Chronique / Chronicle ACADEMIA ALPHONSIANA Chronicle of the Academic Year 1990-1991 1. Inauguration ofthe Academic Year FolIowing the practice adopted at the beginning of his pontificate, His Holiness Pope John Paul II celebrated a solemn Mass of the Holy...
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Chronique / Chronicle ACADEMIA ALPHONSIANA Chronicle of the Academic Year 1990-1991 1. Inauguration ofthe Academic Year FolIowing the practice adopted at the beginning of his pontificate, His Holiness Pope John Paul II celebrated a solemn Mass of the Holy Spirit in St Peter's Basilica on October 26, 1990 for the joint inauguration of the academic year for alI of the PontificaI Universities, Faculties and Institutes of Rome. Professors and students of the Academy participated in the celebration and Fr. Cannon, the President of the Academy was one of the concelebrants.ln his homily Pope John Paul underlined the particular convergence between the theme of the Synod of Bishops then in session, «Formation of Priests in Present-day circumstances» and the Mass being celebrated to inaugurate a new year of studies for Roman ecciesiasticai and Iay students. The Academy itself marked the inauguration of the academic year with a Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of PerpetuaI Succour on November 7th.,
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