11-13 February 2011 : 3rd International Meeting of Hospitaliers at Lourdes
From Friday 11 to Sunday 13 February 2011 : "Hospitalier and pilgrim with Mary and Bernadette"... The first two meetings allowed us to look at the diversity of Hospitalités and their common charism (1st meeting, November 2004), and then to situate our involvement of hospitalier within a more general perspective of Voluntary Worker in the Church (2nd meeting, December 2007). For this third meeting, we will begin by being pilgrims along with the other pilgrims who have come to celebrate the 11 February, Our lady of Lourdes and to take part in the world day for the sick instituted by the Holy Father John-Paul II.
Participants will be welcomed early afternoon Thursday10 with folders distributed. The opening session of the 3rd Meeting will take place at the beginning of the afternoon of 11 February, the 12th and 13th being devoted to the full meeting itself.
The third meeting must help us to situate ourselves better both as pilgrims and servants of our sick and disabled sisters and brothers, who are themselves pilgrims. This spiritual orientation of work will lead us to develop the ideas of welcome, of service, of communion and of sharing.
1.Welcome: Lourdes, The story of two people who welcome one another, Mary and Bernadette. The meeting of the hospitalier and of the sick person, of hospitaliers among themselves and of the sick among themselves are part of the same relationship as happened at the time of the apparations. This pilgrimage, which is one of welcome, opens us to another dimension which transcends our life.
2.Service : Service is linked to the meaning of justice as it is given in the Bible “we must allow God be God”, “we must let the other be the other”. Our aim as hospitalier consists in putting ourselves at the service of others so that each one can find his or her due place.
3.Communion and sharing: Sharing leads the hospitalier to communion and, through this experience made together with the sick person the paschal mystery comes alive.
Questo terzo incontro vuole aiutarci a vederci meglio come pellegrini e servi dei nostri fratelli malati e disabili, essi stessi pellegrini. Questa pista di lavoro spirituale ci porta a sviluppare il senso dell'accoglienza, del servizio, della comunione e della condivisione.
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CONTACT
S.R.I.H. (Secrétariat de la 3ème Rencontre Internationale des Hospitaliers)
1, avenue Mgr Théas 65108 Lourdes CEDEX (France)
e-mail hospitalier@lourdes-france.com
Programme of the 3rd International Meeting of Hospitaliers
From Thursday 10 February
14 h 00 to 19 h 30 Collecting your dossiers
15 h 30 Rosary in French at the Grotto
17 h 00 Eucharistic Procession
18 h 00 Rosary in Italian at the Grotto
21 h 00 Marian Procession
Friday 11 February
7 h 30 to 9 h 00 Collecting your dossiers
10 h 00 Mass of Our Lady of Lourdes (international mass) at the Saint Pius X Basilica
14 h 30 Opening by Mgr Perrier + Word from the President
15 h 30 Rosary at the Grotto by Mgr Perrier
17 h 00 Eucharistic Procession
18 h 00 Rosary in Italian at the Grotto
21 h 00 Marian Procession
Saturday 12 February
8 h 30 Morning Prayer
9 h 00 to 10 h 15 Intervention of Fr. Brito, Rector of the Sanctuar, and witness of a lay person (Philippe Tardy-Joubert, member of the Hospitalité Notre-Dame de Lourdes and of the Hospitalité du Rosaire, coordinator of the meeting)
10 h 45 to 12 h 00 Round table “Welcome and Service”, facilitated by François Vayne, director of Lourdes Magazine
14 h 30 to 15 h 15 Intervention of Fr. Brito, Rector of the Sanctuary
15 h 30 to 16 h 00 Rosary at the Grotto
16 h 15 to 16 h 45 Witness of a lay person (Adelheid von Gemmingen, member of the Hospitalité Notre-Dame de Lourdes et president of the German Hospitalité)
17 h 00 to 17 h 45 Special Witness: Philippe de Lachapelle, Director of the O.C.H. (Christian Office of Disabaled Persons), ‘in conversation’ with Mathias Terrier, director of Présence Lourdes Pyrénées and in charge of the Sanctuary multimedia
18 h 00 Sunday International Mass presided by Mgr Perrier, at the church of Saint-Bernadette
21 h 00 Marian vigil at the Saint Pius X Basilica
Sunday 13 February
8 h 30 Morning Prayer
9 h 00 to 10 h 15 Intervention of Fr. Brito, Rector of the Sanctuar, and witness of a lay person (Marie-Christine Brocherieux, member of the Hospitalité de Savoie)
10 h 45 to 12 h 00 Round Table “Sharing and communion”
14 h 30 Conclusion
15 h 30 International Mass and closure at the church of Saint-Bernadette
The spiritual dimension of this pilgrimage in which we will be taking part will be given a place. Free time will be given for personal prayer and exchanges. The structure of three main half days: Saturday morning and afternoon, Sunday morning allows us to distinguish three phases... The contemplation of a chosen text from the Gospel presented and commented upon by Fr Brito who will lead the spiritual reflexion for the entirety of the Meeting... A phase of 'proof': a speech by a lay witness following up on each presentation by Fr Brito : “What does it mean to be an hospitalier in the light of this chosen text? in considering the aspect(s) Welcome, Service, Communion, Sharing.”
A witness phase: a round table on Saturday and Sunday morning organised by a professional to which representative participants are invited to take part (the sick, carers, youth, male and female religious, parents, a president of the hospitality etc.) On Saturday afternoon we expect to have a major witness.
Papers will be given in French with simultaneous translation into the other languages commonly used in the sanctuary. The round tables, if so requested by the participants, may be organised in linguistic groups.
At the end of the Meeting we hope to be able to reply more fully to the question posed by Mgr. Perrier:
“In what and under what conditions does our service as pilgrims in the service of other pilgrims enable us to have access to the Christian mystery?”
There will not be a hospitality village but we are studying the organisation of an exhibition which will throw light on this theme. We will come back to this later.
As for the meeting held at the end of 2007, we also envisage the publication of an account of our deliberations “Acts of the 3rd Meeting”.
COME IN GREAT NUMBERS !
Between now and then your proposals and observations will be very welcome.
