PONTIFICAL ATHENAEUM OF ST. ANSELM CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

VATICAN CITY, MAY 31, 2002 (VIS) - Made public today was a message by the Pope to Abbot Primate Notker Wolf, O.S.B., grand chancellor of the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm in Rome, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation.

In the message, dated May 27, John Paul II writes: "At a distance of 50 years, we give thanks to God for this institution, so providential for different Benedictine monasteries. It has developed a significant role in establishing a fruitful relationship between spiritual life and study, and has become a valid point of reference, as well as a privileged place of formation for today's monastic world."

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