Istituto Cavanis to host conference on Servi di Dio Padre Antonio and Padre Marco Cavanis

Istituto Cavanis scheduled a conference for Wednesday, October 7, 2026, to discuss the lives and causes of the Venerable Servi di Dio Padre Antonio and Padre Marco Cavanis. The event will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Aula magna of the Istituto Cavanis school in Venice.

Monsignor Gianpaolo Rizzotti, head of the office for the Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi, will speak on the journey from venerability to beatification through heroic virtues and signs of heaven. Father Angel Ayala Guijaro, general postulator of the Scuole Pie, will explain the duties and ecclesial value of the postulator in beatification and canonization processes.

Father Diego Spadotto from the Cavanis community in Possagno will present Padre Marco Antonio Cavanis as an example of holiness in 19th-century Veneto. Father Alvise Bellinato, the Cavanis Italy delegate superior, will moderate the session, which concludes with remarks from Father Rogerio Diesel, the general superior of Istituto Cavanis.