Saturday 16th June 2012 (Archive)

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Saturday - Theme of the Day: Exploring and Celebrating the Word of God which Nourishes our Communion. Mary as a “hearer of the Word” par excellence

The daily programme for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress from 11th until 16th June 2012 took place in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). Statio Orbis, the Liturgy on the final day of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, was celebrated in Croke Park, Dublin, on Sunday 17th June 2012.

Time	Venue	Language	Event Type	Name of Speaker	Details	Topic
8.30-9.00	Arena		Music & Continuity
9.00-9.30	Arena	English Italian	Morning prayer	Archbishop Piero Marini	Pontifical Committee for the International Eucharistic Congresses, The Vatican
10.00-10.45	Arena	English (Translation in French and Italian)	Catechesis	Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle	Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines
11.00-11.40	Arena	English (Translation in French and Spanish)	Testimony	Professor John Monaghan	Vice President, Society of St Vincent de Paul
12.00-13.30	Arena	English (Translation in French and Spanish)	Mass	His Eminence, Robert Cardinal Sarah	President, Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", The Vatican

14.00-15.00	Hall 3	English (Translation in Spanish)	Panel discussion	Father Bede McGregor OP	Legion of Mary	Part 1: Mary and the New Evangelisation
14.00-15.00	Hall 5B	English	Workshop	Sr Moya Hegarty OSU	St Angela's College, Sligo, Ireland	Make a Place for the Word in Your Heart
14.00	Hall 2A	English (Translation in Italian)	Workshop	Mr Brendan O'Reilly	Council for Catechetics, Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference	Share the Good News
14.00-15.00	Hall 5D	English	Panel of speakers	Sr Una Agnew SSL and Rev Dr Jack Finnegan SDB	All Ireland Spiritual Guidance Association (AISGA)	Spiritual Direction/Guidance in Ireland Today
14.00-15.00	Hall 5, Lansdowne	English	Talk	Father Eamon Kelly LC	Pontifical Institute, Notre Dame of Jerusalem Centre, Jerusalem	Encountering the Lord in the Holy Land
14.00-15.00	Hall 5E	English	Group reflection	Dr Anne Codd PBVM, Ms Julieann Moran and team	Council for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development, Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference	Communion and Co-responsibility coming to life in pastoral practice
14.00-15.00	Hall 7	English (Translation in Spanish)	Dialogue	Rev Dr Kieran O'Mahony OSA	Orlagh Retreat Centre, Dublin	Why no Lord's Supper in the Fourth Gospel? Critical issues of faith and practice
14.00-15.00	Hall 5C	Irish and English	Workshop	Ms Padraigín Clancy	Lecturer, author and broadcaster in Celtic Heritage and Spirituality, Parish Pastoral Council, Aran Islands	Urnaí agus Spioradáltacht na nGael/ Celtic Prayer and Wisdom
14.00-15.00	Hall 5A	English/Sign	Workshop (Deaf Track 5)	Ms Nicole Clark and Mr Askur Meade Fernández	International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons	Sharing the Flame; Passing the Torch
14.00-15.00	Hall 2B	English (Translation in French)	Workshop	Abbot Mark Patrick Hederman OSB	Glenstal Abbey	James Joyce and the Structure of the Mass
14.00-15.00	Hall 9	English	Workshop	Ms Jane Mellet	Parish pastoral worker, Archdiocese of Dublin	Scripture and Small Groups

15.30-16.30	Hall 3	English (Translation in Spanish)	Panel discussion	Father Paul Churchill	Legion of Mary	Part 2: Mary and the New Evangelisation
15.30-16.30	Hall 5B	English	Workshop	Ms Lena Meehan and team	SPRED (Special Religious Development), Diocese of Down and Connor	SPRED - Spiritual development for people with learning disabilities
15.30-16.30	Hall 5C	English	Workshop	Mr Joseph McDonagh and Mr Ian Murphy	St Anthony's Parish, Clontarf, Dublin	John Main Meditation
15.30-16.30	Hall 5A	English	Workshop	Ms Julieann Moran, Dr Anne Codd PBVM and Mr John Colgan	Council for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development, Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference	Living Communion, Vision and Practice for Parish Pastoral Councils in Ireland Today
15.30-16.30	Hall 5D	French	Workshop	Sr Marie Laetitia Youchtchenko OP	Dominican Sisters of the Roman Province	Evangile et Les Mysteres de la Lumière
15.30-16.30	Hall 5, Lansdowne	English/Sign	Workshop (Deaf Track 4)	Dr Marcel Broesterhuizen and Rev Josef Rothkopf	International Catholic Foundation for the Service of Deaf Persons, Belgium, Germany	Ministering Where No Bird Sings
15.30-16.30	Hall 2A	English (Translation in Spanish)	Talk	Rev Dr Eugene Duffy	Mary Immaculate College pf Education, Limerick	When the Christian Community gathers on Sunday in the Absence of the Presbyter: What Happens?
15.30-17.00	Hall 2B	Italian and English	Community meeting	Dr Maria Voce and Father Giancarlo Faletti	President and Co-President of the Focolare Movement	Word of Life
15.30-16.30	Hall 5E	English	Group reflection	Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development Team	Council for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development, Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference	Communion and Co-responsibility: coming to life in pastoral practice
15.30-16.30	Hall 7	English	Concert	Sr Bernadette Sweeney RSC and Ms Joanna Crooks	St Agnes's Community String Orchestra, Dublin	Discovering Music Together
15.30-16.30	Hall 9	English	Workshop	Mr David Payne	Catholic Faith Exploration (CaFE)	Renewing the Parish and Reaching the Lapsed

Liturgical music for the Congress

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Congress Programme

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