News around the globe
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.
Those wishing to attend by zoom should contact
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.
On 13 June, the President of the University of Augsburg, Professor Dr Sabine Doering-Manteuffel, appointed Dr Rainald Becker (Munich) as University Professor in the Chair of European Regional History and Bavarian and Swabian Regional History. He succeeds Prof. Dr Marita Krauss.
Ingolstadt is a beautiful city with important churches and cultural sites. Since 1972 it has also been home to the Bavarian Army Museum, which moved from Munich to the New Palace in Ingolstadt. This huge building complex now also houses the First World War Museum.
In the meantime, you can register for the 18th CIAC in Belgrade (the earlier the cheaper!) and register a presentation topic (call for paper).
There are also promotional posters and a Facebook page
Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
