\ntell a story, they’re also worth a thousand words. OK, how much money would you
\ngive to preserve an archive of photography devoted to the Second Vatican
\nCouncil? What is preserving photographic memories to such a legendary event
\nlike Vatican II worth to you? I hope much.<\/span><\/p>\n
In 2009, Sister Leideke Galema, who Rome’s Centro Pro Unione<\/a> is a long time work of the Franciscan Foyer Unitas, a ministry of hospitality <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pictures always tell a story, they’re also worth a thousand words. OK, how much money would you give to preserve an archive of photography devoted to the Second Vatican Council? What is preserving photographic memories to such a legendary event like Vatican II worth to you? I hope much. In 2009, Sister Leideke Galema, who … Continue reading Friars of the Atonement preserve Vatican II historry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,34],"tags":[1773,2077,32083,32090],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Paul%20VI%20%26%20M%20Ramsey.jpg\")
\nmanaged Foyer Unitas<\/a> for many years, gave Centro Pro Unione library a gift of 740
\nphotographs taken at Vatican II. This precious collection not only records of
\nthe sessions of the Council, but also include important ecumenical moments from
\nthe ponti\ufb01cate of the Servant of God Pope Paul VI, including the historic
\nmeeting when he gave his own episcopal ring to the archbishop of Canterbury,
\nMichael Ramsey.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFriars of the Atonement dedicated to ecumenical action, research, and formation
\nat the Piazza Navona. The Centro’s mission is known through intensive programs,
\nconferences, courses, and dialogues that attract theologians and academics from
\naround the world. It’s staff works closely with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity<\/a> and with various ecumenical leaders as well as teaching in the
\nvarious theological faculties in Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n
\noperated by the Ladies of Bethany, had since 1950 collaborated with the Centro
\nin welcoming non-Catholic pilgrims arriving in Rome. During Vatican II, Pope
\nPaul VI asked Foyer Unitas to provide lodging for the ecumenical observers. The
\nCentro Pro Unione is working to make this collection available to the public
\nduring the 50 th anniversary of Vatican II’s opening council in Rome later this
\nyear. <\/span>To support the project and
\nfor more information visit <\/a>the Friars’ website<\/a>.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n