X WORLD ASSEMBLY OF FAMILIES
AND XIV ICCFM GENERAL ASSEMBLY
July 25 - 29, 2007
The Legacy of Fatima to the Family: Spirituality and
Sacrifice
Wednesday, July 25
All Day Registration
16.30
Official
Opening of the Congress
Parade of Nations and Playing of the ICCFM HYMN
Welcome Address by ICCFM representatives
Welcome Address by Civil and Ecclesiastical
Authorities
Keynote Speech on the Theme of the Assembly
20.00 Welcome Dinner with Honoured
Guests
Thursday, July 26
08.30 Holy Mass (Portuguese)
09.30 Panel A: Prayer as God’s Presence in
the Family (North America) 
·
The
Essence of Prayer
·
Religion
as the Main Source of Family Strength:
“The Family that prays together stays together” and “The family that
stays together prays together”
·
The
Family Modelled on the Eucharistic Banquet
10.15-10,45 Coffee Break
10,45-11,45 Workshops on Panel A Topic
11.45 First Set of Country Reports
General Comments
12.45 Group Photo
13.00 Lunch
16.00 Panel B: Mary’s Family and Her
role in our Family (Asia and Oceania)
·
Mary’s
Role as Wife and Mother
·
Mary as
the First Disciple of Christ
·
Mary and
Families in Exile (Immigrants)
16.45 Open Forum Panel B Topic
17-17.30 Coffee Break
17.30 Panel C: Marriage as Total
Self-Giving (Europe)
·
Finding
Self-Fulfilment in Marriage as Opposed to Egoism
·
Total
Self-Giving Between Husband and Wife
·
Total
Self-Giving in the Family in Post Modern Society
18.15-19.30 Workshops on Panel C Topic
20.00 Dinner
Friday, July 27
08.30 Holy Mass (English)
09.30 Panel D: Value of the Youth to
Family, Church and Society (Latin America)
·
The Youth
in Self-Encounter: Autonomy and Loss of Identity
·
The Youth
in Family and Peer Encounter
·
The Youth
Caught Between Hope and Indifference
10.15-10.30 Open Forum on Panel D Topic
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 Panel E: Sin as the Root of Social
Evil (Portugal)
·
Dehumanization
of Society and the Weakening of the Family
·
Secular
Society and the Media as a Threat to the Family
·
Hope and
Salvation for the Family in the Interaction of Generations
11.45-12.45 Workshops on Panel E Topic
13.00 Lunch
16.00 Visit to the Little Shepherds’ houses at Aljustrel
19,30 Dinner
21.00 Via Crucis at Valinhos
Saturday, July 28
08.30 Holy Mass (Spanish)
09.30 Second Set of Country Reports
General Comments
10.15 “The importance of Rosary in
Family” – Mons. Biro (Hungary)
10.45 Presentation of “FIRES”
Movement (Hungary)
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11.45 Conclusion and Approval of
Resolutions
13.00 Lunch
ICCFM
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
16.00 Opening of ICCFM General Assembly
Report of the Presidential Team
(Presidents, Chaplain, Vice-Presidents)
Introduction of ICCFM Officers and Brief Remarks (Past Presidents,
Special Representatives, Secretaries, Treasurers)
Other Reports
·
Representatives
to the Vatican
·
Representatives
to the UN in Vienna and New York
Special Presentation on the Mission
of Monsignor Joaquim Alves Bras
17.45 Coffee Break
18.15
Continental
Reports
·
Africa
·
Asia
·
Europe
·
Latin
America
·
North
America
·
Oceania
(15 to 20 minutes each)
20.00 Dinner
21.30 Candle
Procession at the Fatima Shrine
Sunday, July 29
08.30 Election of New Presidents
Address by New Presidents
Presentation of Cardijn Award
Presentation of
Continental Awards
Remembrance of Departed CFM Members
Selection of Site of
2010 World Assembly
Appreciation and
Acknowledgements
10.15
Departure
for Fatima Shrine for Holy Mass
13.00 Lunch