Ad Deum Qui laetificat + Juventutem meam Dear Juventutem Friends,
You are ALL invited to partake in the Juventutem international gathering in Bern, Switzerland. From Saturday 9th February afternoon until Sunday 2pm (First Sunday of Lent), we will meet for Holy Masses, meals, official presentation of Juventutem to various youths, adults and benefactors.
Each group is requested to send a delegate or a proxy for decisions to be made at the annual general assembly which we will hold on this week-end.
A surprise for you will be to discover the new Juventutem office in Bern. Thanks to the zeal and generosity of various benefactors, Juventutem now has a place where all correspondence is kept and where, most importantly, Holy Mass may be offered in a truly worthy manner. Juventutem Treasurer Cosimo Marti has indeed brought together in the new office some very fine furniture, thus offering a most inspirational setting for private Masses there. I should like to mention here how much Juventutem owes to him, as well as to Mr Heinz Müller, an ebenist of outstanding skill and discretion, who has literally donated hundreds of hours of his precious time for making or restoring the furniture for the sake of Juventutem which he enthusiastically supports.
Saturday 9 February 2008:
3pm: Holy Mass in Holy Trinity Church, Bern
4:30pm: Coffee and talk
6pm-7pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
8pm: supper
Sunday 10 February 2008:
8:15am: Solemn High Mass in Holy Trinity Church
10am-11am: coffee followed with an official presentation of Juventutem to the faithful, other youths and benefactors.
11am-12noon: guided tour around Bern
12:30pm: lunch
Accommodation:
1) Jugenherberge (Youth hotel) in downtown Bern, 10 minutes walk from Holy Trinity Church:
http://www.youthhostel.ch/hosteldetails.html?&L=1&user_hostels_pi1%5blocation%5d=all&user_hostels_pi1%5bbez%5d=BRN&cHash=68e272af21Prices
Prices for members in dormitory from CHF 32.00 (breakfast buffet and bed linen incl.)
Half board CHF 14.50
Visitor's tax from 16 years age: CHF 1.40
183 beds in all, consisting of two, four, five and six-bed rooms and two group rooms, one with eighteen and one with 20 beds.
Shower and WC on each floor.
2) National Hotel Bern (5 minutes walk from Holy Trinity Church)
http://www.nationalbern.ch/hotel/inhalte/preise.htmlDie aktuellen Zimmerpreise (in Swiss Francs)
Einzelzimmer mit Dusche & WC:Single room with shower and WC:
95.- / 120.-
Einzelzimmer mit Etagendusche & WC:Single room with shared shower and WC:
60.- / 90.-
Doppelzimmer mit Dusche & WC:Double room with shower and WC:
140.- / 160.-
Doppelzimmer mit Etagendusche & WC:Double room with shared shower and WC:
120.-
Familienzimmer mit Dusche & WCFür 3 bis 5 Personen:Family room with shower and WCfor three to five people:
220.- / 280.-
Zusatzbett:additional bed:
25.- / 40.-
Die Preise verstehen sich pro Tag und Zimmer;Frühstück, Service und Taxen sind inbegriffen.Gewisse Zimmer verfügen über Radio und Fernsehen.Prices are in Swiss Francs per day and room;breakfast, service and all taxes are included.Some rooms have radio and television.Akzeptierte Kreditkarten / accepted credit cards:Visa, Eurocard/Mastercard, Amexco,ec-Maestro, Postcard
3) Kreuz Hotel Bern (5 minutes walk from Holy Trinity Church)
http://www.hotelkreuz-bern.ch/E/html/rates.htmlRates
Room Prices
CHF
EURO *
Single room
145.00
96.00
Double room
210.00
140.00
Triple room
240.00
160.00
Weekend / Fri / Sa / Su
Single room
125.00
83.00
Double room
180.00
120.00
Tripie room
210.00
140.00
Transportation:
· Holy Trinity Church (and suggested hotels) is located in downtown Bern, 5 minutes walk from the main Bern train station.
· Directs trains run from both Geneva airport (about 90 minutes) and from Zurich airport (about 90 minutes), as well as from Basel Euroairport (50 minutes).
· Low cost airlines (e. g. Easyjet) fly to both Geneva and Zurich airports.
· Direct Flybee flights from Southampton and Birmingham (UK) to Bern airport.
· Ryanair flies to Basel Euroairport.
· Direct trains from Paris, Milan and other cities to Bern.
We are very much looking forward to meeting you here!
Please forward this message to any Juventutem supporters and kindly translate it whenever needed. You may also post it on your websites.
Let us be united in prayer and friendship, preparing for the coming of the Lord, the same Savior in whose real Presence we can already gather together, whatever the distance, during Holy Mass and Eucharistic adoration. I will remember all of you especially during Midnight Mass at Christmas.
Juventutem Bureau. Contact:
http://us.f265.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=codama@bluewin.chFoederatio Internationalis Juventutem,Kirchbergerstrasse 42, CH-3008, Bern, Switzerland.Tel/fax: 0041 (0)31 371 29 20;
http://us.f265.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=codama@bluewin.ch;
http://juventuteminternationalisfoederatio.blogspot.com/ 
