Adoratio 2011: International Conference in Rome

Vultus Christi ^ | 12-11-10 | Fr Mark Kirby

[mlizzy]

The First International Conference on Eucharistic Adoration will be held in Rome (Italy) from June 20 to June 23, 2011, with the intention of promoting the desire of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church to see Perpetual Adoration spread to Parishes and Dioceses around the world.

The faithful must seek to receive and to venerate the Most Holy Sacrament with piety and devotion, eager to welcome the Lord Jesus with faith (Pope Benedict XVI May 11, 2007)

Holy Mass is in itself the Church's greatest act of adoration: "No one eats of this flesh", as St Augustine writes, "without having first adored it". Adoration outside Holy Mass prolongs and intensifies what has taken place in the liturgical celebration and makes a true and profound reception of Christ possible.

I would like to take the opportunity to warmly recommend, to Pastors and to all the faithful, the practice of Eucharistic adoration. I express my appreciation to the Institutes of Consecrated Life as well as to the associations and confraternities that are especially dedicated to this practice; they offer to everyone a reminder of Christ's centrality in our personal and ecclesial life.

In life today, often noisy and dispersive, it is more important than ever to recover the capacity for inner silence and recollection. Eucharistic adoration permits this not only centred on the "I" but more so in the company of that "You" full of love who is Jesus Christ, "the God who is near to us". (Pope Benedict XVI Angelus 06.10.2007)

Speakers Include

* Cardinal Francis ARINZE, Emeritus Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship
* Cardinal Raymond BURKE, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Vatican City
* Cardinal Antonio CAÑIZARES LLOVERA, Prefect for the Congregation of Divine Worship
* Cardinal Malcolm RANJITH, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, former Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship
* Cardinal Mauro PIACENZA, President of the Congregation for the Clergy, Vatican City
* Cardinal Peter TURKSON, President of the Pontifical Council Justice and Peace, Vatican City
* Bishop Giovanni D'ERCOLE, Auxiliary Bishop of L'Aquila, Italy
* Bishop D. José Ignacio MUNILLA - Bishop of San Sebastian, Spain
* Bishop Dominique REY, Bishop of the Diocese of Frejus-Toulon, France
* Bishop Athanasius SCHNEIDER, Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
* Fr Nicolas BUTTET, Founder of the Eucharistein Community, St-Maurice, Switzerland
* Fr Mark Daniel KIRBY, Prior of the Diocesan Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle in Tulsa, Oklahoma
* Fr Florian RACINE , Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Holy Eucharist, Sanary, France
* Mother Adela GALINDO, Foundress of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, USA
* Sr. Joseph, Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India

[mlizzy]

I did not realize these conferences, specific to Adoration, didn't already take place. This is *excellent* news!!

Find a chapel near you!

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[Salvation]

I was hoping you would post this. Thanks!

[mlizzy]

YW. I knew nothing of this until I read Fr. Mark's post. Sure is great news. When I mention to my BIL, "the priest," that someone is learning about, or unsure about, faith in general, he tells me I should try to encourage them to go to an Adoration chapel, because all faiths are invited (even people of no faith can come), and it's so low-key as well; they can bring a book to read, say prayers, or just look at the beautiful stained-glass windows, but ultimately, this person is then sitting with Jesus, quite literally. What an awesome thought; what a very big deal that is. I love Adoration! And just got back from our local TLM. (They were wearing beautiful deep rose pink vestments; is pink special for the Guadalupe feast?)

"Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us [US] who have recourse to thee."

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