Mons. Marini has completed
site visits for the UK trip
LONDON, Jul 14, 2010 (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Holy Father's trip to Great Britain approaches, the details of his itinerary are still being hashed out.
But the Pope's master of liturgical celebrations, Msgr. Guido Marini, was in the United Kingdom last week to finalize certain liturgical aspects of the itinerary and finalize the content of the missal that will be used.
With just over two months to go before Pope Benedict's arrival on British soil, Msgr. Marini has visited all of the locations where the Pope will be leading worship in September, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW).
In an interview with CBCEW staff, Msgr. Andrew Summersgill, co-coordinator of the papal visit said that Msgr. Marini and two assistants were in Britain last week for four days to personally visit sites on the Pope's schedule and to review and finalize texts to be included in the missal for the trip.
The following story providing further detail and the photo are from the official visit site:
Mons. Marini in Cofton Park reviews Mass arrangements with Mons. Summersgill and others.
Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass and Beatify Cardinal Newman at Cofton Park on Sunday 19 September - the culmination of his historic four-day State Visit.
Cofton Park is situated near the Oratory Retreat, Rednal, where Cardinal Newman was buried following his death in his room at the Oratory House in Edgbaston on Monday, 11 August 1890.
Mgr Marini was accompanied by Mgr Andrew Summersgill, the Papal Visit Co-ordinator, Mgr Philip Moger from the Diocese of Leeds, Organiser of Liturgy, and Fr Paul Conroy from Scotland.
The Vatican party was welcomed to Cofton Park by Canon Patrick Browne, Local Organiser for the the Papal Visit to the Archdiocese of Birmingham. He was accompanied by Fr Jan Nowotnik, Parish Priest of Our Lady and St Brigit, Northfield, who is the Deputy Local Liturgy Organiser, and Mr Peter Jennings, Press Secretary to Archbishop Bernard Longley.
The Vatican party also met and discussed the arrangements of the Papal Mass with representatives of events management company WRG and Pamela Hossick, the BBC Producer/Director of the 'live' broadcast of the Papal Mass and Cardinal Newman Beatification, scheduled to be shown on BBC2.
After the visit to Cofton Park the Vatican party were driven the nine miles to Cathedral House, situated next to the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, in central Birmingham.
In the Chapter Room Mgr Marini discussed detailed arrangements about the Liturgy and Music for the Papal Mass with Fr Timothy Menezes, Parish Priest of St Thomas More, Coventry, Local Organiser for Liturgy, and Fr Peter Jones, Local Organiser for Music.
At the end of the meeting the Vatican party left for a visit to Glasgow.