A dynamic Congress
10 key days with speakers from across the world

Bringing God's Love to Men and Women Today:
A dialogue with Cardinal Christopher Schönborn (Archbishop of Vienna), Paul Zulehner, (Theologian, Vienna) and many others.

The Poor Will Always Be With You:
An encounter men and women for whom charity is not an empty word: Sister Emmanuel (worker in the slums of Cairo), Andrea Ricardi (founder of the Sant´Egidio Community in Rome), Maria Loley, (refugee aid worker and letter bomb victim), Father Georg Sporschill (caring for street children in Bucharest), and others too.

Young People Can Find New Ways
Ambassadors for today: personalities from international football, cinema and fashion; fascinating speakers like Guy Gilbert (the rocker priest from Paris); young people presenting their own initiatives from Sao Paolo, Milan and Dublin to Lubljana Budapest and many other cities.

Europe Needs a Soul
Exchanges with Christian politicians, decision-makers and intellectuals, like Prof. Barbara Gerl-Falkowitz, (chair of Philosophy of Religions, Dresden).

An Exciting Mission
10 extraordinary days in the streets of Vienna

- In Cafés and Bistros : Public Debates and Encounters
A cocktail of events and personal meetings in places where the world sits down for a coffee

- Open Churches and Parishes in Action
Bold initiatives and places for prayer in Vienna's many churches

- Outdoor Musicals and Concerts
Internationally renowned artists put God into words / give God a chance to be heard

- School Missions and Youth Events
With young people discuss the real questions about life

- A Banquet for the Homeless and Encounters with the Sick and Suffering
Take time with Vienna's poorest of the poor

- Mission on the Street and in the Metro
Help people take the stress out of the city

- And all the little things that happen unseen and unheard

A New Hope
In a modern world and an open Church

Some people shouldn't miss it:
Actors, politicians, sportsmen and women, artists, journalists…

Some people are already there:
Vienna's parishes
Its religious congregations
And the new Church movements and communities

Some people are getting excited:
From Lisbon to Warsaw
From Rome to Riga
They're on the road to Vienna

Four Cardinals invite you:
Christoph Schönborn - Archbishop of Vienna
Jean-Marie Lustiger - Archbishop of Paris
José da Cruz Policarpo - Patriarch of Lisbon
Godfried Danneels - Archbishop of Brussels and Mechelin

A Unique City
The special charm of Vienna makes the Congress a real festival

Experience a Truly International Congress …
… meet and talk with committed Christians, draw strength for the future

Live the Mission …
… take seriously the questions of people today and bring the Good News to them

Encounter men and women for across the whole world…
… listen, share, learn and try out the ideas they bring

The International Congress for the New Evangelisation is concerned with the essential needs of European men and women. It offers a broad platform for missionary ideas, be they new or already tried and tested. The novelty of this proposition is that new ideas for bringing the Gospel to the world can be developed during the congress and immediately put into practice. Talking together is not enough: this is why the Congress will go out into Vienna's streets, squares, coffee-houses and homes. Meeting the people of Vienna is at the very heart of the Congress.

7 questions and 7 answers

Who is invited?
Everyone who has questions about God. The doors of the Congress are wide open for all. The Congress also welcomes anyone wishing to give hope to the world:
- For individuals and couples: please complete the attached registration form (or download it from www.stadtmission.at )
- Parishes, communities or groups: please use the group registration form

All ideas about missions are very welcome : please send them to us through our website : www.stadtmission.at

When is it exactly?
Begins: Friday May 23rd 2003
Lodgings open from 1.00 p.m.
Grand Opening: 6.00 p.m.
Ends: Sunday June 1st 2003 around midday

What happens during a typical day at the Congress?
Morning: two major conferences / workshops
Afternoon and Evening: a forum for ideas/ mission and activities in parishes and in the City Centre

How is Congress and Mission combined?

Where exactly does it happen?
The Congress will be held in Saint Steven's Cathedral, in the city centre. The City Mission will reach out to the whole of Vienna.

How are food and lodgings organised?
- You can stay with one of many Viennese families spread throughout the city's parishes or you can book a room in a hotel.
- Breakfast is served in the homes of these families or at your hotel. Lunch and dinner are served at the sites of Congress events.

What will it cost me?
A little courage to try something new, a few days holiday, and 220 Euros (this is just a price orientation - you can give as much as you can - money should not keep you from coming to Vienna) or about € 110 for Students. For a day pass you should pay € 10. Where meals are charged separately this costs 12 Euros per day.

When is my registration final?
As soon as payment has been made. You will then receive written confirmation and further information. Payment (for registration and food) should be made by bank transfer to one of the following accounts

Account name: Stadtmission 2003
Account no. 28041650400
Erste Bank (bank code: 20111)

The final date for registration is April 20th 2003

Contacts and Information:

The Emmanuel Community is charged with co-ordinating the Congress internationally, together with a team from each host diocese. In Vienna this team comes from diocesan Catholic Action, together with the city's parishes and ecclesial communities as well as all those wishing to take part in the Mission in the City and the Congress.

For Informations on the Congress you can contact us at : stadtmission2003@edw.or.at.