HIGHLIGHTS OF SISTER MARGUERITE RUTAN BEATIFICATION DAYS
DAX , JUNE  18 to 20 2011

draft program as established on the 3rd of March

SATURDAY THE 18th OF JUNE  2011

In town
From 10 a.m. To 6 p.m.: On the Way with Sister Marguerite Rutan :
pilgrims are invited to gather in small groups and walk to St.Eutrope chapel (spa hospital/hôpital thermal), to the Cathedral, to the former Carmes convent (in Carmes street) , to the Splendid hotel (near the former Poyanne square where the scaffold was held), to the hotwater fountain (Fontaine chaude), to the former rampart walls that have been renovated and to  Fusillés street where St. Vincent de Paul lived for some time in Mr. De Comet's house which is still standing.

In the Cathedral
whole day : Adoration of the Blessed  Sacrament and sacrament of Reconciliation.  A praying time will be proposed to the On the Way with Sister Marguerite Rutan  pilgrims.
Whole day : exhibition on Sister M. Rutan
8h.30 p.m. : prayer vigil  in  the presence of  cardinal Angelo Amato, the Benedict XVI representative and with the participation of bishops, Daughters of  Charity, Vincent de Paul communities and pilgrims.
In the market hall side rooms
at 10.30a.m. And 3.00 p.m.: the play "Margueriten Rutan , une fleur nouvelle éclose pour nous sous un ciel plus beau / Marguerite Rutan, a new blossom under a new sky in our own garden" will be performed by the Maïti Girtener troop from St.Jacques de Compostelle School (duration: one hour)
In Berceau de St. Vincent de Paul

1. p.m.: Welcoming of the young and opening of the week end dedicated to them

   8.30p.m. Prayer vigil, for the young , with Laurent Grzybowski as moderator.

SUNDAY THE 19th OF JUNE 2011

In town
From 10 a.m. To 6 p.m.: On the Way with Sister Marguerite Rutan (see saturday's program)

 In the Cathedral
from 10h.00 a.m. To 12 o'clock: Adoration of the Blessed  Sacrament and sacrament of Reconciliation (see saturday's program)
Whole day: exhibition on Sister M. Rutan

In the market hall side rooms
at 10.30a.m.: the play "Margueriten Rutan , une fleur nouvelle éclose pour nous sous un ciel plus beau / Marguerite Rutan, a new blossom under a new sky in our own garden" (see saturday's program)

IN DAX BULLRING
Starting at 10h.00 a.m.
 Playground activities in the Parc des arènes (bullring park)
Welcoming of the young arriving  from Berceau de StVincent de Paul and other neighbouring towns.
Starting at 12 O'clock:
Lunch (at 8.00€) in Maurice Boyau stadium (Under the USD -Dax Sport Society- reception tent)

2h.00 p.m.
Opening of the arena to prepare the Beatification Mass
3h.00 p.m.
Sister Marguerite Rutan Solemn Beatification Holy Mass under the presidency of cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints in Rome, with the participation of  Daughters of Charity from all the European countries, of choirs and the whole assembly. At the end of the ceremony the young will be formally sent to the World Youth Day in Madrid .

MONDAY THE 20th OF JUNE 2011

In Berceau de St. Vincent de Paul
10h.00 a.m.:  First  holy mass to be celebrated in honour of  Blessed Marguerite Rutan
under the presidency of the bishop of Aire and Dax, Bishop Philippe Breton, with the participation of communities of Saint Vincent de Paul  and priests of the diocese.