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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
TO MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH

26 NOVEMBER – 2 DECEMBER 2017

 

VViaggio Apostolico del Santo Padre in Myanmar e Bangladesh (26 novembre - 2 dicembre 2017)   Viaggio Apostolico del Santo Padre in Myanmar e Bangladesh (26 novembre - 2 dicembre 2017)

 

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(Vatican Television Center)

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Sunday 26 November 2017

 

21.40 Departure by plane from Rome/Fiumicino Airport for Yangon
  Greeting to journalists on the flight to Myanmar

 

Monday 27 November 2017

13.30 Arrival at Yangon International Airport
  Official welcome

 

Tuesday 28 November 2017

14.00 Departure by plane for Nay Pyi Taw
15.10 Arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport
  Official welcome
15.50 Welcome ceremony in the Presidential Palace
16.00 Courtesy visit to the President
16.30 Meeting with the State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs
17.15 Meeting with Authorities, the Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the International Convention Centre
18.20 Departure by plane for Yangon
19.25 Arrival at the Airport in Yangon and transfer to the Archbishop’s House

 

Wednesday 29 November 2017

8.30 Holy Mass in the Kyaikkasan Ground
16.15 Meeting with the Supreme “Sangha” Council of Buddhist Monks in Kaba Aye Centre
17.15 Meeting with the Bishops of Myanmar in a hall of St Mary’s Cathedral

 

Thursday 30 November 2017

10.15 Holy Mass with the youth in St Mary’s Cathedral
12.45 Official farewell in Yangon International Airport
13.05 Departure by plane for Dhaka
15.00 Arrival at Dhaka International Airport
  Welcome ceremony
16.00 Visit to the National Martyr’s Memorial of Savar
16.45 Homage to the Father of the Nation in Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and signing of the Book of Honour
17.30 Courtesy visit to the President in the Presidential Palace
18.00 Meeting with Authorities, the Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Presidential Palace

 

Friday 1 December 2017

10.00 Holy Mass and priestly ordination in Suhrawardy Udyan Park
15.20 Visit of the Prime Minister in the Apostolic Nunciature
16.00 Visit to the Cathedral
16.15 Meeting with the Bishops of Bangladesh in the Home for elderly priests
17.00 Interreligious and Ecumenical Meeting for peace in the garden of the Archbishop’s House

 

Saturday 2 December 2017

10.00 Private visit to Tejgaon Mother Theresa House
10.45 Meeting with Priests, Religious and Consecrated Men and Women, Seminarians and Novices in the Church of the Holy Rosary
11.45 Visit to the Parish Cemetery and to the ancient Church of the Holy Rosary
15.20 Meeting with the youth in Notre Dame College in Dhaka
16.45 Official farewell in Dhaka International Airport
17.05 Departure by plane for Rome/Fiumicino
  Press Conference on the return flight from Bangladesh
23.00 Arrival in Rome/Fiumicino

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Time zones
   
Rome: + 1h UTC
Yangon: + 6h 30  UTC
Nay Pyi Taw: + 6h 30 UTC
Dhaka: + 6h UTC

 

Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 10 October 2017



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