The Pavia Seminary website is completely new. We've redesigned it from top to bottom as a home with open doors: for those who want to learn about our community, for those seeking a journey of faith, for those who wish to visit the Monastery of Santa Maria Teodote, or for those who wish to support the life of the Seminary.
Here, one by one, are the new features.
A new face: colours, fonts and logo
The site was created together with the Seminary's new visual identity. logo It recalls the portico of the cloister, the heart of the complex. The main colour is the cooked, the same as the bricks of the Monastery, accompanied by its shades, from the lightest pink to the darkest brown, on an ivory-colored background.
The texts are composed in Created Display, a modern and highly legible font, both on screen and on a phone. The same choices are found on posters, social media, and printed materials: anyone who encounters the Seminary, anywhere, recognises it.
On the page Visual identity, At the bottom of each page, journalists, parishes, organisations and printers can find the logo, colours and fonts to download, along with a few rules for using them well.
Simple to use
We wanted a site that was easy to understand at first glance. The menu has a few items, always the same at the top and bottom of the page: InChiostro, Community, Vocations, Youth, Friends, Culture, and Projects. The buttons Contact e Support us they always remain within reach.
At the top of each page, a button takes you back to the previous page, and tabs for news, events, and projects open with a tap. The site adapts to any screen: it's easy to read on a computer, tablet, or phone, even while walking through the cloister.
InChiostro : news, agenda, and press review
InChiostro brings together on a single page everything that happens in the Seminary. News you can choose by topic: Community, Vocations, Youth, Culture, University Pastoral.’agenda shows the upcoming events, each with its own information: when, where, the poster to download and the links to find out more.
There press review It collects articles from newspapers and websites that talk about us, with a direct link to the original. At the bottom of the page, you can subscribe to the InChiostro newsletter.
The entire site is in Italian and English
The entire site is available in two languages: just touch IT o EN at the top to switch from Italian to English, on every page. This way, the Seminary and the Monastery are also open to foreign students from the University of Pavia, tourists, and those who follow us from afar.
Designed to be accessible
We've designed the site to be accessible to everyone. Text colours have been chosen and verified to be easily readable even by those with impaired vision, in accordance with international accessibility guidelines. Each page can be navigated using just a keyboard, and menus, maps, galleries, and forms are described for screen reader users.
Anyone who has activated the option on their device for reduce movement Find the site without animations. The registration forms have large fonts and fields, also designed for seniors. And for those who prefer to listen, each stop at the Monastery has its own audio guide.
The Monastery, step by step
The section Monastery has been revised and expanded. It opens with the Rector's welcome letter and a route map, redesigned on the actual ground floor plan: a path indicates the recommended itinerary from the entrance on Via Menocchio, and touching a room opens its stage.
The six stages, from the cloister to the monastic church, have comprehensive texts, edited by art historian Graziella Maria Bozzini, and new photographs. At each stop, a map shows where you are, and buttons at the bottom take you to the next stop. QR codes along the cloister link directly to the new pages.
The guided tour in three languages
The visit of the Monastery is available in Italian, English and Spanish. A switch at the top of the page changes the language of text, headlines, and the map without reloading the page, and the site remembers your choice from one stop to the next.
Each stage has its own audio guide, to be listened to on the phone while walking: a voice accompanies the visitor through the rooms, in the chosen language.
Paths for young people and vocations
The pages of Youth e Vocations present our paths: 10 Words, Youth in Prayer, University Pastoral, MoChi and Prayer for Vocations. Each has its own calendar of his meetings, which updates itself, and the posters to download, in PDF for printing and as an image for sharing.
Invisible Monastery: praying for vocations
The Invisible Monastery It is the diocesan prayer network for vocations. It is an «invisible» monastery because it is hidden, but real, because it is made of living stones: young people, adults, families, the elderly, religious communities, and parishes who are committed to praying so that everyone may respond joyfully to God's call.
Now we are joining it directly from the site, in one minute: those who register receive InChiostro, the Seminary newsletter, with prayer resources and news from our community. The page is under Vocations.
Friends of the Seminary, also online
You can sign up for the Friends of the Seminary From the website, in four steps, choose your annual fee and how to pay: by bank transfer, at the parish, or by visiting the seminary. Those who prefer paper can download and print the brochure.
Support the Seminar
On the page Support us find the bank details, with the button to copy the IBAN, the form to request the celebration of a Mass according to your intentions and all the ways to help us safeguard the formation of seminarians and the heritage of the complex.
Let's keep in touch
With the InChiostro newsletter You can receive community news, prayer suggestions, and invitations to upcoming events by email.
The site is new and will continue to grow. If something isn't working as expected, please let us know using the «Report a problem» link at the bottom of each page: you'll help us improve it.
