II International Conference for Rectors and Pastoral Personnel of Shrines
The Shrine: a House of Prayer
November 9 – 11, 2023
Thursday November 9, 2023 – Paul VI Audience Hall
3:00 p.m. Accreditation
4:00 p.m. Opening Prayer
4:15 p.m. Introduction
4:30 p.m. Prayer of Intercession
Fr. Ermanno Barucco, OCD – Professor at the Pontifical Theological Faculty "Teresianum"
5:00 p.m. Pilgrims’ Welcome and Dismissal Blessing
H. Em. Card. Angelo Comastri - Archpriest emeritus of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
5:30 p.m. Coffee Break
6:00 p.m. Concert by the Small Choir “Le Dolci Note”
Friday November 10, 2023
8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Celebration at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter – St. Peter’s Basilica
presided over by H.E. Msgr. Rino Fisichella
Paul VI Audience Hall
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. The Sinner’s Prayer
Fr. Paul Brendan Murray, OP – Professor at the St. Thomas Aquinas Pontifical University
11:30 a.m. How to Pray with Music and Song
Msgr. Marco Frisina – Composer and Rector of the Basilica of Saint Cecilia in Trastevere
12:30 p.m. Shared Lunch
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4:00 p.m. Prayer in Art
David Lopez Ribes – Painter and winner of the 2012 Pontifical Academies Award
4:45 p.m. Popular Prayer
Fr. Daniel Cuesta Gómez, SJ – Youth and university ministry in Galicia
5:30 p.m. Coffee Break
6:00 p.m. Presentation of the project "Census of Shrines in the Ecclesiastical Regions of Italy" by Prof. Giustina Aceto - Lecturer at the Marianum Pontifical Theological Faculty, followed by Q&A with the Speakers
Saturday November 11, 2023 – Paul VI Audience Hall
9:00 a.m. The Shrine Towards the Jubilee of Hope
H.E. Msgr. Rino Fisichella – Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
9:45 a.m. Prayer at International Shrines
Testimonies from around the world
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. Audience with the Holy Father
