Studies Day
New Norcia Studies Day
| Date: | Saturday, 25th May 2024 |
| Time: | 9.00am |
| Location: | St Gertrude’s College |
| Price: | $105.00 |
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This year marks the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the Spanish ship Ferrolana bringing new recruits to New Norcia, amongst whom were two very notable passengers, Jerome Rodoreda and the diarist, Francisco Marsá.
To mark that anniversary, New Norcia Studies Day this year is delighted to be able to present papers by Tom Stephens OAM on Ferrolana and another on Jerome by Gillian Rodoreda, Jerome’s great-grand-daughter. These papers will be complemented later in the year by the launch of the Marsá Diary, translated by Abbot Placid Spearritt scholar, Marta Pérez-Rey. In addition, Emeritus Professor John Kinder will speak about Bishop Salvado’s great friend, Canon Raffaele Martelli, whilst Jim Longbottom will present his paper on the beautiful dome (pictured) in St Gertrude's College Chapel and its relationship to an enigmatic poem that appears at the end of the 1916 Monastery Chronicle.
Registration opens at 9.00 in St Gertrude’s College and the proceedings start at 10.15. Quite coincidentally, the papers will be presented in St Gertrude’s College Chapel itself thus giving the 1916 poem much greater “gravitas”.
Costs for the day are $105 (includes morning and afternoon teas, lunch, and admission to the museum and art gallery) and $90 for concession holders.
See you there!
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