Accommodation and Facilities

Greatly enhancing its experiential and academic study programmes is Saint Anselm’s Multi-Cultural Living Community, a unique teaching/learning laboratory. Within this vibrant milieu, the participant interprets and develops — according to the context of his or her own culture and spirituality — all that he or she learns in class. Here participants discover for themselves that underneath our individual uniqueness, we have the same emotions, pains and pleasures as everyone else. The barriers of surface differences, our features, languages and personal beliefs, soon melt into an enrichment of living and relationship that continues throughout one’s life. 

The Community is noted for the striking warmth offered equally to all who come to study or visit. Being a part of Saint Anselm’s multi-cultural community offers you a unique opportunity to appreciate and value cultures and ways of community other than your own. Here you will directly experience how community can enhance personal development. Relationship building is fostered in the daily situation of praying, learning, relaxing and living together within this international community. The multi-cultural community provides an opportunity to practise constructive communication where truly listening and absorbing is of paramount concern in forming vibrant, growth-producing relationships. The inherent struggles in unifying your spiritual life with your secular life will be addressed through this daily interface. During your time here, you will be given an opportunity to be a community leader under supervision. 

Community and Multicultural Living

Community is at the heart of life at St Anselm’s. There is an emphasis on group work and social/community interaction, complemented by time for private reflection. The art of constructive communication and the forming of healthy growth-producing relationships is central. Awareness of relationships in community where we both support and receive support is valued and encouraged. Participants affirm and support each other on their journey towards greater wholeness and integration.

An understanding and appreciation of cultures other than your own, together with the implications of a multicultural setting for formation is explored and enhanced by living in a multicultural community. This is enriching for any leader or formator. The relationship between community and individual development is also examined.

The large community is divided up into small communities, each with a mix of people of different nationalities, different ages, men and women.

Location and Facilities

The Institute of St. Anselm is situated in the grounds of Il Carmelo which belongs to the Carmelites, and is part of their complex in Ciampino, Rome. We have our own chapel and dining room where good Italian food is served. The accommodation is all ensuite bedrooms. The property is gated and there is a nice garden to walk around in for reflection and exercise. It is situated at the base of the hills that go up to Lake Albano. There is often a pleasant breeze and it is usually a few degrees cooler than in the city of Rome. Rome is easily accessible by train, a journey of about 25 minutes and it costs just €1.50.

Our specialist library is extensive and housed in a separate building on the compound There is a total book stock of circa 5000 specialist books and a number of specialist journals. The library catalogue is computerised. 

Greatly enhancing its experiential and practical study programmes is Saint Anselm’s Multi-Cultural Living Community, a unique experiential/learning laboratory. Within this vibrant milieu, the participant interprets and develops — according to the context of his or her own culture and spirituality — all that he or she learns in class. Here participants discover for themselves that underneath our individual uniqueness, we have the same emotions, pains and pleasures as everyone else. The barriers of surface differences, our features, languages and personal beliefs, soon melt into an enrichment of living and relationship that continues throughout one’s life. 

The Community is noted for the striking warmth offered equally to all who come to study or visit. Being a part of Saint Anselm’s multi-cultural community offers you a unique opportunity to appreciate and value cultures and ways of community other than your own. Here you will directly experience how community can enhance personal development. Relationship building is fostered in the daily situation of praying, learning, relaxing and living together within this international community. The multi-cultural community provides an opportunity to practise constructive communication where truly listening and absorbing is of paramount concern in forming vibrant, growth-producing relationships. The inherent struggles in unifying your spiritual life with your secular life will be addressed through this daily interface. During your time here, you will be given an opportunity to be a community leader under supervision. 

Community and Multicultural Living

Community is at the heart of life at St Anselm’s. There is an emphasis on group work and social/community interaction, complemented by time for private reflection. The art of constructive communication and the forming of healthy growth-producing relationships is central. Awareness of relationships in community where we both support and receive support is valued and encouraged. Participants affirm and support each other on their journey towards greater wholeness and integration.

An understanding and appreciation of cultures other than your own, together with the implications of a multicultural setting for formation is explored and enhanced by living in a multicultural community. This is enriching for any leader or formator. The relationship between community and individual development is also examined.

The large community is divided up into small communities, each with a mix of people of different nationalities, different ages, men and women.