” “” “” ” ” “Then, mgr. Perrier illustrated the schedule of the celebrations for the Jubilee, the third one after those of 1908 and 1958, which will begin on December 8th 2007 and will close on the same day in 2008, in the presence of card. Ivan Dias, prefect for the evangelisation of the peoples. "The Jubilee explained the bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes fits in with the perspective of the new evangelisation. Sanctuaries are places of silent evangelisation. In the vast mission of the Church, we have located 12 spheres, veritable ‘missions of service’ that refer to the Lourdes experience, including: youth, sick, disabled, peace, dialogue, ecumenism, marginalisation, volunteering. There will be celebrations for all of these missions plus specific events that will add up to the Marian feasts and celebrations that are already covered by the liturgical calendar". Among the special events of 2008, mgr. Perrier mentioned the one of late January devoted to the young, a festival of church music in March, the pilgrimage of secondary-school students from Ile-de-France in April and those of the Order of Malta and the military men in May. June will celebrate the sick children while July, in the days of the WYD of Sydney (15-20), a youth rally to live together the Australian Day". (continued)” “” “” “
