International Meeting of Priests, Deacons and Seminarians

 

Wednesday 19 April
Priests and Deacons Today – Issues and Challenges

09.00 Welcome – Wolfgang Schneck and Andrea Caelli – Presenters
Opening Greetings: Silvano Cola, Lino D’Armi, Enrico Pepe, Hubertus Blaumeiser – Priests of the Diocesan Priests Centre of the Focolare Movement
Brief Experiences of Priests and Deacons from various Continents
CHOREOGRAPHY: “FROM INDIVIDUALISM TO COMMUNION” (SEMINARIANS FROM LOPPIANO)

10.30 Priests and Deacons Today: Challenges and Questions
Andrea Caelli, one of the presenters, interviewing: Wilfried Hagemann (Germany), Thomas Norris (Ireland), Enrique Cambón (Argentina), Léon Sirabahenda (Burundi)
Two seminarians present the results of a Research
ARTISTIC PRESENTATION – MIMO PEREZ (PHILIPPINES)
Message from Chiara Lubich

11.45 Concelebration

A Spirituality for the Church-Communion

16.00 Spirituality of Communion: From the “Interior Castle” to the “Exterior Castle” – Giuseppe Maria Zanghì, Director of the Focolare Movement’s Study Centre
Historical Perspectives: Priests and the Focolare Movement – Silvano Cola
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Building up the Church-Communion: Experiences of Marco Tecilla and others

18.00 The Prophetic Character of the Focolare Movement’s Small Towns (Presentation of Loppiano, Incisa-Valdarno)
Being formed in Communion: Schools for Priests, Deacons and Seminarians – Lorenzo Campagnolo, co-director, and other participants of the Programme run at Loppiano’s International Centre of Spirituality for Priests and Seminarians
ARTISTIC PRESENTATION – MIMMO IERVOLINO (NAPLES)
Communion as a Way of Life (Experiences)

19.10 Prayer led by Orthodox priests (Oriental Churches Institute, Regensburg)

Thursday 20 April
Our Deepest Roots

09.00 Prayer led by Participants of Various Churches
“I give you this Crucifix” – Experience of Dante Sementilli
PIANO RECITAL – ALFONSO GUILLAMON (SPAIN)
“Put Yourself in the Other Person’s Place” – Experience of Carlo Malavasi

10.20 Jesus’ Abandonment – the Way to Unity – Natalia Dallapiccola – Chiara Lubich’s First Companion
Jesus Crucified and Forsaken in the Experience of the Focolare Movement
(Video-recording of a talk given by Chiara Lubich)
ARTISTIC PRESENTATION – PIERLUIGI GRISON (LOPPIANO)
Jesus Forsaken – Model for Priests (Experiences)

11.45 Concelebration

Evangelization and Dialogue

16.00 A Pastoral Ministry of Communion – Aldo Giordano, General Secretary of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences
The Primacy of Love (video-clip of Chiara Lubich)
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Going out towards All (Experiences)

17.50 Testimony-Concert in Memory of Card. Van Thuan – Carlo José Seno and Priests from Milano

19.10 Prayer: “I have only one Spouse on Earth”

Friday 21 April
“May They All Be One”

09.00 A new School of Thought – Pasquale Foresi – Central Governing Body of the Focolare Movement
ARTISTIC PRESENTATION
“Soul of the World”: New Horizons of Mission Today
Vera Araújo and Carlos Clarià – International Centre of the Focolare Movement
PIANO RECITAL – CARLO JOSÉ SENO AND ALFONSO GUILLAMON
Impressions from Some Participants
Conclusion – Silvano Cola, Lino D’Armi, Enrico Pepe, Hubertus Blaumeiser

11.00 Concelebration