Joe Mulrooney and Alex Walker are to attend the European Meeting in Wiesbaden from Friday 16th to Monday 19th September.

Program of the International Congress Of Married Catholic Priests

Wiesbaden, Germany, 16 - 19 September 2005

Thu 15 Sept 2005

14:00 hrs IFMCP Executive Committee meeting

17:00 hrs Press conference

Fri 16 Sept 2005

13:00 hrs North Atlantic Federation Executive Committee meeting

14:00 hrs General Assembly of the European Federation

15:00 hrs Arrival of congress participants, registration and
welcome

18:30 hrs Supper

19:30 hrs Congress opening

Sat 17 Sept 2005

08:00 hrs Breakfast

09:00 hrs The renewal of ministries (services) today

Lecture by Fr. Rafael Estéban, M.Afr.

10:15 hrs Coffee break

10:30 hrs Questions to the speaker and discussion

12:30 hrs Lunch

14:30 hrs The ministries (services) of women

Lecture by Alice Gombault, VP of the Parvis
Association, France

15:45 hrs Coffee break

16:00 hrs Small discussion groups (one language each) on the two
lectures

17:30 hrs Plenary discussion on questions to the two speakers

18:30 hrs Supper

20:00 hrs Social night with presentations by national groups

Sun 18 Sept 2005

09:00 hrs IFMCP General Assembly

10:15 hrs Coffee break

10:45 hrs General Assembly cont’d

12:30 hrs Lunch

14:30 hrs General Assembly cont’d

16:00 hrs Coffee break

16:30 hrs General Assembly cont’d

18:30 hrs Supper

19:30 hrs Eucharistic celebration

20:30 hrs Presentation of videos on married priests, previously
published

Mon 19 Sept 2005

09:00 hrs Final Message of the congress; Press release

10:00 hrs Confederation of Federations Steering Committee meeting

12:30 hrs Lunch