Session "Choosing life: elements of discernment for making choices"
A retreat to reflect on life's major questions
Choosing life in an informed and conscious approach
A session to reflect, in the light of faith and ethics, on life's major questions - from its beginning to its end - and to make informed choices full of hope.
By the medical bureau and Doctor Coevoet.
Programme
Thursday, November 12:
5:00 PM: welcome at the guest house
7:00 PM: dinner
8:45 PM: welcome, sharing: "why did I come"?
Friday, November 13:
9:30 AM: Conference: "what does the law say about end of life today"? by Father Bruno COEVET
11:15 AM: Mass
12:15 PM: Lunch
2:30 PM: Conference: "decoding the new law" by Doctor Frédérique RAPIN
3:45 PM: Group discussions
7:00 PM: Dinner
8:30 PM: Testimony by Doctor Pierre TOURAME and his wife Corinne "Life choices in the face of disability"
Saturday, November 14:
9:00 AM: Conference: "criteria for ethical discernment" by Doctor Bruno COEVET
10:00 AM: Conference: "what kind of society are we becoming" by Doctor Pierre-Yves WALLER
11:15 AM: Mass
12:15 PM: Lunch
2:30 PM: Walk "path of hope with Benoîte"
4:00 PM: Conference "the Christian meaning of suffering" by Father Michel DESPLANCHES, rector
5:30 PM: Free time
7:00 PM: Dinner
8:30 PM: Marian vigil
Sunday, November 15
9:30 AM: Roundtables: beginning of life / end of life / caregivers
10:30 AM: Mass
12:15 PM: Lunch
2:00 PM: Conference "making choices: advance directives" by Father Bruno COEVET
3:00 PM: Discussion, session wrap-up
4:30 PM: Vespers - End of session
Possibility of attending all the offices of the sanctuary
Practical information
Suggested offering
Various rates available for accommodation and meals - a recommended offering for the session
Getting there
Take the train to Gap then the bus to the sanctuary
Take the A6 then follow the A43 toward Gap until exit 8.
If steep slopes don't scare you, climb up to the sanctuary at the summit