Provisory Draft Program

updated on September 19th

Moderator: Guzman Carriquiry,

                  Undersecretary Pontifical Council for the Laity

Greeting from the Mayor of Lucca Pietro Fazzi

Greetings from Church authorities:

• Italo Castellani, Archbishop of Lucca

• Alessandro Plotti, Archbishop of Pisa e President of the Bishops’ Conference of Tuscany

Message from His Holiness Benedict XVI

Message from the President of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Greetings from the Superior General of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit

                                 Sr. Gemma Girolami

Presentation of the Meeting:

Salvatore Martinez,
National Co-ordinator RnS “Renewal in the Holy Spirit”

Inaugural speeches:

• Stanislaw Ryłko, Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

• Marcello Pera, President of the Senate of Italy

Talks on the theme:

     “The Twentieth Century: from Blessed Elena Guerra to the Second Vatican Council; from the Second Vatican Council to the present. A spiritual theme, a look towards the future from the East and from the West”.

• Andrea Riccardi, Historian and Founder of the Sant’Egidio Community

• Tomáš Špidlik, Cardinal, Theologian and Historian

The HOLY SPIRIT
support and perfectioner of faith and of charity

- Morning session -

Moderator:  Guzman Carriquiry,  Undersecretary, Pontifical Council for the Laity

Expert: Piero Coda,  Priest, President of the Theological Association of Italy

Witnesses: (Founders of Movements and Communities)

• Chiara Lubich, Foundress of the Focolare Movement

• Alvaro Corcuero, L.C., Religious, Director General of the Movement “Regnum Christi”

• Sr. Emmanuelle Cinquin, Honorary President of the Association ASMAE

• Patti Gallagher Mansfield, witness to the origins of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

• Oreste Benzi, Priest, Founder of the Community Pope John XXIII     

• Jesus Carrascosa, Head of the ”Communion and Liberation”  International Centre

• Sr. M. Gertrude, one of the first companions of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

• Brother John of Taizè,  among the earliest collaborators of the Founder Frère Roger

The HOLY SPIRIT
support and perfectioner of faith and of charity

- Afternoon session -

Moderator:  Guzman Carriquiry, 
                       Under Secretary, Pontifical Council for the Laity

Expert: Ivan Dias,  Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay

Witnesses: (Secretaries of the Holy Fathers of the Twentieth Century)

• Loris Capovilla, Archbishop Emeritus, Secretary of John XXIII

• Pasquale Macchi, Archbishop Emeritus, Secretary of Paul VI

• Diego Lorenzi, Priest, Congregation of Don Orione, Secretary of
  John Paul I

• Stanislaw Dziwisz,  Archbishop of Krakow, Secretary of John Paul II

Witnesses: (Founders of works of  Human Redemption)

• Ugo De Censi, Priest, Founder of the “Mato Grosso” Operation to support the poor of Latin America

• Pedro Opeka, Priest, Missionary in Madagascar, defender of the poor in Africa

• Luigi Ferlauto, Priest, Founder of “Oasi Città aperta” (Open City Oasis) in the world for the socially and mentally needy

The HOLY SPIRIT,
at the service of cultures and of progress

- Morning session -

Moderator: Rocco Buttiglione,
                 Philosopher, Minister for Artistic Heritage and cultural activities

Expert: Michael Novak, Theologian, author and former U.S. Ambassador

Witnesses: (In the Economic-political area)

• Alöys de Lowenstein, Prince, Executive Director - CDO – of  Federated International

• Tony Hall,  U.S. Ambassador to FAO

• Butros Butros Ghali,  former Secretary General to the UN, (awaiting confirmation)

• Lech Walesa,  former President of Poland (awaiting confirmation)

• Maria Corazon Aquino,  former President of the Philippines (awaiting confirmation)

Witnesses: (In the area of Science)

• Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Archbishop, President Pontifical Academy of Sciences

• Antonio Zichichi, President of  the World Scientist Organization

• Seiko Ikeda,  a survivor from Hiroshima

• Elettra Marconi,  Princess, daughter of Guglielmo, the scientist

Witnesses: (In the area of Culture)

• René Girard, Anthropologist and philosopher  (awaiting confirmation)

• Franco Zeffirelli, Film Director

• Sergio Zavoli, Writer and Journalist      

• Ion Drutse, Russian novelist and playwright

The HOLY SPIRIT,

at the service of cultures and of progress

- Afternoon session -

Moderator: Vittorio Messori, Journalist and Writer

Expert: Peter Turkson,
            Cardinal, Archbishop of Cape Coast and Primate of Ghana

Witnesses: (In the Area of Justice)

• Salvatore Pappalardo,  Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo

• Ronald W. Nikkel, President and Chief Executive of
                           Prison Fellowship International

• Dale Recinella, Defensor of those condemned to the
                        Death Penalty (USA)

• Geoorghii Edelshteyn, Greek orthodox priest, 
                                  “priest of prisoners” in Russia

• Alexander Ogorodnikov, survivor of Gulag imprisonment

• Jossi Steiner, Rabbi, survivor from the Nazi concentration camps.

Other interventions at the two sessions:

• Taddeusz Kondrusiewicz, Archbishop of Moscow

• Godfrey Onah, Priest, Director, Institute of non belief, of religion and of culture (I.S.A.)

• Daniel Sada,  Religious, Dean, Francisco de Vittoria University of  Madrid

• Paolo Scarafoni, L.C., Dean, Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum

• A daughter of the Statesman Alcide De Gasperi

• Alessandra Borghese,  Princess, descendent of Pope Borghese

• Livio Berruti, Olympic Champion, Roma 1960

• Gaspare Sturzo, grand-nephew of Father  Luigi Sturzo

• Giampaolo Barra, Founder and Editor of  “Il Timone” magazine

• M. Concetta Scaglione Urbani, mother of the researcher Carlo Urbani, the man who discovered SARS

• Claudia Koll, Actress

Plenary conclusion of the two sessions

6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.

Summing up of the moderators of the two sessions

Final message

Closing prayer and motion  presided by: 

Crescenzio Sepe, Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Great Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University

Concluding Celebration

Prayers and songs led by the Music Ministry of RnS (Renewal in the Holy Spirit)

Testimonies from “Students of the Duquesne (USA, 1967) weekend Retreat” at the origins of the Catholic Charismatic Movement

Witnesses of some guests of the Meeting

Ecumenical Prayer

Eucharistic con-celebration: Presided by:

Italo Castellani, Archbishop of Lucca

                  MUSICAL SHOW                 

FAITH ON THE HORIZONS OF ART

A choral witness of kinds and styles deriving from faith

In the “Piazza Grande” Square (piazza Napoleone)

Saturday, October 1, 9.00 p.m.

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• Gen  Rosso and Gen Verde of the Focolare Movement
  Universal brotherhood, the search for unity and  reconciliation among peoples
   

• The Music Ministry of  Rinnovamento nello Spirito Santo
  The joyful experience of faith, the rediscovery of arts for evangelisation
   

• Legionaries of Christ Orchestra
  The witness of priests dedicated to the research in arts for the promotion of mankind
   

• Liliana Cosi, classical dancer
  Dance as education in the rediscovery of body language
   

• Junior Robinson, Ruth Lynch & Anno Domini Gospel Choir
  The experience of a spiritual kind born to spread the Gospel and in  support of  spiritual ecumenism
   

• Francesco Cafiso, Jazz Saxophonist
  A young boy who has become an exceptional ambassador of this kind of music, a talent that grew as a vocation in a Christian  family
   

• Ethnic and folklorist music:

- Costantin Moskovich, Flautist (virtuoso del flauto di Pan)

- Ana Maria Cojocaru (12 years old), prodigal voice

- Group of African dancers

     Art as a vehicle of cultural and social ransom in lands
     of repressions  and persecution

 Testimonies  and video clips will accompany

the talks