"I have called you by your name"

Conference on Disability - 14-16 November 2008

"I have called you by your name" (Isaiah 43.1)

 
In preparing for the 150th Anniversary of the Apparitions, Mgr Jacques Perrier, Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, identified 12 apostolic themes or missions that are especially relevant to Lourdes. He asked certain Lourdes pilgrimage organisations to develop one of those themes as a contribution to the celebration of the 2008 Jubilee of the Sanctuaries at Lourdes.  
 
HCPT (which specialises in taking disabled children and adults to Lourdes in small 'family' groups) and Barcelona Hospitalité (who have an ongoing involvement with people with disabilities throughout the year) were honoured to accept the mission now entitled
"Disability in the Mission of the Church"  
 
 

DOWNLOADS

The following files are available to download

1. Conference leaflet 2. Booking form (Conference only) 3. Booking form (Full package)

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NOW ON SALE!

We are now taking bookings for the conference and for a limited capacity of seats on a flight from Manchester on Friday 14th November, returning Sunday 16th November. The cost of the full package trip is £350 per person. Please use the Booking Form available from this website.
 
PROVISIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE:
Friday 14 November XLA947A depart Manchester 09:00, arrive Lourdes 12:00;
Sunday 16 November XLA975B depart Lourdes 15:00 arrive Manchester 16:10.

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Speakers

As part of its response to the mission, HCPT proposed to the Sanctuaries a major international conference in Lourdes on the subject of disability, as a joint celebration of disability near the culmination of the Lourdes Jubilee Year. Everyone is invited to come to Lourdes on 14-16 November 2008 to attend the conference which will start at 16:00 on Friday 14th November and conclude with lunch on Snuday 16th November.  
 
The conference will consist of a series of talks given by:

• Bishop Jacques Perrier Bishop of Tarbes & Lourdes
• Bishop John Rawsthorne Bishop of Hallam; President of HCPT; patron of L’Arche
• Timothy Radcliffe OP - Former Master General of the Dominican Order; itinerant preacher
• Jean Vanier co-founder of the L’Arche communities and Foi et Lumière.
• Steven McDonald - Former New York policeman, severely injured on duty
• Nicholas King SJ Biblical scholar and translator of New Testament; member of Lourdes Hospitalité
• Rev. Prof. John Swinton - Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care, Aberdeen; Church of Scotland minister
• Tugdual Derville - Founder of 'A Bras Ouverts' ('With Open Arms'), a movement that offers a welcome into the home for disabled children
• Mme Martine Guénard - Administrator, Accueil for disabled people/families Lourdes (OCH)
• Marie Angela Bertolini (S)
• Isolda Ventura Arasanz (S) Barcelona Hospitalité; mother of a 5 year-old autistic child
• Fr Michael Drumm (S) Professor of Theology, Mater Dei Institute, Dublin
• Liz O'Brien (S) Birmingham Archdiocese
• Claire Shanks (S) Sheffield University; HCPT

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Booking Options

1. Conference only for people making their own way to Lourdes and arranging own accommodation.
2. Full package for people requesting a seat on the HCPT flight to Lourdes and full board accommodation.
If you need information about making your own way to Lourdes, please see our 'Getting to Lourdes' page.
 

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