SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CANONIZATION OF JOHN PAUL II
Blessed John Paul II Shrine
Saturday: April 26, 2014
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Film/Documentary – Auditorium
Be Not Afraid Exhibit – 2nd floor Gallery
9:00 pm “In the Footsteps of John Paul II” Procession (Shrine Vicinity)
10:15 pm – 11:40 pm Confessions – Sacristy and Main Church
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Main Church
Coffee House and Musician- Auditorium
Veneration of the Relic*- Reliquary Chapel
11:40 pm Rosary- Main Church
Sunday April 27, 2014
12:00 Midnight Mass of Divine Mercy Sunday – Main Church
1:45 am – 3:00 am Coffee House and Musician – Auditorium
Confessions – Sacristy and Main Church
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Main Church
Be Not Afraid Exhibit – 2nd floor Gallery
3:00 am Divine Mercy Chaplet with Benediction – Main Church
3:15 am Canonization Simulcast from Rome – Main Church
Veneration of the Blood Relic** of Saint John Paul II –Reliquary Chapel
(Veneration immediately upon canonization and continues until 10:00am)
5:30 am- 9:15 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament- Main Church
6:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast Buffet – Rotunda
Be Not Afraid Exhibit – 2nd Floor Gallery
Veneration of the Relics of Saint John Paul II – Reliquary Chapel
7:30 am – 9:00 am Confessions – Sacristy
9:30 am Renaming Ceremony – Front Lawn
Unveiling of “Saint John Paul II National Shrine” Signage
10:00 am – 11:30 am Mass of Thanksgiving with Relics – Main Church
11:30 am – 5:00 pm Veneration of the Relics of Saint John Paul II – Reliquary Chapel
Be Not Afraid Exhibit – 2nd Floor Gallery
Film/Documentary — Auditorium
1:00 pm Replay of the Canonization – Auditorium
3:00 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet – Main Church
6:00 pm Saint John Paul II Shrine and Exhibits close
3900 Harewood Road NE
Washington, DC 20017
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