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160th Anniversary of the Birth of the Servant of God

Luisa Piccarreta

“THE DIVINE WILL, FOUNTAIN OF UNITY”

Corato, April 22-23-24, 2025

TUESDAY, APRIL 22

Madonna delle Grazie Parish Shrine – Corato

9:00 a.m. Eucharistic Celebration

Oasi Nazareth Spirituality Center – Corato

9:45 a.m. Welcome & Introduction to the Three-Days

FIRST PLENARY SESSION

10:30 a.m. Don Sergio Pellegrini

“UNITY OF THE FAMILY OF THE DIVINE WILL” – Ecclesial dimension.

1 Cor 1:10: “I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.”

11:15 a.m. Break

11:45 a.m. Guided sharing

12:15 p.m. Communal prayer for unity

4:00   p.m. Don Bernardo Acuna

THE DIVINE WILL, FOUNTAIN

OF UNITY – Theological Dimension.

Jn 17:21: “That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me..”

4:45 p.m. Break

5:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Guided sharing

Madonna delle Grazie Parish Shrine – Corato

6:00 p.m. Communal Eucharistic Adoration

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

160TH ANNIVERSARY OF LUISA’S BIRTH

Oasis Nazareth Spirituality Center – Corato

II PLENARY SESSION

9:00 a.m. Communal prayer

10:00 a.m. Fr. Dave Leon

SPIRITUALITY OF UNITY – Spiritual Dimension.

1 Cor. 12:12: “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.”

10:45 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. Guided sharing

12:00 a.m. Communal prayer

4:00   p.m.  Meeting with H.E. Msgr. Leonardo d’Ascenzo, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie

Madonna delle Grazie Parish Shrine – Corato

5:30 p.m. Solemn Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Archbishop D’Ascenzo

8:30 p.m. Torchlight procession “In Luisa’s Steps.” Starting from the Mother Church to reach the Church of Santa Maria Greca

THURSDAY, APRIL 24

Program for Italian-speaking pilgrims

09:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Visit the “HOUSE OF THE DIVINE WILL – ‘Daughters of Divine Zeal’ Institute.

Communal prayer at the “Mother Mary Nazarena Majone” Hall – Visit the Chapel and the Garden of the Sun

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Visit the House-Museum of Luisa Piccarreta

Program for English speaking pilgrims

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Visit the House-Museum of Luisa Piccarreta

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p-m. Visit the “HOUSE OF THE DIVINE WILL – Institute ”Daughters of Divine Zeal”

Communal prayer at the “Mother Mary Nazarena Majone” Hall – Visit to the Chapel and the Garden of the Sun.

Santa Maria Greca Church (place that holds the remains of Luisa)

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m Communal prayer from “The 24 Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Free (On your own) visit to Luisa’s places

– Via delle Murge 10, present-day Castel del Monte Street (Luisa’s birthplace)

– Church of the Capuchins (place where Luisa attended her first elementary school classes with the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea and where at age 11 she joined the “Daughters of Mary”)

– Luisa Piccarreta House-Museum (the place where Luisa lived most of her life)

– Institute Daughters of Divine Zeal (place where Luisa lived from 1928 to 1938)

– Via Maddalena No. 20 (Luisa’s last home)

– Santa Maria Greca Church (parish where Luisa belonged and where her remains are kept)

-Mother Church (place where Luisa received Holy Baptism on the same day she was born and place where her funeral rites were held)

Mother Church

6:30 p.m. Holy Rosary

7:00 p.m. Closing Eucharistic Celebration

8:30 p.m. Convivial dinner. Final greetings

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