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2001 : Program of the celebrations in France

Sunday Feb. 11

Church of Ri : Mass at 11 a.m. February 11: February 8 is the date chosen by S. John Eudes to celebrate the Holy Heart of Mary (1648), the date chosen by the Order of Our Lady of Charity to celebrate its foundation.

Saturday March 24

Seminar at Sées following a recollection for the Clergy (Eudist Animation).

Sunday March 25

Mass in the Ri Church at 11 a.m.  The feast of the Annunciation is the day chosen by St. John Eudes for the foundation of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary. (1643)

Thursday May 31

At the Tourailles (near Briouze),  Mass at 9 p.m. The Tourailles is the center of a pilgrimage to our Lady of Recouvrance (Recovery) since the 8th century. John Eudes parents were among the pilgrims. On the feast of Visitation, a Mass with a procession by torch light will be presided by the Bishop of Sees, Yves-Marie Dubigeon. Father Christian de Charnacés, Eudist, will preach. This day is also the day of the canonisation of St. John Eudes in 1925.

Friday June 22

Feast of the Heart of Jesus, at Ri : Meeting with the children and youth of the Deanry at 6 p.m.  with Father Luc Crépy, Eudist. The Feast of the Heart of Christ was established by St. John Eudes in 1672.

From August 11 to 15

Family retreat at the Spiritual center of La Roche du Theil (Ille et Vilaine) with Father Hubert de Passemar, Eudist.

From August 10 to 18

A retreat for young people : A week for "spiritual guidance" at the Spiritual Center of  La Roche du Theil (Ille et Vilaine), presided by 4 Eudists. (For information, reach Father Tournier (0299715283 or  tournier.laurent@wanadoo.fr 

Sunday August 19

At Ri, Mass at 11 a.m. prisided by Bishop Dubost, Eudist, bishop of Evry. It will be televised. In the afternoon, the life of St. John Eudes revived on occasion of his anniversary on the same day.

From Sunday 19 
to Thursday 23 of August

March from Ri to Caen by the Youth.

Saturday November 17
to Sunday 18

Seminar in Caen :  "John Eudes, Missionary of Divine Mercy".

Evening Concert in the Church of the Gloriette.

Sunday November 18

Closing Mass of St. John Eudes Year in St. John Church at Caen.