"When, at Christmas, we place the statue of the Infant Jesus in the manger, the nativity scene suddenly comes alive. God appears as a child, for us to take into our arms. Beneath weakness and frailty, he conceals his power that creates and transforms all things".
(Pope Francis, Admirabile signum, n. 8).
The Rector and the academic community of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross send warm greetings for a Holy Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021.
The new issue of Notizie dalla Santa Croce, the free internal bulletin published by the University Communication Office, is being distributed these days.
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On December 7, 2020, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the publication of the Apostolic Constitution Veritatis gaudium of Pope Francis, an interinstitutional agreement was signed by the Conference of Rectors of Roman Universities and Pontifical Institutions (CRUIPRO) to promote the mobility of students within the Roman ecclesiastical university system.
The agreement provides that every semester, ordinary students will be able to attend a course in one of the signatory institutions free of charge, subject to authorization by the institution they belong to and acceptance by the host institution.
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On February 2021, the Program of Church Management will start its 4th edition. The Program is a one-year, part-time course with classes on Wednesday afternoons, plus 4 Intensive Weeks throughout the year.
Classes provide instruction in management, economics, finance, business ethics and social teaching, in order to equip PCM’s participants with the skills needed to being transparent, accountable and thoroughly responsible for the Church’s assets, for the renewal and holiness of the Universal Church.
Applications are open until December 15, 2020.
For more information, please contact us at pcm [at] pusc.it.
On November 12, 2020, a webinar on The Management Lessons of St. Josemaría Escrivá, in partnership with the Global Institute of Church Management took place. The webinar is part of a series of webinars on Building a Transparent & Accountable Church.
Reflecting on Saint Josemaría Escrivá’s belief that God can be found in professional and everyday settings, this webinar proposed the leadership and management lessons that we can derive from the Saint’s books and achievements. Our guests were:
Pablo Elton
Regional Manager, East Asian Educational Association
Regional Manager at East Asian Educational Association, a charity
On Monday, October 5, 2020 (9:30 am, Basilica of Sant’Apollinare) Holy Mass for the inauguration of the Academic Year 2020/2021 took place, presided by the Rector of the University, rev. prof. Luis Navarro.
Access to the celebration was by invitation, to allow compliance with the rules established by the health authorities.
Lessons will start in person on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
From October 2020 to May 2021, the Church History Department of the School of Theology activates the online Diploma in History of Christianity Beyond Europe, which will take place over two semesters.
It is open to those in possession of a Bachelor or a Degree in humanities; the deadline for registrations is September 28, 2020.
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From October, 30 to November, 16, 2020 (Mon-Fri, 15:00-16: 40), on the initiative of the School of Theology, the Intensive Course in Spanish Teología Latino Americana will take place. It is also possible to follow the course online (at a cost of € 100 instead of € 195).
"The most original theological theses will be studied, the pastoral proposals of greater evangelizing impact, which have arisen in every era, will be illustrated, and news will be given of the four conciliar cycles of Latin America and of the theology of the General Conferences", write the organizers.
The lessons will be given by Prof. Josep-Ignasi Saranyana, from the University of Navarra, and by professors
