JUBILEE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2000

VATICAN CITY, FEB 29, 2000 (VIS) - Following are the Jubilee events scheduled for the month of March 2000:

- Sunday 5: Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. At 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, Mass celebrated by the Holy Father with the beatification of Servants of God: Andre de Soveral and Ambrosio Francisco Ferro, priests, and 28 companions, Brazilian martyrs; Nicola Bunkerd Kitbamrung, Thai priest and martyr; Maria Stella Adelaide Mardosewicz and 10 sisters of the Institute of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Byelorussian martyrs. Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay catechist and martyr; Andrea, Vietnamese lay catechist and martyr.

- Wednesday 8: Ash Wednesday. General audience with the Holy Father. In the afternoon, Mass at the church of St. Sabina and imposition of ashes.

- Thursday 9: Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls. Adoration of the Eucharist.

- Friday 10: Basilica of St. John Lateran. Way of the Cross and penitential celebration.

- Saturday 11: Basilica of St. Mary Major. Recitation of the Rosary.

- Sunday 12: First Sunday of Lent. St. Peter's Basilica. Mass and "request for pardon" ceremony in the presence of the Holy Father. Basilica of St. John Lateran. Rite of election and the inscription of the names of the catechumens.

- Thursday 16: Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls. Adoration of the Eucharist.

- Friday 17: Basilica of St. John Lateran. Way of the Cross and penitential celebration.

- Saturday 18: Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels. Divine liturgy in the Syro-oriental rite (Chaldean and Malabarese). Basilica of St. Mary Major. Recitation of the Rosary.

- Sunday 19: Second Sunday of Lent. St. Peter's Square. Mass in the presence of the Holy Father. Jubilee of Artisans.
- Thursday 23: Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls. Adoration of the Eucharist.

- Friday 24: Basilica of St. John Lateran. Way of the Cross and penitential celebration.

- Saturday 25: Basilica of St. Mary Major. Recitation of the Rosary.

- Sunday 26: Third Sunday of Lent. Basilica of St. John Lateran. First scrutiny of the catechumens.

- Thursday 30: Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls. Adoration of the Eucharist.

- Friday 31: Basilica of St. John Lateran. Way of the Cross and penitential celebration.

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