The patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa; And the Salesians in the Holy Land inaugurated the Theological Institute of the Annunciation, the First Academic Center for Theological Training for the laity in Galilee.
According to the Salesian information agencythe institute opened on September 12 is located in the Salesian Church Don Bosco de Nazareth. The director of the Center for Studies is Fr. Mounir al-Rai SDB, who said that the inauguration has been “a day blessed, in which the mind meets the spirit and knowledge meets faith.”
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“This place is not just walls; it is a sacred terrain that will plant the Word of God in you, will nourish you through serious study, prayer and reflection, and send them as ministers who carry the message of love and peace, and give testimony of Christ in your society and your homeland,” said the priest.
The Salesian agency stressed that Mons. Rafiq Nahra, patriarchal vicar for Galilee also participated in the inauguration; Mons. Bolous Marcuzzo, Archbishop Melquita Greco-Catolic; Mons. Youssef Matta, Archbishop Greco-Melquita de Acre, Haifa and Nazareth; and Mons. Moussa El-Hage, Maronite Archbishop of Haifa and Santa Tierra ..
According to Latin patriarchy of Jerusalemthe institute will be dedicated “to the academic and spiritual exploration of the Catholic faith and seeks to address the theological, moral, social and religious issues raised by contemporary society from the perspective of divine revelation and Christian teaching.”
“This is a wonderful day and the culmination of an ancient vision. This is something new that represents the voice of the Church in Galilee,” said Cardinal Pizzaballa at the inauguration.
“We discuss this initiative with the Catholic Bishops Council and we conclude in the need for a theological center that serves the faithful, especially adults, since what we receive from children is not enough,” he added.
“We need to deepen our faith. The more we deepen the Church and faith, the deeper it is rooted in our hearts,” said the patriarch.
Walter Sánchez Silva
I am husband since 2008. With my wife we have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before birth. Since I joined ACI Press in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Colonia, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the family’s synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Sinodality, in 2023. I follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers the persecution of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as the ecclesial news in the region.