Make Rome part of your Summer Itinerary!
Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo introduces the Monastic Summer Studium
The Catholic World’s Newest Roman Summer Study
Program in English
Summertime provides unique opportunities for learning, relaxing and engagement with new ideas and people.
The Monastic Summer Studium at Sant’Anselmo offers participants a way to experience the treasures of the church in Rome while meeting people from around the world. Eligible students can earn 3 ECTS per week, recognized by the Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo.
Join us for one, two, or three weeks of prayer, study, and exploration!
Summer 2024
July 1-5 Liturgy and Monastic Life
Fr. Eusebius Martis, O.S.B.
July 8-12 The Rule of Saint Benedict Today: Monastic Tradition and Contemporary Culture
Sr. Manuela Scheiba, O.S.B.
July 15-19 The Life of St. Benedict: A Model for Contemporary Spiritual Life
Fr. Mauritius Wilde, O.S.B.
Week I
Liturgy and Monastic Life
The distinctive characteristics of monastic life provide a unique context for the celebration of the Church’s prayer. The Sacramental Approach to the study of liturgy is the paradigm used as this course explores the richness of the Catholic Tradition especially as it relates to those in consecrated life. It includes an in-depth study of the Mass, certain Sacraments and sacramentals.
Week II
The Rule of Saint Benedict Today:
Monastic Tradition and Contemporary Culture
Based on scholarly exegesis and hermeneutics of the Regula Benedicti, selected and significant passages from it enter into an interdisciplinary, ecumenical and interreligious dialogue with selected concrete phenomena of the political-economic, sociological and cultural spheres of today’s society. In addition, the relevance of RB and Benedictine monastic spirituality is highlighted through various suggestive references (cinema, literature, poetry, art).
Week III
The Life of St. Benedict:
A Model for Contemporary Spiritual Life
The 2nd book of the Dialogues of Gregory the Great presents the Life of Saint Benedict. It was the most read book after the Bible in the Early Middle Ages. Its text and its various interpretations will be studied. By comparing the Life and the Rule of Saint Benedict one can also illuminate the historic personality of the saint. The study of miracles explains not only the hagiographic intention of Gregory the Great, but also opens up a metaphorical interpretation that gives meaning to the spiritual journey of every Christian today.
Limited housing is available at Sant’Anselmo.
Please contact us for other housing possibilities.
Registration for the Monastic Summer Studium:
- Tuition per week: EUR 324,00
(for 24 academic hours – one academic hour = 45 minutes).
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Fr. Eusebius Martis, O.S.B.
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