The Symphonic Orchestra of the Music
Conservatory of Aragon (Conservatorio
Superior de Música de Aragón) offered last
November 8th in the Auditorium of Zaragoza,
which was practically full, a concert that
marked the official opening of the
commemorations of the 500th Anniversary of
the Birth of the theologian, humanist and
physician Michael Servetus. With an
admirable and vigorous talent, the young
musicians performed the composition entitled
'Servetis Anima', written by David Pellejer,
Luis Mateo and Tomás Virgós for the
occasion. All of them are students of the
Department of Composition of the
Conservatory.
The Orchestra
also interpreted in its repertoire 'The
Carnival of the Animals', of Camille
Saint-Saëns, and 'Symphony No. 4 in D
minor', of Robert Schumann. The composers of
'Servetis Anima' wanted to reflect in their
music experimentation and research the
discovery of the lesser circulation of the
blood by the Aragonese scientist. In the
introduction of the composition, the
darkness and the tiny light that is seen at
the end... is the central argument,
according to the composer David Pellejer.
"The initial darkness is vanished little by
little - explains - until it is completely
diluted at the end, like a fire outbreak".
The second part of the composition, 'Nous',
develops part of the speech of Servet, until
he reaches his discovery. "The work follows
the circulation of a red blood cell, with
all the phases, including the lesser or
pulmonary circulation discovered by Michael
Servetus", Virgós points out.
The Music
Conservatory of Aragon stated that it was an
honour to have the opportunity to take part
in the commemoration events of the birth of
Michael Servetus and to interpret a
composition created for the occasion. The
concert was attended by the Head of the
Department of Culture, María Victoria Broto,
the Head of the Health Department, María
Luisa Noeno, as well as by the Director of
Culture, Ramón Miranda, and the Director of
the Michael Servetus Institute, Sergio
Baches Opi.
A pride for Aragon: the Orchestra of the
Music Conservatory of Aragon
The Orchestra of the Music
Conservatory of Aragon is the result of an
ambitious and innovating project of the
Government of Aragon. It initiated his
activities and concerts in 2002-2003, and
has achieved a remarkable national and
international success. The focus of the Conservatory
is, since then, markedly instrumental and
has as a high-priority objective training of
high-level instrumentists and groups. At present, the Conservatory has
the most important Composition Department of
Spain, and enjoys an increasing prestige in
the European domain of musical teaching.
A proof of the recognition that the
Conservatory has received is reflected in
the cooperation agreement signed with one of
the most prestigious conservatories in the
world, the
Hoschschule für Musik of Freiburg
(Germany), which has trained a significant
number of musician and soloists now playing
in the best orchestras of the world.
THE MICHAEL SERVETUS INSTITUTE SOLEMNLY
OPENS
THE "SERVETUS YEAR 2011"
See program
Last
Saturday 13th November, 2010, the Michael Servetus
Institute of Villanueva de Sijena, in collaboration with the
Government of Aragon, formally declared inaugurated in the
native town of Michael Servetus the commemoration of the 500th
Anniversary of the birth of Michael Servetus (1511-2011).
The Mayor of Villanueva de Sijena,
Mr. Alfonso Salillas, delivered a welcome speech during the
celebration of the General Assembly of the Institute, in which
he emphasized before the its members and those sympathizers of
the "reference centre for Servetian studies in Spain and
abroad", that packed the conference room of the Institute, the
importance that for the Institute and the native town of Michael
Servetus has the celebration of the 500th Anniversary
of his birth.
The
academic ceremony, which was attended by more than 100 people,
was opened by the Director of Culture of the Government of
Aragon, Mr. Ramon Miranda, who after the welcoming words of the
Director of the Institute, Dr. Sergio Baches Opi, pointed out,
that Michael Servetus is a "trendy character".
Mr. Miranda argued that "Aragon needs historical characters as
worthy as Servetus to draw conclusions that may allow to solve
current problems", and he also pointed out that "Servetus was
one of the first to put the question of what was more important,
reason or dogma, and this is a question which is still ongoing".
He also emphasized that Servetus was one "of the first martyrs
of freedom of conscience, which is a right enshrined in the
values of the European Union".
After his intervention, Dr. Fernando
Solsona, member of the of the Michael Servetus Institute,
went through the life and works of Servetus, emphasizing the
numerous personal qualities and values that can be
identified in his character, such as anger, tolerance,
rationality, the rigor of his thought and the loyalty to his
friends because he refused to report the printers of his
heretical books to the French authorities. Dr. Solsona
emphasized that Servetus presented to us a more human and
rational religion, claiming simultaneously the right to free
conscience. According to him, Servetus shows us the path for
the creation of a more tolerant and cultured community.
The academic session continued with a
conference of the President of the NGO "Reporters without
Borders" in Spain, the journalist Mrs. María Dolores Masana,
who was presented to the audience by Sergio Baches as a
"trench journalist". Masana began her lecture by denouncing
very firmly the current situation of press freedom in
Morocco and the repression of the Moroccan regime against
Spanish journalists, who described as "unacceptable". She
continued her lecture explaining the continuous attacks that
are committed against this fundamental right and that
include murders, persecutions, tortures and imprisonments of
journalists, in countries such as China or Russia.
Additionally, she also pointed out the veiled persecution
and censorship that suffer many journalists in Europe. As an
example, she indicated that in the war of Iraq, 230
journalists have died. This figure represents more deaths of
journalist than in the 20-year Vietnam war. In the last five
years, the deaths of journalist have increased by 244%. She
also noted that we need to remember those journalists who
remain in prison to silence their voices.
Masana finished her lecture
declaring that nowadays the media also faces other problems,
such as labor uncertainty and poor labor conditions or
problems with the confidentiality of information sources.
There are also cases in which the press has been prohibited
from entering in courts. We live, in her opinion, in a
situation where there is a deficit of liberties. The
financial and political powers exert great influence on mass
media. The coercion exerted by fundamentalists over media
groups also needs to be taken into account, she stated, as
the Danish Mohammed-cartoon crisis shows.
In Sweden, in the middle of 2008, telephone tapping has been
allowed alleging that it is necessary for security reasons.
Italy, with its "Gag Law" or France with cases of espionage
to journalist also reflect the shortcomings of press
freedom.
The
following lecturer, Dr. Kovács Sándor, from
the Unitarian Seminary of Kolozsvár in
Rumania and professor of Unitarian History
in this prestigious institution, delivered a
touchy lecture on the importance of Servetus
in the creation of the Unitarian church of
Transylvania and the ups and downs of the
three printed copies of his main work that
have remained (The Restoration of
Christianity). One of them was guarded until
the end of the 18thcentury by the
Unitarian bishops until the book was given
as a present to the Emperor Joseph II of
Austria, who was seen by the Unitarians as
an ally. This was a historical moment in
which Unitarian communities underwent within
the Austro-Hungarian Empire several episodes
of religious repression, such as the closing
of churches, the control of the appointment
of the Unitarian bishops by the Emperor and,
sometimes, the forced conversions of
Unitarians to Catholicism. Dr. Sándor also
commented a lengthy and well-known
Transylvanian poem that narrates the life of
Servetus until his agony in Geneva, in a
style halfway between heroic and elegy
poetry.
After
the lecture of Dr. Sándor, the Choir of the
city of Sariñena (Huesca), conducted by Mr.
Antonio Gil and with Mr. Daniel Escolano
playing the cello, offered a concert in
homage to Michael Servetus in the Church of
Villanueva de Sijena. The public attending
the concert, who packed the church, enjoyed
the intense and talented interpretation of a
repertoire, which was performed in a way
that caused a reciprocal emotion between the
audience and the singers.
The Choir of
Sariñena, that in a few years has acquired a
remarkable prestige, presented a program
divided in four parts emulating the
fundamental moments in the life of Michael
Servetus and resorted to several styles and
songs of different times. In particular,
they performed a repertoire based on
Gregorian chants, modern film soundtracks,
such as "The Mission", or "The Chorus" or
songs as intense as the "Hallelujah" by
Leonard Cohen. They also sang some
spirituals and some unavoidable classics
such as Schubert or Beethoven. The
scenification and the enthusiasm shown by
each of the
members of the Choir, its conductor and the
cello player, their participation in the
Fire Offering before the statute of Michael
Servetus interpreting "Hymn to Joy" while
holding in their hands torches as symbol of
the triumph of the ideas of tolerance of
Servetus in spite of the adversities, the
speech of Dr. Sergio Baches, the Director of
the Institute, also before the statue of
Servetus and the reading of the Servetus
Prayer, caused great emotion among the
public.
Once the event was finished, Dr.
Sergio Baches declared his enormous
satisfaction for the development of all the
activities, but he regretted the little
presence of mass media, and especially the
absence of the Regional Television of
Aragon:
"I cannot understand why the opening of
the Servetus Year 2011 in Servetus' birth
town has not drawn the attention of the mass
media. We are dealing with the most
universal Aragonese that has ever existed
and deserves a decent media coverage."
WARNING: this program is not closed or definitive
and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
Event organized by the City Councils of Sariñena and
Villanueva de Sijena, along with the Michael
Servetus Institute, to pay homage to Michael
Servetus on the occasion of the 500th;
anniversary of his birth.
PROGRAM:
19:00 h.: Welcome speech
by Mrs. Lorena Canales, Mayor of Sariñena
19:10 h.:
Speech by Mrs. Alfonso Salillas, Mayor of Villanueva
de Sijena: "The importance of the
Servetus project".
19:20 h.: Presentation by Dr. Sergio
Baches Opi, Director of the Michael Servetus
Institute:
"The 'Servetian Year 2011' in the horizon".
19:30 h.: Lecture by Dr. José Antonio
Gascón, Member of the Michael Servetus Institute:
"Michael
Servetus in his 500th anniversary"
20:30 h.: Cocktail.
Subsidized by the City
Council of Villanueva de Sijena, the Michael
Servetus Institute and the City Council of Sariñena.
With the collaboration
of the Government of Aragon and the County of Los
Monegros.
SERVETIAN MENU - MICHAEL
SERVETUS HOSPITAL - ZARAGOZA
Since 1984 one of the
main hospitals of Aragon (and of Spain) takes the
name of Michael Servetus. The Michael Servetus
Hospital of Zaragoza, in collaboration with the
Michael Servetus Institute, will prepare a special
menu for its patients to commemorate the 500th
anniversary of Servetus' birth.
The menu will include
products which are typical from the birth town of
Michael Servetus such as borages, almonds, beef,
bread crumbs with eggs, lamb or figs. A small card
providing general information about Michael Servetus
will accompany the menu.
The
Hospital will also hang from its main fasard a
large-dimension bill board referring to the 500th
anniversary of Servetus' birth.
The
Hospital has more than 20.000 visitors per day.
The
presentation of the Servetian Menu will take place
on March 23rd, at 13:00 p.m. in the Michael Servetus
Hospital.
WARNING: this program is not closed or definitive
and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
11:00 h.:
Welcome speech Mr. Alfonso
Salillas, Mayor of Villanueva de Sijena.
11.15 h.: Presentation of the event by Dr.
Sergio Baches Opi, Director of the Michael Servetus
Institute.
11:30 h.: Poetry & Music Recital
Reading of poems dedicated to Michael Servetus by
Mrs. María Teresa Campos (Theater
Company "El Molino").
Poems by
Francisco Carrasquer, Cristina Lacasa, Saint John of
the Cross, Fray Luis de
León and Miguel Ángel Artazos.
Chelo: Mr. Daniel Escolano.
12:15 h.: Coffee break.
12:45 h.: Lecture by Dr. María Tausiet, Centro de
Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Consejo Superior
de Investigaciones Científicas (Madrid).
Magus against Falsarious: a duel of insult between
Calvin and Servetus.
13:30
h.: Q&A.
13:45 h.: Flower offering before the Monument of
Michael Servetus
14:00h.: Lunch Restaurant "La Bodega",
Villanueva de Sijena.*
*Reservations
before April 3rd, Tel.: + 34 974 57 81 87 (price:
20 €).
GranCasa (http://www.grancasa.es),
a well-known mall in Zaragoza and other
institutions, have organized an exhibition on
Michael Servetus, starting on April 1st and
finishing on April 16th, and entiled: "Michael
Servetus, our greatest scientist in the heart of
Saragossa". The exhibition will be inaugurated
on March 31st.
The exhibit starts with
the fassard of the Aula
magna building (Paraninfo) of the University of
Saragossa, in which stand four stone seated
statues of four Aragonese scientists, not always
very well-known by the general public: Andrés
Piquer, Michael Servetus, Ignacio Jordán de Asso and
Fausto de Elhuyar. Dionisio Lasuén made the statue
of Servetus and Jordán de Asso, and Jaime Lluch, the
other two, following the guidelines of Lasuén.
The exhibit allows discovering Michael
Servetus and the other three scientists and, at the
same time, to discover those research areas that are
ground-breaking nowadays in medicine, botanic and
chemistry. To this end, several workshops will be
organized and conducted by outstanding
scientists belonging to research groups based in
Saragossa.
May
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and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
HOMAGE TO MICHAEL SERVETUS IN "NOS VEMOS EN LA PLAZA
MAYOR"
ARAGÓN TELEVISIÓN
Sunday, 1 May 2011
One of the most
successful programs of "Aragon Televisión", the
public TV station of Aragon, will devote its program
of May 1st 2011 to Michael Servetus on the occasion
of his 500th anniversary.
His conductor, the researcher and ethnographer
Eugenio Monesma, will interview the Director of the
Michael Servetus Institute, Sergio Baches, with whom
he will discuss the Servetus' life and time. As part
of its content, the program will also screen a visit
to the Birth House of Michael Servetus in Villanueva
de Sijena (Aragon) with the assistance of Montse
Foguet.
Photo: Eugenio Monesma and Sergio Baches
during the recording of the program.
Synopsis of
the program:
"Nos vemos en plaza
mayor" is a cultural, educative and practical
program, which invites the spectator to know how
life was in Aragon in other times, and how we live
now our traditions and those remains of popular
culture that have survived until our days.
Michael Servetus: his influence in the shaping of
freedom of conscience in Europe (the
lecture will be given in Spanish with simultaneous
translation into French)
18:30 h.: Lecture by Dr. Sergio Baches Opi.
Director of the Michael Servetus Institute.
Michael Servetus as a scape
goat. A chronicle of the political fights in Geneva.
19:15 h.: Lecture by Mr. Jaume de Marcos,
Member of the Michael Servetus Institute and
President
of the UNESCO Association
for Interrreligious Dialogue.
Unitarism and Servetism: historical
analysis of two converging ways of human
understanding.
June
WARNING: this program is not closed or definitive
and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
GATHERING OF RADIO OPERATORS IN VILLANUEVA DE SIJENA
(HUESCA PROVINCE)
The 500th
anniversary of Servetus' birth will be broadcasted
from Villanueva de Sijena to the rest of the world
by the radio operators of the Radio Club of the city
of Fraga (Aragon). The members of the Fraga Radio
Club will move their equipments and aerials to
Villanueva, and they will be releasing their
messages during several hours.
A card especially designed for
the occasion will be sent to all those radio
operators who will respond to the message of the "Servetian"
operators.
This activity will be
implemented on Saturday afternoon-evening and Sunday
morning.
WARNING: this program is not closed or definitive
and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
PILIGRIMAGE TO THE VILLAGE OF
SERVETO (GISTAÍN VALLEY)
HUESCA PROVINCE
Cancelled
until further notice
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Tradition tells us that
Servetus' ancestors came from a little village
located in the middle of the Aragonese Pyrenees.
Following the thread of this tradition, the Michael
Servetus Institute, as well as other cultural
institutions, will organize a pilgrimage to the town
of Serveto and will uncover a commemorative plaque.
August
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and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
September
WARNING: this program is not closed or definitive
and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
La
sesión inaugural del XI Congreso de la SEHCYT
estará dedicada al "V Centenario del Nacimiento
de Miguel Servet".
Intervendrán:
- Dr.
José María Urkia Etxabe (Director RSBAP y Presidente
del Congreso): "Servet, precursor de la libertad
de conciencia".
- Dr. Sergio
Baches Opi (Doctor en Derecho y Director del
Instituto de Estudios Sijenenses "Miguel Servet"):"Servet, destellos
de su teología".
Esta
sesión tendrá lugar en el Palacio de Insausti (Azkoitia)
el próximo 8 de septiembre de 2011 a las 10 horas.
WARNING: this program is not closed or definitive
and, therefore, it may suffer changes throughout the
year 2011. Please consult regularly this web site
for updates.
OTHER EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN
ZARAGOZA AND VILLANUEVA DE SIJENA
Organiza: Instituto de Estudios
Sijenenses "Miguel Servet" (Michael Servetus
Institute)®
Comisario: Sergio
Baches Opi (Mov.: 635 607 088)
Patrocina: Gobierno de Aragón
Werfen Group - Izasa
Ayuntamiento de Villanueva de Sijena
Instituto de Estudios Sijenenses "Miguel Servet"
Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses
Colabora: Museo
de Zaragoza
Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis
International Association for Religious Freedom
(British Chapter)
El objetivo de
este Congreso Internacional, dentro de los actos
conmemorativos del V centenario del nacimiento de
Miguel Servet (1511-2011), es mejorar el
conocimiento del gran humanista español nacido en
Aragón y su importancia en la historia de las ideas
como uno de los precursores del derecho a la
libertad de conciencia en Europa. Miguel Servet es
uno de los aragoneses más internacionales y el que
nos ha dejado una huella ética más profunda y
atemporal, al sacrificar su vida por unas ideas que
él juzgaba necesarias para la instauración de una
religión más humana y racional. Su ejemplo personal
recorre toda la historia moderna hasta enquistarse
en nuestra época contemporánea como ejemplo
insoslayable para las nuevas generaciones.
Zoom + Servet
fue igualmente un brillante médico y científico.
Incapaz de aceptar las concepciones científicas
vigentes durante siglos, no dudó en corregir los
postulados del gran médico Galeno (S. II d.C.),
convirtiéndose en el descubridor en Occidente de la
circulación pulmonar de la sangre. Servet integró
este descubrimiento en sus concepciones teológicas
sobre la relación entre Dios y el ser humano, lo que
demuestra su carácter profundamente renacentista y
polifacético.
El Congreso se
articula en torno a estas dos facetas inseparables
en la obra de Servet, sin olvidar su carácter
europeo. Se ha incluido una mesa redonda en la que
se discutirán temas tan actuales como la libertad
científica, los avances en la investigación genética
y los límites éticos de la ciencia. Asimismo, se
impartirán varias ponencias y se celebrará una mesa
redonda dedicadas a analizar la teología de Servet o
destacar el tortuoso camino hacia el reconocimiento
del derecho a la libertad de conciencia, con
especial incidencia en el papel que desempeñó Servet
en este proceso, fundamental para entender los
conceptos de tolerancia y convivencia en Occidente.
Sergio Baches Opi
Comisario del Congreso
ENTRADA LIBRE
PROGRAMA DE ACTOS
Viernes 28 de octubre - Zaragoza
Sala de conferencias del Museo de Zaragoza
Plaza de los Sitios, 6
*
Día 28 de Octubre - Mañana
10:00
h.: Apertura del Congreso.
Dña. Luisa Fernanda Rudi, Presidenta del
Gobierno de Aragón.
10:15 h.:
Presentación del Congreso. Dr. Sergio Baches Opi,
Director del Instituto de Estudios
Sijeneneses "Miguel Servet".
10:30 h.: Estreno de obra musical a cargo
de los alumnos del Conservatorio Superior de Música
de
Aragón.
11:00 h.: Miguel Servet:
Nuestro contemporáneo
D. Fernando Martínez Laínez
Periodista y escritor. (Madrid).
11:45 h.:
La realidad del movimiento unitario en el mundo:
liberalismo vs. dogmatismo
Rev. Peter Morales
Presidente de la Asociación de
Unitarios Universalistas- UUA
(Boston - EE.UU).
12:30 h.: Pausa café.
13:00 h.: Medicina regenerativa:
¿Prometeo entre nosotros? Dr.
Luis Larrad
Jefe del Servicio de Inmunología
del Hospital Clínico "Lozano Blesa" (Zaragoza).
*
Día 28 de octubre. Tarde
16:30 h.: Mesa redonda: Conciencia y ética en la
investigación. Modera: D. Antonio Angulo
Periodista (Huesca)
Intervienen:
r
La ética de las aplicaciones de la ciencia. Una
perspectiva europea Dr. Pere Puigdomènech
Profesor-investigador del CSIC (Barcelona).
r Desafíos éticos
de la nueva medicina genómica Dra. Carmen Ayuso
Servicio de Genética Hospital Universitario
Fundación Jiménez Díaz (Madrid)
Ciberer, ISCIII (Madrid)
r La conciencia
del límite Dr. Rogelio Altisent
Coordinador del Grupo de Investigación en Bioética
del Instituto Aragonés de Investigación Sanitaria
(Zaragoza).
r Integridad
científica: una cuestión de principios y
consecuencias Dr. Santiago Lamas
Investigador en biología molecular - Centro Severo
Ochoa - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
r Fanatismo y
objeción de conciencia frente a una ética pluralista Dr. Eduardo López Azpitarte
Filósofo y Teólogo, Catedrático de Teología Moral en
la Facultad de Teología de Granada.
19:00 h.: Coloquio.
20:00 h.: Cierre de la
sesión.
Sábado 29 de octubre - Villanueva de Sijena
(Huesca)
Casa Natal de Miguel Servet
* Día 29 de octubre - Mañana
10:00
h.: Palabras de bienvenida de D. Ildefonso
Salillas
Alcalde de Villanueva de Sijena y
Presidente de la Comarca de Los Monegros.
10:15 h.: Libertad de conciencia, neutralidad
del Estado y principio de laicidad Dra. Ana María Valero
Profesora de Derecho Constitucional
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Cuenca).
11:00 h.: El tortuoso camino hacia la libertad
de conciencia: Miguel Servet y Blanco White Dr. José Mª Martínez de Pisón
Catedrático de Filosofía del
Derecho.
Rector Universidad de La Rioja.
11:45 h.: Pausa - café.
12:15 h.: Miguel Servet y Giorgio Biandrata:
precursores de la libertad de conciencia en Europa Dr. Sergio Carletto Profesor de Filosofía. Centro Studi sul
Pensiero Contemporaneo.
(Cuneo, Piamonte - Italia).
Por un problema de última hora, el
Dr. Sergio Carletto no podrá asistir al Congreso. En
su lugar
intervendrá D. Jaume de Marcos con una conferencia
titulada "La verdad del otro; aportaciones de
Miguel Servet al diálogo entre las religiones".
13:00 h.: Un
documental sobre Miguel Servet para el siglo XXI -
Presentación y proyección. D. Ronald Cordes
Productor de Televisión
Bedford (Massachussets - EE.UU.).
*
Día 29 de octubre - Tarde
16:30 h.: Michael Servetus,a radical reformer for
all times Dra.
Alicia McNary Forsey
Profesora visitante de la Graduate
Theological Union
Berkeley (California -EE.UU.).
17:30 h.: Mesa redonda:
Teología, libertad de conciencia y tolerancia Modera: D. Antón Castro
Periodista y escritor (Zaragoza).
Intervienen:
r Optimismo
cosmológico y humanismo: Servet y la 'prisca
theologia'
Dr. Rafael Bermudo del Pino
Profesor de Filosofía
– Instituto de Educación Secundaria "Miguel Servet"
(Sevilla).
r La teología del
joven Servet Dr. Daniel Moreno
Profesor de Filosofía - Instituto de Educación
Secundaria "Miguel Servet" (Zaragoza).
r Miguel Servet
ante su holocausto: una interpretación bajo el
análisis existencial
de Viktor Frankl D. Joaquín Manuel Parra
Psicólogo (Murcia)
r El tratamiento
de Servet en la primera prensa europea D. Bizén D'o Río Martínez
Real Academia de la Historia (Huesca).
r Brujería e
intolerancia en el norte de España Dr. Angel Gari
Historiador
Director del Museo de
Creencias y Religiosidad Popular de Abizanda
(Huesca).
19:30
h.: Coloquio.
20:00 h.: Clausura del Congreso. Dña. Dolores
Serrat, Consejera de Educación, Universidad,
Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de
Aragón.
Información importante:
Ofrenda
del fuego
Con posterioridad
a la clausura del Congreso tendrá lugar a las 20:30
h. el acto de homenaje a Miguel Servet ante su
estatua en Villanueva de Sijena con la tradicional
lectura de la Oración a Servet y la ofrenda de
candelas ante su estatua.
Almuerzo en Villanueva de Sijena o pueblos cercanos
– Día 29 de octubre
Villanueva de
Sijena dispone un restaurante (Restaurante
"La Bodega").
En el caso de que Ud. desee almorzar en el mismo
pueblo de Villanueva debería realizar su reserva
antes del 23 de octubre (Tel.: 974 57 81 87).
El precio del
cubierto es de 22 euros y se ofrece un menú cerrado.
Puede leer una breve descripción de este Restaurante
pulsando sobre este vínculo:
The Michael Servetus
Institute, in collaboration with the town of Serveto
(in the Valley of Gistaín - Aragonese Pyrenees), the
City Council of Villanueva de Sijena and the
Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, has organized,
as part of the events to commemorate the
500th anniversary of Servetus' birth, a Pilgrimage to
the town of Serveto. There are historical
documents showing that Servetus' ancestors came from
this area. During the event we will uncover a plaque
in the Church of Serveto in memory of Michael
Servetus, which will allow future generations to
remember this unique day. This event will take place
on Saturday, October 1st, at 12:30 p.m.
Last
Saturday 13th November, 2010, the Michael Servetus
Institute of Villanueva de Sijena, in collaboration with the
Government of Aragon, formally declared inaugurated in the
native town of Michael Servetus the commemoration of the 500th
Anniversary of the birth of Michael Servetus (1511-2011). 
Masana finished her lecture
declaring that nowadays the media also faces other problems,
such as labor uncertainty and poor labor conditions or
problems with the confidentiality of information sources.
There are also cases in which the press has been prohibited
from entering in courts. We live, in her opinion, in a
situation where there is a deficit of liberties. The
financial and political powers exert great influence on mass
media. The coercion exerted by fundamentalists over media
groups also needs to be taken into account, she stated, as
the Danish Mohammed-cartoon crisis shows.
After
the lecture of Dr. Sándor, the Choir of the
city of Sariñena (Huesca), conducted by Mr.
Antonio Gil and with Mr. Daniel Escolano
playing the cello, offered a concert in
homage to Michael Servetus in the Church of
Villanueva de Sijena. The public attending
the concert, who packed the church, enjoyed
the intense and talented interpretation of a
repertoire, which was performed in a way
that caused a reciprocal emotion between the
audience and the singers. 
Once the event was finished, Dr.
Sergio Baches declared his enormous
satisfaction for the development of all the
activities, but he regretted the little
presence of mass media, and especially the
absence of the Regional Television of
Aragon:
