Events in the framework of the ceremonies for bestowing of the Charlemagne Prize: 

21 May 2009

11.15 am , Crowning Hall of the Town Hall of Aachen, Ceremony of bestowing of the Charlemagne Prize 2009 on Andrea Riccardi, in the presence of many european civil and religious authorities
 

• Laudatio by Michel Camdessus
• Laudatio by Patrick Cox
• Speech given by Andrea Riccardi  IT DE  PT  FR 
• Greeting Message from the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano
  
  
• Video of the Ceremony (IT)
   
• Video of the Ceremony (source aachen.de)
   

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9 am, Cathedral of Aachen, High Eucharistic Liturgy on the Ascension Day
 
 

• Homily by Mgr. Ambrogio Spreafico IT  EN  FR  ESP  DE 

 20 maggio 2009

Aachen,Aachen, 8.15 pm, St. Foillan church, close to the Cathedral
Prayer for peace of the Community of Sant'Egidio

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Aachen, Aachen, 6.45 pm, Domsingschule Hall, Ritter-Chorus-Str. 1-4
Round table discussion on the issue: "The Civilization of Peace, Faiths and Cultures in dialogue"

participants:

• Rabbi David Brodman, Chief rabbi of Savyon, Israel
• Prof. Mohammed Amine Smaili, University of Rabat, Morocco
• Mgr. Heinrich Mussinghoff, bishop of Aachen
• Nikolaus Schneider, President of the Evangelical Church of Rheinland
• Archbishop Serafim, metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Church for Germany and Central Europe

Chairs Prof. Jean-Dominique Durand, University of Lyon, France

 

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Aachen,Meeting of students with Andrea Riccardi.
 
3.00pm, Fo 4, Kármán-Auditorium, Eilfschornsteinstr. 
 

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Bonn, 10.00am, Gobelin Hall, Town Hall of Bonn
Conference: "Africa without AIDS. Just a dream? The DREAM programme, a model for Africa"

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