Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

V World Congress of the Pastoral Care of Gypsies

(Budapest, Hungary, 30-June - 7 July 2003)

Church and Gypsies

for "A Spirituality of Communion"

Programme

Monday, 30 June 2003

18.00 Inauguration.

Welcome Address. H.E. Msgr. Stephen Fumio Hamao, President, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Greetings of Authorities

8.00 Dinner

Tuesday, 1 July 2003

 9.00 Eucharistic Concelebration, presided by H.E. Msgr. Péter Erdö, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Primate of Hungary

10.30  The Pastoral Care of Gypsies: for a spirituality of communion, H.E. Msgr.Leo Cornelio, SVD, Bishop of Khandwa, India

11.15 Basic elements for a spirituality of Gypsies: ecclesial perspectives, S.E. Msgr. Agostino Marchetto, Secretary, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

12.00 Workshop

15.00 The “policies” of assistance for the human and social promotion of Gypsies: a point of view from Italy, Dr.Pinuccia Scaramuzzetti, Italy

16.30 Workshop

18.00 Reports of Workshops

Wednesday, 2 July 2003

9.00 The present challenges: new educational programmes for Gypsies in an intercultural society, S.E. Msgr. Szilárd Keresztes, Episcopal Promoter, Hungary 

10.30 Round Table of teachers and Gypsy students. “Gypsies and school: emerging problems and educational proposals”. Moderator: S.E. Msgr. Josef Koukl, Episcopal Promoter, Czech Republic

12.00 Eucharistic Concelebration, presided by S.E. Msgr. Nei Paulo Moretto, Episcopal Promoter, Brazil

15.00 Defending the rights of Gypsies in the migratory phenomenon and in the process of “integration”, Rev. Fr. Antonio Perotti, CS, Director, Scalabrinian’s Historic Institut, Italy

16.30 The role of the media in the formation of culture of solidarity and tolerance, Dr. Judit Juhász, Director, Media Office, Hungarian Episcopal Conference

Thursday, 3 July 2003

Sightseeing tour of Budapest

Meetings with the Authorities of the State and the Local Governments

Eucharistic Concelebration, presided by H.E. Msgr. Stephen Fumio Hamao

Friday,  4 July 2003

9.00 Round Table of National Directors. “Dialogue and Mission: What motivations and what objectives”, Moderator: Bishop Antal Majnek, Zakarpattia, Ukraine

12.00 Proposals for the Final Document

15.00 Departure for Esztergom, See of the Primate

Eucharistic Concelebration, presided by H. Em. Card.László Paskai, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest

Saturday 5 July 2003

9.00 Concluding Observations, Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Secretary, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

10.00 Presentation and approval of the Final Document

12.00 Eucharistic Concelebration, presided by H.E. Msgr. Gilbert Luois, Episcopal Promoter, France

Afternoon: Visit to some Catholic Gypsy communities of Hungary

Sunday, 6 July 2003

Pilgrimage to the Greek-Catholic Shrine of Mariapocs