NINTH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK TO BE HELD IN SYDNEY

VATICAN CITY, JAN 20, 2001 (VIS) - The Ninth World Day of the Sick will be celebrated in Sydney, Australia on Saturday and Sunday, February 10 and 11, on the theme "The New Evangelization and the Dignity of the Suffering Person."

On Saturday there will be a day-long conference in the Mary MacKillop Place on this theme. Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral of Health Care, will give the keynote address in the morning. Some of the topics which will be discussed are Catholic Aboriginal Ministry, Catholic Health Care: An Essential Church Ministry, and Evangelizing in the Health System: Ethical, Legal and Pastoral Questions. There will also be workshops on Sustaining Catholic Identity and they will focus on the Catholic doctor, Catholic nurse and Catholic chaplain.

On Sunday, February 11, feast of Our Lady of Lourdes when the World Day of the Sick is traditionally celebrated, there will be morning visits to several health care institutions and an early afternoon solemn Eucharistic Celebration at the Sydney Cathedral, St. Mary Help of Christians.

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