The cultural breaks dedicated to students are underway UCBM
10 May 2017 - Among the initiatives involving the Chaplaincy in the 2016-2017 academic year, the culture ranges "Weekend sharing", an activity designed together with student representatives in order to learn more about the hometown of some and the host city of those who have decided to study in Rome.
So far there have been three appointments attended by dozens of students. The first, on 11 March in via dei Fori Imperiali entitled "The follies of the emperors": an introductory meeting, in which the great emperors were mentioned starting from Augustus up to the fall of the Roman Empire. The second, held on 1 April in the ancient basilicas of Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Prassede and Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with the intention of describing the birth of Christianity in Europe and in the world, offered the possibility of observing two relics : a part of the column where Jesus is said to have been scourged, kept at Saints Silvestro and Martino ai Monti, and a part of the cradle where Jesus was placed at birth, kept in the crypt of Santa Maria Maggiore. The last meeting, only for the moment, was that of April 22 in the Rione Monti, where what struck the participants the most was the story linked to the rise of the Borgias, a place that the legend of ancient Rome wants to be stained by the blood of Servius Tullio. Here, the king of Rome would have been killed by her daughter Tullia, who to be sure that her father was dead she passed over her corpse with the cart several times.
To accompany the students in the cultural meetings scheduled until the end of May, Andrea Angelucci, former student of Nursing Sciences of the University, as well as archaeologist, able to convey the value of the art of the eternal city by linking it to the historical events that have been fundamental for the development of the city. "We are convinced that these activities are useful for making us understand that in life it is not enough to study to train in the professional sector of interest, but that it is important to always try to keep curiosity and thirst for knowledge alive, in any field", said Valentina Giacinti, second year master's degree student in Food and Human Nutrition Sciences. The cycle of visits has not ended: the last one will be on May 20 in Trastevere, which still hides corners of that vanished Rome that causes nostalgia to all Roman citizens.
