Ravenna Bari

August 30 – September 14, 2025
Dialogue between the peoples of the East and the West

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Program

Friday, August 29, 2025

Youth reception and overnight stay in Ravenna

Saturday, August 30, 2025

9am-10am: Free visit time

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Group meeting with Father Alexis Leproux

12:30 p.m.: Lunch

2:30 p.m.: Welcome to the young people in the Dantesca Room, Classense Library, in the presence of: 

Mgr. Lorenzo Ghizzoni, Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Raffaele Ricciardi, Prefect of Ravenna and Alessandro Barattoni, Mayor of Ravenna.

3:15 p.m.: 4-voice conference

• “Dialogue to know: a journey between philosophy, art and life” by Dr. Francesca Masi, Director of RavennAntica
  
• “Mosaïques d’herméneutique œcuménique” par Prof. Frère Lorenzo Raniero, Ofm, Président de l’Institut œcuménique San Bernardino, Venise. A lire ici. 
• “Galla Placidia: A Life for Dialogue between East and West” by Professor Emanuela Fogliadini, founder of the Academy for Christian Art
• “La paix a de nouveaux noms. Des idées pour une expérience de dialogue international” par Prof. Vincenzo Buonomo, délégué Pontifical et Recteur de l’Université Pontificale Urbanienne. A lire ici.

6:45 p.m.: Conclusion of work

7:30 p.m.: Dinner

Sunday, August 31, 2025

9:30: Mass at the Basilica of San Vitale

11:00 a.m.: Visit of the historic center

12:30 p.m.: Lunch

2:00 p.m.: Free time

3:30 p.m.: 3-part conference

• “Bose Monastery: Ecumenical Window” by Brother SABINO CHIALÀ, Prior of the Bose Monastery.
• “Christian Russia: Promoting Unity through Knowledge of the Spiritual, Cultural and Liturgical Tradition of Russian Orthodoxy” by Prof. ADRIANO DELL'ASTA, Vice-President of the Christian Russia Foundation
• “Ministry of Peace, a policy for the future” by Me LAILA SIMONCELLI, head of the Human Rights and Justice department of the Pope John XXIII Community

6:30 p.m.: Conclusion of work

9:00 p.m.: Party with the youth ministry at the Ravennate Sailing Club – Marina di Ravenna 

Monday 1er September 2025

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

11:00: Team time

12:30 p.m.: lunch on board the Bel Espoir

2 p.m.: Free time

6 p.m.: Departure from the Bel Espoir via the Grand Canal and the drawbridge

Tuesday, September 2 – Wednesday, September 10 : Navigation

Thursday, September 11, 2025

5 p.m.: Official welcome at the old fish market, in Piazza del Ferrarese, with musical entertainment and a presentation of the med25 initiative and what was experienced during the Ravenna-Bari route.

8 p.m.-10 p.m.: Night of Ecumenical Worship on the square in front of the San Ferdinando parish

Friday, September 12, 2025 

9am-10am: Team time on the boat

10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Guided tours of the old town (San Nicola; San Giovanni Crisostomo; Cathedral; Diocesan Museum; etc.). 

12:30 p.m.: Lunch 

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Free time

5 p.m.-7 p.m.: Time for sharing and discussion, based on ecumenical testimonies of peace from the five shores of the Mediterranean (young people, bishops and representatives of Christian churches).

8 p.m.: Mediterranean festive evening 

Saturday, September 13, 2025

 9:30-11:30: Team time for proofreading

12:30 p.m.: lunch on the boat 

1:30 p.m.: Final greetings

About

La septième étape de l’odyssée MED 25 Le Bel Espoir se plongera sur la problématique plus circonstanciée que représente la diversité des christianismes en Méditerranée. Sur cette rive italienne de l’Adriatique, se sont joués à maintes reprises des occasions de jonction mais aussi de rupture entre les communautés chrétiennes d’Orient et d’Occident. Face au défis de la paix, les chrétiens ne peuvent se contenter des ruptures du passés. Il leur incombe la lourde charge de développer des espaces de collaboration pour ne pas laisser les tensions du passé envenimer les défis du présent. La recherche de l’unité des Christianismes n’est pas seulement une question théologique, elle est aussi une mission au service de la paix.

"Encounter and unity must always be sought without fear of diversity. And likewise peace: it must be cultivated, including in the arid terrains of opposition, because today, whatever happens, there is no possible alternative to peace. Truces secured by walls or tests of strength will not bring peace; but it is the real will to listen and to dialogue that will.", Pope Francis, Ecumenical Meeting, Bari, 2018.