Magdalen College: From the Summit

JPII and Education—How the Pope Would’ve ‘Made Himself at Home’ at Magdalen


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In this interview, Dr. Ryan Messmore discusses his recent webinar on why John Paul II would love to be a student at Magdalen College. Learn how the would-be pope pursued seminary education underground when it became outlawed in Poland by the Nazis.  Find out how JPII’s love of the theater and the outdoors shaped his views of culture and community.  And hear how JPII would have made himself at home with the sense of “hygge”—a Danish term for coziness and comradery—that Magdalen’s size and climate evoke.
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