Plans ready for closing event of Year for Priests
(Aug.18,2009): - Plans are ready for the closing event of the of the Year of Priests next June. Testimonies, prayer time, confession and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, are just some of the activities planned for this world meeting of priests in Rome. The Congregation for the Clergy, which announced the schedule for the June 9 -11 closing event said the 1st day will be celebrated in St. Paul's Outside the Walls, with prayer and a conference on "Conversion and Mission." There will also be adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, time for confession and the celebration of Mass.
The 2nd Day will bring the priests together in the Basilica of St. Mary Major, where they will focus on the theme "The Upper Room: Invoking the Holy Spirit With Mary, in Fraternal Communion." At the end of the day, the participants will be taken to St. Peter's Basilica, to celebrate a vigil service, with testimonies and music, as well as adoration. Pope Benedict XVI will participate in this latter event, offering a discourse to the priests.
On June 11, the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Pope will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s , closing the Year for Priests and marking the 150th Anniversary of the death of St. John Mary Vianney, the patron of priests. The theme of the Mass will focus on "With Peter, in Ecclesial Communion."
The Congregation for Clergy has entrusted the organization of these events to the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, the Vatican institution, whose mission is to evangelize through pastoral tourism and the ministry of pilgrimage. Priests who want to participate in the event should register with the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi : The Web site is presently only in Italian.
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