September 2024

From September 13 to 15, the new bishop of the Diocese of Girardota, Colombia, Bishop Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo, who traveled to Rome to participate in the course organized by the Holy See for new bishops, stayed with the community of the Pontifical International College Maria Mater Ecclesiae. Bishop Juan Manuel accompanied the new seminarians on their pilgrimage to Assisi on Saturday, September 14 and presided at the Eucharistic concelebration

After the summer vacation period and in preparation for the 2024-2025 course, 2nd and 3rd year theology seminarians attended an intensive course on the theology of the body. The course was held from September 2 to 6. The theme the Theology of the Body was directed by Fr. Brian Wilson LC, based on the teachings of St. John Paul II, which seeks to integrate body, love and spirituality from a

My formation process was going on normally in my beloved Archdiocese, when suddenly, at the beginning of this year, a proposal changed all the “human plans” I had. Indeed, it was the possibility of continuing my theological studies in Rome. At that moment I remembered that phrase of Ratzinger “the ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but neither are we created for comfort, but for great things”. In this way,

“One crosses seas and deserts in order to reach a land where one can live in peace and security.” Pope Francis August 28th is a very special day for my formation life, since this date was the first time that I had the joy of meeting the Vicar of Christ, His Holiness Pope Francis. This experience made me reaffirm my vocational response. The reasons were simple, but of enormous significance. One of