In 1985, the Vatican hosted a colloquium on "Adrienne von Speyr e la sua missione ecclesiale" von Speyr and her ecclesial mission, with presentations by Angelo Scola, Antonio Sicari, Marc Ouellet, Joseph Fessio, S.J., and others. Pope John Paul II said in his closing address to the participants:I would like to take this opportunity to greet the members of the Community of Saint John, which owes its very foundation to a sublime inspiration on the part of Adrienne. She had a special love for “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” the last, most profound expositor, as she saw him, of the mystery of Jesus, of the Father’s love for the world, and of the Holy Spirit whose sure hand guides us into the full light of the revelation of Father and Son. Her insight into the inmost communion of faith and love uniting the Mother of Jesus and the one disciple who persevered with her under the Cross was no less profound; it was here that she glimpsed the virginal origin of the Church that would be entrusted to Peter’s care. May this spirituality, which Adrienne embodied with such exemplary vigor, help you to incarnate ever better your own commitment to live in accord with Church and Gospel in the midst of the realities of the contemporary world.A second symposium was held at the Vatican in 2017 entitled "Adrienne von Speyr: A Woman in the Heart of the 20th Century." The acts of the conference are being published through the Italian press Edizioni Cantagalli.