Octave for the Feast of the 144th Anniversary of the Apparition(11 to 18 January 2015) « The Joy of the Gospel »

Sunday 11 January Opening of the Octave
Feast for the parish of Notre Dame de Pontmain
Presided over by Mgr Georges PONTIER, Archbishop of Marseille

08 h 00 Sung Laudes in the Parish Church
10 h 30 Solemn Mass in the Basilica presided over by Mgr Georges PONTIER
15 h 00 Spiritual Concert through the poems of Charles Péguy with Anne-Laure JOSSE-BINET (soprano) and Alain GUERINEL (organ).
16 h 30 Vespers in the Basilica presided over by Mgr Georges PONTIER
17 h 30 Mass in the Parish Church

Friday 16 January Vigil for the Feast Day

08 h 00 Sung Laudes in the Parish Church
11 h 00 Mass in the Parish Church
16 h 00 Rosary in the Parish Church
16 h 30 1st Vespers of Notre Dame de Pontmain followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Parish Church
20 h 30 Marian Celebration in the Basilica followed by candlelit procession.

Saturday 17 January Anniversary

07 h 30 Mass in the Parish Church
09 h 00 Sung Laudes in the Basilica, followed by time for guided prayer
10 h 30 SOLEMN MASS in the Basilica presided over by Mgr Guy de KERIMEL, Bishop of Grenoble, in the presence of Mgr Thierry SCHERRER, Bishop of Laval, with the choirs of St-Léonard (Fougères) and Pontmain.
The mass will also be celebrated in the Chapel of the Oblats, the Salle des Loisirs, the Salle Notre-Dame and the Parish Church. Transmitted on a large screen in each site.
12 h 00 Angelus at the Colonne of the Apparition
12 h 30 Mass in the Parish Church
13 h 30 Adoration in the Parish Church until Vespers
14 h 15 Rosary in the Basilica

15 h 00 Evocation of the Apparition in the Basilica
16 h 00 Solemn Vespers and Benediction in the Basilica, with the Frères de la Cotellerie and the choir of Pontmain
18 h 00 (at the time of the Apparition) - Prayer of Compline in the Grange.
All the afternoon offices will be transmitted on a screen in the Chapel of the Oblats.

Sunday 18 January Closure of the Octave of the Apparition
presided over by Père Olivier RUFFRAY, Rector of Lisieux

08 h 00 Sung Laudes in the Parish Church
09 h 00 Mass in the Parish Church
10 h 30 SOLEMN MASS in the Basilica presided over by Père Olivier RUFFRAY, Rector of Lisieux
14 h 30 Recital of the Apparition with 18 voices in the Basilica with the participation of the people of Pontmain / Rosary
16 h 00 Vespers and Benediction in the Basilica.
17 h 00 Mass in the Basilica.

Each day from 9 h 00 to 12 h 00 and from 14 h 00 to 17 h 30 it is possible to visit an Exhibition of the Witnesses (turn left on leaving the Basilica)
and also at the Presbytery of Abbé Guérin (6 rue de Bretagne)