Traditional Retreat at Douai Abbey 4th -6th July 2008

Theme of the Weekend

Evangelising the Modern World.” It is our responsibility to pass on what, by God's grace, we ourselves have received." - Pope Benedict XVI.

Friday - Feast of St. Luke 2^nd Class - Red

5-6:30pm Arrival
6:30-7pm Supper
7pm-7:30pm Rosary
7:30-8pm: - Chant Workshop
Sung Compline after Workshop
9pm: Social

Saturday – Feast of St. Peter of Alacantara 3^rd Class - White

8-9am Breakfast
9-9:45am 1^st Talk Using the Rosary to Evangelise
9:50am-10:30am Chant workshop
11am: Sung Mass,( EF Roman Rite, Polyphonic Mass - Victoria)
12.00pm: Marian Procession in honour of Our Lady of Fatima around the extensive grounds of Cold Ash
1-1.30pm: Lunch
2-3pm: 2nd Talk Using the Rosary to Evangelise
3-4pm: Chant workshop
[4-4.30pm: Chant rehearsal for Schola Gregoriana]
4-5.45pm pm: Free time
6-6.30pm: Vespers
6:30pm Supper
7.30-8:30pm: Rosary Adoration and Confessions
8.30pm: Social

Sunday – 22^nd Sunday after Pentecost - Green

9am-9:45am: Schola Gregoriana rehearsal
9:30am: Sung Mass (  EF Dominican Rite, Gregorian Chant)
11amn-11:45pm: 3rd Talk - Living the Christian life as a form of evangelisation
12:45-1pm Rosary
1pm: Lunch
2pm: Finish