On Wednesday, 11th December at 10:20 am, presentation of BIS – Bibliographia Internationalis Spiritualitatis online began in Aula 1 of the Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum, which continues the paper edition which began in 1966 and was interrupted in 2007.
The new venture of BIS is the fruit of collaboration between the Carmelite Institutum Carmelitanum and our Faculty.
The event began with speeches by Fr. Denis Chardonnens, OCD, who chairs the Teresianum and Giovanni Grosso, Director of the Institutum Carmelitanum. An introduction to the history of the BIS followed, given by Fr. P. Lukasz Styrz-Steinert, OCD, during which those who had worked on the publication of BIS over the years were thanked, particularly Fr. Otilio Rodríguez and Fr. Juan Luis Astigarraga (to whom the Vicar General, Agustí Borrell dedicated some words of appreciation). Following the speech by Fr. Lukasz, Fr. Christof Betschart, OCD, took the floor to explain the current breadth of the BIS online project.
The General, Fr. Saverio Cannistrà, who presided the event, made a speech about research in Carmel, after which those present were invited to talk with the speaker.
To conclude the proceedings, Don Axel Alt, the chief bibliographer of the BIS, gave a practical introduction for the use of this digital tool. The link to access the Bibliographia Internationalis Spiritualitatis online is as follows:
http://cpps.brepolis.net/bis/search.cfm?action=search_advanced&
