2nd International Meeting for Rectors and staff of Shrines
From 9 to 11 November 2023 the 2nd International Meeting for Shrine Rectors and staff will be held, entitled The Shrine: house of prayer. The meeting will be a continuation of the journey which began with the first International Meeting in 2018. This time there will be three days of activities involving numerous attendees, including Rectors and Shrine staff from all over the world. The meeting, which will also form part of the preparation for the Holy Year of 2025, will be held in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican, and is organized by the Section for Fundamental Questions of Evangelization in the World of the Dicastery for Evangelisation.
The general program can be consulted on this site: www.evangelizatio.va in several languages. The registration form can be accessed here: http://www.evangelizatio.va/content/pcpne/it/attivita/santuari/II_Incontro_Santuari_2023/Richiesta%20Biglietti.html
PROGRAM
2nd International Meeting for Rectors and Sanctuary Operators
The Sanctuary: house of prayer
On the path to the Jubilee of 2025
9 – 11 November 2023
Thursday 9 November 2023 – Paul VI Hall
3.00 pm Welcome
4.00pm Opening prayer
4.15pm Introduction
4.30pm Intercessory prayer
Fr. Ermanno Barucco, OCD – Professor at the Pontifical Theological Faculty "Teresianum"
5.00pm Welcome and sending out of the pilgrims
His Eminence Card. Angelo Comastri – Archpriest emeritus of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
5.30pm Coffee break
6.00 pm Concert by the choir “Le Dolci Note”
Friday 10 November 2023
8.30 Holy Mass at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter's Basilica
presided over by Archbishop Rino Fisichella
Paul VI Hall
10.00am Coffee break
10.30am The sinner's prayer
Fr Paul Brendan Murray, OP – Professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
11.30am How to pray through music and singing
Monsignor Marco Frisina – Composer and Rector of the Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
12.30pm Communal lunch
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4.00pm Prayer in art
David Lopez Ribes – Painter and winner of the 2012 Pontifical Academies Prize
4.45pm Popular prayer
Fr. Daniel Cuesta Gómez, SJ – Youth and university ministry, Santiago de Compostela
5.30pm Coffee break
18.00pm Presentation of the project "Census of the Sanctuaries of the Ecclesiastical Regions of Italy" by Prof. Giustina Aceto - Lecturer at the Marianum Pontifical Theological Faculty, followed by discussion with the speakers
Saturday 11 November 2023 – Paul VI Hall
9.00am Shrines as a pathway towards the Jubilee of Hope
Archbishop Rino Fisichella – Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
9.45am Prayer in International Shrines
Testimonials from round the world
10.30am Coffee break
11.30am Audience with the Holy Father