Cardinal leaves March 17 for consistory in Rome
Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, Archbishop of Manila leaves for Rome on Friday, March 17, for the consistory on March 24 that will formally elevate him to the College of Cardinals along with 14 others from all over the world.
In a session with journalists on March 15 at the Arzobispado de Manila, Cardinal Rosales once more expressed a feeling of being totally unworthy of the new assignment, and also of being incompetent, “in the sense of the expectation of some people but not incompetent in the sense of what God wants me to do.” He also expressed eagerness to meet with the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.
Leaving together with the Archbishop on March 17 are members of his staff: Fr. Reginald Malicdem and Sr. Elsa Belen, MCST, and Fr. Genaro Diwa, Minister of the Ministry of Liturgical Affairs of the Archdiocese of Manila. The delegation who will witness the consistory also includes members of the Board of Consultors and some priests of the Archdiocese of Manila, bishops headed by Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu, Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, some bishops of the suffragans of the Metropolitan See of Manila, his relatives led by his three sisters and two brothers, some of whom will be coming from the United States where they reside, lay leaders headed by former Ambassador to the Vatican, Henrietta T. de Villa. They will be joined there by the Ambassador to the Vatican Leonida L. Vera and the community of the Pontificio Collegio Filippino headed by Msgr. Ruperto Santos.
The Archbishop will arrive in Rome on March 18 and will immediately go on retreat at the convent of the Little Sisters of Jesus in Tre Fontane until March 21.
Following is his schedule of activities in Rome:
March 17, Friday
8:55 pm
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Departure to Rome |
March 18, Saturday
9:25 a.m. |
Arrival in Rome |
March 19-21
Sunday to Tuesday |
Retreat - Little Sisters Convent, Tre-Fontane |
March 21 , Tuesday
6:00 p.m.
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Dinner with Pol and Evelyn Reyes of PhilCargo |
March 22, Wednesday
10:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
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Meeting with Fr. Luis Garza Medina
General Vicar of Legionaries of Christ
Lunch with Superior General and Council of the
Society of Jesus
Dinner with MCST sisters at Sedes Sapientiae |
March 23, Thursday
7:00 p.m.
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Day of Reflection and Prayer with the Pope
Dinner and Reunion with Family and Relatives
PCF
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March 24, Friday
10:30 a.m.
12:oo noon
4:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. |
Consistory at Paul VI Auditorium
Lunch at Pontificio Collegio Filippino with family, bishops, priests, delegates
Courtesy Call to all the new cardinals
Dinner - Birthday of Archbishop A. Franco
PCF
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March 25, Saturday
10:30 a.m.
12:00 noon
7:00 p.m.
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Eucharistic Celebration and Giving of Rings to the
New Cardinals at St. Peter's Basilica
Lunch of New cardinals with the Holy Father
Lunch at Pontificio Collegio Filippino with family, bishops, priests, delegates
Visist / Mass at the Titular Church |
March 26, Sunday
8:00 a.m.
3:30 p.m.
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Morning Prayer with family, delegation and PCF Community at PCF
Thanksgiving Mass with the Filipino Migrants, priests and religious in Italy at Santa Maria Maggiore
Dinner at
the House of Ambassador Nida Vera |
March 27, Monday
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. |
Audience with the Pope
Paul VI Auditorium
Lunch with the OSJ
Dinner with Priests and Officials of the Sacred Congregration for Bishops (c/o mo. Rene, MCST) |
March 28, Tuesday
12:00 noon
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Lunch with RGS |
March 29, Wednesday
Morning
9:45 p.m. |
Colloquium with (5) PCF Manileño Priests
Departure for Manila |
March 30, Thursday
6:25 P.M.
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Arrival in Manila |
Cardinal Rosales will return to Manila on March 30. A thanksgiving Mass to welcome him will be held at the Manila Cathedral on April 1.
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