Alphonsian Pilgrimage for those in Formation
To: Major Superiors and Formators of CRE
Rome, 30th January, 2014
Dear Confreres,
On behalf of the Secretariate for Formation, I write to offer you an update on the Alphonsian Pilgrimage for those in Formation, agreed upon at the Formators’ meeting in Krakow last year.
Our hosts, the Province of Naples, have been most gracious in offering us all the help we require. It is proposed that all who are attending, gather in our community of San Giacchino in Rome by evening of 17th August. (We suggest beginning in Rome since many low cost airlines fly there)
We shall proceed the next morning to Naples for the first day of the Pilgrimage. During our stay, we hope to visit the birth place of St. Alphonsus and move to Scala for a visit to the Grotto and the place where the Congregation was founded, with a visit to the Redemptoristine monastery. In the course of these days we shall also visit Pagani, Ciorani, Materdomini, Frosinone and Scifelli ending up at the shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Rome on the evening of 22nd August.
Our Pilgrimage shall end then and confreres may book their return journeys for 23rd August. If anyone wishes to remain in Rome, please make you own arrangements for accommodation.
At present it is difficult to give exact costs. However, with accommodation, the cost of transport within Italy, and other expenses, an approximate figure would be 230 Euros per person.
May you kindly let us know the proposed number of formandee and formators from your Unit who will attend this special time together? Please contact Fr. Maurizio Iannuario (cssr.colle@tin.it) or Fr. Antonio Donato (donatoa@redentoristi.it) by 1st March with this number. When we have this, we shall be able to book the coach and send you a full timetable and further information.
We are hopeful that this moment of spiritual and human contact among our confreres in formation will be a blessing for them and for the Conference of Europe.
In Christ the Redeemer,
Jacek Zdrzałek, C.Ss.R.
