"I remind you to rekindle the gift of God
that is within you"
(2 Tim 1:6)
INTRODUCTION
In accordance with the Magisterium of the Church, The Pontifical
Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center and The Sacerdos Institute,
under the patronage of The Congregation for the Clergy, have
organized the first course of priestly renewal in Jerusalem and
are offering it to priests from all over the world.
Priestly holiness is the fulcrum of the new evangelization in
the third millennium, since the priest is the bridge between
God and man.
This course aims at renewing the
priestly character received at ordination, and is going to be
held in the very place where Christ instituted the priesthood.
In this way, it is hoped that the course
will be a fountain of grace, a restoring experience and
a vigorous motivation for the life and ministry of every
priest.
John Paul
II in Pastores Dabo Vobis reminds us that the essence
of a priest’s life is fidelity to the character received
in ordination:
“It is the Holy Spirit, poured out
in the sacrament, who sustains the priest in this faithfulness
and accompanies him and encourages him along this path of
unending conversion. This permanent formation is a requirement of the
priest’s own faithfulness to his ministry, to his very being.
It is love for Jesus Christ and fidelity to oneself.
But it is also an act of love for the
people of God, at whose service the priest is placed”
(PDV 70).
DATES FOR
2011
Winter Course: January 24th to February 12th
Summer Course: July 18th to
August 06th
(Every year there will be two courses
on the same dates: one in the summer and one
in the winter)
YEAR 2012 Winter course: January 23th to February 11th Curso de verano: July 16th to August 04thYEAR 2013Winter course: January 21th to February 09th Summer course: July
15th to August 03rd
YEAR 2014
Winter course: January 20th to February 08th
Summer
course: July 14th to August 02nd
YEAR 2015
Winter course: January 19th
to February 07th
Summer
course: July 16th to August 04th
CALENDAR
Winter Course
1st Day: Arrival
and registration
5th - 8th day: Spiritual Exercises
9th -
20th day: Ordinary Activities
(3 days of the course:
Pilgrimage to Galilee)
Summer Course
1st Day: Arrival
and registration
5th - 8th day: Spiritual Exercises
9th -
20th day: Ordinary Activities
(3 days of the course:
Pilgrimage to Galilee)
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COST:
1.750.00 €
or equivalent in American Dollars
Includes:
-room & board
( double occupancy)
-three day trip to Galilee
-entrance
fees and guides to historic places
-guided visits in
Jerusalem
-conferences and classroom materials
-coffee and snacks 24
hours a day
Is not included:
-airfare
-travel insurance
-extra days (prior to the arrival date or after the day
of departure)
-insurance for medical expenses
-guided visits on the
free days (see program)
-additional fee for individual room: €310.00
REGISTRATION FORM
If you wish to apply for the Course,
download the registration form, fill
in the required information and send it to crs@arcol.org
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PROGRAM
Training in priestly spirituality
"I don't call you
servants, I call you friends (Jn 15,15)Personal friendship with ChristStay
with us Lord (Lc 24, 29)The Eucharist at the center
of a priest's life"Lord, teach us how to pray" (Lc
11,1)Prayer: The school of priestly lifeACTIVITIESDaily Eucharistic adoration
Common liturgical
prayer
Renewal of baptismal and priestly promises
- Personal study of spirituality, the
Church Fathers and Sacred Scripture
Contact with local Christian communities
Guided visitis
and Eucharistic concelebrations in the Sacred Sites:
Jerusalem
Bethlehem, Herodium, Emmaus
and Jericho
Caesarea Maritima
Capernaum, Tabgha and Lake Tiberias
Mt. Tabor, Beth
Shean, Nazareth and Cana
Qum Ran, Dead Sea, Masada
TOPSpecial Guest:
His Beatitude Fouad Twal
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
“The Catholic Church and the
Holy Land”
His Excellency Archbishop Antonio Franco
Apostolic Nuncio
for Israel and Cyprus
Apostolic Delegate for Jerusalem and Palestine
“The Catholic Church: Israel and Palestine”
Rabbi
David Rosen KCSG
International Director of Interreligious Affairs
American Jewish
Committee
“The People of the Torah”Mustafa Abu Sway
Director, Islamic
Research Center, Al-Quds University
“Introduction to the muslim world”Fr. Pierbattista
Pizzaballa, OFM
Custos of the Holy Land
“The Franciscans in
the Holy Land”
And others….
LANGUAGES:
English-Spanish-Italian With simultaneous translation
Contact person: Fr. Junlian
Stanfield, LCFor more information: jstanfield@legionaries.org
