Official Schedule of Papal Apostolic Journey to Korea (14-18 August 2014)

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Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014
4:00 p.m. Leave by plane from Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport for Seoul

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014
10:30 a.m. Arrival at the Seoul Air Base
12:00 p.m. Private Mass at the Apostolic Nunciature to Korea
3:45 p.m. Welcoming ceremony in the garden of the Blue House (Presidential Palace) in Seoul and courtesy visit to the president of the Republic in the Blue House
4:30 p.m. Meeting with the authorities and government officials in the Chungmu Hall of the Blue House of Seoul
5:30 p.m. Meeting with Korean bishops in the conference headquarters of the Episcopal Conference of Korea

Friday, Aug. 15, 2014
8:45 a.m. Transfer by helicopter to Daejeon (Metropolitan Archdiocese of Daejeon)
10:30 a.m. Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Annunciation in the World Cup stadium of Daejeon and praying of the Angelus
1:30 p.m. Lunch with the youth of the Major Seminary of Daejeon
4:30 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to the Solmoe shrine
5:30 p.m. Meeting with the Asian youths at the Solmoe shrine (As part of Sixth Asian Youth Day – 2014)
7:15 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Seoul

Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014
8:55 a.m. Visit to the Shrine of the Martyrs of Seosomun
10:00 a.m. Holy Mass and Beatification Paul Yun Ji-Chung and his 123 companions (Korean Martyrs) at the Door of Gwanghwamun in Seoul
3:30 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Kkottongnae
4:30 p.m. Visit to the Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled in the House of Hope in Kkottongnae
5:15 p.m. Meeting with the religious communities of Korea in the School of Love training center of Kkottongnae
6:30 p.m. Meeting with the leaders of the Lay Apostolate at the Spirituality Center of Kkottongnae
7:00 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Seoul

Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014
10:00 a.m. Transfer by helicopter to Haemi
11:00 a.m. Meeting with the Asian bishops in the Haemi shrine
1:00 p.m. Lunch with the bishops of Asia in the refectory of Haemi shrine
4:30 p.m. Holy Mass concluding the Sixth Asian Youth Day in the castle of Haemi
7:00 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Seoul

Monday, Aug. 18, 2014
9:00 a.m. Encounter with religious leaders in the palace of the old Curia of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul
9:45 a.m. Holy Mass for peace and reconciliation in the Myeongdong Cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul
12:45 p.m. Farewell ceremony from the Republic of Korea at the Air Base of Seoul
1:00 p.m. Departure by plane from the Air Base of Seoul to Rome’s Ciampino International Airport
5:45 p.m. Arrival at Rome’s Ciampino International Airport