ADDRESS OF PAUL VI
TO THE AMERICAN STUDENTS
OF THE CHIGI MUSICAL ACADEMY

Thursday, 4 July 1968

Beloved Students,

We are grateful to you for coming to visit Us during your Summer Session in Siena, where you have advanced your musical studies with the collaboration of the Chigi Musical Academy.

Our special welcome is expressed to the Honorable Dan Moore, Governor of the State of North Carolina, home of your Alma Mater, the North Carolina School of the Arts.

By your sojourn in Italy, you improve international understanding on the superior level of musical and artistic culture. We pray that your experience may be a truly spiritual one, adding new dimensions to your future careers. With Our best wishes, We glady invoke upon you, your professors and companions, your families, and dear ones at home, the richest graces and blessings of Almighty God.