:30 pm Excursion to the “Castelli Romani”: Frascati, Grottaferrata and visit to the Abbey of St. Nilus; Marino and Castelgandolfo, summer residence of the Pope, with its beautiful view over the lake.

Dinner with degustation of typical local food and wines.

Back to the Angelicum, Rome, at early night. Ceremony of diplomas, and taking leave of participants.

8th day - Thursday

Breakfast at the hotel, and individual leave by autonomous means to go back home.

End of services

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM JANUARY 7^TH 2010 TO MARCH 11^TH 2010

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM MARCH 11^TH 2010 TO JULY 01^ST 2010

Rate includes: Overnight stay in a 3 star or 3 star superior hotel with private bathroom and air conditioning; Welcome drink; Breakfast; Half board: touristic lunch inclusive of beverage (1/4 liter of wine + 1/2 liter of water); Conferences at the Angelicum, inclusive of simultaneous language translation, if needed; Liturgies, according to the programme; Papal Audience (for free); information and academic notes; A recognized diploma of participation; Assistance during the tour, by our tour-leader; Excursion with official guides, according to the programme, and simultaneous language translation if needed; Radio whispers into the Basilica of Assisi; Reservation of entry to Vatican Museums; Transportation, according to the programme, with de luxe coaches (Gran Turismo); Bus entry authorizations, highway fares, parking; V.A.T. (10%).

Rate doesn’t include: Entry tickets to museums and monuments; Arrival, departure and to programme’s meeting points transfers; Porterage; Tips; All extras; Incidental taxes of staying (not expected at the moment); Everything not expressly quoted after the voice “Rate includes”.

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM JANUARY 7^TH 2010 TO MARCH 11^TH 2010

GROUPS WITH THEIR OWN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM MARCH 11^TH 2010 TO JULY 01^ST 2010

GROUPS WITH THEIR OWN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

Rate includes: Overnight stay in a 3 star or 3 star superior hotel with private bathroom and air conditioning; Welcome drink; Breakfast; Half board: touristic lunch inclusive of beverage (1/4 liter of wine + 1/2 liter of water); Conferences at the Angelicum, inclusive of simultaneous language translation, if needed; Liturgies, according to the programme; Papal Audience (for free); information and academic notes; A recognized diploma of participation; Assistance during the tour, by our tour-leader; Excursion with official guides, according to the programme, and simultaneous language translation if needed; Radio whispers into the Basilica of Assisi; Reservation of entry to Vatican Museums; V.A.T. (10%).

Rate doesn’t include: Transportation; Bus entry authorizations, highway fares, parking; Entry tickets to museums and monuments; Arrival, departure and to programme’s meeting points transfers; Porterage; Tips; All extras; Incidental taxes of staying (not expected at the moment); Everything not expressly quoted after the voice “Rate includes”.

5 days/4 nights Programme

1st day - Thursday

Arrival in Rome by autonomous means, check-in at hotel. Afternoon at disposal.

Optional excursion “Rome by night”. Overnight stay.

2nd day - Friday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 09:30 am Meeting at the Angelicum (Largo Angelicum, 1 - tel. + 39 06 67021): presentation of the pilgrimage, tour of the university and of the library, welcome drink.

h. 11:00 am Presentation of the thesis of Karol Wojtyla, submitted in 1948; first lecture, on “The Political Vocation and the Common Good in John Paul II”.

h. 01:30 pm Dinner in a restaurant close by the Angelicum.

h. 03:00 pm Walking city tour, starting by the Angelicum: Coliseum, Roman Forum, Capitol, the Polish Church of St. Stanislaw, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps (approx. 3 hours).

Afternoon at disposal.

3rd day - Saturday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 9:00 am Guided excursion to the Vatican Museums, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, St. Peter Basilica. Holy Mass in St. Peter Basilica.

h. 01:30 pm Dinner in a restaurant close by St. Peter.

h. 03:00 pm Back to the Angelicum. Second lecture, on “The historical situation when Wojtyla was a student in Rome, including other relevant and interesting aspects of his Roman periods” (in cooperation with The Centre for the Study of John Paul II).

h. 04:30 pm Guided excursion “The daily route taken by the young Wojtyla”: the Angelicum and the Church of Sts. Dominic and Sixtus, the Quirinal Palace and the Montecavallo square, the Belgian College (situated in via del Quirinale nr. 26, at that time) , the Jesuit Church of St. Andrews at the Quirinal, where each morning the young Wojtyla stopped to pray, the Church of St. Charles at the Four Fountains, the Basilica of St. Mary Major (approx. 2,30 hours).

Afternoon at disposal.

4th day - Sunday

Breakfast at the hotel.

h. 9:00 am Departure from the meeting point, to visit the underground of St. Peter Basilica, and the tomb of John Paul II. Holy Mass inside the Basilica of St. Peter. Angelus with His Holiness Benedict XVI.

h. 12:45 pm Dinner in a restaurant close by St. Peter.

h. 02:15 pm Visit to the Basilica of St. John in Lateran, and to the Christian Catacombs, that Wojtyla considered one of the foundational places of Christianity, and where he often went as a student.

h. 06:00 pm Back to the Angelicum. Third lecture on “John Paul II, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue”. Ceremony of diplomas, and taking leave of participants.

Afternoon at disposal.

5th day - Monday

Breakfast at the hotel and individual leave by autonomous means to go back home.

End of Services

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM JANUARY 7^TH 2010 TO MARCH 8^TH 2010

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM MARCH 11^TH 2010 TO JUNE 28^TH 2010

Rate includes: Overnight stay in a 3 star or 3 star superior hotel with private bathroom and air conditioning; Welcome drink; Breakfast; Half board: touristic lunch inclusive of beverage (1/4 liter of wine + 1/2 liter of water); Conferences at the Angelicum, inclusive of simultaneous language translation, if needed; Liturgies, according to the programme; Papal Audience (for free); information and academic notes; A recognized diploma of participation; Assistance during the tour, by our tour-leader; Excursion with official guides, according to the programme, and simultaneous language translation if needed; Radio whispers into the Basilica of Assisi; Reservation of entry to Vatican Museums; Transportation, according to the programme, with de luxe coaches (Gran Turismo); Bus entry authorizations, highway fares, parking; V.A.T. (10%).

Rate doesn’t include: Entry tickets to museums and monuments; Arrival, departure and to programme’s meeting points transfers; Porterage; Tips; All extras; Incidental taxes of staying (not expected at the moment); Everything not expressly quoted after the voice “Rate includes”.

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM JANUARY 7^TH 2010 TO MARCH 8^TH 2010

GROUPS WITH THEIR OWN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

INDIVIDUAL RATE FROM MARCH 11^TH 2010 TO JUNE 28^TH 2010

GROUPS WITH THEIR OWN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

Rate includes: Overnight stay in a 3 star or 3 star superior hotel with private bathroom and air conditioning; Welcome drink; Breakfast; Half board: touristic lunch inclusive of beverage (1/4 liter of wine + 1/2 liter of water); Conferences at the Angelicum, inclusive of simultaneous language translation, if needed; Liturgies, according to the programme; Papal Audience (for free); information and academic notes; A recognized diploma of participation; Assistance during the tour, by our tour-leader; Excursion with official guides, according to the programme, and simultaneous language translation if needed; Radio whispers into the Basilica of Assisi; Reservation of entry to Vatican Museums; V.A.T. (10%).

Rate doesn’t include: Transportation; Bus entry authorizations, highway fares, parking; Entry tickets to museums and monuments; Arrival, departure and to programme’s meeting points transfers; Porterage; Tips; All extras; Incidental taxes of staying (not expected at the moment); Everything not expressly quoted after the voice “Rate includes”.

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In visita all’Università Angelicum nel 1994

On the occasion of the John Paul II Semester, the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas (Angelicum) is hosting the photographic exhibition entitled John Paul II and Benedict XVI: a Shared Journey with Mary, Young People and Creation. The exhibition – created in collaboration with the Fondazione per i beni e le attività artistiche della Chiesa – has a quite a history already, having been presented for the first time during a youth pilgrimage at Trent, Italy, in July 2007, and subsequently at Loreto, Rome, Krakow, and finally at Sidney, during the World Youth Day 2008.
The current stage in the tour of the exhibition will be particularly significant because it underlines a very important phase in the life of John Paul II, that of his studies in the early part of his life, during which in this very university, run by the Dominicans, he completed them with a doctorate in Theology.
After his election to the Papacy, Karol Wojtyła also maintained a particular link with his university, returning for official visits in 1979 and 1994. On these occasions, he took pains to underline his affection for her, as well as her bonds with the Order of Friars Preachers to which the University belongs.
In this stage of the exhibition’s tour  – which up to now has included 100 panels that take the viewer through some of the most important moments in the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI – 7 new panels will be added, enriching the existing set by covering the presence of the young Wojtyła in the Angelicum and his subsequent visits as Pope.
“Prof Morello, curator of the exhibition along with Msgr Antoni Bednarz, has carried out the difficult task of selecting these beautiful images”, explains the Yearbook 2007 of the Fondazione per i beni e le attività artistiche della Chiesa, “difficult because of the significant difference in the length of time to be considered [for the two papacies], the immense quantity of images from which to choose and, most of all, because of the different characters and the personal and pastoral styles of the two pontiffs. For these reasons, research [for the exhibition] has been focused on three particular areas, that is, their openness towards young people, their love for creation and their Marian devotion, discovering, not without some surprise, and highlighting, the numerous similarities, almost parallel images, on a shared journey, demonstrating a continuity of action that witnesses to the profound unity between these two Pontiffs”.
The sources from which the exhibition was created are largely contained in the photographic archive of the Osservatore Romano, the private archives of Arturo Mari and Adam Buiack (Krakow) and the archive of the Public Relations Office of the Angelicum.