Angelicum Institute for Ecumenical Studies

Prof. Dimitrios Keramidas and post-doctoral fellows John Stayne and Henrique Mata de Vasconcelos of the Angelicum Institute for Ecumenical Studies participated in the Ninth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion (Euare), held from June 30 to July 3 at Luiss University in Rome.

📢 L'Istituto di Studi Ecumenici dell’Angelicum “Œcumenicum”, in collaborazione con il Dicastero per la Promozione dell’Unità dei Cristiani, ha istituito un programma di formazione continua in ecumenismo.

📜 Il programma si articola in 8 moduli, un venerdì al mese. Ogni modulo comprende una lezione di quattro ore accademiche, un workshop e una visita ecumenica a Roma.
Le lezioni si tengono in lingua italiana da professori ed esperti nella materia, appartenenti a diverse chiese e comunità ecclesiali.

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Institute for Ecumenical Studies - Oecumenicum The Œcumenicum — Institute for Ecumenical Studies — is a specialized institute of the Angelicum. Its origins go back to 1983, when the Ecumenical Section was established within the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Placed under the patronage of the Dicaster...

Starting July 1, Ana Petrache, former fellow of the postdoctoral program of the Angelicum Institute for Ecumenical Studies, will assume the role of Maîtresse de conférences in Ethics at the Protestant Institute of Theology in France. Her teaching responsibilities will include courses on Introduction to Ethics, Social Ethics, and Religion and Politics across the institute's campuses in Montpellier and Paris.

Congratulations, Ana, for your new position!

The next conference of the European Academy of Religions will be held in Rome from 30 June to 3 July 2026.

The Institute's postdoctoral fellow, Henrique Mata de Vasconcelos, has organised a panel on "AND THE VEIL WAS TORN: FOR AN ORTHODOX-PENTECOSTAL ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE," where he, John Stayne, also a fellow of the postdoctoral program, and other scholars will present the current stage and perspectives of this bilateral dialogue.

Onlinecongress manager Two major Christian traditions are known for having the religious experience of the Holy Spirit as the core of their spirituality. Yet, they are not ecumenically engaged as the One Church of the Holy Trinity. Recently, however, it has been suggested by Stephen J. Land and Dony K. Donev that the cent...

Programs available in the academic year 2026-2027 at the Institute for Ecumenical Studies of the Angelicum - Pontificia Università San Tommaso d'Aquino

- Diploma in Ecumenical & Interreligious Studies (1 year)
- Licentiate (2 years)
- Doctorate (2 years)
- Post-doctoral (1 year)
- Special sabbatical programs.
- Diploma in ongoing ecumenical formation "Ut Unum Sint" (1 year, in Italian)

For more info: [email protected]

John Stayne, post-doctoral fellow of the Institute for Ecumenical Studies participated in the inaugural meeting of the national Catholic–Pentecostal dialogue, which was held on March 31 at Eccleston Square (UK) with the presence of Catholic and Pentecostal theologians and church leaders.

This dialogue is sponsored by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and the Pentecostal and Charismatic Forum.

Pentecostals and Catholics have had a long and unique relationship, especially after the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and the long-running official international Catholic–Pentecostal dialogue. This encounter has entered a new stage with the presence of a Pentecostal observer at the Synod on Synodality and the focus of the study group on Christian unity on the need to better understand Pentecostal and charismatic churches through new national dialogues.

🇮🇹 Venerdì 15 maggio, nell'ambito del ottavo e ultimo modulo del Diploma Ut Unum Sint, si è svolta la visita ecumenica presso il Museo Ebraico-Sinagoga di Roma.

🇬🇧 On Friday, May 15, an ecumenical visit was held as part of the eight and last module of the Diploma "Ut Unum Sint". Our students had the opportunity to the Jewish Museum and Synagogue of Rome

It is often said that the Holy Spirit is “the great unknown” and it is rarely a topic for exchange in Jewish-Christian dialogue. On June 3 the Angelicum - Pontificia Università San Tommaso d'Aquino will welcome two leading scholars in the field, a Jew and a Christian, to enter into conversation, ask each other’s questions and add another layer of depth, analysis, and, ultimately, richness to the academic reflection on the Holy Spirit.

If you want to learn more, join us on June 3 for the public lecture “Who or What is the Holy Spirit for Jews and Christians?” at 5:30pm in Aula 11 at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The event is organized by the Oecumenicum – Institute for Ecumenical Studies at the Angelicum and the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue which supported for 15 years the study of Judaism and interreligious dialogue at the Angelicum and is now sponsoring its last event.

Register for the public lecture:
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🇮🇹 Venerdì 17 aprile, nell'ambito del settimo modulo del Diploma Ut Unum Sint, si è svolta la visita ecumenica presso la Chiesa Valdese di via IV novembre, a Roma.

🇬🇧 On Friday, April 17th, an ecumenical visit was held as part of the seventh module of the Diploma "Ut Unum Sint". Our students had the opportunity to visit the Waldensian Church in Rome.