19 Monday

15.00 – 19.00 Welcome (at the Salesianum)
17.00 – 17.30 Vespers
Presided by Piero Marini, Dean of papal liturgical celebrations and Oblate of S. George’s abbey – Venezia - Italy
17.30 – 18.00 Enthronement of the Word of God
18.30 – 19.30 Introduction to the Congress
Angela Fiorillo, national coordinator of Italian Oblates

Abbott Primate Notker Wolf, O.S.B.
20.00 – 21.00 Dinner

20 Tuesday

08.30 – 09.00 Lauds
Presided over by P. Clemens In O.S.B. Sud Korea
09.30 – 10.45 First presentation
“The Monastery: a school for the Oblate”
Abbott Alcuin Nyirenda, O.S.B. – Tanzania

“The Monastery: a school of communion”
Mrs. Françoise Melard – Belgian oblate
10.45 – 11.30 Break
11.45 – 12.45 The Holy Eucharist
presided by the Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Card. Franc Rodé
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Free time
15.00 – 15.45 Second presentation
“Contemplation in the life of the oblate”
Archdeacon. Vsevolod Borzakosky, orthodox from the Patriarchate of Moscow
15.45 – 16.45 Questions and comments
16.45 – 17.15 Break
17.30 – 19.00 Group sessions organized by language
19.15 – 19.45 Vespers
Presided by Abbott Notker Wolf, O.S.B.
20.00 – 21.00 Dinner

21 Wednesday

08.30 – 09.00 Lauds
Presided by P. Agostino Nuvoli, O.S.B. - Italia
09.30 – 10.45 Third presentation
“Communion in the Family”
Paolo and Maria Aminti, Italian oblates from Camaldoli
10.45 – 11.30 Break
11.45 – 12.45 The Holy Eucharist
Presided by Mgr. Stanislaw Rylko, President of the Pontificial Council for the Laity
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Free time
15.00 – 15.45 Fourth presentation
“Communion in the workplace”
Norvene Vest, Episcopalian oblate, U.S.A.
15.45 – 16.45 Questions and comments
16.45 – 17.15 Break
17.30 – 19.00 Group sessions organized by language
19.15 – 19.45 Vespers
Presided by Rt Revd John Flack, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Representative to the Holy See
20.00 – 21.00 Dinner
21.15 – 22.00 Concert
Abbott Primate Notker Wolf, O.S.B.
Sr. Celina Galinyte, O.S.B., national assistant of Lithuanian oblates

22 Thursday

08.30 – 09.00 Lauds
Presided by F. Louis Marie Tressol O.S.B. – Senegal
09.30 – 10.45 Fifth presentation
“The Mission: inter-religious dialogue”
Iona Misquitta, O.S.B – India - responsible for the D.I.M in India

“Islam and Soufism”
Dr. Kamran Ahmad – Consultant with the United Nation World Food Program covering Asia and the Middle East
10.45 – 11.30 Break
11.45 – 12.45 The Holy Eucharist
Presided by Card. Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Free time
15.00 – 15.45 Sixth presentation
“The Mission: justice, peace and the care of creation, oblation”
Prior Marcelo de Barros Souza, O.S.B., Brazil
15.45 – 16.45 Questions and comments
16.45 – 17.15 Break
17.30 – 19.00 Group sessions organized by language
17.30 – 19.00 Meeting of the national coordinators
19.15 – 19.45 Vespers
Presided by Vsevolod Borzakovsky from Moscow Patriarchate
20.00 – 21.00 Dinner
21.15 – 22.45 Meeting of the national coordinators

23 Friday

08.30 – 09.00 Lauds
Presided by P. Basilius Ullmann, OCist. – Germany
09.30 – 11.00 Brief presentation of the workgroups and proposals for the future
11.00 – 11.30 Contribution and conclusion
By the Abbott Primate Notker Wolf, O.S.B.
11.30 – 12.00 Break
12.15 – 13.15 The Holy Eucharist
Presided by the Abbott Primate Notker Wolf, O.S.B.
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – Free

24 Saturday

07.45 – Departure for Monte Cassino Abbey
07.45 – Lauds (in the coach)
11.30 – 12.30 The Holy Eucharist
Presided by H.E. Abbot Bernardo D’Onorio, O.S.B. – Abbot of Monte Cassino Abbey
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch in the Abbey refectory (box lunch)
14.00 – 16.00 Visit of the Abbey
16.00 – 16.30 Vespers
16.30 – 19.30 Departure for Rome
20.00 – 21.00 Dinner
21.15 – 21.30 Farewell
By the national coordinator Angela Fiorillo
21.30 – 22.00 Evening salutations
By the Abbot Primate Notker Wolf, O.S.B.

25 Sunday

08.00 – 08.15 Lauds
Presided by Hugo Cavalcante O.S.B. – Brazil
08.15 – 09.00 The Holy Eucharist
Presided by Prior Lorenzo Sena, O.S.B. - Silv., Italian national assistant
09.00 – 11.00 Transfer by coach to Castel Gandolfo
12.00 – 12.30 Planned public audience with the Pope
12.30 – 14.00 Departure for Rome, Salesianum
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 - Departures

ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus