News around the globe
On 4 February, the Sangalli Institute is organising an opportunity to meet and discuss the state of the art in the field of religious order studies, with particular attention to some important sources from the modern age. It will be a multidisciplinary initiative involving historians, church historians, economists, accountants and so on.
Deadline: 2 April
The Working Group for Hagiographic Issues of the Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is organising a comprehensive conference on medieval monastic literature from 16 to 18 April. The theme is: ‘Legend – Miracle – Sermon: Monastic collection practices and the modelling of religious ideals in the textual cultures of the Middle Ages’.
On 25 January, a ceremony in honour of Joseph Görres (1776-1948) will take place at the historic Görres House in Koblenz.
Of particular importance is the conference on the young Görres organised by Dr Sabine Gruber and Prof. Georg Braungart at the State Library Centre on 26/27 January.
The latest newsletter from the Görres Society focuses primarily on the Society's big anniversary, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary: 1876-2026!
To mark the 100th anniversary of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty's ordination, the Irish Post Office has issued a special stamp. O'Flaherty lived at the German seminary Campo Santo Teutonico for almost ten years and, during the German occupation in 1943/44, brought around 6,500 people, including numerous Jews, to safety from the Nazis.
From 4 to 27 July 2026, Rector Prelate Dr Peter Klasvogt invites seminarians to Paderborn for the Summer Academy on Catholic Social Teaching. The theme is Pope Leo's vision of the Church between continuity and change.
The new online platform Communio (Herder Publishing House) regularly publishes articles related to Rome (category ‘City of Wonders’), most recently an article by Stefan Heid entitled ‘Farewell to the Pope King: Pius XI, the Feast of Christ the King and Christian Archaeology’.
Deadline: 31. January
Marco Besl and Claudia Wiener from the University of Munich are inviting submissions for their conference from 19 to 21 November 2026.
8 December marks the 20th anniversary of the death of renowned Catholic theologian Leo Scheffczyk (1920–2005). To mark the occasion, Catholic private television station K-TV has produced a short documentary film lasting around 20 minutes, which will be broadcast several times over the coming days:
A major conference on the history of housing foundations entitled ‘Foundations as role models: the Fuggerei in context’ is taking place at the Augsburg City Archives. The range of lectures covers topics from the Fugger foundations in Augsburg to similar phenomena of poor relief and social welfare in Europe.
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