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ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS

Fraternal Reunion of the Vietnamese American Presbyterate


October 4-7, 2004

Program


Monday - Oct. 4, 2004

Theme: gathering
-“They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.” Lc 24, 14

1:00 pm Registration

5:00 pm Opening ceremony and Mass

Presider: Bishop Dominic Mai Thanh Luong. Homilist: Msg. Dinh Duc Dao

6:30 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Informal brotherly conversations

Tuesday - Oct. 5, 2004

Theme: sharing
--“What things?” “The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth.” Lc 14, 19.

8:00 am Breakfast

8:45 am Morning prayer

9:00 am “Sharing experiences and visions of ministry.”

Presenters: Fathers Hoang Xuan Nghiem, Le Quang Hien, Nguyen Van Tuyen, and Do Thanh Ha.

11:30 am Eucharistic celebration

Presider and homilist: Bishop William Skylstad, Vice President USCBC

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Topic: “Present Challenges to the Priesthood.”

Speakers: Bishop William Skylstad and Father Le Quang Hien

5:30 pm Evening Prayer

6:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm “Encountering Jesus the Priest.”

Coordinator: Father Dinh Tri, SJ and the Jesuit priests from California

Wednesday - Oct. 6, 2004

Theme: Breaking bread
--“He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them.” Lc 24, 30.

8:00 am Breakfast

8:45 am Morning prayer

9:00 am “Sacramental ministry: Matrimony and Eucharist.”

Presenters: Fathers Quach The Binh and Nguyen Ngoc Tan

11:30 am Mass. Presider: Monsignor Pham Van Phuong.

Homilist: Father Dao Quang Chinh

12:30 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Sightseeing

7:00 pm Dinner

8:00 pm Variety show and group activities

10:00 pm Evening prayer

Thursday - Oct. 7, 2004

Theme: Returning to service
--“They got up at once and went back to Jerusalem.” Lc 24, 33.

8:30 am Morning prayer and breakfast

9:15 am Topic: “Priestly Brotherhood.”

Presenter: Monsignor Dinh Duc Dao

11:00 am Closing ceremony and Mass.

Presider and homilist: Bishop Edward W. Clark, Aux-Bishop of Los Angeles