De zevende Wereldfamiliedagen vinden plaats van woensdag 30 mei tot en met zondag 3 juni 2012 in Milaan.

Thema is Gezin: werk en viering.

The themes of the Meeting
The family, work and celebration represent three aspects of life, starting with family and opening it up to the world. Work and celebration are ways in which the family inhabits social “space” and experiences human “time”. The theme looks at the couple formed by a man and a woman and this couple’s lifestyles: relationships (the family), the world (work) and human elements of time (celebration).

The Meeting is intended to reflect on the family as human heritage, suggesting the idea that the family is a universal human heritage and at the same time contributing to the human element of life everywhere in the world.

Programme

Tuesday 29 May 2012
Welcoming Meeting participants

Wednesday 30 May 2012, Thursday 31 May and Friday 1 June 2012
International theological and pastoral congress, with reports and seminars inspired by the theme “The Family: work and celebration”; reflection on family policy, meetings with people with significant experience in the area; Eucharistic Celebrations in parishes and/or by language group; celebrations in the participating towns and parishes

Friday 1 June 2012
Evening at Teatro alla Scala for delegations from various different countries.
Eucharistic Celebration in the Cathedral

Saturday 2 June 2012
Feast of Testimonies in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI

Sunday 3 June 2012
Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI

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