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Monday, June 1, 2009

CELEBRATIONS AND TRIPS OF THE POPE: JUNE - SEPTEMBER


VATICAN CITY, 1 JUN 2009 (VIS) - Given below is the calendar of liturgical celebrations due to be presided over by the Holy Father, and his trips, between the months of June and September.

JUNE

- Thursday 11: Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Mass at 7 p.m. in the basilica of St. John Lateran, followed by a procession to the basilica of St. Mary Major for Eucharistic blessing.

- Friday 19: Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Vespers at 6 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica for the opening of the Year for Priests.

- Sunday 21: Pastoral visit to San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.

- Sunday 28: At 6 p.m. in the basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls, First Vespers for the closing of the Pauline Year.

- Monday 29: Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Mass at 9.30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica. Blessing and imposition of the pallium on new metropolitan archbishops.

AUGUST

- Saturday 15: Solemnity of the Assumption. Mass at 8 a.m. in the parish church of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castelgandolfo.

SEPTEMBER

- Sunday 6: Pastoral visit to Viterbo-Bagnoregio, Italy.

- Saturday 26 - Monday 28: Apostolic trip to the Czech Republic.
OCL/CELEBRATIONS JUNE SEPTEMBER/... VIS 20090601 (210)

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