Celebrating Christmas to the rhythm of gospel music
The Christmas celebrations began at Comillas with a concert in which students from the university's Creative Voices Workshop took part
18 December 2023
The Comillas Creative Voices Choir and the Madrid Choir School offered a gospel concert in the university's Aula Magna to celebrate the arrival of Christmas. The concert, open to the entire university community and alumni, was the highlight of the morning of Saturday, December 16, which began with a Christmas decoration workshop for families of employees.
Led by their teacher, Amos Obasohan, students from the Creative Voices Workshop and other members of the university community performed a repertoire of Christmas carols and other seasonal pieces. They were accompanied by a small band made up of musicians from the Escuela Coral de Madrid. As the Rector of Comillas, Enrique Sanz, SJ, recalled, "music helps us get closer to God".
After the performance of the first song, Jesus, what a wonderful child, the Rector presented the prizes to the winners of the Christmas card competition: Martina Ortiz Delgado, a student of the Degree in Engineering in Telecommunication Technologies; Manuel Martín Baeza, in the category from 3 to 10 years of age; and María Montano, in the category from 11 to 17 years of age. In addition, the winning teams of Operación Kilo, the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences and Comillas Alumni, also received special recognition for being the departments or services that collected the most food.
More photos
You may also be interested in
The Comillas Pontifical University, at its Rey Francisco Campus, hosted the first face-to-face meeting of the Dialogue with Society Group (SoDiG), an EUPeace initiative that seeks to strengthen collaboration between universities, companies, social organisations and public administrations to generate projects with social impact.
Last week, Stephan Pruchniewicz visited Universidad Pontificia Comillas, offering a unique opportunity to learn more about the European project IMPACCT (International Mobility with Partners Abroad for Culturally Competent Teachers).
This initiative promotes teacher training in intercultural and interreligious contexts, providing students and faculty with opportunities for mobility and collaboration across Europe.
The event brought together national and international specialists to discuss the latest advances in Sports Medicine and Sports Science .