The “Cities and Cathedrals” project recognizes cultural volunteers as an important human resource for raising awareness in the community for the upkeep and promotion of the artistic and historical treasures handed down by past generations, using a strategy of inclusion and integration, from the detail to the overview, from cathedrals to cities and the area in general, from the diocesan to the lay community.

Making the treasures available means above all achieving awareness of the nature of our cultural heritage, discussing it and opening pathways that bring about debate and dialogue with as many people as we can interest and attract.

Past and future training courses, networking of the different dioceses organized as quadrants, as well as creating the conditions to achieve the best results, will limit the risk that what is often a passionate engagement of volunteers in the cultural object they promote degenerates from a sense of belonging to a sense of ownership. Being an active participant of a network, sharing group work, training courses, communication and organizational decisions with other partners should nurture a feeling of belonging to a larger, multifaceted team, and hence virtuous behaviour.