International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi welcomes you to the Internation Encounter for Priests and thanks you for having sent your registration.

Here following, we send to you all the information for you to follow. 


International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

With profound joy we announced that the International Encounter for Priests will largest international meeting of Priests, given that registrations already received have far surpassed any hope. 

 

For this reason, the Congregation for the Clergy has decided that the sessions of the mornings of the ninth and tenth of June will be held both at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and at the Basilica of St. John in the Lateran.  All of the participants will be divided by language group in order to be able better to participate in the conferences and in the functions planned in the official program. 

 

Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

English-Italian-German

 

Basilica of St. John in the Lateran

French-Spanish-Portuguese

 

This informational leaflet confirms the Basilica to which you have been assigned, as does the  PASS  which you will receive together with the registration materials:

 

The ROSSO (Red) Pass is for those whose participation is foreseen at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

 

The VERDE (Green) pass is for those whose participation is foreseen at the Basilica of St. John in the Lateran

International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

OFFICIAL PROGRAM

 

Wednesday, June 9th

Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

 

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.                                                                 Conversion and Mission

            Invocation of the Holy Spirit

            Meditation of His Eminence Joachim Cardinal Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne

            Eucharstic Adoration/Confessions

Holy Mass presided by    

His Eminence Claudio Cardinal Hummes, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

 

Thursday, June 10th

Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

                        The Cenacle, invocation of the Holy Spirit with Mary, in fraternal communion

 

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

            Invocation of the Holy Spirit

            Meditation of His Eminence, Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec

            Eucharistic Adoration with the Possibility for Confessions

            Celebration of Holy Mass presided by

His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, Secretary of State

 

 

St. Peter’s Square

 

8:30 p.m.  Vigil                                                                        With Peter, in Ecclesial Communion

 

            Testimony and Musical Interludes

            Talk by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI

            Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction

 

Friday, June 11- Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

St. Peter’s Square*

 

10 a.m.  Holy Mass of the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus  presided by

                        His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI              

 

*In addition to priests and seminarians others are invited, including persons in consecrated life, Christian families and all of those who would like to support the sanctification of priests through prayer and sacrifice. 

 

For Eucharistic Concelebration, you are reminded to bring your own ALB AND WHITE STOLE

International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

WELCOME

From Sunday, June 6th to Tuesday June 8th

 

Hosts from the Opera Roma Pellegrinaggi will welcome you at various principal arrival venues in Rome, and will be available for any information.

            -Rome Airport Fiumicino – International Arrivals

            -Rome Station Termini

 

ACCREDITATION AND RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS

 

            Individuals and Groups up to 10 registered priests

            from Monday, June 7th to Wednesday, June 9th at the

            Offices of OPERA ROMANA PELLEGRINAGGI

Vicariate Palace-Via della Pigna, 13/a Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Lateran Palace- Piazza di Porta S. Giovanni, 6  Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Propilei Palace-  Piazza Pio XII, 9 (Piazza S. Pietro)  Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

 

            Established groups with a minimum of 10 registered priests

From Friday, June 4th to Tuesday June 8th (except Sunday)

The accreditation materials will be given directly by the OPERA ROMANA PELLEGRINAGGI at the lodgings of the group. 

In any case, you are asked to send an email to eventi@orpnet.org with the

-Reference name of the group and the Tour Leader

- the number of those inscribed for the International Encounter for Priests

-Name of the lodgings/address/telephone

 

International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

The Organizing Board will be present at each location of the event

 

Dates and Times

The greatest of punctuality and good order  is requested to ensure that the programmed activities will be carried out according to plan

 

9th June                        10th June                                                     11th June

Basilica of St. Paul     Basilica of St. Paul            St. Peter’s Square            St. Peter’s Square

Basilica of St. John     Basilica of St. John                              

Morning                       Morning                      Evening                        Morning

8 a.m.                          8 a.m.                          6 p.m.                          8:30 a.m.

 

 

            Distribution of Multilingual Headphones

Throughout the planned activities of the International Encounter for Priests, a service of simultaneous translation is planned.

For those who wish, at the entrance of each Basilica they will find an help desk for Vox Tour which will consign, upon the presentation of the PASS of the International Encounter for Priests – the multilingual receivers and headphones.

A deposit of 20 euros must be given upon consignment of the apparatus.  We would therefore ask that you have with you a banknote of 20 euros, and in the case that you instead prefer to leave on deposit your Passport or other Identity Document, that you carry with you a photocopy. 

Both will be returned to you at the moment in which you turn in your personal Vox Tour.

The receivers can be retained during the entire duration of the event, but we remind you that they must be turned in at the Vox Tour desk present near every location of a planned activity,  in order to recover your Identity Document  or deposit.

 

Simultaneous Translation

Simultaneous Translation is guaranteed throughout the course of the events. 

On the mornings of the 9th and 10th of June, this service is planned only and exclusively in the languages of the divided language groups. 

 

Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls – English-Italian-German

 

Basilica of St. John in the Lateran -  French-Spanish-Portuguese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

OPEN BUS-  Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi

 

This is a service of Opera Romana pellegrinaggi which will help you to visit the city and view the chief Roman places of worship, while seated, with the help of our Audio guide. 

 

All registered priests in possession of a PASS for the International Encounter for Priests will be able to board the Open Bus busses, get off at any stop, in order to visit Rome and then take a later Open Bus, without any charge.

 

The Open Bus Roma Cristiana service covers all of the most important areas of the historic city.

Our multilingual pastoral guides will kindly and efficiently welcome you aboard.

The panoramic Open Busses have outside and inside seats.

A modern system of audio guide in 8 languages (Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese) will point out the most interesting sites of Rome from religious, historic, artistic, and cultural perspectives.

 

Stops for Open Bus Roma Cristiana:  Hop on, Hop off.

            St. Peter’s in the Vatican  (Via della Conciliazione, 44)

            Palazzo della Cancelleria (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 178)

            St. Mary of the Martyrs-Pantheon (Via delle Botteghe Oscure, 32)

            Piazza Venezia (Via Cesare Battisti, 120/D

            St. Mary of the Angels (Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 70)

            Termini Station (Piazzale dei Cinquecento e Via Einaudi)

            Saint Mary Major (Via Liberiana, 16)

            St. John  (Via Merulana, 169)

            Coliseum (Via Celio Vibenna)

            Circus Maximus (Pl.le Ugo La Malfa)

            St. Bartholomew on the Tiber Island (Piazza di Monte Savello, 10)

            Farnese Palace (Lungotevere dei Vallati, 7) 

    In order to visit: Ponte Sisto, Campo de Fiori, Farnese Palace, Spada Palace, Trastevere.

International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

Concelebration  11 June, 2010

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Those who wish to concelebrate, must follow the following instructions:

 

            MEETING PLACES

8:30 a.m.  Priests- Aula Paolo VI, entering by the Piazza del Sant’Uffizio

9:15 a.m.  Archbishops & Bishops- Cappella del Coro at St. Peter’s Basilica

9:30 a.m.  Cardinals-  Cappella San Sebastiano at St. Peter’s Basilica

 

            SACRED VESTMENTS

Their Eminences, the Cardinals, and Excellencies, Bishops and Archbishops, will find Sacred Vestments in their respective meeting places.

 

You will only need to bring:

Cardinals:  White Precious Miter

Bishops:  White Simple Miter 

Priests:  Amice, Alb, Cincture, White Stole

Deacons:  Amice, Alb, Cincture, White Stole

 

At the proper time, guided by the Pontifical Masters of Ceremony, the Concelebrants will go to their proper places in St. Peter’s Square.

 

Their Eminences the Cardinals will take part in the Entrance Procession with the Holy Father.

 

International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

 

ASSORTED INFORMATION

 

Arrival to Rome by an organized Bus

Groups arriving by Rome with their own bus must contact the following website for permissions to transit and access the ZTL Zone;  www.mobilita.commune.it

 

TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND PASSPORT

In order to enter, stay and transit within the Schengen Zone, all participants must be in possession of a passport or other travel document recognized as valid by all the Scengen States*, which attest to the identity and nationality or citizenship of the holder. 

 

Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi is not responsible for possible problems concerning personal travel documents (Validity, Visas, etc) which must be verified individually with the competent local authority (Embassies/Consulates of Italy)

 

*This is the mass of national territories who are signers to the convention:  Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Malta, Switzerland

 

BAGGAGE

It is not permitted to enter the Basilicas with Luggage. 

 

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi- Organizing Secretariat

 

…  and Emergency Numbers

Police  113

Carabinieri  112

Fire Department  115

Traffic Office  0667691

Guardia di Finanza 117

Police Headquarters  064686

 

 

 

OTHER SERVICES ALREADY RESERVED THROUGH

THE OPERA ROMANA PELLEGRINAGGI

 

Confirmation and detailed technical instructions will follow

 

 

International Encounter for Priests

Rome, June 9 – 11, 2010

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9 - 10 June-  Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

10 – 11 June    St. Peter’s Square

 

EVENTS-  CLOSING OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS

8 June, 2010  Charismatic Day of Retreat for Priests

Planned for the vigil of the Closing of the Year for Priests in Rome, this encounter will be celebrated in the Roman Basilica of St. John in the Lateran from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with the them “The Gift of Priesthood.”  At noon meditations will be offered by His Excellency, the Most Revered Mauro Piacenza, Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy.  (Free Admittance)

 

9 June, 2010-  AN OCCASION FOR ENCOUNTER

Promoted by the priests of the Focolari Movement and of the Schoenstatt Movement in collaboration with the ICCRS (International Catholic Charismatic Renewal)

 

Afternoon of testimonies and artistic contributions in the Aula Paolo VI, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Free Admittance)

4 p.m.  First Theme:  MAN OF GOD- ICON OF CHRIST

5 p.m.  Second Theme:  BROTHER AMONG BROTHERS:  IN ONE PEOPLE

6 p.m.  Third Theme:  PROPHETS OF A NEW WORLD        

 

CELEBRATION OF VESPERS presided by His Eminence Claudio Cardinal Hummes.