Saturday 22nd September
Open Church "San Pio da Pietrelcina"
18,00 Welcome Liturgy
presided by fr. Carlo M. Laborde OFM Cap.
Guardian of the Friary of San Giovanni Rotondo.
19,00 Vespers Celebration
presided by fr. Francesco Dileo OFM Cap.
Rector of the Shrine of San Pio da Pietrelcina-San Giovanni Rotondo.
20,00 Vocational Eucharistic Adoration
Presided by fr. Maurizio Placentino OFM Cap.
Provincial Responsible of the Youth Vocational Pastoral
21,00 Holy Rosary
Presided by fr. Raffaele Della Torre OFM Cap.
General Definitor.
22,00 Solemn Rite of Confirmation
Presided by his Excellency, the Most Reverend Michele Castoro,
Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo.
Sunday 23rd September
Open Church "San Pio da Pietrelcina"
00,15 Solemn Eucharistic Celebration
presided by fr. Mauro Jöhri OFM Cap. General Minister.
09,30 Recite of the Holy Rosary
presided by Fr. Štefan Kožuh OFMCap. General Vicar.
11,00 Solemn Eucharistic Celebration
presided by His Eminence the Most Reverend Camillo Cardinal Ruini
President of the Committee for the Cultural Project of the Italian Episcopal Conference and President Emeritus of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
Church "San Pio da Pietrelcina"
17,30 Solemn Eucharistic Celebration
presided by his Excellency, the Most Reverend Michele Castoro,
Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo.
To follow:
Procession with the statue of St Pio of Pietrelcina
Church "San Pio da Pietrelcina", square of the church "Our Lady of Grace" v. le Cappuccini, p.zza Europa, c.so Regina Margherita, p.zza Padre Pio, c.so Umberto I, p.zza Europa, v. le Cappuccini, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" (hospital), square of the church "Our Lady of Grace", Open Church "San Pio da Pietrelcina".
