HOLY FATHER'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR FEBRUARY

VATICAN CITY, FEB 1, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father's general prayer intention for February is: "That Christian communities may be such as are welcoming to all consecrated vocations, however diverse they may be."

His missionary intention is: "That the pilgrims who will visit Rome, Jerusalem and other Christian sanctuaries may become messangers of the 'Good News' of hope for contemporary men and women."

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JUBILEE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2000

VATICAN CITY, FEB 1, 2000 (VIS) - Following are the Jubilee events scheduled for the month of February 2000:

- Wednesday 2: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. In St. Peter's Square, the Liturgy of Light and Holy Mass. Jubilee of Consecrated Life.

- Wednesday 9: Memorial of St. Maron. Divine Liturgy in the Syro-Antiochene Rite (Maronite) in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

- Friday 11: Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, and Celebration of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Jubilee of the sick and health care workers.

- Friday 18: Memorial of Blessed John (Fra Angelico). St. Peter's Basilica. Jubilee of artists.

- Sunday 20: Jubilee of permanent deacons. Ordination of deacons in St. Peter's Basilica.

- Tuesday 22: Solemnity of the Chair of St. Peter Apostle. In St. Peter's Basilica, Mass and Jubilee of the Roman Curia.

- Thursday 24 to Saturday 26: Apostolic trip to the Sinai.

- Friday 25 to Sunday 27: Study Congress on the implementation of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council.

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, FEB 1, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Emiliano Fabbricatore O.S.B.I., "egumeno" (superior) of St. Mary's of Grottaferrata (area 1, population 98, Catholics 98, priests 14, religious 28), Italy, as exarch of the same territorial abbey.

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AUDIENCE

VATICAN CITY, FEB 1, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, accompanied by Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn and Msgr. Claudio Gugerotti, respectively secretary and under-secretary of the same congregation.

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ARCHBISHOP FOLEY TO SPEAK IN CROATIA ON FEBRUARY 4

VATICAN CITY, FEB 1, 2000 (VIS) - Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, is due to speak at a meeting of the Croatian Association of Catholic Journalists in Zagreb, Croatia, on February 4. The subject of his talk will be "The Role of Journalists in the Contemporary World."

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