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CHRISTMAS CONCERT TO BE DEDICATED TO EASTERN MISSIONS
VATICAN CITY, NOV 24, 2005 (VIS) - The Vatican's
traditional Christmas concert will be held in the Paul
VI Hall at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, December 3. This
year it will be dedicated to missions in the east.
According to a communique made public today, the
concert aims "to raise public awareness concerning the
question of the Church's missionary vocation and to
gather funds to support missions in east Asia." One
reason for this choice of theme, the communique says,
"is because 2006 has been proclaimed as the 'Xavierian
Year' (in honor of the patron of missions St. Francis
Xavier, on the fifth centenary of his birth), of which
the concert will officially mark the opening."
The concert will include various pieces from a new
musical on the life of the saint: "Xavier - dreaming
of China." It was to that country that the Jesuit
saint was travelling on his last missionary journey;
however, he fell ill on the island of Sancian, 100
kilometers off the Chinese coast, and died there on
December 3, 1552.
Artists from all over the world will participate in
the concert "to symbolize the encounter between a
diversity of countries, cultures, religions, life
experiences, ideals, and musical genres and styles,"
the communique concludes, and "in order to highlight
once again the universality of the Church."
- Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
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