Program, practical information and registration

EUROPEAN CHARTER OF CISTERCIAN ABBEYS AND SITES
Annual General Meeting : Morimondo Abbey (Italy), 2013
Programme of the AGM
Optional Programme “Voyage of Discovery”
Friday 19th April For participants who arrive on the morning of Friday, 19th
April, or earlier, we have organised a guided visit to “The
Last Supper” (L’Ultima Cena) by Leonardo da Vinci in
the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Meet at
11.00 a.m. in front of the church of S. Maria delle Grazie,
Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. This visit has
been specially arranged by Sandrina Bandera, member
of the Morimondo Foundation and “Sopraintendente per i
Beni Storici, Artistici ed Etnoantropologici di Milano e altre
province lombarde”. It is therefore essential to book in
advance, maximum 25 participants.
Sunday 21st April
8:00
Coach departs
10:00
Visit to Chiaravalle della Colomba
Abbey. Daughter of Clairvaux founded
in 1136 in Emilie, in Chiaravalle della
Colomba and had the privilege of being
17 :00 :
Meeting of the Executive Council
20 :00 - 22/00 Dinner
22 :00 :
Visit to the “Cella Hospitum” exhibition in
the refectory at Morimondo Abbey.
11:00
12:00
12:30- 14:00
14:00
Saturday 20th April 8:00 - 9:00 Meeting and registration of participants
9:30 - 11:00 Annual General Meeting
11:00 - 12:45 Guided tour round Morimondo Abbey
The abbey was founded in 1134 on a
headland overlooking the rich Lombardy
plain. Today this is situated at the heart of
the village of the same name.
13:00 - 14:00 Working lunch
15:00 - 16:30 Forum
16:30 - 17:30 Illustrated presentation by Mme Sandrina
Bandera :
“Punto di vista artistico di Morimondo”
(an artistic impression of Morimondo)
Presentation by Padre Mauro Loi,
President of the Morimondo Foundation :
“l’Accoglienza nell’abbazia cistercense
attraverso i documenti” (Welcome
to Morimondo Abbey as reflected in
documentary evidence)
20:00 - 22:00 Gala Dinner
visited by St. Bernard in person.
Mass in Chiaravalle della Colomba Abbey
Drinks reception in Chiaravalle della
Colomba Abbey
Lunch in Fontevivo at the “12 Monaci” (12
monks) restaurant in the abbey cloister
Visit to Fontevivo Abbey. Daughter
of Chiaravalle della Colomba Abbey,
founded in 1142. The abbey church of this
abbey, which resembles that of its mother
church, is today a parish church, but has
its monastic infrastructure well preserved.
Return to Morimondo
Visit to Chiaravalle Milanese Abbey, an
abbey in active use.
Dinner
17:00
Monday 22nd April
8:00
Depart for Tiglieto
9:30 - 10:30 Visit to Rivalta Scrivia Abbey, daughter
of La Ferté, founded in 1180 in Piemonte,
the lands of the abbey are now divided:
the rich farmland of the monastery is now
used for cereal crops and rice paddies,
the parish owns the abbey church and the
east side of the cloister, while the other
conventual buildings are private property.
12:00
13:30
Lunch at Tiglieto
Visit to Tiglieto Abbey, daughter of La
Ferté, founded in 1120 in Liguria, Santa
Maria et Santa Croce, first Cistercian
Abbey outside France. It is situated at the
bottom of a wooded valley, by a stream in
lush pasturel,and and illustrates perfectly
the Cistercian ideal of escape from the
noise of the world.
Hotel Il Chiostro***
Close to Morimondo Abbey, acceptable accommodation.
Price: single room: 50€ per night; double room : 60€ per
night; triple room: 75 € per night.
Via dei Cistercensi, 6 –20081 Morimondo (MI)
Tel.: +39 02.9465905 – Fax: +39 02.42108132
[email protected] – www.hotelchiostro.it
Hotel del Parco & Residence****
Good quality hotel, 4*, situated in Vigevano, 8 km (5 miles)
from Morimondo Abbey. Price: single room: 80€ per night;
double room: 90€ per night
Hotel Del Parco & Residence
Corso Milano, 95 – 27029 - Vigevano (Pavia)
Tel.: +39 0381.348170 – Fax: +39 0381.347062
[email protected] – www.delparcohotel.it
Costs and reservation
We hope as many as possible will attend, and look forward
to your booking as soon as possible to enable us to arrange
accommodation in the hotels and catering, and to optimise
arrangements at the sites being visited.
Please send your reservation for :
16:00
Return to Morimondo.
Transport Possibilities
There is a large choice of flights to Milan
- Malpensa Airport, about 30 km (20 miles) from
Morimondo.
- Torino Caselle Airport
- Bergamo Airport
Train : Milano Centrale
For those who arrive by air, we recommend you take the
bus to Milano Centrale, then by Metro (M2 - Green Line) to
Abbiategrasso. You will then be close to Morimondo where
you can either take the bus or be collected by volunteers.
Hotels
Participants must reserve their hotels themselves. Rooms
have been reserved in the name of the Charter in the
hotels below until March 15. Thank you for reporting to the
hotel that you are attending the General Assembly of the
Charter.
Annunciata (Abbiategrasso)
Near Morimondo. An option has been taken on rooms for
20 people, valid until 1 month before the AGM. The hotel
is owned by the local authority. Price: 15€ per person per
night.
Comune di Abbiategrasso – Piazza Marconi, 1
Réservation : [email protected] ou mobile: 00 32
(0)477 724592
- the visit to The Last Supper by de Leonardo da Vinci
(19/4) : 9 €/pers
- Dinner (19/4) + AGM, lunch and dinner (20/4) : 150 €/
pers
- Voyage on 21/4 (non included dinner) : 100 €/pers
- Dinner on 21/4 : 25 €/pers
- Voyage on 22/4 : 80 €/pers
(not included in these prices : hotel)
to one of the two following addresses:
Contact for reservations from French abbeys:
Charte européenne des abbayes et sites cisterciens
Hostellerie des Dames – F – 10310 Clairvaux
[email protected]
Tel + 33 (0)3 25 27 52 55 – Fax + 33 (0)3 25 27 88 17
Contact for reservations from abbeys outside France :
Irène Bien Vossenbergstraat, 71 3500 Hasselt
Belgique [email protected]
Tel. (home): 00-32-11- 22 26 55
Mobile: 00-32-477- 72 45 92
Payment
Please transfer payment before March, 28 to the Charter’s
bank account:
Charte européenne des abbayes et sites cisterciens
Société Générale
Place des Cordeliers – F 89000 Auxerre
RIB : 30003 00210 00050298790 31
IBAN : FR 76 30003 00210 00050298790 31
BIC : SOGEFRPP
Thank you to indicate the name of your abbey or site.
Charte européenne des Abbayes et Sites cisterciens