Inaugural Mass for the Academic Year 2012/2013
On Monday, October 8, in the Basilica of St. Apollinare, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz presided over the Holy Mass dedicated to the Holy Spirit, for the inauguration of the 2012/2013 Academic Year.
The year's formal academic opening, on the other hand, will take place next Monday, November 5, with a lecture in the presence of the University Chancellor and Prelate of Opus Dei, H.E. Msgr. Javier Echevarría.
"We must all be protagonists, with Christ, of the grace-filled events that await us in the following months," said Msgr. Ocáriz in his homily, refering to the immenent beginning of the Year of Faith desired by Pope Benedict XVI. "The Lord and the Church expect a renewed commitment from us to revitalize the roots of our faith. Let us count upon the help of the Holy Spirit, who Jesus sent us from the Father."
"Faith is absolutely necessary in the study of theology and the other ecclesiastical disciplines," added the University's Vice-Chancellor. "This study could not take place without full fidelity to Revelation, transmitted by Sacred Scripture and by the Church's living Tradition, interpreted by the Magisterium."
