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« Easter retreat 2006»

Itinerary

Holy Friday, April 14th, 2006
We will leave around 6:00 a.m. and will arrive around noon at the Mariapolis Luminosa (1), the Focolare movement's (2) little town, where there is already an Easter Retreat for young people the whole week-end. We will join them for the afternoon and possibly part of the evening. The central theme will obviously be the Passion of Christ.

(1)« These "little towns" are models for a new humanity. They are real, tiny little towns made up of houses, schools, small factories and workshops. The evangelical law of reciprocal love is practiced by all those living there; as a consequence there is a great communion of cultures, of spiritual as well as material goods among everyone. Tens of thousands are the visitors every year. In the USA, in Hyde Park,( NY) there is a "little town" that can be a model for dialogue among people of different races and cultures. »

(2)« The Focolare movement is present in all continents and has the characteristics of a small "people" of different races, cultures and languages, who is commited to bring about a world in which there is more solidarity, more unity.

Check-in at the Double Tree Hotel*** outside of New York city, by Newark airport.

Holy Saturday, April 15th, 2006
This morning we will have a city tour of Manhattan by motorcoach with a professional local guide (4 hours). We'll have the opportunity to get off the bus at different places to take some pictures. We'll also stop at Ground Zero, to pray for the victims of September 11th and peace in the world.

The afternoon will be free. You will have the possibility to visit a museum, visit the United Nations headquarter, do some shopping or go up the Empire State Building if you wish (at your own expenses).

In the evening we will meet the Bronx brothers and we'll celebrate the Easter Vigil with them and their community.

Easter Sunday, April 16th, 2006
.We will attend the Sunday mass at the majestic St-Patrick's cathedrale! After you will be able to take part in the Easter parade on 5th Avenue if you wish! You will have some more free time until departure at 3:00 p.m. We should arrive in Montreal around 11:00 p.m.

N.B. We suggest the reading of the articles on the Bronx brothers and the one on the little town Luminosa, written by Isabelle Coulombe in the magazine "Le Nouvel Informateur Catholique", you will find them in pdf format by clicking on the appropriate links of this paragraphe. (N.B. the articles are written in French)

**This itinerary is subject to change

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