Main entrance of the Maria Mater Ecclesiae Center for Priests

Rome, September 26, 2005. On the Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, the Holy See, through the Congregation for Catholic Education, granted the Legion of Christ the decree approving the Statutes of the Maria Mater Ecclesiae Center for Priests in Rome. They likewise issued a decree naming Fr. Javier García, L.C. as rector.

So that priests can more easily dedicate themselves to their studies and effectively learn the methods of evangelization and apostolate, the Second Vatican Council recommended “the setting up of centers designed for pastoral studies” (Presbyterorum Ordinis, 19).

The Maria Mater Ecclesiae

	The Auditórium

Center for Priests offers a community of prayer, friendship and study, where priests can pursue the path of their integral development. The Legionaries of Christ, who already direct several works at the service of the formation of seminarians and diocesan priests – such as the Maria Mater Ecclesiae International College in Rome, the Maria Mater Ecclesiae Seminary in Sao Paolo, Brazil, courses for formators of seminaries in Leggiuno, Italy, the Sacerdos Institute and Sacerdos magazine – wish to

	The Chapel

offer bishops this new center in Rome where priests can complete their studies and attain their academic degrees at the Pontifical Universities.

For more information, contact:

Maria Mater Ecclesiae Center for Priests
Via Corrado Barbagallo 20
00057 Castel di Guido, Rome, ITALY

Phone: (011) 39 06 668 94 91 and (011) 39 06 668 94 92
Fax: (011) 39 06 668 94 67
smariacdg@libero.it