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

Istituto Cavanis will host a conference on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, regarding the lives and causes of Father Antonio and Father Marco Cavanis. The event begins 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 Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, will discuss the path from venerability to beatification. Father Angel Ayala Guijaro, the general postulator of the Sch.P., 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 Father Marco Antonio Cavanis as an example of holiness in 19th-century Veneto. The program includes greetings from Father Edmilson Mendes, the general postulator of the Istituto Cavanis, and will be moderated by Father Alvise Bellinato, the Cavanis delegate superior for Italy.