JUBILEE OF JOURNALISTS
(1-4 JUNE 2000)

PROGRAM

THURSDAY 1 JUNE

Afternoon

2.00 p.m.
"Santa Cecilia" Auditorium (Via della Conciliazione, 4 – Rome)
Reception for Participants at the Jubilee of Journalists (registration, collection of folders, etc.)

3.30 p.m. 
Welcome address: H.E. Msgr. John P. Foley, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
"The Church at the dawn of the 3rd Millennium: a challenge for communicators": Ms. Theresa Ee-Chooi, President "Union Catholique Internationale de la Presse" – UCIP

4.30 p.m.
Transfer to the Sistine Chapel for journalists only (2 groups)

5.45 p.m.
1st group: meeting point "Portone di Bronzo"

6.45 p.m.
2nd group: meeting point "Portone di Bronzo"

6.00 p.m.
Sistine Chapel (1st group): invitation to Prayer

7.30 p.m.
Sistine Chapel (2nd group): invitation to Prayer

7.30 p.m. 
St Peter’s Square: Evening Prayer for the Holy Father (for those who will not be in the Sistine Chapel)

FRIDAY 2 JUNE

Morning

10.00 a.m.
Paul VI Hall: Reception for newcomers (registration, collection of folders, etc.)

11.00 a.m. 
Welcome address: H.E. Msgr. Pierfranco Pastore, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Conference on "Truth and Witness": H.Em. Card. Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

Afternoon

5.00 p.m.
Paul VI Hall: Videoconference in worldwide link-up
H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State of His Holiness, H.E.Msgr. François Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân and H.E. Msgr. Martin Diarmuid, President and Secretary of the Pontificial Council for Justice and Pace

SATURDAY 3 JUNE

Morning

9.30 a.m.
Basilica of St Paul-Outside-the-Walls
Procession through the Holy Door

10.00 a.m. 
Ecumenical Celebration "Celebration of the Word"
Presided by H.Em. Card. Edward Idris Cassidy, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Afternoon

Free time: Priests available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Patriarchal Basilicas, in Colleges and National Churches

7.30 p.m.
Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and Martyrs (Piazza Esedra): Organ concert

SUNDAY 4 JUNE

Morning

8.30 a.m.
Holy See Press Office, Accreditation Office – Via della Conciliazione, 1: reception for newcomers (registration, etc.)

10.30 a.m.
Paul VI Hall: Jubilee Mass presided by H.Em. Card. Roger Etchegaray, President of the Central Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000

12.15 p.m.
Paul VI Hall: Audience
Speech of the Holy Father John Paul II

Information:

Secretariat, Borgo S. Angelo, 23 - 00193 Roma; tel. 06-698.81350;
fax 06-698.91934; e-mail: media1@jubilee-2000.va