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On April 20, 2009, the Vatican released the program for the Pope's visit to the Abruzzo.

VISIT OF THE HOLY FATHER
TO THE EARTHQUALE-AFFECTED AREA
IN ABRUZZO, April 28, 2009



PROGRAM


09.00 Departure from the Vatican heliport.

09.30 Arrival at landing zone near the Onna temporary shelter.
VISIT WITH THE VICTIMS
Greeting from the Holy Father
and Prayer for the Dead

10.00 Departure for L'Aquila city center by car.
VISIT TO TBE DAMAGED BASILICA OF COLLEMAGGIO
The Holy Father will venerate the urn of Pope Celestine V
and will leave a Pontifical Pallium in homage.

BRIEF VISIT TO THE DAMAGED STUDENT HOUSING
Meeting with student representatives.

10:45 Arrival at the Finance Guard barracks in Coppito
THE HOLY FATHER GREETS THE MAYORS AND PARISH PRIESTS
of the towns most severely affected by the earthquake.

11.00 MEETING WITH THE FAITHFUL AND AID AND RESCUE PERSONNEL
(Volunteers, Civil Protection, Military, Firemen, Health Workers, etc)
- Greeting by Mons. Giuseppe Molinari, Archbishop of L'Aquila
- Greeting by the Hon. Massimo Cialente, Mayor of L’Aquila.
- Address and Prayer by the Holy Father
- Recital of the Regina Caeli.
(This will be done in front of the statue of the Madonna di Roio*,
also known as Our Lady of La Croce, before which the Holy Father
will offer a Golden Rose.)
- Greeting by the Holy Father to all the representatives of various categories
involved in the recovery work.

12.00 Departure by helicopter from Coppito.
The Holy Father will be flown over the earthquake zone
to see the extent of the damage.

13.00 Arrival at the Vatican heliport,



*I had to look up information about the Madonna di Roio, and it is one of those fascinating stories that abound in religious literature, but I have not found any references in English.


The image and the sanctuary in Poggio di Roio, a village of L'Aquila.


The image itself is a lifesize wooden statue dating to the 14th century, but the story goes that it was found in 1548 by a shepherd from Abruzzo who was pasturing sheep in neighboring Puglia where it was the custom to bring the flocks in winter.

The shepherd lost one of the flocks he was grazing and prayed to the Virgin to help him in his plight. She appeared to him with the Baby Jesus in her arms, telling him where his sheep had found refuge. Going back to the site of the apparition later with other shepherds to whom he told the story, it is said they found the statue.

With the warmer weather, they headed back to the Abruzzo, bringing the statue home with them, on a mule. Nearing their destination, the mule suddenly dropped to its knees just opposite a Cross in front of the Castle of Roio and refused to go farther. So they took the statue on their shoulders and carried it to the nearby Abbey of St. John. The following day, to their surprise, the statue was no longer there - the people of Roio found it in front of the Cross where the mule had stopped. They gratefully took custody of it and eventually built a sanctuary for it.


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