Officials of the Embassy of Poland in Manila visit UST
JAROSLAW Szczepankiewicz, Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Poland in Manila, and Anna Krzak-Danel, Counselor-Minister, Head of the Political and Economic Section, visited the University of Santo Tomas. UST Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Louie R. Coronel, O.P., and Office of Public Affairs Director Asst. Prof. Joreen T. Rocamora, Ph.D., welcomed the visitors upon arrival.
The visit included a courtesy call upon the Rector, Very Rev. Fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., Ph.D., discussions with administrative officials, and a tour of the Museum and UST Hospital’s newest edifice, the St. John Paul II Building, named after the Polish-born Pope who visited UST twice.
A highlight of the visit was the tour of the Antonio Vivencio del Rosario UST Heritage Library, where a first edition copy of Polish polymath Nicolas Copernicus’ book, De revolutionibusorbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), printed in 1543 at Nuremberg, was shown to the Polish delegates.