UST UST Hospital Administrative Director Prof. Analin E. Porto, DrEM, Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Poland in Manila Jarosław Szczepankiewicz, Counselor-Minister Anna Krzak-Danel, UST Hospital Medical Director Dr. Charito Malong-Consolacion, and UST OPA Director Asst. Prof. Joreen T. Rocamora visit the UST Hospital St. John Paul II Building, named after Polish-born Pope who visited UST twice.

Officials of the Embassy of Poland in Manila visit UST

June 13, 2022 People's Tonight 678 views

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.

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