28 November 2023
On the day of the Feast of the Dedication of the Church of Sant’Anselmo, 11 November, the academic and monastic community celebrated by inviting Monsignor Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi, secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, to preside at the Holy Mass.
Mons. Pagazzi attended the “Maria Santissima Bambina” Master’s Institute in Lodi and, in 1983, began his studies in philosophy and Catholic theology in the Crema and Lodi seminaries. On 23 June 1990 he was ordained a presbyter for the Diocese of Lodi. In 1994 he obtained his license and in 1996 his doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. His moderator was the Benedictine monk Dr. Elmar Salmann OSB.
Since completing his doctorate, he has held professorships at the Alberoni College of Piacenza; seminaries of Crema and Lodi; Theological Study of Bologna; Institute of Pastoral Liturgy “Santa Giustina” of Padua; Emilia-Romagna; Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily; Higher Institute of Religious Sciences of Lodi; Theological Faculty of Northern Italy in Milan; Academy of Fine Arts of Brera; and the Pontifical Salesian University.
He also has been director of Theological Studies of the Seminary of Lodi and the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences “Sant’Agostino”.
Since October 2019 he has been full professor of ecclesiology and family community, research coordinator and member of the presidency team of the Pontifical Theological Institute “John Paul II” for the Sciences of Marriage and Family in Rome.
On 29 October 2021, Pope Francis appointed him consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and, on 26 September 2022, appointed him secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
Mons. Pagazzi spent time with the Collegio residents and Ateneo students and professors, eating lunch and visiting with them until the afternoon.
Altre Notizie
On 14 October, Dr. Ziza Fernandes, singer, composer, professor and musical therapist with a Master in Psychology and Logotherapy, talked with Fr. Ruberval Monteiro, Sant'Anselmo artist and resident professor of Contemporary Sacred Art, in the third part of her series "Conversation between Artists : The Silence, Truth and Beauty". Story and video here.
Early in October, two newly-ordained residents celebrated their first Masses at Sant'Anselmo. Fathers Gregorio Carrizal, of Christ in the Desert, and John George, of the Abbey of Saint Gregory the Great, Downside, continued the Catholic tradition of blessing those in attendance. Photos of the Masses can be found on our Flickr account, here.
Father Elijah Owens, OSB, was elected by the monastic chapter on Thursday, 7 June 2022, as the eighth abbot of Subiaco Abbey. Abbot Elijah lived at Collegio Sant’Anselmo from 2014-2021 while he was studying at the Monastic Institute in the Faculty of Theology.
