DEVOTIO LAB 2019
Cultural Program 2019
THE FIVE SENSES IN LITURGY
Liturgy and welcoming: making the inaccessible accessible
An exhibition dedicated to religious products and services is the perfect occasion to study the Catholic Church main topics from a cultural point of view. Dealing with important and sensitive topics is not easy; for this reason DEVOTIO is supported by a scientific committee whose members are experts in this field.
DEVOTIO was born with the aim to contribute to the cultural growth of the religious industry and, as for the first edition, a cultural program has been created to focus on art, management of sacred architecture, liturgy and catechesis.
DEVOTIO was born with the aim to contribute to the cultural growth of the religious industry and, as for the first edition, a cultural program has been created to focus on art, management of sacred architecture, liturgy and catechesis.
The DEVOTIO 2019 cultural program include meetings and exhibitions focused on “Liturgy and welcoming: making the inaccessible accessible” in its different expressions. The program is addressed to clergies, artists, architects, catechists, teachers, professionals and to those who live and manage places of worship.
2:30 pm Open arms Crucifix
The meeting will focus on the special pastoral significance and meaning of the Crucifix. Wide open arms are symbolic of welcoming and acceptance.The meeting will also analyze the artistic representations of crucifix over the centuries.
5:00 pm Opening exhibition "The beauty of Crucifix - approaching paths"
On display artworks created by young artists within the project “Approaching Path: Contemporary artists and Christian mystery”.
Monday 18th February
10:00 am Spaces and rituals for Christian funeral ceremony in a multicultural society
The workshop will focus on farewell rooms, a solution that in the last decade has been developed also in Italy to support multicultural funeral ceremonies needs.
2:30 pm "Reborn of water and the Spirit": art and catechesis towards born in Baptism
On Monday 18 February at 2.30 pm will be held the workshop on the Baptism pastoral action through the language of art, to make the liturgical catechesis possible, effective and engaging.
Tuesday 19th February
10:00 am Liturgy and disability in church buildings
The meeting focuses on the faith celebrated through the different senses and various languages from the liturgical and pastoral-catechetical points of view as well as on tools, examples and good practices of what it has been achieved in Italy and all over the world regarding accessibility and inclusion in churches.
2:30 pm Heating historic churches
We wait for your to discuss one of the most difficult issues to implement "Heating churches". Following DEVOTIO 2019 general theme, we will analyze the factors determining the level of comfort in church buildings. Architecture and climate control must be taken into account by designers and customers.
Through the projection of these images we want to highlight the priest's gaze during a liturgical celebration.
Centro Studi per l’architettura sacra della Fondazione Lercaro, coordinator of the Scientific Committee is at disposal of priests and their collaborators.
MEETING PROGRAM
Sunday 17th February2:30 pm Open arms Crucifix
The meeting will focus on the special pastoral significance and meaning of the Crucifix. Wide open arms are symbolic of welcoming and acceptance.The meeting will also analyze the artistic representations of crucifix over the centuries.
5:00 pm Opening exhibition "The beauty of Crucifix - approaching paths"
On display artworks created by young artists within the project “Approaching Path: Contemporary artists and Christian mystery”.
Monday 18th February
10:00 am Spaces and rituals for Christian funeral ceremony in a multicultural society
The workshop will focus on farewell rooms, a solution that in the last decade has been developed also in Italy to support multicultural funeral ceremonies needs.
2:30 pm "Reborn of water and the Spirit": art and catechesis towards born in Baptism
On Monday 18 February at 2.30 pm will be held the workshop on the Baptism pastoral action through the language of art, to make the liturgical catechesis possible, effective and engaging.
Tuesday 19th February
10:00 am Liturgy and disability in church buildings
The meeting focuses on the faith celebrated through the different senses and various languages from the liturgical and pastoral-catechetical points of view as well as on tools, examples and good practices of what it has been achieved in Italy and all over the world regarding accessibility and inclusion in churches.
2:30 pm Heating historic churches
We wait for your to discuss one of the most difficult issues to implement "Heating churches". Following DEVOTIO 2019 general theme, we will analyze the factors determining the level of comfort in church buildings. Architecture and climate control must be taken into account by designers and customers.
EXHIBITION / LITURGY AND WELCOMING
The Exhibition consists in the projection of photo taken by Giorgio Barrera for the project “Go in peace”. These images are the photographic documentation of churches built after Vatican Council II (1962-1965), they want to reach a synthesis, they therefore depict the Church as an architectural and human place: indispensable elements of the concept of Church that the New Testament defines as "God's building." The Church, therefore, is not intended as a building but as a space made up of people of flesh and bone, of "human material" or - as Saint Paul continues - of "living stones". Post-conciliar Churches structure of the chancel was completely revolutionized.Through the projection of these images we want to highlight the priest's gaze during a liturgical celebration.
II EDITION - APPROACHING PATH
After the first successful experience, DEVOTIO presents the second edition of Approaching Path: Contemporary artists and Christian mystery. The selected artists will develop the "crucifix" theme. During DEVOTIO it will be possible to take part in the "Open arms crucifix" meeting and visit the exhibition with its artworks.INFO POINT
Consultancy for artistic, architectural and technical intervention.Centro Studi per l’architettura sacra della Fondazione Lercaro, coordinator of the Scientific Committee is at disposal of priests and their collaborators.
SCIENTIFIC COMMETTEE
Coordinamento Claudia Manenti, architect, director of Dies Domini - Centro Studi per l'architettura sacra e la città, Fondazione Card. Giacomo Lercaro
Andrea Dall'Asta SI, director of Raccolta Lercaro, Bologna e Galleria San Fedele, Milano.
Barbara Fiorini, architect
Don Amilcare Zuffi, director of Diocesan Liturgical Office of Bologna, Emilia Romagna Region commission for the Liturgy
Emanuele Cavallini, architect, Centro Studi Architettura e Liturgia - THEMA Pescara
Giovanni Gardini, vice director of Diocesan Museum of Faenza-Modigliana, teacher of iconography and Christian archeology
