Subject: VISnews 111004
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 169
ENGLISH
TUESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2011
SUMMARY:
- Vatican Museums Host Workshop on Conservation of Art
- The Role of Education in Enriching a Nation
- Other Pontifical Acts
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VATICAN MUSEUMS HOST WORKSHOP ON CONSERVATION OF ART
VATICAN CITY, 4 OCT 2011 (VIS) - The Vatican Museums are today hosting a
workshop entitled "Sharing Conservation: several approaches to the
conservation of art made with different materials". The event, which will
being together art restoration and conservation experts from all over the
world, is being presided by Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican
Museums.
The workshop will be divided into three sessions. The first of these,
entitled "a glimpse of the East", will consider such subjects as the
"restoration and conservation of thirteen Japanese kakemono from the
Missionary Ethnological Museum - Vatican Museums", "tangible and intangible
cultural heritage", "the rescue, conservation and restoration project of the
statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in Dazu rock carvings", and the
"conservation and restoration of wall paintings in Burma (Pagan) and Tibet
(Dege County)".
The second session, dedicated to formation and training, will include
discussion of the topics: "restoring collections of prehistoric artefacts",
"conservation of polymaterial objects: conservation and restoration
experiences in Mexico", and "restoration works and professional formation in
Yemen".
The third and final session of the day will focus on communication and
research. among other subjects, attention will be given to "the complex
world of avian plumage: developing a technical and condition database for
California Native American featherwork", "conservation of contemporary art
and technical or ethnographic heritage: a new pedagogical challenge", and
"the collections of polymaterial works: case studies of theory (ethics) of
conservation in the experience of the ISCR".
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THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ENRICHING A NATION
VATICAN CITY, 4 OCT 2011 (VIS) - On Sunday 2 October, Cardinal Secretary of
State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. represented the Holy Father at the
beatification of Antonia Maria Verna (1773-1838). The beatification ceremony
was held in the cathedral of Ivrea, Italy.
In his homily Cardinal Bertone highlighted the present-day validity of the
new blessed's educational ideas, which remind us of the vital need for
schools in which the religious dimension "can be revealed in all its
positive potential for full human development. This aspect is also very
important for our time", he said. "Too often it seems that people are afraid
to leave space for the religious dimension of life, which is inherent to the
human heart, and would like to hide it in the private world of the
individual. Such an attitude greatly impoverishes educational activity".
Mother Verna's message "invites us not to be afraid to educate people in
the demanding choices which Jesus continues to present in the Church". She
was a pioneer of female education, who worked towards "the authentic
promotion of women in the society of the day".
"In collaboration with the civil authorities of her time, Mother Antonia
strove for a form of education ... that could reach the largest number of
children and help them to develop all dimensions of their personality,
completely and harmoniously".
Cardinal Bertone laid emphasis on the many primary and secondary schools
founded by the new blessed and her congregation, the Institute of the
Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception. This, he said, "calls upon
us to consider, today more than every, the role of institutions which enjoy
parity with State schools as a factor enriching a nation's education". The
schools run by the Sisters of Charity in Europe, America, the Middle East
and Africa have produced "generations of teachers who have been, and
continue to be, true educators whose contribution to the cultural and social
development of their countries is difficult to evaluate and too often
forgotten".
As a sign of gratitude, a delegation from the diocese of Ivrea, led by
Bishop Arrigo Miglio, will participate in the Holy Father's general audience
tomorrow.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, 4 OCT 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of
Augsburg, Germany, presented by Bishop Josef Grunwald, upon having reached
the age limit.
- Appointed Msgr. Vito Angelo Todisco of the clergy of the diocese of
Avellino, Italy, defender of the bond at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, and
Msgr. Felipe Heredia Esteban of the clergy of the diocese of Calahorra y La
Calzada-Logrono, Spain, judge of the Tribunal of the Rota of the apostolic
nunciature to Madrid, as prelate auditors of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
- Appointed Fr. Kevin Gillespie, official of the Congregation for the
Clergy, and Fr. Massimiliano Matteo Boiardi F.S.C.B. official of the Section
for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State, as masters of
pontifical ceremonies.
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