{"id":11917,"date":"2023-01-17T09:29:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T07:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazionefratellitutti.org\/?post_type=articles&p=11917"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:50:18","slug":"inauguration-of-the-school-of-arts-and-crafts-of-the-frabric-of-saint-peter","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazionefratellitutti.org\/en\/articles\/inauguration-of-the-school-of-arts-and-crafts-of-the-frabric-of-saint-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of the School of Arts and Crafts of the Frabric of Saint Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday 16th January 2023, the School of Arts and Crafts of the Fabric of Saint Peter was inaugurated in the Chapter House of the Vatican Basilica. It is promoted by the Fabric of Saint Peter in collaboration with the Fratelli tutti<\/em> Foundation. The opening meeting began with an introduction by H.E. Card. Mauro Gambetti<\/strong>, President of both the Fabric of Saint Peter and of the Fratelli tutti<\/em> Foundation; it was attended by the students selected for each of the three courses for the first year: marble-masons and stonemasons, plasterers and decorators, and carpenters.<\/strong> The meeting was also attended by the teaching faculty, consisting of personnel from the Technical Office of the Fabric of Saint Peter, professors from Italian and foreign universities, and craftsmen with proven experience. The curricula of the courses were outlined by Father Francesco Occhetta, Secretary General of the Fratelli tutti Foundation and Director of the School, and by Mrs Assunta Di Sante, Scientific Director. A guided tour of the Vatican Basilica followed.<\/p>\n

The training courses aim at the professional and human growth<\/strong> of young craftsmen and the development of their manual skills<\/strong>, along with classes of history and arts, knowledge about the materials used and the acquisition of technical and technological skills. The program includes also cycles of lectures, seminars, guided tours and study visits<\/strong> to various locations in Italy. The theory lessons are held in the classrooms specifically set up in the premises of the Palazzo della Canonica under the coordination of Mr. Stefano Attili, Operational Officer of the School, while the hands-on activities are carried out in the workshops of the Fabric of Saint Peter, where the would-be craftsmen have the opportunity to practice and work in close contact with the craftsmen of San Peter. With this type of active apprenticeship and generational transmission of knowledge, the students are able to fully experience the life of the Vatican Basilica, to get to know its spirituality, places, people and organization.<\/p>\n

The courses last six months and attendance is compulsory<\/strong>. Throughout the duration of the course, the students are hosted at the residence “Villa Aurelia” of the Dehonian Fathers, located close to the Basilica. The tutor, Mrs. Gloria Amaduzzi, accompanies them in group dynamics. She encourages personal development through reflection, listening and sharing, to ensure that the experience allows authentic and fraternal relationships in an environment where everyone feels warmly welcome.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nature of the School and training offer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The initiative is part of the ancient tradition, dating back to the end of the 18th century, when the Fabric of Saint Peter established the Pontifical School of Arts, for young apprentices “marble-masons, scaffolders, carpenters, stonemasons and all craftsmen of mechanical arts\u201d. <\/em>The institution became a training centre of excellence. As archive sources document, School attendance was free of charge. The School was meant to train young craftsmen from all over Rome, and was open in the evenings and on holidays to allow students to work in the mornings. Already at the time of the first institution, the Fabric chose, in an act of love and responsibility<\/strong>, to pass on to the new generations of craftsmen the technical knowledge of the ancients and the skills necessary to carry out their service in the Vatican Basilica, a treasure chest of extraordinary masterpieces of art and faith.<\/p>\n

Today, 250 years later, the Fabric of Saint Peter chooses once again the same training proposal and aims: the School is free of charge<\/strong> and the knowledge is handed down by the best craftsmen of the Basilica. The lessons take place on the premises and in the workshops of the Fabric of Saint Peter, which for over five centuries has been a centre of excellence of knowledge, capable of stimulating the creativity and skills of artists and craftsmen who are constantly working to meet the specific needs of a unique building such as the Vatican Basilica. The 20 selected students learn traditional crafts, adjusted to the new technologies. The School provides an opportunity to build an educational community, formed in a spirit of fraternity and of integral human development as an alternative to the growing loneliness of professional knowledge and individualism.<\/p>\n

“The School – underlines Card. Gambetti – will help us plant a seed in the soil of human promotion, and of education aimed at serving culture, the women and men of our time as well as the Church. Capitalizing on the century-old tradition treasured by the Fabric of Saint Peter, the expertise of the Saint Peter’s craftsmen and the scientific contribution of the international academic world, we will strive to be fruitful and promote a truly integral formation, capable of involving, through the teaching of arts and crafts, the spiritual, cultural and anthropological dimensions, as well as an ethical approach to and care for community life”.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Class<\/strong><\/p>\n

The class consists of 20 young students – 12 boys and 8 girls – from Italy, Peru, Germany and Belarus. All of them have a high school diploma and a technical\/artistic education, as required by the admission criteria. The youngest have recently finished high school and have chosen the Fabric of Saint Peter\u2019s School of Arts and Crafts before starting to work or study at university. Others are university students who, also on the advice of their professors, have applied for the course. Others have already started one of the jobs featured in the courses, others are unemployed or in temporary jobs.<\/p>\n

Half of the applications were submitted by girls. Since the 16th century, the presence of female workers in St. Peter’s building site has been far from episodic. Among the ‘sanpietrine’ (craftswomen of Saint Peter) of the past, exemplary for their tenacity, resourcefulness, entrepreneurial spirit and courage, we find female master bricklayers, carters, pozzolana workers, blacksmiths, kiln expert, glaziers, wood and stone carvers, who enjoyed substantial economic equality and consideration with respect to their male colleagues.<\/p>\n

The candidates were selected through a test and an individual interview with the support of the School’s Organizational Secretariat, coordinated by Mrs. Paola D’Onofrio. Special weight was given to personal motivations. All of them expressed a desire to be trained in ancient trades, which today seem to be unattractive to many of their peers. Application instructions for the next round of the School of Arts and Crafts of the Fabric of Saint Peter can be obtained by writing to the Secretariat of the School (scuola.artiemestieri@fsp.va<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11904,"template":"","tags":[],"categories":[215,212,241],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInauguration of the School of Arts and Crafts of the Frabric of Saint Peter - Fondazione Fratelli tutti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionefratellitutti.org\/en\/articles\/inauguration-of-the-school-of-arts-and-crafts-of-the-frabric-of-saint-peter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inauguration of the School of Arts and Crafts of the Frabric of Saint Peter - Fondazione Fratelli tutti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Monday 16th January 2023, the School of Arts and Crafts of the Fabric of Saint Peter was inaugurated in the Chapter House of the Vatican Basilica. 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