Meeting with PhD candidates
Saturday, 21 May 2016, at 10.00 hrs., in its operational headquarters located in Via Dandolo 58, Roma, SIMI, in collaboration with the Faculty of Moral Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University, held a meeting with the Phd candidates of different Roman universities, who are developing research in the field of human mobility. The gathering, which was welcomed with enthusiasm by various universities in Rome, was open to all students, who are interested [...]
Study Seminar at PUG
On 27 April 2016 at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana (PUG), SIMI, in ccollaboration with the Facoltà di Teologia Morale of PUG, held study seminar titled, "L'insostenibile leggerezza della percezione. L'urgenza di un approccio etico al fenomeno della mobilità umana" (The Unbearable Lightness of Perception. The Urgent Need for an Ethical Approach to the Phenomenon of Human Mobility). The event was opened with the presentation of two contributions authored by Dr. René Manenti (SIMI e CSER) and Dr.. [...]
Cross Borders – First Step
The experience gained by the Association Scalamusic in various Italian dioceses (from Vicenza to Foggia, from Teramo to Rome), through concerts and workshops with youth, has highlighted the need to help educators of youth groups to organize intercultural training programs that are specifically intended to promote the dialogue between different cultures, taking into account the psychological and social dynamics that are activated in multicultural contexts. This is the genesis of the "Cross Borders" project, [...]
Two ex-students of SIMI have been ordained Bishops
It is with pleasure that we announce that two ex-students of SIMI have been appointed Bishops. S. E. Jose Kalluvelil who obtained the Licentiate in Pastoral Theology of Human Mobility at the SIMI in the academic year 2002-2003, was ordained Bishop of Tabalta in 2015. S. E. Christudas Rajappan who obtained the Licentiate in Pastoral Theology of Human Mobility at the SIMI in the academic year 2007-2008, was ordained Auxiliary [...]
Congress on Mother Assunta Marchetti
On March 8, 2016, at the Auditorium "Father Agostino Trapé" Augustinianum the convention center in Rome, the conference "Migration: solving current emergencies looking to the past. The model of Mother Assunta Marchetti " was held. The event was organized and promoted as part of the celebrations for the Beatification of Assunta Marchetti, by the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, Scalabrinians, and the Embassy of Brazil to the Holy [...]
Lecture in Fabriano
On 3 March 2016, at the headquarters of the Diocesan School of Theology of Fabriano, the SIMI Director gave a lecture entitled, "Migrants and refugees. Ethical issues and the Church's social doctrine." The lecture took place within the curriculum of the first edition of the course organized by the Chair of the Social Doctrine of the Church and Politics of the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica. Many students attended the lecture and among them the Bishop [...]