Chronique Chronicle ACADEMIA ALPHONSIANA Chronicle of the Academic Year 1986-1987 1. Inauguration of the Academic Year The courses of the academic year began on Friday October 17, 1986. On Friday October 24, 1986 His Holiness Pope JOHN PAUL II celebrated a...
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Chronique Chronicle ACADEMIA ALPHONSIANA Chronicle of the Academic Year 1986-1987 1. Inauguration of the Academic Year The courses of the academic year began on Friday October 17, 1986. On Friday October 24, 1986 His Holiness Pope JOHN PAUL II celebrated a solemn Mass of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter's Basilica for the joint inauguration of the academic year by all the Pontifical Universities and Faculties of Rome. Fr. VEREECKE, the Preside of the Academy was one of the principal concelebrants at the Mass.. By happy coincidence the day also marked the 40th anniversary of priestly ordination for the Holy Father, who therefore invited all ot the priests present to concelebrate with him. In his homily, the Holy Father emphasized the need for Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties to maintain, through the collaboration of all, a high standard of academic and scientific excellence. Secondly, he reminded the Pontifical Roman Institutes of their obligation to provide a place and time of ecc
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