May 18: Love and Communion in the Thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand

We are pleased to announce the first Study Day of the Hildebrand Chair for Christian Personalism (Faculty of Philosophy), conceived in response to the publication of the Doctrinal Note of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Una caro: In Praise of Monogamy (November 2025).

The document marks a historic milestone: the first extensive citation of Dietrich and Alice von Hildebrand in an official doctrinal text. Starting from the fundamental works of the Hildebrand couple, the Conference will explore the original truth of the person who finds fulfillment in the gift of self and in the formation of the “we,” bringing personalist philosophy into dialogue with the philosophia perennis and the magisterium of Saint John Paul II.

Event Program

09:00 AM – Institutional Welcoming Remarks Fr. Alberto Carrara, L.C., Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy – Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

09:30 AM – Opening Session John Henry Crosby, President of the Hildebrand Project

Speakers Rocco Buttiglione, John F. Crosby, Elisa Grimi, Rodrigo Guerra López, Robert McNamara, Fr. Eamonn O’Higgins, L.C., Marta Rodríguez Díaz.