Every day:
- 9am: Lauds
- 4:30pm: Adoration
- 6:00pm: Vespers
- Holy Rosary, confession, spiritual direction/compassionate listening

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 24h

Sunday, September 27th: Opening session and introduction to the jubilee for the 150th anniversary of the death of the Cure of Ars.

Monday, September 28th: Ministry and Priestly Life

- 9:30am-11:00: Talk by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn: The vocation of a priest: Consecrated for the Salvation of the World.
- 11:30am: Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Cláudio Hummes (Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Vatican).
- 3:00pm: Talk by Cardinal Cláudio Hummes: The joy of being a priest today.
- 3:45pm: Fr Philippe Caratgé (Moderator of the John Vianney Society Society, Ars – France): Ars, a place of grace.
- 8:15pm: Meditation with the citizens of Ars on the Holy Cure.

Tuesday, September 29th: The sources of God’s Mercy (Saint Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

- 9:30am-11:00: Talk by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn: God is merciful.
- 11:30am: Holy Mass presided by Cardinal André Vingt-Trois (Paris, France).
- 3:30pm: Talk by Bishop Guy-Marie Bagnard (Belley-Ars, France) : The Cure of Ars, a witness of God’s Mercy.
- 8:15pm: Evening prayer led by Father Jacques Philippe (Community of the Beatitudes, France): God’s Mercy.

Wednesday, September 30th: Prayer and Spiritual Warfare in the life of the holy Cure (Saint Hieronymus)

- 9:30am-11:00: Talk by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn: Prayer and Spiritual Warfare.
- 11:30am: Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Sean O’Malley (Boston, USA).
- 3:00pm: Emir Nogueira (co-founder of the Shalom Community), and Mrs. Patti Mansfield (USA): To love and to be loved: my affectivity as a priest.
- 8:15pm: Evening prayer led by Cardinal Sean O’Malley: Reconciliation and healing, charity and penance.

Thursday, October 1st: Eucharist and Pastoral Charity (Saint Therese of the Child Jesus)

- 9:30am-11:00: Talk by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn: Eucharist and Pastoral Charity.
- 11:15am: Holy Hour followed by a prayer for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
- 3:00pm-7:00pm: introduction to foot washing by Jean Vanier (L’Arche, France), followed by Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn with a renewal of priestly promises. After the final prayer, procession of the Blessed Sacrament through Ars.

Friday, October 2nd: Preaching and Mission (Saint Guardian Angels)

- 9:30am-11:00: Talk by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn: Preaching and Mission.
- 11:30am: Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Christian Tumi (Douala, Cameroon).
- 3:30pm-4:45pm: Missionary and apostolic testimonies: Bp Alberto Taveira (Palmas, Brazil) and Bp Joe Grech (Sandhurst, Australia).
- 8:15pm: Evening led by Bp Joe Grech and Bp Alberto Taveira: For a mission dynamics under the Holy Spirit.


Saturday, October 3rd: With Mary in the heart of the Church.

- 9:30am-11:00: Talk by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn: The importance of Mary in priestly life.
- 11:30am: Closing Mass presided by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin (Lyons, France) with a solemn blessing.
- 2pm: Departure.

Links

Vision the presentation video.

Discover the sanctuary of Ars

Discover the seminary of Ars

After the retreat of 2005, the relics of the Cure of Ars (his heart) in Boston (USA).