Barcelona Tetouan

1 – 15 March 2025
Dialogue of cultures

The first stage of the MED 25 Le Bel Espoir odyssey led us to take up the "Shared Story" of the five shores of the Mediterranean. The cultural exchanges experienced between the South and the North, between the West and the East, over the centuries, shed light on the many points of contact that make this sea a unique "intercultural bridge" in the world. The dialogue of cultures, in its artistic, literary and architectural dimensions, shows how peoples are enriched by the permeabilities that are always present in the search for truth and the expression of beauty.

"Intercultural dialogue, based on shared values, must help the people of our time to seek what is good and true, to respect the dignity and freedom of all. », PP Bernard Ardura, Pontifical Council for Culture, 2013

Read again here

• the homily of Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille in charge of Mediterranean coordination, during the mass on Sunday March 2 at the Basilica of Sagrada Familia
• the conference of Mgr Xabi Gomez, bishop of San Felíu de Llobregat, involved in the pastoral care of migrants

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Program reminder

Saturday March 1st

9:30 a.m. Visit of the historic center

1:00 p.m. Official welcome for young people

1:30 p.m. Lunch at the Archbishopric with Card. Omella and Card. Aveline

3:00 p.m. Visit to the cathedral and the diocesan museum

4:30 p.m. Round Table: “Cultures in Dialogue”, with Mgr X. Gomez, Maria Coll, Marc Seriaux and Marti Rodriguez

7:15 p.m. Dinner and concert

Sunday March 2nd

9:00 International Mass at the Sagrada Familia presided over by Card. Omella, followed by a visit to the Sagrada Familia

10:00 a.m. Visit to the Sagrada Familia

11:15 Working group

12:45 Lunch

2:00 p.m. Workshops on Mediterranean intercultural issues

5:00 p.m. Visit with the authorities of Palau Generalitat

7:30 p.m. Dinner

Monday March 3rd

9:00 Working group

10:00 a.m. Visit of the Bel Espoir by the authorities

10:45 Press conference

11:30 a.m. Visit to the IEMed

12:30 Farewell lunch

Tuesday March 4 – Tuesday March 11

Navigation

Tuesday March 11

7:15 p.m. Arrival in Ceuta and Welcome Iftar

Wednesday March 12

9:00 a.m. Visit to the Sidi Embarek mosque

10:30 Visit to the Bet-el synagogue

12:00 Mass at the Notre-Dame d’Afrique Shrine

1:15 p.m. Visit to the Hindu temple

2:30 p.m. Paella lunch with young people

4:45 p.m. Round table and working group on the dialogue of cultures with Fausto Yudego

6:15 p.m. Meeting with Mgr Rafael Zornoza

7:30 p.m. Iftar

Thursday March 13

10:00 a.m. Guided tour of the historic center of Tetouan, a UNESCO world heritage site

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.: Lunch with Bishop Emilio Rocha Grande and visit to the Church of Our Lady of Victories

3:00 p.m. Conference by Rachid Saadi and Christophe Roucou

7:15 p.m.: Iftar followed by traditional dancing and singing