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PROGRAM
February 9, Wednesday
Separate Meetings of Bishops-in-Charge of the Bishops Conferences and Catholic Medical Associations on the theme:
THE HEALTH CARE WORKER
AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
"New Synod Hall" and the adjoining Saloons,
Vatican City.

09.00 Greeting and presentation: H. E. Msgr. Javier Lozano, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care.
09.30 Group workshops

1. Bishops
09.45 Conference: "Health Pastoral Care"
H. E. Msgr. Javier Lozano
10.30 Break
11.00 Forum (Panel of Bishops: presentation by one representative from each Continent)
11.30 Discussion
12.30 End of Morning Session
16.30 Conference: "Program of the Dicastery: The Work Plan"
H. E. Msgr. José L. Redrado O.H., Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, Holy See
17.15 Concluding Forum (Ends by 18.30)

2. Physicians
09.45 Conference: "Challenges of the Catholic Physicians in the Third Millennium"
Dr. Gian Luigi Gigli, President of the International Federation of the Catholic Physicians (F.I.A.M.C.), Italy
10.30 Break
11.00 Forum (Physicians' Panel: presentation by one Physician from each Continent)
11.30 Discussion
12.30 End of Morning Session
16.30 Conference: "The Identity of Catholic Physician"
H. E. Msgr. Javier Lozano
17.15 Concluding Forum (Ends by 18.30)

3. Nurses
09.45 Conference: "The Identity of the Catholic Nurse"
P. Joseph Joblin, Ecclesiastical Assistant of the C.I.C.I.A.M.S. (International Committee of Nurses and Medical Assistants), France.
10.30 Break
11.00 Forum (Nurses' Panel: presentation by one Nurse from each Continent)
11.30 Discussion
12.30 End of Morning Session
16.30 Conference: "Challenges of the Third Millennium"
Mrs. An Verlinde, Secretary General of the C.I.C.I.A.M.S., Belgium
17.15 Concluding Forum (Ends by 18.30)

4. Pharmacists
09.45 Conference: "Identity of the Catholic Pharmacist"
P. Felice Ruffini, M.I., Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, Holy See
10.30 Break
11.00 Forum (Pharmacists' Panel: presentation by one representative from each Continent)
11.30 Discussion
12.30 End of Morning Session
16.30 Conference: "Challenges of the Third Millennium"
Prof. Alain Lejeune, President of the International Federation of the Catholic Pharmacists (F.I.U.P.C.), Belgium
17.15 Concluding Forum (Ends by 18.30)

February 10, Thursday - Concluding Plenary Assembly
09.00 Concluding Round Table (4 people, 15 minutes for each one)
10.00 Break
10.30 Concluding Forum
12.00 End of the Meeting

In the Morning - Arrival and welcoming of the sick and their assistants
17.00 Solemn Opening Ceremony with Holy Mass, presided by H. E. Msgr. Javier Lozano, Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls.

February 11, Friday
10.00 Solemn Jubilee Celebration with the Holy Father at St. Peter's Basilica
17.30 Marian Procession "aux flambeau"
Through the Via Della Conciliazione and concluding at St. Peter's Square
"Light and Sound Festival" at the Portico of the Basilica

February 12, Saturday
In the Morning - Visit to the Jubilee Basilicas: St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran, Holy Cross in Jerusalem (for linguistic groups)
09.30 Way of the Cross at Coliseum
21.00 Feast of Hope and Joy, Paul VI Hall

February 13, Sunday
Holy Mass in the Lodging places - Farewell to the Pilgrims.

 

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