Pilgrimage of Hope - Boston 2008
Mother and Child
Pilgrimage of Hope
Mother and Child, Franz Dvorak (1862-1927). Private Collection. © Whitford & Hughes, London, UK/ Bridgeman Giraudon

Program
Saturday, October 11, 2008
7:30 am Registration
In order to allow you time to meet your fellow pilgrims from around the world, to browse selected exhibits, and to visit the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, registration opens early. Confessions will also be available throughout the Pilgrimage.
9:00 am Prayer for the Morning
9:30 am Keynote Address
Magnificat and the Prayer Life of the Christian Couple. Dr. Michele Schumacher, STD*
10:30 am Musical Offerings
11:00 am Mass in honor of Mary,
Mother of Divine Hope
12:30 pm Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm First round of Specialized Sessions
Choose from among 16 Magnificat themes addressed by your favorite Magnificat authors and other well-known speakers. Sessions will allow time for questions and answers. As space is limited, please indicate your preferences as soon as possible.
3:30 pm Second round of Specialized Sessions
4:30 pm Musical Offerings
5:00 pm Prayer for the Evening
8:00 pm Magnificat in Music
This concert of sacred music, presented with prayerful reflections and historical explanation, traces the evolution in song of Mary’s canticle of praise and thanksgiving. Boston’s Seraphim Singers, Musica Sacra, and the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music will perform selections from Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony, concluding with Bach’s Magnificat in D.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
9:00 am Prayer for the Morning
9:30 am A Lourdes Pilgrimage with the Archbishop of Toulouse
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Our Lady's Apparition
Most Rev. Robert Le Gall, O.S.B., Archbishop of Toulouse, France
10:15 am Musical Offerings
10:45 am Brunch
A family meal with Mr. Pierre-Marie Dumont, creator of Magnificat, and the whole Magnificat team.
12:00 pm Musical Offerings
12:30 pm Keynote Address
Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., Editor-in-Chief
1:15 pm Preparation for Mass
2:00 pm Solemn Closing Mass

Seán Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Boston, and Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

 

*Michele Schumacher is married, a mother of four small children and a doctor in
theology. She founded the family life and social justice office in Yakima, WA, where
she worked for two years while simultaneously teaching theology in a masters
program for the Portland Diocese. She has written extensively on the Church’s
vision of the human person in general and of women in particular, as well as on the
vocation of marriage and the mystery of redemption. She is currently a private
researcher and teaches theological anthropology in Fribourg, Switzerland.