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Friday, 12 September 2008

Fiumicino (Rome)

9.00 Departure by plane from the Leonardo da Vinci International Airport for the Airport of Orly (Paris)
Interview of the Holy Father during the flight to France


FRANCE

Paris

11.10 Arrival at the Airport of Orly.
11.15 Official welcome at the Airport of Orly
12.25 Welcoming ceremony at the Elysée Palace
12.30 Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic at the Elysée Palace
13.00 Meeting with authorities of State at the Elysée Palace
17.00 Short meeting with representatives of the Jewish Community at the Apostolic Nunciature of Paris
17.30 Meeting with representatives from the world of culture at the Collège des Bernardins
19.15 Celebration of Vespers with priests, religious, seminarians and deacons gathered at Notre-Dame Cathedral
20.30 Greeting to young people gathered in the esplanade in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral
20.45 Greeting from the balcony of the Apostolic Nunciature

Saturday, 13 September 2008

9.10 Short visit to the Institut de France
  Signing of the Golden Book
10.00 Eucharistic Celebration on the Esplanade des Invalides
12.30 Luncheon with the Bishops of Île de France and the Papal Entourage in the Apostolic Nunciature of Paris
15.50 Farewell from the Apostolic Nunciature of Paris
16.30 Departure by plane from the Airport of Orly for the Airport of Tarbes-Lourdes

Lourdes

17.45 Arrival at the Airport of Tarbes-Lourdes Pyrénées
18.00 Departure by helicopter from the Airport of Tarbes-Lourdes Pyrénées for the Antoine Béguère Stadium of Lourdes
18.20 Arrival at the Antoine Béguère Stadium in Lourdes
18.30 Jubilee Way: Visit to the Church of the Sacred Heart and visit to the Cachot at Lourdes
19.15 Visit to the Grotto of the Apparitions at Lourdes.
21.30 Conclusion of the Marian torchlight procession at Rosary Square in the Complex of the Lourdes' Shrines

Sunday, 14 September 2008

10.00 Holy Mass for the 150th anniversary of the Apparitions in the Prairie
  Recitation of the Angelus Domini in the Prairie
12.45 Luncheon with the Bishops of the Midi-Pyrénées region and with the Cardinals and Bishops of the Papal Entourage at St. Joseph's Hermitage
17.15 Meeting with French Bishops in the Hemicycle of Saint Bernadette's Church
18.30 Conclusion of the Blessed Sacrament Procession in the Prairie of Lourdes.

Monday, 15 September 2008

  Farewell from Saint Joseph's Hermitage
8.45 Visit to the Oratorie de l’hôpital
9.30 Holy Mass for the sick in the Esplanade in front of the Basilica of Notre-Dame du Rosaire
12.10 Departure by helicopter from the Antoine Béguère Stadium of Lourdes for the Airport of Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
12.30 Arrival at the Airport of Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
  Farewell ceremony at the Airport of Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées.
13.00 Departure by plane from the Airport of Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées for the Airport of Ciampino (Rome)

ITALY

Rome/Ciampino

15.15 Arrival at the Airport of Rome/Ciampino  

 


 

Time Lag

 

  • Rome: + 2 UTC

  • Paris and Lourdes: + 2 UTC

 

 

 

 



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