ST PAUL THE APOSTLE FOR TODAY: A PRAYERFUL STUDY PROGRAM IN ROME
14 April - 19 April, 2009
Tentative Program Agenda
Tuesday, 14 April
Arrivals in Rome
3:00 pm Welcome at the Lay Centre
3:30 pm Opening
Lecture: “The Apostle
Paul: His Living Witness to Christ in Rome”
Rt. Rev. Edmund Power, OSB
Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of St Paul Outside the
Walls
4:30 pm
Coffee break at the Lay Centre
4:45 pm Discussion and Guided Reflection at the Lay Centre
5:30 pm Participant Introductions
6:00 pm Celebration of the Eucharist at The Lay Centre
7:00 pm Opening Dinner at The Lay Centre
Wednesday, 15 April
Free morning, with the option of:
8:00 am Departure from Hotel Lancelot
10:00 am General Audience with Pope Benedict
XVI in St Peter’s Square
2:30 pm Departure for the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside
the Walls
3:00 pm Afternoon Lecture: “It Is Christ Who Lives in
Me: Paul’s Spirituality”
Abbot Edmund Power, OSB
4:00 pm Guided Visit to the Basilica of Saint Paul
Outside the Walls
Robert White
Adjunct Professor of Theology, St John’s
University
Assistant Director, The Lay Centre at Foyer
Unitas
5:00 pm Celebration of Sung Vespers with the
Benedictine Monks of St Paul
Outside the Walls
6:00 pm Celebration of the Eucharist at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls
Abbot Edmund Power, OSB
Thursday, 16 April
9:30 am Sung Lauds at the Lay Centre
10:00 am Morning Lecture: “Paul: Called and Converted. Two Biblical Portrayals of Paul's
Inaugural Experience of Christian Discipleship”
Rev. Donald Senior, CP
President, Catholic Theological Union
Member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
11:00 am Discussion and Guided Reflection
12:00 pm Celebration of the Eucharist at the Lay Centre
Afternoon break
2:30 pm Departure from Hotel Lancelot on foot
3:00 pm “Hope in Chains”
Guided Visit to the Forum and Mamertine Prison
Dr. Elizabeth Lev
Professor of Art History, Dusquesne University
Free evening
Friday, 17 April
9:30 am Sung Lauds at the Lay Centre
10:00 am Morning Lecture: “Paul: Ambassador of Reconciliation. The Meaning of Truly
Being a Community 'in Christ'”
Rev. Donald Senior, CP
11:00 am Discussion and Guided Reflection
12:00 pm Celebration of the Eucharist at the Lay
Centre
Afternoon break
3:30 pm Departure for the Abbey of Tre Fontane by minibus
4:30 pm “Baptized into Christ’s Death in Order to
Live”
Guided Visit to the Church of the Martyrdom of St Paul: Tre Fontane
Robert White
Free evening
Saturday, 18 April
9:30 am Sung Lauds at the Lay Centre
10:00 am Morning Lecture: “Paul and the Mystery of Suffering and Hope”
Rev. Donald Senior, CP
11:00 am Discussion and Guided Reflection
12:00 pm Celebration of the Eucharist at the Lay
Centre
Afternoon break
3:30 pm Departure for the Basilicas of Saint Praxedes and
Saint Prudenziana
4:00 pm “Two of Paul’s Co-Workers in Rome”
Guided Visit to the Basilicas of Saint Praxedes and Saint
Prudenziana
Robert White
6:30 pm Discussion and Concluding Reflections at the
Lay Centre
7:15 pm Sung Vespers
7:30 pm Closing Dinner at the Lay Centre
Sunday, 19 April
Departures from Rome
OR
Optional Day Trip in the Footsteps of Paul to Ostia Antica with Rev. Edmund Ditton, OP, Professor of Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (including the celebration of the Sunday Eucharist, a visit to the ancient port city's excavations and lunch).
PROGRAM FEES
The
fee of this course us $950.00 (730 €) .
A
non-refundable deposit of $150.00 (110 €) is due upon registration.
The
tuition fee includes:
All
lectures and handouts
In-depth site visits by experts
Transportation to and from the sites
Two
lunches and one dinner
Coffee breaks
The
tuition fee does not include:
Airfare and all other transportation not involved the site visits
Hotel accommodations: visit our lodging suggestions.
Travel insurance is left to the discretion of each participant
Meals other than those indicated in the schedule
REGISTRATION
Advanced registration is required.
To register, simply:
1. Send us an email or fax with your (a) name, (b) address, (c)
telephone number.
2. Payment of $150 (110 €) is due to secure your reservation.
3. Please send this before
March 15, 2009.
Cancellation Policy
If for any reason the participant cancels his or her participation
in the course, he or she forfeits the deposit paid.
Payment may be done in several ways:
Check in US Dollars
Payments may also be made in the USA via checks in US dollars.
These should be made out to "The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas" and
sent to:
The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas
c/o Mr. James T. Cavanaugh, III
Cavanaugh Capital Management
501 Fairmont Avenue, Suite 300
Baltimore , MD 21286 , USA
Bank Transfer
Payments by
bank transfer can be wired to:
The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas Institute
Unicredit Banca di Roma
Piazza Navona 46/48
00186 Roma, ITALY
tel. +39 06 6830 7413
For all transfers:In the name of: The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas Institute
IBAN: IT 26 C 03002 05311 000003945222
BIC (swiftcode): BROMITRDXXX
Check in Euro
Payments made via checks in Euro should be made out to "The Lay
Centre at Foyer Unitas" and sent to: The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas
Institute, Via SS. Quattro 7,
00184 Roma ITALY
Contact Information
Robert White, Assistant Director
The
Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas
Via SS. Quattro 7 •
00184 Roma, ITALY
tel +39 06 772 6761 • fax: +39 06 772 676 235
info@laycentre.org
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LODGING SUGGESTIONS
For directions
When arriving in Rome by plane
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