True Life in God

THEOLOGICAL STUDIES on True Life in God Pages 6 - 14

VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS Pages 17 - 34

BETH MYRIAMS The charity houses of True Life in God Pages 36 - 44

GOD’S CALLING TO HIS PEOPLE Vassula’s talk - November 16 th 2001 At the Third Symposium on Ecumenism at Farfa, Italy Pages 46 - 59

THE BISHOP OF BABYLON Address to the True Life in God pilgrimage participants in Cairo, Egypt - October 22 nd 2002 Pages 62 - 63

THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH The dialogue between Vassula and the CDF Pages 66 - 93

THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

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The Vassula Enigma In direct communication with God ? Jacques Neirynck, 1997 http://www.tlig.org/enigma.html e-mail : [email protected]

Touched by the Spirit of God - first in a series Insights into "True Life in God" shared by Fr. Francis Elsinger, Fr. Dr. Michael Kaszowski, Fr. Richard J. Beyer, Rev. Ljudevit Rupcic, OFM., 1998 Ed. P.O. Box 475, Independence, MO 64051-0475, U.S.A. Phone: (816) 254-4489 / Fax: (816) 254-1469 e-mail : [email protected]

Touched by the Spirit of God - second in a series Part I : Vassula and the CFD Part II : Vassula on the End Times Father Edward D. O'Connor, C.S.C., 1998 Ed. P.O. Box 475, Independence, MO 64051-0475, U.S.A. Phone: (816) 254-4489 / Fax: (816) 254-1469 E-mail : [email protected]

Vassula of the Sacred Heart's Passion Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., 1993 J.M.J. Publications, P.O.Box 385, Belfast BT9 6RQ, Northern Irland e-mail : [email protected]

Bearer of the Light Vassula, "Mediatrix of divided Christians" Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., 1994 J.M.J. Publications, P.O.Box 385, Belfast BT9 6RQ, Northern Irland e-mail : [email protected]

True Life in God presentations in Asia 1998 PROCLAIM AROUND THE WORLD THE KINGDOM OF GOD Ed. P.O. Box 475, Independence, MO 64051-0475, U.S.A. Phone: (816) 254-4489 / Fax: (816) 254-1469 e-mail : [email protected] THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD 7

Vassula and Rome Michael Dore, 1996 English edition, 39 pages J.M.J. Publications, P.O.Box 385, Belfast BT9 6RQ, Northern Ireland e-mail : [email protected]

When God gives a Sign A Response to Objections Made Against Vassula by abbot René Laurentin, 1993 Ed. P.O. Box 475, Independence, MO 64051-0475, U.S.A. Phone: (816) 254-4489 / Fax: (816) 254-1469 e-mail : [email protected]

N'éteignez pas les œuvres de l'Esprit Raphaël-Marie Vincente, 1997 Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula - médiatrice de l'unité des chrétiens (traduction du livre "Mediatrix of divided Christians") Père Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp. Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula - un charisme œcuménique pour notre temps Père Fernando Umaña Montoya, 1995 Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula de la Passion du Sacré-Cœur Père Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., 1993 Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected] 8 THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD

L'énigme Vassula En communication directe avec Dieu ? Jacques Neirynck, 1997 Editions Favre SA, 29 rue de Bourg - CH-1002 Lausanne e-mail: [email protected] également disponible aux Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse e-mail : [email protected]

Quand Dieu fait signe Réponse aux objections contre Vassula Père René Laurentin, 1993 Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Jésus appelle Sa messagère Justification théologique Père Ovila Melançon, c.s.c., 1994, Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Qui est Vassula Itinéraire, réponses et témoignage pour un combat spirituel Père René Laurentin, 1994 Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Rome et Vassula Michael Dore, 1996 édition en français revue et augmentée, 144 pages Editions du Parvis, CH-1648 Hauteville, Suisse tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Enigma Vassula În comunicare directa cu Dumnezeu ? Jacques Neirynck, 1997 © Copyright 2000 Editura Arhetip-RS - Renasterea Spirituala CP 69 OP 77 Bucuresti, sector 3 cod 74300 e-mail : [email protected] THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD 9

La Verdadera Vida en Dios Proclama el Reino de Dios por todo el mundo Libreria Espiritual, Av. Eloy Alfaro 466, P.O.Box 6252 CCI Quito-Ecuador , Tel: ++5932 564 519 / 528 611 Fax : ++5932 561 445 e-mail : [email protected]

La irrupción de Dios en Vassula Mons. Aldo Gregori, Libreria Espiritual, Av. Eloy Alfaro 466, P.O.Box 6252 CCI Quito-Ecuador , Tel: ++5932 564 519 / 528 611 Fax : ++5932 561 445 e-mail : [email protected]

IL NUOVO CATECHISMO DELLA CHIESA CATTOLICA E L'APOSTASÌA Riflessioni sulla Seconda Lettera ai Tessalonicesi 2, 1-8 Padre James Fannan, PIME Edizioni Segno Via del Vascello 12, I-33100 Udine, Italia Tel. 0432 521881 Fax 0432 603195 e-mail : [email protected]

MILLENARISMO e PROFEZIA APOCALISSE 20, 4-14 (rivisitata) Padre James Fannan, PIME Edizioni Segno Via del Vascello 12, I-33100 Udine, Italia Tel. 0432 521881 Fax 0432 603195 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula Heroldin der Einheit der Christen Pater Michael O'Carroll Parvis-Verlag, CH-1648 Hauteville, Schweiz tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Teólogos defienden a Vassula Mgr Frane Franic, P. René Laurentin, P. Michael O'Carroll, P. Edward O'Connor, P. Michael Kasowski, 1996, "Verdadera Vida en Dios" Miguel Blanco # 1320 S.J., Guadalajara (Jal.), México CP 44100 tel : ++52 (3) 640 1323 e-mail : [email protected] 10 THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD

Vassula da Paixão do Sagrado Coração P. Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., 1994 Edições Boa Nova, Rua do Convento, 437 PT-4770-463 Requião, Portugal Tel : ++351 252 375 165 Fax ++351 252 311 594

Vassula - un carisma ecuménico para nuestro tiempo Padre Fernando Umaña Montoya, 1994 Ediciones Nuestra Señora del Paraíso, Foyer de Charité, A.A.044 - Zipaquirá, Colombie e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula - un carisma ecuménico para nuestro tiempo Padre Fernando Umaña Montoya, 1994 Libreria Espiritual, Av. Eloy Alfaro 466, P.O.Box 6252 CCI Quito-Ecuador, Tel: ++5932 564 519 / 528 611 Fax : ++5932 561 445 e-mail : [email protected]

(L'énigme Vassula, Jacques Neirynck, 1997) Enderle Bookstore, Oonoya Bldg. 2nd Floor, Yotsuya 1-18 Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004, Japan tel +81-3-3352-2481 / fax +81-3-3357-4746 e-mail: [email protected]

A Verdadeira Vida em Deus nas Cadeias de Portugal (hundreds of testimonies from prisoneers converted by True Life in God centaines de témoignages de prisonniers convertis par La vraie vie en Dieu) Vol. I Edições Boa Nova, Rua do Convento, 437 PT-4770-463 Requião, Portugal Tel : ++351 252 375 165 Fax ++351 252 311 594

A Verdadeira Vida em Deus nas Cadeias de Portugal (hundreds of testimonies from prisoneers converted by True Life in God centaines de témoignages de prisonniers convertis par La vraie vie en Dieu) Vol. II Edições Boa Nova, Rua do Convento, 437 PT-4770-463 Requião, Portugal Tel : ++351 252 375 165 Fax ++351 252 311 594 THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD 11

A Verdadeira Vida em Deus nas Cadeias de Portugal (hundreds of testimonies from prisoneers converted by True Life in God centaines de témoignages de prisonniers convertis par La vraie vie en Dieu) Vol. III Edições Boa Nova, Rua do Convento, 437 PT-4770-463 Requião, Portugal Tel : ++351 252 375 165 Fax ++351 252 311 594

A Verdadeira Vida em Deus nas Cadeias de Portugal (hundreds of testimonies from prisoneers converted by True Life in God centaines de témoignages de prisonniers convertis par La vraie vie en Dieu) Vol. IV Edições Boa Nova, Rua do Convento, 437 PT-4770-463 Requião, Portugal Tel : ++351 252 375 165 Fax ++351 252 311 594

Quando Dio si manifesta Padre René Laurentin, 1994 Associazione de "La Vera Vita in Dio" C.P. 18364 - 00164 Roma Bravetta Tel./fax ++39 06 35019903 fax ++39 06 233212140 e-mail : [email protected]

Idz od narodu do narodu ogłaszac Moje Słowa... Ks Michael Kaszowski Editeur : Wydawnictwo Vox Domini, 43-190 Mikolow, skr.poczt.72, Pologne ł Tel : ++48 3258 4228 e-mail : [email protected] (corresp.en français également)

Quem é Vassula ? Fraternidade Missionária de Cristo-Jovem, 1993 Edições Boa Nova, Rua do Convento, 437 PT-4770-463 Requião, Portugal Tel : ++351 252 375 165 Fax ++351 252 311 594

El Corazón de Jesus en los escritos de Vassula Padre Tiberio Munari sx, 1994 "Verdadera Vida en Dios" Miguel Blanco # 1320 S.J., Guadalajara (Jal.), México CP 44100 tel : ++52 (3) 640 1323 e-mail : [email protected] 12 THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD

Het raadsel Vassula In directe communicatie met God ? Jacques Neirynck, 1997 Stichting Het Ware Leven in God Timorstraat 16, NL-6524 KC Nijmegen, Nederland Telefoon en telefax : ++31 24 328 0067 e-mail : [email protected]

René Laurentin Jak rozpozna ć znak dany przez Boga ? Editeur : Wydawnictwo Vox Domini, 1996 43-190 Mikolow, skr.poczt.72, Pologne Tel : ++48 3258 4228 e-mail : [email protected] (corresp.en français également)

Das Rätsel Vassula In direkter Kommunikation mit Gott ? Jacques Neirynck, 1997 Parvis Verlag CH-1648 Hauteville, Schweiz tél. : ++ 41 26 915 93 93 / Fax : ++ 41 26 915 93 99 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula Ryden, Mistica e profezia alle soglie del 2000 Marino Parodi, prefazione di P. Antonio Gentili Edizioni Mediterranee

Vassula, mediadora de la Unidad de los Cristianos P. Michael O'Carroll, Libreria Espiritual, Av. Eloy Alfaro 466, P.O.Box 6252 CCI Quito-Ecuador, Tel: ++5932 564 519 / 528 611 Fax : ++5932 561 445 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula Jeruzaleme, Jeruzaleme... vrati se k svojoj Ljubavi ! Povik Ljubavi, Jelsa, Don Bozidar Medvid 58465 THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD 13

Jesus chama a sua Mensageira Padre Ovila Melançon, c.s.c., 1994 Edições Boa Nova, Rua do Convento, 437 PT-4770-463 Requião, Portugal Tel : ++351 252 375 165 Fax ++351 252 311 594

Vassula Ryden Messagera di Cristo o profetessa della New Age ? Monsignore Aldo Gregori, 1993 Edizioni Segno Via del Vascello 12, I-33100 Udine, Italia Tel. 0432 521881 Fax 0432 603195 e-mail : [email protected]

La Verdadera Vida en Dios Vassula experimenta la Pasión de Jesús Libreria Espiritual, Av. Eloy Alfaro 466, P.O.Box 6252 CCI Quito-Ecuador, Tel: ++5932 564 519 / 528 611 Fax : ++5932 561 445 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula Ryden, segno profético del nostro tempo Don Angelo Bena, 1994 Via Medaglia d'oro 7, I-24028 Ponte Nossa (Bergamo)

La Verdadera Vida en Dios Conferencia dada por Vassula en Quito, el 3.2.1994 Libreria Espiritual, Av. Eloy Alfaro 466, P.O.Box 6252 CCI Quito-Ecuador, Tel: ++5932 564 519 / 528 611 Fax : ++5932 561 445 e-mail : [email protected]

Vassula Budapesten, Lélek és Elet Alapitavany , KÉT SZÍV KIADÓ, 1995 Magyarország 1255 Budapest Postafiók 200 Tel : ++36 1 375 5475 14 THEOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TRUE LIFE IN GOD

Rome and Vassula Michael Dore, 1996 traduction Arabe True Life in God, P.O.Box 32426, 91323 Jerusalem, Israel e-mail : [email protected]

ROME en VASSULA door Michael Dore Stichting Het Ware Leven in God Timorstraat 16, NL-6524 KC Nijmegen, Nederland Telefoon en telefax : ++31 24 328 0067 e-mail : [email protected]

ENTRE A MISERICÓRDIA E A JUSTIÇA Mensagem urgente do Senhor as Suas Igrejas JOSÉ HIPÓLITO DE MOURA FARIA Grafica e Editora O Lutador Praça Padre Júlio Maria 01 - Bairro Planato - Belo Horizonte - CEP 31740-240 - Minas Gerais, Brasil Telefax : ++55 31 441 3622 e-mail : [email protected]

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2005

Saturday 17.09.05 14:30 SUISSE Montreux, Centre des Congrès, Montreux Thursday 15.09.05 19:30 IRELAND Dublin, National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Sunday 11.09.05 15:00 U.K. Edinburgh, Scotland, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh Saturday 10.09.05 13:00 U.K. London, England, Central Hall, Westminster, Parliament Square - opposite West- minster Abbey Sunday 05.06.05 08:00 ITALIA Acireale, Centro Congressi La Perla Jonica, Via Unni 10, Capomulini, I-95024 Acireale, Catania, Sicilia 22-28.05.05 JORDAN True Life in God Pilgrimage May 2005 in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - "Walking with St. Paul and the Prophets" 20-22.05.05 SYRIA True Life in God Pilgrimage May 2005 in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - "Walking with St. Paul and the Prophets" 18-20.05.05 LEBANON True Life in God Pilgrimage May 2005 in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - "Walking with St. Paul and the Prophets" Tuesday 15.03.05 13:00 PAKISTAN Jhang Saddar - St. Martin School Sunday 13.03.05 15:00 INDIA New Delhi - Sacred Heart Cathedral Saturday 12.03.05 10:00 INDIA Kurseong - St. Alphonsus School Hall, Kurseong, Darjeeling - 743 220, West Bengal

2004

Friday 12.11.04 18:00 TAIWAN Kaohsiung, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Rd., Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan Tuesday 9.11.04 15:00 INDIA Khootpani, Jharkhand State Monday 8.11.04 08:30 INDIA Ranchi, Jharkhand State Monday 04.10.04 FAROE ISLANDS Ferðaráð Føroya Sunday 03.10.04 19:30 ISLAND Reykjavík, Hallgrímskirkja - Skólavörðuholti - Pósthólf 651 - 121 Reykjavík Sunday 27.06.04 ESPAÑA Barcelona, Santa María Reina, Carretera d'Esplugues 103 - 08034 Barcelona Saturday 26.06.04 ESPAÑA Bilbao, Palacio Euskalduna de Congresos y de la Musica, Abandoirra 4, 48011 Bil- bao, Vizcaya Friday 25.06.04 ESPAÑA Sevilla, Nuestra Señora de los Angeles Thursday 24.06.04 ESPAÑA Madrid, Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, Plaza Duque de Pastrana 5 - 28036 Madrid Monday 31.05.04 14:00 U.S.A. Buffalo, St. John Maron Parish Maronite Center, 2040 Wherle Drive, Williams- ville NY (suburb of Buffalo) Saturday 29.05.04 13:00 U.S.A. New York, Armenian Church Center, 630 Second Avenue at 35th Street, New York City, NY Sunday 23.05.04 10:00 VENEZUELA Caracas, Estadio Poliedro Friday 21.05.04 19:00 U.S.A. San Francisco, Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Ave (at Geary), San Francisco, CA 94109 Thursday 20.05.04 17:00 U.S.A. Los Angeles, Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401 North Verdugo Rd, Glendale CA 91208 18 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Sunday 16.05.04 13:00 ITALIA Roma, Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore 03 - 07.05.04 GREECE Meteora -TLIG international pilgrimage Saturday 17.04.04 16:30 ITALIA Roma, Centro Russia Ecumenica, Borgo Pio, 141, I-00193 Roma Tuesday 17.02.04 17:00 MEXICO México, Auditorio Valle de México, Gran Hotel Valle de México, Av. 1° de mayo # 15, Naucalpán, Ciudad de México

2003

Saturday 25.10.03 14:00 U.K. Brighton, The Brighton Centre, Kings Road (Seafront), Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2GR Tuesday 14.10.03 15:00 ARMENIA Ijevan Sunday 12.10.03 15:00 ARMENIA Yerevan Sunday 05.10.03 14:00 CZECH REP. Brno Friday 23.05.03 14:00 PARAGUAY Encarnación - Estación de radio y televisión Radio Paraná Thursday 22.05.03 18:30 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Club Ferro Carril Oeste, Gimnasio Etchart, Av. Avellaneda 1240 Wednesday 21.05.03 18:00 URUGUAY Montevideo, Cine Teatro Plaza, Plaza Cagancha 1129 Wedn.14 - Tues.20.05.03 PUERTO RICO Caguas, premises of the Mission of True Life in God Sunday 13.04.03 13:00 U.S.A. Newark, Holiday Inn - Newark Airport, Main Ballroom, 160 Frontage Road, New- ark, New Jersey 07114 Saturday 12.04.03 14:00 U.S.A. Los Angeles, Veterans' Memorial Park Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230 Thursday 10.04.03 19:00 CANADA Lethbridge (Alberta), The Miracle Channel Building, 450 -31 Street North, Lethbridge, Alberta Tuesday 08.04.03 18:00 CANADA Sudbury, Ont., Steelworkers Hall Sunday 06.04.03 13:30 CANADA Toronto, Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 83 Christie St. (intersection Bloor St.), To- ronto Saturday 05.04.03 09:30 U.S.A. Independence, William Chrisman Senior High School, 1223 N Noland Rd, Inde- pendence, MO. 64050 Sunday 30.03.03 15:00 ITALIA Cagliari, Sala Convegni Copoa, km11.200 ss 130 Assemini Cagliari, Sardegna Sunday 23.03.03 14:30 FRANCE Nice, L'Acropolis (Palais des Congrès et des Expositions), 1 Esplanade Kennedy Saturday 22.03.03 14:30 FRANCE Paris, Eurosites - Plaine Saint-Denis, (Salle Europe), 144 avenue du Président Wilson, La Plaine Saint-Denis (93) Wednesday 26.02.03 12:00 BANGLADESH Dhaka - Department of World Religions, Arts Building - room 5006, University of Dhaka, Dhaka - 1000 Sunday 23.02.03 15:00 BANGLADESH Dhaka - Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha, Dharmarajika Bud- dhist Monastery, Atisa Dipankar Road, Kamalapur, Dhaka - 1214

2002

Sunday 01.12.02 14:00 CAMBODIA Phnom Penh, Russian Culture Center, 103 Norodom Blvd., Phnom Penh Monday 25.11.02 20:00 CHINA Hong Kong Jockey Auditorium, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Friday 23.11.02 14:00 TAIWAN Taïpeh, Holy Trinity Church, 26 Pao-An Street, Hsi-Tien, Taipei County, Tai- wan Tuesday 19.11.02 16:00 PHILIPPINES Manila, Meldy Cojuangco's residence - conference organized by Center for Peace - Asia with the members of the Interfaith. Monday 18.11.02 18:00 PHILIPPINES Cebu, Santo Rosario Parish, with Mgr Kriekenbeek Sunday 17.11.02 14:30 PHILIPPINES Manila, UP Theatre 21 to 30.10.02 EGYPT Cairo - Sinai - Nile Valley - Inter-religious pilgrimage of True Life in God on the steps of the Saint Family in the Holy Land of Egypt Sunday 16.06.02 17:00 MEXICO Guadalajara, Jalisco, Club de Leones, Guadalajara Saturday 15.06.02 16:00 MEXICO Mérida, Yucatán, Polyforum Zamná, Mérida VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 19

Tuesday 28.05.02 18:30 INDIA Bangalore: St. Anthony's Friary Church, No 85 Hosur Road, Near Madiwala Check Post, Bangalore 560 095 Monday 27.05.02 18:00 INDIA Kalyan: Tabor Ashram Retreat Centre, Kalyan, Mumbai Sunday 26.05.02 19:00 INDIA Mumbai: Sacred Hearts Church Grounds, S.V. Road, Santa Cruz West, Mumbai Friday 24.05.02 16:00 BANGLADESH Dhaka: Women's Sports Complex, Road 11/A, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka Monday 20.05.02 17:00 SRI LANKA Colombo: Kithusevana Auditorium, Cathedral of Christ The Living Saviour, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7 Sunday 19.05.02 11:00 SRI LANKA Kandy: Police Grounds, Kandy Saturday 11.05.02 13:00 GERMANY Borgentreich bei Höxter, Jugendfestival im "Börde Zentrum" der koptischen Kirche, Am Maihof 1, 34434 Borgentreich bei Höxter Saturday 27.04.02 16:00 SWITZERLAND Lausanne, Christ Church, Avenue de l'Eglise Anglaise 1, Lausanne 6 Sunday 14.04.02 14:00 CHILE Santiago, Gimnasio Don Bosco, Avda. Ricardo Cumming # 4, Region Metropoli- tana, Santiago Saturday 13.04.02 09:00 VENEZUELA Caracas, Parque Naciones Unidas Wednesday 10.04.02 2PM CANADA Lethbridge (Alberta), ecumenical TV station ''The Miracle Channel'' - Vas- sula interviewed for 1 hour on the program ''In Sight'' 2PM Wednesday 10.04.02 10AM CANADA Lethbridge (Alberta), ecumenical TV station ''The Miracle Channel'' - Vas- sula interviewed for 1 hour on the program ''In Sight'' 10AM Saturday 23.03.02 14:00 NEDERLAND Amsterdam, Borchlandhal in Amsterdam-Duivendrecht, Borchlandweg 6-12, 1099 CT Amsterdam-Duivendrecht Wednesday 06.03.02 10:30 SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Church of Good Shepherd, 194 Makhaya Str, Protea North, Soweto Monday 04.03.02 10:30 SOUTH AFRICA Houghton, meeting with church leaders, priests, religious, Croatian Church, 99 Central Street, Houghton Sunday 03.03.02 15:00 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, College of Education, Linder Auditorium, 27 St. An- drews Road, Parktown Saturday 02.03.02 15:30 SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria, CBC Mount Edmund, Pretoria Road, Silverton, Pretoria Friday 01.03.02 16:00 SOUTH AFRICA Radio Interview with Vassula on Radio 702 with John Robbie Sunday 24.02.02 15:00 ITALIA Spinea, Via Negrelli 18, Spinea (Mestre/Venezia) Saturday 23.02.02 15:00 ITALIA Feletto Umberto, c/o Edizioni Segno, via Fermi 80, 33010 Feletto Umberto (Udine) Monday 18.02.02 16:00 INDIA Muringoor, Divine Mercy Retreat Centre's English Section, Muringoor, Kerala Monday 18.02.02 09:30 INDIA Muringoor, Bible College, Divine Retreat Centre, Muringoor, Kerala Sunday 17.02.02 11:15 INDIA Chalakudi, 'Potta Convention' in Potta Ashram, Chalakudi, Kerala Saturday 16.02.02 15:30 INDIA Mundoor, Sinai Renewal Centre, Mundoor, Palakad, Kerala Saturday 16.02.02 10:15 INDIA Muringoor, Bible College, Divine Retreat Centre, Muringoor, Kerala Friday 15.02.02 14:30 INDIA Chalakudi, 'Potta Convention' in Potta Ashram, Chalakudi, Kerala Friday 15.02.02 10:00 INDIA Chalakudi, interview for two magazines : Sunday Shalom and Shalom Tidings, Ker- ala Thursday 14.02.02 16:15 INDIA Muringoor, Divine Mercy Retreat Centre's Malayalam Section, Muringoor, Ker- ala Thursday 14.02.02 10:15 INDIA Muringoor, Divine Mercy Retreat Centre's English Section, Muringoor, Kerala

2001

Thursday 06.12.01 11:00 MEXICO México, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Wednesday 05.12.01 18:30 MEXICO México, Centro Cultural Telmex, Teatro 1, Avenida Cuauhtemoc y Chapultepec Sunday 02.12.01 13:00 PUERTO RICO Caguas, new premises of the Mission of True Life in God Friday 16.11.01 18:00 ITALIA Farfa - Terzo Simposio di Argomento Ecumenico - ECUMENISMO E SPIRITU- ALITÀ - Centro Ecumenico Internazionale Brigidino di Farfa, 02030 Farfa (RI) Saturday 03.11.01 17:00 INDIA New Delhi, Khrista Raja School Ground, Bangla Sahib Marg (Gol Dhakkana), New Delhi 110001 Tuesday 30.10.01 20:00 BANGLADESH Dhaka, L.G.E.D. Building Sunday 28.10.01 11:00 SRI LANKA Colombo, St. Joseph's Auditorium, Colombo 10 Sunday 30.09.01 16:00 CZECH REP. Prague, palace Vystaviste, Praha 7 - Holesovice Sunday 09.09.01 11:00 GREECE Chania, Crete, Chania prison 20 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Saturday 08.09.01 19:30 GREECE Heraklion, Crete, Hotel Atlantis Saturday 23.06.01 2:30pm U. S. A. Brooklyn, NY, Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church, 1724 Avenue P, Brooklyn, New York 11229 Friday 22.06.01 2:00pm U.N.O. - O.N.U. United Nations Organization World Headquarters, New York - Siège de l'Organisation des Nations Unies Saturday 19.05.01 16:00 ITALIA Camponogara (Venezia), Centro Sportivo "La Pista", Via Sabbioni 5 Saturday 21.04.01 16:00 HOLY LAND Jerusalem, YMCA, East Jerusalem Friday 20.04.01 18:00 ISRAEL Nazareth, English Hospital Wednesday 14.03.01 19:30 SINGAPORE Singapore, World Trade Centre Auditorium, 11th floor, Convention Centre, 1 Maritime Square, Singapore 099253 Sunday 11.03.01 18:00 AUSTRALIA Perth, Hyatt Regency Perth Hotel, 99 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Saturday 10.03.01 20:00 AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hartley Street, Alice Springs NT 0870 Thursday 08.03.01 19:30 AUSTRALIA Adelaide, Croatian Club Hall, 15 Wood Ave, Ridleyton SA 5008 Wednesday 07.03.01 19:30 AUSTRALIA Melbourne, Hawthorn Town Hall Tuesday 06.03.01 19:30 AUSTRALIA Canberra, Ainslie Functions Centre, Ainslie Football and Social club, 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie ACT 2602 Sunday 04.03.01 15:00 AUSTRALIA Gold Coast, Robina Community Centre, Robina Town Centre Drive (Opposite David Jones Parking), Gold Coast QLD 4226 Friday 02.03.01 19:30 AUSTRALIA Sydney, Sir Ian and Nancy Turbott Auditorium, Univesity of Western Syd- ney, Cnr Victoria Road and James Ruse Drive, Rydalmere NSW 2116 Tuesday 27.02.01 15:30 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby, Murray Military Barracks Chapel, Hohola road, National Capital District Sunday 25.02.01 15:30 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Buka, Hahela Parish Church Sunday 25.02.01 11:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby, Morata Parish Church Saturday 24.02.01 14:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mt. Hagen, Holy Trinity Teachers College, Ross Meer Hall Friday 23.02.01 15:30 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby, Indoor Complex, Sir John Guise Stadium, Waigani, National Capital District Monday 19.02.01 18:00 BANGLADESH Dhaka, Bottomley Home Orphanage Grounds, Farmgate Monday 05.02.01 19:00 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, Mount Michael Waldorf School, School Auditorium, Cnr. Main and Culross Road, Bryanston Saturday 03.02.01 13:30 SWAZILAND Matsapha, Multipurpose Hall, campus of the University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni Friday 02.02.01 14:30 SWAZILAND Manzini, University of Swaziland - meeting for clergy Friday 02.02.01 13:00 SWAZILAND Manzini, TV interview in Chichewa and English Thursday 01.02.01 18:30 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, Maronite Church, Cnr. Western Service and Mount Lebanon Road, Woodmead Wednesday 31.01.01 19:30 SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Church of the Good Shepherd, 194 Makhaya Street, Protea North Monday 29.01.01 09:00 MALAWI Lilongwe, Bwaila Secondary School Hall Sunday 28.01.01 13:00 MALAWI Blantyre, Comesa Hall Thursday 25.01.01 14:00 MALAWI Blantyre, Centre Culturel français, meeting for clergy Thursday 25.01.01 10:00 MALAWI Blantyre, radio interview translated in Chichewa Wednesday 24.01.01 16:00 MALAWI Blantyre, radio interview with live phone-in question session Wednesday 24.01.01 14:00 MALAWI Blantyre, TV interview for programme 'spiritual bag' Sunday 07.01.01 11:00 GREECE Sounion, Belvedere Park Hotel - St. Joseph Medical Centre Saturday 06.01.01 20:00 GREECE Athens, Stanley Hotel, 1 Oddyseus str., Karaiskaki square, Metaxourgio Thursday 04.01.01 20:30 GREECE Athens, C. Giannoutsikou's house, Aiolou 10, P.Faliro

2000

Monday 04.12.00 17:00 ROMANIA Bucuresti, Sala de Festivitãþi a Facultãþii de Instalaþii, Bulevardul Pache Protopopescu, nr. 66, sector 2, Bucuresti Sunday 03.12.00 17:00 ROMANIA Bucuresti, amfiteatrul Facultãþii de Medicinã Carol Davila Eroii Sanitari, nr. 8, sector 5, Bucuresti Saturday 11.11.00 13:00 PUERTO RICO Cayey, Luis Raúl "Rolo" Colón Coliseum Saturday 28.10.00 18:00 ITALIA Benevento, chiesa parrocchiale San Gennaro VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 21

Thursday 12.10.00 17:30 JORDAN Amman, Arab Wings Hotel, Al Abdali street, opposite the Parliament building Sunday 08.10.00 17:30 LEBANON Bsalim, Stade municipal Sunday 24.09.00 17:00 U.K. Newcastle, St Willibrod and All Saints Church, Akenside Hill, Lower Pilgrim Street, Newcastle on Tyne, England Saturday 23.09.00 18:00 U.K. Edinburgh, The Methodist Central Hall, West Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland Saturday 16.09.00 16:30 ITALIA Roma, sala conferenze, Hotel Palatino, Via Cavour 213 Sunday 10.09.00 20:00 GREECE Athens, Hotel Novotel, Michael Voda 4-6 Monday 24.07.00 14:00 LESOTHO Roma Valley Sunday 23.07.00 14:30 LESOTHO Maseru, Conference Centre, Maseru Sun Cabanas, Maseru Sun Hotel, 12 Or- pen Road, Maseru Bag A84 Saturday 22.07.00 14:00 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, Standard Bank Arena Friday 21.07.00 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, Cathedral Place Monday 19.06.00 11:00 ROMANIA Oradea, Casa de Cultura a Sindicatelor, Parcul 1 Decembrie 1, 3700 Oradea Sunday 27.05.00 17:00 ITALIA Benevento, chiesa parrocchiale San Gennaro Sunday 21.05.00 16:30 ITALIA Roma, sala conferenze, Hotel Palatino, Via Cavour 213 Friday 14.04.00 16:00 BENIN Cotonou Thursday 13.04.00 16:00 BENIN Cotonou Sunday 09.04.00 15:00 KENYA Nairobi , Kilimani Primary School 14 to 26.03.2000 HOLY LAND Bethlehem , Hotel Bethlehem, Jubilee International True Life in God Prayer Pilgrimage in Holy Land - "A Divine Bridal Call for Reconciliation and Unity" Sunday 20.02.00 14:30 ITALIA Roma, chiesa parrocchiale Santa Maria alle Fornaci, Piazza Santa Maria alle For- naci Saturday 22.01.00 14:30 ITALIA Roma, chiesa parrocchiale Santa Maria alle Fornaci, Piazza Santa Maria alle Fornaci

1999

Sunday 12.12.99 09:30 VENEZUELA Caracas, Poliedro de Caracas Saturday 11.12.99 09:00 VENEZUELA Coro, Gimnasio Cubierto de la Ciudad de Coro Wednesday 08.12.99 14:00 COLOMBIA Duitama, Coliseo del Colegio de la Comunidad Salesiana Wednesday 01.12.99 15:00 INDIA Mumbay, Tabor Ashram, Kalyan, Mumbay, Maharashtra Tuesday 31.11.99 18:00 INDIA Mumbay, Don Bosco's ground, Mumbay, Maharashtra Monday 29.11.99 13:00 INDIA Alleppey, I.M.S. Retreat Centre, Punnapra, Alappuzha Dt., Kerala Sunday 28.11.99 14:00 INDIA Bharananganam, Assissi Retreat Centre, Bharananganam, Kottayam Dt., Kerala Saturday 27.11.99 14:00 INDIA Athirampuzha, Charis Bhavan Rertreat Centre, Athirampuzha, Kottayam Dt., Kerala Friday 26.11.99 11:00 INDIA Manarcaud St. Mary’s Orthodox Church Auditorium, Manarcaud, Kottayam Dt., Kerala Thursday 25.11.99 14:00 INDIA Kollam, St. Kasmir Church Auditorium, Kollam, Kerala Wednesday 24.11.99 14:00 INDIA Muringoor, Divine Retreat Centre, Muringoor, Chalakudy, Trichur Dt., Kerala Sunday 21.11.99 18:00 INDIA Edappally, St. George Forane Church Campus, Edapally, Cochin, Kerala Saturday 20.11.99 17:00 INDIA Margao, Kadamba Grounds, Madel, Margao, Goa Friday 19.11.99 18:00 INDIA Panjim, Kala Academy Auditorium, Panjim, Goa Wednesday 17.11.99 14:30 INDIA Calcutta, open ground of St. Thomas's School, Calcutta, Bengal Monday 15.11.99 18:30 INDIA New Delhi, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ashok Place, New Delhi 110001 Sunday 07.11.99 10:00 U. S. A. Pittsburgh, PA, part of the 7th annual "Steel City Medjugorje Conference" Saturday 06.11.99 15:00 U. S. A. Pittsburgh, PA, part of the 7th annual "Steel City Medjugorje Conference" Friday 05.11.99 16:00 U. S. A. Pittsburgh, PA, part of the 7th annual "Steel City Medjugorje Conference" Wednesday 03.11.99 13:00 U. S. A. Brooklyn, NY, the Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church, 1724 Avenue P, Brooklyn, New York 11229 Monday 25.10.99 19:00 SWEDEN Gällivare, Lappland, Fjällnäs castle Friday 22.10.99 19:00 SWEDEN Stockholm, Johanneskyrkan Saturday 16.10.99 14:30 FRANCE Le Mans, Palais des Congrès et de la Culture, rue d'Arcole Monday 27.09.99 20:00 GREECE Rhodos, Zoppa's house Thursday 23.09.99 21:30 GREECE Syros Island, Cyclades Islands, TV-Interview for Aigaios TV channel for all the Cyclades Islands (3 re-broadcastings) Monday 20.09.99 20:00 GREECE Rhodos, Santa Maria della Vittoria Church 22 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Saturday 18.09.99 20:00 GREECE Rhodos, Saint Francis Church Friday 20.08.99 20:00 GREECE Rhodos, Santa Maria della Vittoria Church Wednesday 11.08.99 18:00 BANGLADESH Dhaka, on the Bottomley Home High School grounds. Tuesday 10.08.99 17:00 BANGLADESH Dhaka, press conference at the Dhaka Press Club. Saturday 07.08.99 17:30 JAPAN Tôkyô, Arcadia Ichigaya (Shigaku Kaikan), 3rd floor Wednesday 06.08.99 17:30 JAPAN Fukuoka, Kyushu Wednesday 04.08.99 18:30 JAPAN Hiroshima, Shingonshu "Myôjôin" Kaikan Buddhist Temple, Hiroshima-Shi, Higashi-Ku, Futaba no Sato 2-6-25 Tuesday 03.08.99 18:30 JAPAN Kôbé, Kinrô Kaikan, 5th floor, rooms 404 et 405, Kobe-Shi, Chuo-Ku, Ku- moidôri 5-1-2 Thursday 15.07.99 18:00 RUSSIA Moskva, Mary's House + interview for Moskva & St.Petersbourg religious ra- dio channel "Sofia" Wednesday 14.07.99 18:00 RUSSIA Moskva, Parish of Saints Kosma and Damian, Public Library, Stoleshnikov 2, 103009 Moskva Sunday 18.04.99 17:30 LEBANON Hamra, Auditorium St. François des Capucins, près du cinéma Saroulla Saturday 17.04.99 20:00 LEBANON Beyrouth, salle de l'église St. Elie, à Antelias Thursday 15.04.99 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Grande Salle de Vennes Friday 26.03.99 20:00 BRASIL Porto Alegre RS (Rio Grande do Sul), Ginásio da Brigada Militar, Av. Ipiranga esquina Av. Silva Só Thursday 25.03.99 19:00 BRASIL Florianópolis (SC), Ginásio de Esporte do Colégio Aderbal Ramos Da Silva, Rua Antonio Gomes Wednesday 24.03.99 19:00 BRASIL Lauro de Freitas (Salvador da Bahia), Jockey Clube da Bahia, Av. Luís Tar- quínio Pontes, s/n Monday 22.03.99 19:00 BRASIL São José dos Campos (SP), Teatrão, Rua Ricardo Edwards 95, Vila Industrial Sunday 21.03.99 19:00 BRASIL Belo Horizonte (MG), Ginásio de Esporte Clube Ginástic0, Av. Afonso Pena 3328, Bairro Cruzeiro Saturday 20.03.99 18:30 BRASIL Vitória (ES), Ginásio de Esportes do Exército, Prainha da Vila Velha Friday 19.03.99 19:00 BRASIL Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Concha Acústica da UERJ, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã (Junto a estação do Metrô) Saturday 20.02.99 19:30 NEW ZEALAND Auckland, Epsom Girls' Grammar School Hall, Corner Silver Road & Gillies Avenue Friday 19.02.99 19:30 NEW ZEALAND Hamilton, Te Rapa Racecourse Lounge Thursday 18.02.99 19:30 NEW ZEALAND Hastings, Hastings Municipal Theatre Sunday 14.02.99 14:00 THAILAND Bangkok, Redeemer Hall, Ruam Rudee Lane Saturday 13.02.99 14:00 THAILAND Mt. Tabor, Tabor Prayer Centre, Ampher Si Swasda, Kanchana Buri Prov- ince Thursday 14.01.99 17:00 LESOTHO Maseru, Conference Centre, Maseru Sun Cabanas, Maseru Sun Hotel, 12 Orpen Road, Maseru Bag A84 Tuesday 12.01.99 10:00 ZAMBIA Lusaka, UNZA Main Campus, New Education Theatre Monday 11.01.99 09:00 ZAMBIA Kabwe, Chowa Hall Saturday 09.01.99 15:00 KENYA Nairobi, Uhuru Park

1998

Thursday 17.12.98 15:00 VENEZUELA Caracas, Teatro del Colegio María Auxiliadora.7ª Tranversal, entre 3ª y 4ª Avenida, Altamira, Caracas Sunday 22.11.98 16:00 U. S. A. San Francisco, CA, Herbst Theatre (in War Memorial Bldg/Civic Center, 401 Van Ness Ave. (at McAllister) Saturday 21.11.98 19:00 U. S. A. Denver, CO, Landmark Inn Hotel, 455 S. Colorado Blvd., Glendale, CO 80246 Friday 20.11.98 19:00 U. S. A. Houston, TX, The Woodlands Presbyterian Church, 4881 W. Panther Creek Dr., The Woodands, Tx 77381 Thursday 19.11.98 19:00 U. S. A. St. Louis, MO, Viking Restaurant and Conference Ctr., Watson Rd. & Lind- bergh Blvd. Monday 16.11.98 19:00 CANADA Ottawa, Jésus Rassemble Son Peuple, 221 rue Baribeau, Vanier, coin Durocher et Carillon Sunday 15.11.98 14:00 CANADA Shawinigan, Province de Québec, Centre des Arts de Shawinigan, 2100 blvd. des Hêtres VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 23

Sunday 01.11.98 16:00 CANADA London, Ontario, London Convention Centre, 300 York St. Saturday 31.10.98 10:00 U. S. A. Pittsburgh, PA, part of the "Steel City Medjugorje Conference" Friday 30.10.98 15:00 U. S. A. Pittsburgh, PA, part of the "Steel City Medjugorje Conference" Wednesday 28.10.98 19:00 U. S. A. Lakeland, FL, Sheraton Hotel, Lakeland Monday 26.10.98 17:00 U. S. A. Minneapolis, MN, Hill-Murray School Auditorium, 2625 Larpenteur Ave. East, Maplewood, MN Sunday 25.10.98 17:00 U. S. A. Chicago, IL, Oak Park/River Forest High School Auditorium, 201 N. Scoville Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 Saturday 24.10.98 19:00 U. S. A. New York City, NY, Best Western Hotel and Conference Center, 80 Clinton St., Hempstead, NY 11550 Friday 23.10.98 U.N.O. - O.N.U. United Nations Organization World Headquarters, New York - Siège de l'Or- ganisation des Nations Unies Saturday 17.10.98 14:00 FRANCE Lyon, Bourse du Travail, Salle des Fêtes Albert Thomas, Place Guichard Sunday 20.09.98 10:45 ITALIA Cattólica (Rimini), XII Convegno Internazionale del Movimento della Speranza Thursday 06.08.98 21:00 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Círculo Militar - reunión para los sacerdotes Wednesday 05.08.98 20:00 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Templo de la Comunidad Cristiana, Condarco 1440 Tuesday 04.08.98 20:00 URUGUAY Montevideo, Parroquia de Belen Saturday 01.08.98 17:00 ARGENTINA Salta, Delmi Monday 27.07.98 18:30 GERMANY Freiburg, Kolpinghaus, Karlstr. 7 Sunday 26.07.98 14:00 GERMANY Saarbrücken, Kongreßhalle Saturday 25.07.98 14:00 GERMANY Langerwehe bei Düren, Kulturhalle, Ortsmitte Sunday 19.07.98 13:30 SLOVENIJA Ljubljana Saturday 18.07.98 13:30 SLOVENIJA Ljubljana Thursday 16.07.98 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, place Chauderon 5 Sunday 05.07.98 14:30 FRANCE Gex, Grande Salle de l'Espace omnisports Perdtemps Wednesday 03.06.98 GREECE Athens, interview for TV Video Studio Monday 01.06.98 19:30 GREECE Athens, Theatro Akropol, Ippokratous 9-11 Sunday 03.05.98 ISRAEL Jérusalem, Réunion Oecuménique Internationale de la Vraie Vie en Dieu Saturday 02.05.98 ISRAEL Jérusalem, Réunion Oecuménique Internationale de la Vraie Vie en Dieu Thursday 19.03.98 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Grande Salle de Vennes Saturday 14.03.98 19:30 AUSTRALIA Hobart, Tasmania, Theatre 2, University Center Friday 13.03.98 19:00 AUSTRALIA Melbourne, Xavier College Hall, Barkers Road, Kew VIC 3101 Thursday 12.03.98 13:00 AUSTRALIA Sydney, Interview for " The Midday Show " on TV Channel 9 Thursday 12.03.98 12:00 AUSTRALIA Sydney, NSW, Interview with Greek Review "O KOSMOS" and "O NEOKOSMOS" Wednesday 11.03.98 19:00 AUSTRALIA Sydney, NSW, Chastwood Town Hall, Victoria Ave., Chastwood Tuesday 10.03.98 AUSTRALIA Sydney, ABC Radio Channel, interview of Vassula Sunday 08.03.98 11:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Hohola (Port Moresby), Sacred Heart Chapel Sunday 08.03.98 07:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby, Bomana Prison Saturday 07.03.98 15:00 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Boroko (Port Moresby), St. Joseph Parish Hall Wednesday 04.03.98 19:00 THAILAND Bangkok, Holy Redeemer Parish Hall Friday 20.02.98 15:30 PERU Lima, Ave. San Felipe 630, Mgr Oscar Alzamora (aux.Bishop of Lima) + 20 prêtres Friday 20.02.98 15:00 PERU Lima, Ave. San Felipe 630, interview for reporters "El Sol" & "Caretas" Friday 20.02.98 11:00 PERU Lima, Prison Lurigancho Thursday 19.02.98 10:30 CHILE Santiago, Visitation Monastery Wednesday 18.02.98 17:30 CHILE Santiago, Auditorium Juan Bosco, Collège des Salésiens Wednesday 18.02.98 10:00 CHILE Santiago, prison pour femmes Monday 16.02.98 ECUADOR Quito, Fondación Jesus de Misericordia Sunday 15.02.98 19:00 PERU Lima, Museo De Osma, distrito de Barranco Saturday 14.02.98 12:00 PERU Lima, Museo De Osma, distrito de Barranco, press conference for several TV, newspapres and magazines reporters Saturday 14.02.98 10:00 PERU Lima, recording for TV Canal 17 Sunday 01.02.98 INDIA Cochin, Kerala, Ashirbhaban Parish Hall Saturday 31.01.98 19:30 INDIA Alleppey, Keralan Mission Society (IMS) Centre Saturday 31.01.98 14:30 INDIA Mangalapuzha, Alwaye, Kerala, St Joseph's Pontifical Seminary Friday 30.01.98 15:30 INDIA Cochin, Kerala, St Mary Basilica Thursday 29.01.98 INDIA Mahim (Bombay), Maharashtra, Cannosia Monastery High School Wednesday 28.01.98 18:00 INDIA Manickpur-Vesei (Bombay), Maharashtra, St Augustine's School Wednesday 28.01.98 INDIA Chicalim, Goa, Carmel Monastery Tuesday 27.01.98 17:00 INDIA Vasco da Gama, Goa, Marmagoa Port Trust grounds 24 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Sunday 25.01.98 17:00 INDIA Margao, Goa, at Lohia Maidan Saturday 24.01.98 18:00 INDIA Panaji, Goa, Kala Academy Saturday 24.01.98 11:30 INDIA Panaji, Goa, TV Headquarters - 30 min.recording Friday 23.01.98 INDIA Goa Thursday 22.01.98 15:00 INDIA Muringoor, Kerala Wednesday 21.01.98 19:30 INDIA Vadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala; Wednesday 21.01.98 15:00 INDIA Kottayam, Kerala Tuesday 20.01.98 15:30 INDIA Palai, Kerala Wednesday 14.01.98 10:00 PHILIPPINES Quezon (Manila), Quezon City Prison Tuesday 13.01.98 18:30 PHILIPPINES Mandaluyong (Manila), Green Hills Theatre Monday 12.01.98 18:00 PHILIPPINES Kamunig Quezon (Manila), Sacred Heart's Parish Church Sunday 11.01.98 17:00 PHILIPPINES Tuguegarao, Baseball Hall Saturday 10.01.98 PHILIPPINES Manila Friday 09.01.98 BANGLADESH Dhaka

1997

Thursday 18.12.97 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Grande Salle de Vennes Saturday 13.12.97 17:00 ESPAÑA Madrid, Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos, Paseo de la Castellana 99 Monday 01.12.97 14:30 GERMANY Barlo / Bocholt Gaststätte Wissing-Flinzenberg Saturday 29.11.97 17:00 GERMANY Nümbrecht, Ortsteil Marienberghausen Dorfgemeinschaftshaus in Marien- berghausen Friday 28.11.97 14:00 GERMANY Taufkirchen (München), Ritter-Hilprand-Hof, Köglweg 5 beim Rathaus Thursday 27.11.97 18:00 AUSTRIA Wien, Haus der Begegnung Donaustadt, 22. Bezirk, Schrödingerplatz (Nähe Uno City, Nähe U1 Station Kagran) Wednesday 26.11.97 18:00 AUSTRIA Salzburg, Salzburg - Kongreßhaus Thursday 20.11.97 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, place Chauderon 5 Sunday 16.11.97 14:00 FRANCE Laval, Parc des Expositions de Laval, 84 boulevard des Loges, F-53940 Saint- Berthevin Saturday 15.11.97 14:00 FRANCE Toulouse, Salle Mermoz, Piscine Municipale Alfred Nakache, Allée Gabriel Biénes Friday 14.11.97 20:00 FRANCE Nice, Hôtel Méridien, 1 Promenade des Anglais, F-06000 Wednesday 12.11.97 20:00 FRANCE Paris, Salle de la Mutualité, 24 rue Saint-Victor, F-75005 Saturday 18.10.97 17:00 BRASIL Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) no Ginásio da Brigada Militar, Av. Ipiranga esquina Av. Silva Só Friday 17.10.97 19:00 BRASIL Joinville (Santa Catarina) Thursday 16.10.97 19:30 BRASIL Curitiba (Paraná), Ginásio de Esportes "Palacio de Cristal", Largo Bettencourt 187 Tuesday 14.10.97 19:00 BRASIL Fortaleza (Ceará), Ginásio do Colégio Cearense Monday 13.10.97 19:30 BRASIL Viçosa (Minas Gerais), Campo de Atlético Sunday 12.10.97 19:30 BRASIL Brasília (Distrito Federal), Ginásio de Esportes Nilson Nelson, Eixo Monumental Saturday 11.10.97 14:00 BRASIL Campinas (São Paulo), Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Exército, Av. Papa Pio XII, 350 Sunday 21.09.97 15:00 U.K. Belfast (N. Ireland), Waterfront Hall Saturday 20.09.97 16:30 U.K. Cardiff (Wales), The Great Hall, Student's Union, Seghennydd Road Friday 19.09.97 16:00 U.K. Abingdon (near Oxford), England, Stonehill House, Stonehill Thursday 21.08.97 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, place Chauderon 5 Tuesday 05.08.97 U. S. A. Ashkon, Illinois (60 miles south of Chicago), parish church Monday 04.08.97 19:30 U. S. A. Elmhurst, Illinois, Elhurst American Legion Hall, 310 W. Butterfield Rd. Sunday 03.08.97 16:00 U. S. A. Allston, Massachusetts, St Anthony School Hall Saturday 02.08.97 09:30 U. S. A. Greenville, South Carolina, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 220 N. Main St / Beattie St. Monday 21.07.97 JAPAN Friday 18.07.97 JAPAN Shibuya (Tokyo), Forum 8 Friday 11.07.97 JAPAN Yokohama Sunday 06.07.97 14:00 JAPAN Umeda (Tokyo), église d'Umeda Friday 04.07.97 JAPAN Roppongi (Tokyo), Franciscan Chapel Center Monday 30.06.97 JAPAN Tokyo, magazine MOU, interview Vassula, thème: les anges VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 25

Monday 30.06.97 JAPAN Kobe Friday 27.06.97 JAPAN Tokyo Thursday 26.06.97 JAPAN Shinanomachi (Tokyo) Monday 23.06.97 JAPAN Sapporo, Hokkaïdô, Hôtel Garden Palace Sunday 22.06.97 JAPAN Osaka, Hôtel Garden Palace Saturday 21.06.97 JAPAN Tokyo, Shiba-Seinen Kaïkan Hall Friday 20.06.97 10:30 JAPAN Maison Provinciale des Salésiens Thursday 15.05.97 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, place Chauderon 5 Saturday 03.05.97 13:00 SUISSE Bâle, Mustermesse Grosser Festsaal Thursday 01.05.97 13:00 SUISSE Genève, Salle Palexpo, Salon du Livre 97, Vassula invitée à témoigner au Salon du Livre Tuesday 29.04.97 18:00 ISRAEL Jerusalem, monastère des Pauvres Clarisses Tuesday 29.04.97 11:00 ISRAEL Jerusalem, Israel TV "Art Magazine" Gethsemani+Via Dolorosa+Mount Olives, with Arabic & Hebrew sub-titles Monday 28.04.97 19:00 ISRAEL Nazareth, Centre de la Sainte Famille Monday 28.04.97 09:00 ISRAEL Haïfa, station de radio "ELSHATE", Vassula témoigne à la radio durant 90 min- utes Thursday 24.04.97 ISRAEL Jerusalem, réunion de prière Wednesday 23.04.97 ISRAEL Tantour, Institut Oecuménique de Tantour Saturday 19.04.97 ITALIA Milano Thursday 17.04.97 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Grande Salle de Vennes Thursday 27.03.97 GERMANY Fulda Wednesday 26.03.97 GERMANY Fulda Tuesday 25.03.97 GERMANY Fulda Sunday 23.03.97 14:00 GERMANY Berlin Saturday 22.03.97 GERMANY Fulda Friday 21.03.97 19:30 GERMANY Stolberg bei Aachen, "Rolandshaus" Grosser Saal (gegenüber dem Bethlehem Krankenhaus) Thursday 20.03.97 19:00 GERMANY Cloppenburg/Bethen, "Haus Maria Rast" (neben der Wallfahrtskirche) Sunday 09.03.97 15:00 GERMANY Norderstedt / Hamburg, Norderstedt Forum Murbeckstrasse 15 Saturday 08.03.97 15:00 GERMANY Königstein, Taunus im "Haus der Begegnung", Bischoff-Kaller Str. Friday 07.03.97 19:00 GERMANY Fulda, "Orangerie" (gegenüber dem Dom) Thursday 06.03.97 GERMANY Augsburg Saturday 01.03.97 13:00 AUSTRIA Bregenz, grossen Festspiel- und Kongressaal Saturday 22.02.97 14:00 BELGIQUE Bruxelles, Auditorium 2000 (derrière le Palais 10 du Heisel) Thursday 20.02.97 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Grande Salle de Vennes Saturday 25.01.97 14:00 NEDERLAND ’s-Hertogenbosch, Sportcentrum De Maaspoort, Marathonloop 1 Wednesday 15.01.97 PHILIPPINES Manila, at Green Hills Theater Sunday 12.01.97 PHILIPPINES Cebu, at Coliseum (Sport Center) Thursday 09.01.97 INDONESIA Surabaya - Djakarta Sunday 05.01.97 13:00 CANADA Prince George, British Columbia, Vanier Hall, Prince George Senior Secondary School Saturday 04.01.97 11:00 CANADA Prince George, British Columbia, Vanier Hall, Prince George Senior Secon- dary School

1996

Thursday 19.12.96 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Grande Salle de Vennes Sunday 15.12.96 16:00 U. S. A. San Francisco, Marina District, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St. Saturday 14.12.96 18:00 CANADA Vancouver, BC, War Memorial Gym, University of British Columbia, 6081 University Blvd. Friday 13.12.96 19:00 U. S. A. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Center, Snoqualmie Room Thursday 12.12.96 19:00 U. S. A. Milwaukee, Oregon, New Hope Community Church Tuesday 10.12.96 19:00 U. S. A. San Antonio, Texas, Municipal Auditorium, 100 Auditorium Circle Monday 09.12.96 U. S. A. Boerne, Texas, Benedictine Omega Retreat Center, 146 W. Highland, Boerne, TX 78006-2516 Sunday 08.12.96 16:00 U. S. A. Denver, Colorado, Colorado Convention Center Currigan Hall, 838 14th St. 26 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Saturday 07.12.96 08:30 U. S. A. Los Angeles, California, Park Plaza Hotel, 607 S Parkview St (08:30 - 18:00) Friday 06.12.96 19:00 U. S. A. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Mount Mary CollegeAuditorium, 2900 Menomonee River Parkway Thursday 05.12.96 19:00 U. S. A. Las Vegas, Aladdin Hotel, 3667 So. Las Vegas Blvd. Tuesday 03.12.96 19:00 U. S. A. Phoenix, Arizona, Celebrity Theatre, 440 No. 32nd St. Thursday 21.11.96 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, place Chauderon 5 Sunday 17.11.96 17:00 U. S. A. St Louis, Missouri, Adam's Mark Hotel, corner Fourth St./Chestnut Av. Saturday 16.11.96 18:00 U. S. A. Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota Northrup Auditorium, 84 Church St. SE Friday 15.11.96 19:30 U. S. A. Indianapolis, Indiana, The Ritz-Charles Meeting Facility, 12156 N. Meridian St., Carmel, (3 miles north of I-465 / U.S.31) Wednesday 13.11.96 19:00 U. S. A. Atlanta, Georgia, Gwinnet Civic and Cultural Center Theatre, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA Tuesday 12.11.96 U. S. A. Washington, DC, World Bank Headquarters Monday 11.11.96 18:30 U. S. A. Rockville, Maryland, Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgom- ery Drive Sunday 10.11.96 16:00 U. S. A. Goose Creek (18 miles north of Charleston), South Carolina, Goose Creek High School Saturday 09.11.96 18:00 U. S. A. Lakeland (between Tampa and Orlando), Florida, Lakeland Center, 700 W. Lemon St., Lakeland Friday 08.11.96 19:00 U. S. A. New York City, Best Western Hotel & Conference Center, 80 Clinton St., Hemp- stead, N.Y.11550 Saturday 19.10.96 IRELAND Dublin, Point Theatre Sunday 13.10.96 19:30 SWEDEN Stockholm, Gustav Vasa Kyrkan Saturday 12.10.96 19:00 SWEDEN Göteborg, Vasa kyrkan (Lutheran) Friday 11.10.96 19:00 SWEDEN Malmö, St Laurentii kyrkan Thursday 19.09.96 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, Place Chauderon 5 Thursday 18.07.96 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, Place Chauderon 5 Sunday 23.06.96 15:30 POLSKA Tychy, Stade des sports GKS Saturday 22.06.96 14:00 POLSKA Olsztyn, Stade municipal Friday 21.06.96 17:00 POLSKA Varsovie, Stade des sports "Skra" Thursday 20.06.96 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, Place Chauderon 5 Sunday 16.06.96 GERMANY Saturday 08.06.96 12:00 CANADA Montréal, Qc, Palais des Congrès, 201 Viger ouest 30 May - 3 June 1996 SWEDEN Saturday 25.05.96 EGYPT Cairo, meeting hosted by a Coptic Orthodox family Tuesday 21.05.96 EGYPT Alexandria Monday 20.05.96 EGYPT Maadi Monday 20.05.96 EGYPT El Zeitoun Coptic Orthodox Church of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Saturday 18.05.96 EGYPT Cairo, meeting hosted by a family in Dokki Saturday 18.05.96 EGYPT Cairo, St George Greek Orthodox Church "Mar Girgis" Friday 17.05.96 EGYPT Cairo, Maronite parish Thursday 16.05.96 EGYPT Cairo, Catholic Convent Saturday 11.05.96 BELGIQUE Kortrijk Friday 03.05.96 19:30 ESPAÑA Barcelona, Edificio Banca Catalana Thursday 02.05.96 18:00 ESPAÑA Las Palmas, Centro Cívico "La Ballena" (Frente al Recinto Ferial) Tuesday 30.04.96 19:30 ESPAÑA Murcia, église paroissiale Monday 29.04.96 17:00 ESPAÑA Madrid, Palacio de los Congresos Sunday 28.04.96 18:00 ESPAÑA Madrid, Palacio de los Congresos Saturday 27.04.96 18:00 ESPAÑA Sevilla, Alcalá de Guadavia Friday 26.04.96 18:30 ESPAÑA Bilbao, Centro Llarrea Saturday 20.04.96 IRELAND Limerick, University of Limerick Thursday 21.03.96 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, place Chauderon 5 Sunday 21.01.96 14:30 SUISSE Genève, Salle de Congrès Aréna (Aéroport de Genève) VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 27

1995

Thursday 21.12.95 ISRAEL Jerusalem, Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate Hall Wednesday 20.12.95 ISRAEL Bethlehem Wednesday 20.12.95 ISRAEL Jifna, Latin Catholic Parish Hall Tuesday 19.12.95 ISRAEL Ramallah, Latin Catholic Parish Hall Monday 18.12.95 ISRAEL Ibilin, University Sport's Hall of Fr. Shakour Sunday 17.12.95 ISRAEL Melia, Melkite Parish Hall Saturday 16.12.95 ISRAEL Nazareth, Fr. Farahsh's Melkite retreat center Friday 15.12.95 ISRAEL Haifa, Latin Catholic Parish Hall Saturday 18.11.95 U.K. London, England, Friend's House Main Hall, Euston Road Thursday 16.11.95 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, Place Chauderon 5 Tuesday 31.10.95 18:30 ESPAÑA Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Paroquia del Sagrado Corazón Monday 30.10.95 16:30 ESPAÑA Bilbao, Convento de Pasionistas Sunday 29.10.95 17:30 ESPAÑA Sevilla, Convento de Santa Isabel Saturday 28.10.95 17:30 ESPAÑA Madrid, Templo de Maria Reparadora Friday 27.10.95 18:30 ESPAÑA Barcelona, Colegio La Salle Bonanova Thursday 26.10.95 18:30 ESPAÑA Palma de Mallorca, Iglesia de Santa Catalina Tuesday 24.10.95 14:00 NEDERLAND RTL4 National TV channel, Vassula talk on Angels Monday 16.10.95 19:00 URUGUAY Montevideo, Parroquia de Belen Sunday 15.10.95 19:00 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Catedral Católica Armenia Nuestra Señora de Narek, Char- cas 3529 Saturday 14.10.95 19:00 ARGENTINA Mar de Plata (Buenos Aires), Hotel Provincial Friday 13.10.95 19:00 ARGENTINA San Miguel de Tucumán, en el Teatro Thursday 12.10.95 11:00 ARGENTINA Tucumán, Monasterio benedictino "El Siambón" S.Miguel de Tucumán, Centro de Estudios S.Miguel Arcángel Saturday 30.09.95 ITALIA Ragusa, Teatro Don Bosco Saturday 23.09.95 09:45 CANADA Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough Memorial Centre Sunday 17.09.95 DANMARK Kobenhavn, KFUM (YMCA) Festsal Saturday 16.09.95 19:00 SWEDEN Stockholm, Katarina kyrkan (Lutheran), Högbergsg.15 Friday 15.09.95 SWEDEN Göteborg, Vasakirkan (Lutheran) Thursday 14.09.95 NORWAY Oslo, Hall of The Salvation Army Saturday 02.09.95 14:30 NEDERLAND Hilversum, St. Vituskerk, Emmastraat 7 Thursday 20.07.95 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, Place Chauderon 5 Sunday 09.07.95 09:00 BRASIL São Carlos (São Paulo), Praça Getúlio Vargas Friday 07.07.95 19:00 BRASIL Joinville (Santa Catarina), Catedral do Bispado Thursday 06.07.95 19:00 BRASIL Curitiba (Paraná), Ginásio de Esportes "Palacio de Cristal", Largo Bettencourt 187 Tuesday 04.07.95 20:30 BRASIL Brasília (DF), Ginásio Academia Militar Sunday 02.07.95 16:00 BRASIL Manaus (Amazonas), Stúdio 5, Estrada do Contorno - Japiim I Saturday 01.07.95 15:00 BRASIL Maceió (Alagoas), Ginásio do Sesi, Av. Siqueira Campos, Bairro: Trapichi Friday 30.06.95 18:00 BRASIL Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Concha Acústica da UERJ, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã Thursday 29.06.95 18:00 BRASIL Rio de Janeiro (RJ), igreja de São Francisco Xavier (Tijuca) Tuesday 27.06.95 PORTUGAL Requião, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Fraternidade Missionária de Cristo-Jovem Thursday 22.06.95 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, Place Chauderon 5 Wednesday 31.05.95 ISRAEL Bethlehem University Tuesday 30.05.95 ISRAEL Beir Zeit, Arabic Latin Catholic Parish Church Monday 29.05.95 ISRAEL Jifna, Arabic Latin Catholic Parish Church Sunday 07.05.95 PANAMA Saturday 06.05.95 14:00 PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico, Teatro de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Sunday 23.04.95 08:30 U. S. A. Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S, Figueroa St. Saturday 01.04.95 16:00 JAPAN Osaka (Honshu), Garden Palace Hotel, Shin-Osaka Friday 31.03.95 19:00 JAPAN Beppu (Kyushu), Sugunoi Hotel, 2272 Kankaiji, Beppu-shi Friday 31.03.95 JAPAN Oïta (Kyushu) Thursday 30.03.95 19:00 JAPAN Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Silverhouse Guest House, 6-8-18 Fukazawa, Setagaya-ku Sunday 26.03.95 ITALIA Gera Lario Saturday 25.03.95 15:00 SUISSE Genève, Université, Auditoire Piaget, 24 rue du Général Dufour 28 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Saturday 18.03.95 14:30 FRANCE Paris, Palais des Congrès, 2 place de la Porte Maillot Thursday 16.03.95 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Maison du Peuple, Place Chauderon 5 Sunday 12.03.95 ITALIA Napoli Saturday 11.03.95 ITALIA Roma Saturday 04.03.95 14:00 AUSTRIA Linz, Pfarrkirche Herz-Jesu Sunday 26.02.95 18:00 INDONESIA Yogya, Gedung Serbaguna Graha Wana Bhakti Yasa Saturday 25.02.95 18:00 INDONESIA Djakarta, The Senayan Basket Hall Stadium Friday 24.02.95 14:30 INDONESIA Djakarta, TV interview recording Saturday 18.02.95 BANGLADESH Dhaka Saturday 11.02.95 17:45 BELGIQUE Beauraing, Sanctuaire Marial Saturday 04.02.95 BOSNA i HERCEGOVINA Medjugorje Saturday 04.02.95 CROATIA Split, co-cathédrale Saint Pierre Thursday 02.02.95 CROATIA Zagreb, Palais des Congrès Wednesday 01.02.95 PM CROATIA Otok, church St Anton Wednesday 01.02.95 AM CROATIA Djakovo, church of the Holy Cross Sunday 29.01.95 13:30 MAGYARORSZAG (HUNGARY) Budapest, vasárnap a pesti Szent Család pl. templom- ban (Szondi u. 67) Saturday 28.01.95 12:30 MAGYARORSZAG (HUNGARY) Budapest, szombaton a budai városmajori pl. tem- plomban Saturday 21.01.95 ESPAÑA Barcelona

1994

Sunday 18.12.94 18:00 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Catedral Católica Armenia Nuestra Señora de Narek, Char- cas 3529 Wednesday 14.12.94 CHILE Santiago de Chile Sunday 11.12.94 16:00 PERU Lima, Coliseo del Colegio Alfonso Ugarte, San Agustín, Paseo de la República / Av.Javier Prado Monday 28.11.94 20:30 FRANCE Dijon, église Saint Bernard, boul. Alexandre de Yougoslavie Sunday 27.11.94 14:30 FRANCE Caen, Centre des Congrès, 13 boul. Albert Sorel Saturday 26.11.94 14:30 FRANCE Rennes, Salle Omnisports, Esplanade du Général de Gaulle Friday 25.11.94 20:30 FRANCE Bordeaux, Palais des Congrès, rue Cardinal Richard, F-33300 Bordeaux-le-Lac Thursday 24.11.94 20:30 FRANCE Pau, Foire-Expo de Pau, 7 boul. Champetier de Ribes Wednesday 23.11.94 20:30 FRANCE Thierenbach, Pèlerinage de Thierenbach, F68500 Jungholz Monday 21.11.94 20:30 FRANCE Sauvian, Béziers, Salle Polyvalente, F34410 Sauvian Sunday 20.11.94 14:30 FRANCE Marseille, Château des Fleurs, 16 boul. Michelet Saturday 19.11.94 14:30 FRANCE Toulouse, Palais des Sports, Complexe Companf- Caffarelli, 1 rue du Canon d'Arcole Monday 31.10.94 19:00 GREECE Athens, Theatro Akropol, Ippokratous 9-11 Saturday 22.10.94 16:00 FRANCE Gex, église paroissiale Monday 10.10.94 14:30 U. S. A. New York, St John's University, Jamaica, NY Sunday 09.10.94 16:00 U. S. A. New York, St John's University, Jamaica, NY Saturday 08.10.94 19:00 U. S. A. Manhasset, New York, St. Ignatius Retreat House Wednesday 28.09.94 19:00 U.K. London, The Friends Meeting House, 173-177 Euston Road Tuesday 27.09.94 18:30 U.K. Goring-by-Sea, Sussex, English Martyrs church, Goring Way Monday 26.09.94 19:00 U.K. Birmingham, St. Francis' church, Hunters Road, Handsworth Saturday 10.09.94 15:00 SUISSE Genève, Université, Auditoire Piaget, 24 rue du Général Dufour Tuesday 19.07.94 GREECE Athens Sunday 26.06.94 20:30 CANADA Ottawa, Ontario, Congrès Charismatique catholique d'Ottawa 1994 Sunday 26.06.94 09:30 CANADA Ottawa, Ontario, Congrès Charismatique catholique d'Ottawa 1994 Saturday 25.06.94 19:45 CANADA Ottawa, Ontario, Congrès Charismatique catholique d'Ottawa 1994 Friday 24.06.94 20:30 CANADA Ottawa, Ontario, Congrès Charismatique catholique d'Ottawa 1994 Thursday 23.06.94 21:00 CANADA Ottawa, Ontario, Congrès Charismatique catholique d'Ottawa 1994 Wednesday 22.06.94 20:00 CANADA Toronto, Varsity Arena - Hockey ring Tuesday 21.06.94 CANADA Toronto Monday 20.06.94 CANADA Toronto Sunday 19.06.94 U. S. A. San Francisco VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 29

Saturday 18.06.94 19:00 U. S. A. Stockton, CA, Cathedral of the Annunciation Thursday 16.06.94 U. S. A. South Carolina Wednesday 15.06.94 20:00 U. S. A. Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, University of Notre-Dame, Washington Hall Tuesday 14.06.94 19:00 U. S. A. Greensville, South Carolina, Palmetteo Exposition Center - Medjugorje Marian Information Center Sunday 12.06.94 17:00 U. S. A. Gaithersburg, Maryland Saturday 11.06.94 19:00 U. S. A. South Hadley, Massachussets, St Theresa's Church Friday 10.06.94 19:00 U. S. A. Waterbury, Connecticut, St Stanislaus Kostka Church Saturday 28.05.94 14:30 ITALIA Milano, Palasesto di Sesto San Giovanni, piazza 1°Maggio 1 Tuesday 17.05.94 19:30 GREECE Athens 27 April- 4 May 1994 ROMANIA Iasi, World Council of Churches Congress on Christian Spirituality For Our Times Thursday 21.04.94 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Saturday 26.03.94 15:00 POLSKA Poznañ, salle Arena Friday 25.03.94 18:00 POLSKA Chorzów (Katowice), Salle de Sport de l'Ecole Primaire Thursday 24.03.94 18:00 POLSKA Varsovie, église de la Mère de Miséricorde Thursday 17.03.94 GERMANY Essen Thursday 17.03.94 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Saturday 12.03.94 FRANCE Laval Sunday 13.02.94 15:00 PUERTO RICO Santa Montaña, San Lorenzo, with Bishop Enrique Hernandez - miracle of the sun Saturday 12.02.94 13:30 PUERTO RICO Manatí, Parque Acrópolis Deportivo Manatí Wednesday 09.02.94 HAÏTI Haïti, Collège Saint Louis, avec les Evêques Mgr Louis Kebreau, Mgr Joseph Lafon- tan et le Nonce Apostolique Monday 07.02.94 MEXICO México, visit to Cardinal Corripio Ahumada + Mgr. Bishop Samuel Ruíz Monday 07.02.94 14:00 MEXICO México, Templo de San Juan de Lagos; Fr. Vassilio Penteridis Monday 07.02.94 10:00 MEXICO México, Templo de San Juan de Lagos Saturday 05.02.94 14:00 COLOMBIA Nabia (Zipaquirá), Coliseo Cubierto Parmenio Cárdenas, withFr. Fernando Umaña Montoya + 16 other priests Thursday 03.02.94 17:00 ECUADOR Quito, Coliseo de la Pontificia Universidad Católica, with Fr. Julio Teran Dutari Tuesday 01.02.94 BRASIL Joinville (Santa Catarina), with 15 priests Monday 31.01.94 10:30 BRASIL São Paulo (SP), interview with TV Bandeirantes Sunday 30.01.94 18:40 BRASIL São Paulo (SP), Colégio B.Virgem Maria, with Dom Fernando A. Figueredo (S. Amaro)+Dom V.Tielbeek+26 priests Saturday 29.01.94 BRASIL Recife (PE), with Bishops Dom João Martins Terra (aux.of Recife)+Dom Macelo Car- vacheira (Bish.of Guarolire)+26 priests Thursday 27.01.94 PORTUGAL Requião, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Fraternidade Missionária de Cristo-Jovem Tuesday 25.01.94 19:30 FRANCE Gex, église paroissiale

1993

Friday 03.12.93 SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria, Pretoria Maximum Security Prison Death Row Thursday 02.12.93 15:00 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, Cathedral of Christ the King, small farewell meeting Wednesday 01.12.93 19:30 SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town, The Church of the Most Holy Redeemer ("The Monas- tery"), Bergvliet Road, Bergvliet Tuesday 30.11.93 14:00 SOUTH AFRICA Durban, Durban High School Hall; Presentation by Fr. Clancy Monday 29.11.93 10:00 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, Cathedral Place, Saratoga Ave., Berea Sunday 28.11.93 19:30 SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg, Cathedral of Christ the King, Saratoga Ave., Berea Saturday 27.11.93 14:25 ZIMBABWE Harare, meeting in small church with several priests (questions-answers session) Saturday 27.11.93 12:00 ZIMBABWE Harare, meeting at Poor Clare Sisters Friday 26.11.93 ZIMBABWE Harare, Nazareth House Friday 26.11.93 10:00 MALAWI Blantyre, interview for Catholic Magazine Friday 26.11.93 09:00 MALAWI Blantyre, meeting with the Archbishop of Blantyre, Mgr James Chiona (at his house) 30 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Thursday 25.11.93 16:50 MALAWI Blantyre, Limbe Cathedral (with more than 30 priests) Thursday 25.11.93 09:00 MALAWI Lilongwe, Poor Clare Sisters Wednesday 24.11.93 17:30 MALAWI Lilongwe, St Patrick's Church in presence of Bishop Ziyayi + 20 priests Wednesday 24.11.93 12:00 ZAMBIA Lusaka Airport, TV interview Wednesday 24.11.93 10:00 ZAMBIA Lusaka, Press conference Tuesday 23.11.93 14:30 ZAMBIA Lusaka, Marian Shrine Thursday 18.11.93 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Saturday 06.11.93 ITALIA Rome, Vaticano, Vassula remits True Life in God, polish translation, to John Paul II Saturday 06.11.93 16:00 ITALIA Roma, chiesa di Sant'Ignazio, via del Caravita (vicino a piazza Venezia) Friday 05.11.93 15:00 ITALIA Firenze, chiesa Corpus Domini, via Reims (presso Bagno Ripoli) Thursday 04.11.93 14:30 ITALIA Milano, chiesa di San Nazzaro, piazza San Nazzaro, (vicino a via F. Sforza) Sunday 19.09.93 RUSSIA Moscou, église des Saints Côme et Damien Saturday 18.09.93 RUSSIA Moscou, église russe Friday 17.09.93 RUSSIA Moscou Thursday 16.09.93 RUSSIA Moscou, 7 réunions en 6 jours du 14 au 19 septembre 1993 Wednesday 15.09.93 RUSSIA Moscou, Dom Maria, TV: 90 min. témoignage Vassula Wednesday 15.09.93 RUSSIA Moscou, Dom Maria, réunion avec groupe d'évangélisateurs Tuesday 14.09.93 RUSSIA Moscou, Dom Maria, réunion avec groupe d'évangélisateurs Tuesday 07.09.93 20:30 FRANCE Paris, Salle de la Mutualité, 24 rue St Victor (avec Evêque du Burkina Faso + nombreux prêtres) Tuesday 07.09.93 20:30 FRANCE Paris, Interview radio Vassula + Pères Laurentin & O'Carroll Monday 06.09.93 FRANCE Lorient, Centre Sportif Sunday 05.09.93 15:30 FRANCE Paris, Le Port Marly (Le Pecq, St-Germain-en Laye), Salle des Pyramides Saturday 04.09.93 14:30 NEDERLAND Heiloo, Kerk van Onze Liere Vrouw ter Nood, Kapellan 13, 1851 PE Heiloo Friday 03.09.93 DANMARK Kobenhavn, St Augustin church Thursday 02.09.93 18:00 SWEDEN Stockholm, Saint Erik Cathedral (Catholic), Folkungagatan 46, T-Bana Med- borgarplatsen, Södermalm Monday 26.07.93 GREECE Rhodos, TV interview + broadcast (again on the next day) Sunday 25.07.93 GREECE Rhodos, TV interview Monday 19.07.93 GREECE Athens, Hotel Conference Room Sunday 20.06.93 10:00 PHILIPPINES Cubao, Quezon, Araneta Coliseum Saturday 12.06.93 15:00 U. S. A. Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha Civic Auditorium, 1804 Capitol Avenue Wednesday 09.06.93 14:00 CANADA Chicoutimi, Québec, église Notre-Dame de Grâce, Sydenham Tuesday 08.06.93 18:00 CANADA Québec, Qc, Patronage Roc-Amadour Monday 07.06.93 18:30 CANADA Edmonton, Alberta, University of Alberta, Van Vliet Centre, Butterdome, 115 St. & 87 Ave. Sunday 06.06.93 09:00 CANADA Winnipeg, Manitoba, "Thy Kingdom Come" CCRS Conference, Max Bell Cen- tre, University of Manitoba Sunday 30.05.93 15:00 FRANCE Gex, église paroissiale Saturday 22.05.93 ISRAEL Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarcate, meeting in presence of Archbishop David Sahagian Friday 21.05.93 ISRAEL Bethlehem, Monastery of the Sisters of the Emmanuel Wednesday 12.05.93 ISRAEL Tel-Aviv, pèlerinage du 12 au 23 mai avec un groupe du Canada Wednesday 28.04.93 19:30 U.K. Glasgow, Scotland, Boyd Orr Building, Theatre N°1, University Avenue Tuesday 27.04.93 19:30 U.K. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, St. Dominic's church, New Bridge Street Monday 26.04.93 19:00 U.K. Manchester, England, St. Augustine's church, Grosvenor Square (off Oxford Road) Sunday 25.04.93 16:30 U.K. Staplehurst, Kent, England, Exhurst Manor, Friday 26.03.93 19:30 U. S. A. Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara Mariott Hotel (Mission and College Blvd.) Thursday 18.03.93 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Sunday 14.03.93 14:00 FRANCE Arles, Palais des Sports, Gymn.J.-F.Lamour, 115 av.de Stalingrad (Fr James Fannan+Fr Michael O'Carroll+Père Curty) Sunday 07.03.93 13:30 SUISSE Heilgkreuz (St Gall), Dreifaltigkeits Kirche, Iddastrasse Thursday 25.02.93 20:30 PORTUGAL Lisboa, igreja do Sagrado Coração de Jesus Wednesday 24.02.93 20:30 PORTUGAL Evora, Igreja de São Francisco Thursday 18.02.93 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Wednesday 10.02.93 09:00 HAÏTI Port-au-Prince, visite de la Prison Tuesday 09.02.93 15:00 HAÏTI Port-au-Prince, Salle des Fêtes de Charité St. Louis February 1993 MARTINIQUE Friday 12.02.93 MEXICO Guadalajara, JA, "Encuentro Grupo Reina" VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 31

Saturday 06.02.93 14:30 SUISSE Genève, Chapelle du Centre Œcuménique (Conseil Œcuménique des Eglises), Grand-Saconnex Thursday 28.01.93 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Sunday 24.01.93 16:00 U. S. A. Notre Dame University, Indiana, Library Auditorium Monday 18.01.93 17:45 U. S. A. Sacramento, California, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1017 Eleventh Street (11th and "K") Sunday 17.01.93 14:00 U. S. A. Los Angeles-Culver City, California, Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda Street (off Overland)

1992

Thursday 17.12.92 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Friday 11.12.92 19:30 AUSTRALIA Canberwell, St Dominic's church, 816 Riverdale Road Thursday 10.12.92 19:30 AUSTRALIA Adelaide, Croatian Club Hall, 15 Wood Avenue, Ridleyton SA 5008 Wednesday 09.12.92 19:30 AUSTRALIA Melbourne (Vic), St Mary Star of the Sea church, 33 Howard St. Wednesday 09.12.92 11:00 AUSTRALIA Doncaster, St Gregory's church, 71 Williamson's Road Tuesday 08.12.92 19:30 AUSTRALIA St Albans (Vic), Sacred Heart Church, 4 Winifred Street, St Albans Vic 3021 Monday 07.12.92 19:30 AUSTRALIA Bondi Beach, Sydney (NSW), St Anne's church, Mitchell St. Monday 07.12.92 12:30 AUSTRALIA Sydney, St Patrick's church Undercroft, Grosvenor St. Sunday 06.12.92 14:00 AUSTRALIA Merrylands, St Margaret Mary Parish Hall, 5 Chetwynd Road Saturday 05.12.92 14:30 AUSTRALIA Annandale, St Brendan's church, Collins Street Friday 04.12.92 11:00 AUSTRALIA Carina, Our Lady of Graces church, 100 Mayfield Road Thursday 03.12.92 19:30 AUSTRALIA Brisbane (Queensland), Sherwood Room, Brisbane City Hall, Adelaide Street Sunday 29.11.92 PHILIPPINES Manille, 29 novembre 1992 Friday 27.11.92 08:45 JAPAN Akita, International Marian Convention Thursday 19.11.92 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Sunday 08.11.92 14:00 FRANCE Savigneux (Ars), salle polyvalente Saturday 31.10.92 15:00 FRANCE Versailles, église Ste Jeanne d'Arc Friday 30.10.92 20:00 FRANCE Paris, oratoire N-D de Fatima, boul. Sérurier Sunday 25.10.92 ITALIA Rome, 25 octobre 1992 Tuesday 20.10.92 RUSSIA Moscou, 20 octobre 1992 Friday 16.10.92 RUSSIA Moscou, 16 octobre 1992 Sunday 11.10.92 PORTUGAL Requião, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Fraternidade Missionária de Cristo-Jovem Thursday 17.09.92 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Saturday 05.09.92 16:00 SUISSE Genève, Salle Paroissiale St François, rue Prévost-Martin 51 Saturday 08.08.92 17:30 GREECE Rhodos, Santa Maria church, Odos M. Kathopouli 45 Saturday 18.07.92 14:00 GERMANY Wallenhausen (bei Marienfried) Thursday 16.07.92 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Tuesday 07.07.92 MEXICO Mazatlan Tuesday 30.06.92 CANADA Ottawa, 9 TV program recordings Sunday 28.06.92 CANADA Ottawa - Congress of Charismatic Renewal (6 000 people) Saturday 27.06.92 CANADA Ottawa - Congress of Charismatic Renewal (6 000 people) Friday 26.06.92 CANADA Ottawa - Congress of Charismatic Renewal (6 000 people) Thursday 18.06.92 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Saturday 13.06.92 17:00 ITALIA Verona, chiesa dell'Instituto dei Passionisti Santa Maria delle Stelle, via Sezano 9 (da porta Vescova per Val Pantena) Friday 12.06.92 20:00 SUISSE Lausanne, Salle du Cazard, rue du Pré-du-Marché Sunday 31.05.92 15:30 U. S. A. Orchard Lake, Michigan, St Mary College Chapel, 3535 Indian Trail Saturday 30.05.92 19:00 U. S. A. Pontiac, Michigan, St.Vincent de Paul, 150E, Wide Track, 48058, Illinois/ Michigan Saturday 30.05.92 16:00 U. S. A. Warren, Michigan, St. Cletus, 26244 Ryan Rd., 48091, Illinois/Michigan Saturday 30.05.92 10:00 U. S. A. Mt. Clemens, Michigan, St. Louis, 24415 Crocker Blvd., 48043 Friday 29.05.92 19:30 U. S. A. Highland, Michigan, Church of the Holy Spirit, 3700 Harvey Lake Road, Highland Thursday 28.05.92 19:30 U. S. A. Livonia, Michigan, St Edith Parish, 15089 Newburgh Rd., Wednesday 27.05.92 19:00 U. S. A. Wyandotte, Michigan, St Elisabeth's parish, 138 Goodell 32 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Saturday 16.05.92 14:00 SUISSE Porrentruy, Grande salle de l'Inter, allée des Soupirs 15 Saturday 09.05.92 BELGIQUE Bruxelles, salle Saint-Michel du Collège des jésuites Thursday 07.05.92 20:00 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique Sunday 03.05.92 17:00 ITALIA Genova, Liceo dei Patri Barnabiti, via Maragliani Saturday 02.05.92 15:30 ITALIA Firenze, chiesa Corpus Domini, Via Reims Wednesday 08.04.92 U. S. A. Arizona Saturday 28.03.92 14:00 FRANCE Michelbach-le-Haut (Haut-Rhin), Foyer paroissial Thursday 26.03.92 ITALIA Rome, 21 - 26.3.92 - série de conférences avec Mgr Paolo Maria Hnilica Saturday 21.03.92 ITALIA Rome, 21 - 26.3.92 - série de conférences avec Mgr Paolo Maria Hnilica Wednesday 18.03.92 10:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton Tuesday 17.03.92 10:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton Monday 16.03.92 10:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton Sunday 15.03.92 10:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton Friday 13.03.92 13:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton Thursday 12.03.92 19:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton Wednesday 11.03.92 19:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton Tuesday 10.03.92 19:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton, 4000 South Ocean Drive Monday 09.03.92 19:00 U. S. A. Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood Beach Hilton, 4000 South Ocean Drive, (retreat with pilgrims from Canada) Sunday 23.02.92 U. S. A. New York Monday 17.02.92 U. S. A. New York Saturday 15.02.92 14:30 SUISSE Aigle, Maison de Paroisse, av. Glariers Sunday 09.02.92 16:00 FRANCE Nice, Hôtel Atlantic, 12 boul. Victor-Hugo Sunday 09.02.92 14:00 FRANCE Nice, Hôtel Atlantic, 12 boul. Victor-Hugo Thursday 30.01.92 ITALIA Gera Lario, 30 janvier 1992 Wednesday 29.01.92 10:00 ITALIA Milano, Centro San Fedele, piazza S. Fedele Tuesday 28.01.92 15:00 ITALIA Milano, chiesa di S. Protaso Sunday 26.01.92 FRANCE Paris Thursday 23.01.92 SUISSE Genève, Crypte de l'Eglise St François de Sales, rue des Voisins Thursday 23.01.92 10:30 SUISSE Genève, Chapelle du Centre Œcuménique (Conseil Œcuménique des Eglises), Grand-Saconnex Sunday 12.01.92 U. S. A. Independence, Missouri, Franciscan Prayer Center (Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Eucharist), 2100 North Noland Road Saturday 11.01.92 U. S. A. Independence, Missouri, Franciscan Prayer Center (Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Eucharist), 2100 North Noland Road

1991

Tuesday 10.12.91 18:30 PHILIPPINES Bacolod, Carmelite Monastery Thursday 05.12.91 PHILIPPINES Manila Friday 22.11.91 19:00 IRELAND Cork City, St. Mary's of the Isle Tuesday 19.11.91 U.K. Belfast, Northern Ireland, King's Hall Octogonal Room Monday 18.11.91 19:30 IRELAND Dublin, National Stadium, S.C. Road Monday 11.11.91 20:00 U.K. Ilford, Essex (S.E. London) Saturday 09.11.91 14:00 U.K. Manchester, Medjugorje Centre Thursday 07.11.91 14:00 U.K. Timperley, Cheshire Wednesday 06.11.91 U.K. Strangeways Prison, Angleterre Tuesday 05.11.91 19:30 U.K. Manchester, Angleterre Monday 04.11.91 19:30 U.K. Bristol, St. Mary on the Quay Sunday 03.11.91 14:00 U.K. Balham, S.W. London Saturday 02.11.91 14:00 U.K. Coventry, St. Augustine's church, Heathcote St., Radford, Coventry Medjugorje Centre Saturday 26.10.91 13:30 SUISSE Geneva, Pope John XXIII Centre, 1209 Petit-Saconnex Sunday 20.10.91 15:00 BELGIQUE Bruxelles, salle Saint-Michel, Collège desJésuites, 24 boul. Saint Michel, 1040 Bruxelles Saturday 19.10.91 BELGIQUE Bruxelles Saturday 12.10.91 15:30 SUISSE Villeneuve, salle paroissiale de l'église catholique VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS 33

Tuesday 08.10.91 20:30 ITALIA Milano, chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine, piazza Sta Maria del Carmine 2 Tuesday 08.10.91 ITALIA Milano, chiesa San Vincente di Paoli Monday 07.10.91 SUISSE Genève, église St François de Sales, rue des Voisins Saturday 05.10.91 SUISSE Lens, 1 au 7 octobre 1991 - Retraite avec Pèlerins canadiens Friday 04.10.91 SUISSE Lens, 1 au 7 octobre 1991 - Retraite avec Pèlerins canadiens Thursday 03.10.91 SUISSE Lens, 1 au 7 octobre 1991 - Retraite avec Pèlerins canadiens Wednesday 02.10.91 SUISSE Lens, 1 au 7 octobre 1991 - Retraite avec Pèlerins canadiens Tuesday 01.10.91 SUISSE Lens, 1 au 7 octobre 1991 - Retraite avec Pèlerins canadiens Sunday 29.09.91 14:00 FRANCE Besançon, Festival de l'Espérance, Palais des Sports, Vassula et Myrna Monday 15.07.91 14:30 U. S. A. Independence, Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Eucharist, 2100 North Noland Road, Independence MO Monday 15.07.91 09:00 U. S. A. Kansas City, Clay County Detention Center, Liberty, MO Sunday 14.07.91 15:15 U. S. A. Pittsburgh, PA, Duquesne University Campus - Vassula address to Charismatic Congress 1991 Eastern Regional Conference on Apparitions Saturday 13.07.91 10:30 U. S. A. Pittsburgh, PA - Vassula attends to addresses Fr.Michael O'Carroll's & Fr.René Laurentin in Charismatic Congress Saturday 29.06.91 14:00 SUISSE Martigny, église Marie-Reine Sunday 23.06.91 ITALIA Pistoia, Toscana Saturday 08.06.91 ITALIA Milano, chiesa San Vincenzo de Paoli Saturday 25.05.91 14:00 SUISSE Martigny, église Marie-Reine Saturday 18.05.91 FRANCE Toulouse, église de l'Immaculée Conception Friday 26.04.91 CANADA Montréal, Province de Québec, Basilique de l'Oratoire St Joseph (messe concélébr. 10 prêtres) Thursday 25.04.91 CANADA Châteauguay, Province de Québec, église du Christ-Roi Wednesday 24.04.91 CANADA St Hyacinthe, Province de Québec, Pavillon Bourdage (Srs de St Joseph) Tuesday 23.04.91 19:30 CANADA St-Georges Est, Province de Québec, Complexe Sartigan, 500 - 163e rue Sunday 21.04.91 CANADA Québec, Province de Québec, Institut du Québec, église du Sacré-Cœur Saturday 23.03.91 14:00 SUISSE Martigny, église Marie-Reine Wednesday 13.03.91 20:00 IRELAND Athenry, Co. Galway (Gaillimh), Presentation College Tuesday 12.03.91 19:30 IRELAND Dublin, The College Theatre, Blackrock College (C.S.Sp.), Collegeville Monday 11.03.91 20:00 U.K. Belfast, parish Hall of St. Brigid's Church, Ashleigh Hall, 30 Windsor Ave. Sunday 10.03.91 14:00 U.K. Carfin, Motherwell (near Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland, Church of St. Francis Xa- vier, Taylor Ave. Wednesday 06.03.91 19:30 U.K. Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland, Roundshaw Cottage Tuesday 05.03.91 19:30 U.K. Manchester, England, St. Augustine's Church, Grosvenor Square, off xford st. Monday 04.03.91 19:30 U.K. York, England, All Saints Lower School, Nunnery Lane Sunday 03.03.91 15:00 U.K. Beckenham (Kent), Prince of Peace Community, 79 Fox Grove Saturday 02.03.91 20:00 U.K. Balham, London, England, Church of the Holy Ghost, 36 Nightingale Square Saturday 23.02.91 14:00 SUISSE Martigny, église Marie-Reine Wednesday 20.02.91 ITALIA Gera Lario, sanctuaire Notre Dame de Fatima Sunday 27.01.91 14:00 FRANCE Boust, Lorraine, église paroissiale Saturday 26.01.91 15:00 FRANCE Boust, Lorraine, crypte de l'église paroissiale Saturday 19.01.91 14:00 SUISSE Martigny, église Marie-Reine

1990

Saturday 22.12.90 14:00 SUISSE Notre Dame des Marches, Broc Saturday 15.12.90 FRANCE Albi, église Notre Dame de Drèche Saturday 08.12.90 14:00 FRANCE Marseille, salle Mazenod Monday 26.11.90 FRANCE Mazamet Saturday 17.11.90 15:15 SUISSE Notre Dame des Marches, Broc Saturday 06.10.90 15:00 SUISSE Notre Dame des Marches, Broc Saturday 22.09.90 ITALIA Milano, chiesa San Vincente di Paoli Saturday 01.09.90 15:00 SUISSE Sanctuaire du Christ-Roi, Lens Sunday 26.08.90 FRANCE Toulouse, église Ste Germaine Saturday 21.07.90 15:00 SUISSE Notre-Dame des Marches, Broc Saturday 14.07.90 FRANCE Auch, Toulouse 34 VASSULA’S WORLDWIDE MEETINGS

Saturday 16.06.90 ITALIA Milan, chiesa San Vincente de Paoli Saturday 09.06.90 FRANCE Les Ulis, Paris, église du Centre Jean XXIII Saturday 19.05.90 15:00 SUISSE Sanctuaire du Christ-Roi, Lens Saturday 28.04.90 14:30 SUISSE Sanctuaire du Christ-Roi, Lens Saturday 31.03.90 15:00 SUISSE Saint Maurice, chapelle du Couvent des Capucins Saturday 24.03.90 11:00 ITALIA Torino, pilgrimage to Holy Shroud + chiesa S.Domenico, with groups from Nice (France) and Switzerland Saturday 24.02.90 19:00 SUISSE Sion, chapelle du Couvent des Capucins, av. St François 18 Sunday 11.02.90 FRANCE Nice, église Ste Marie-Madeleine Saturday 27.01.90 19:00 SUISSE Martigny, chapelle de l'hôpital régional Tuesday 02.01.90 SUISSE Villars

1989

Friday 22.12.89 19:30 SUISSE Saint-Maurice, chapelle du couvent des Capucins Saturday 25.11.89 17:00 SUISSE Genève, chapelle de la Résidence Notre-Dame, 11 rue Plantamour Friday 27.10.89 19:30 SUISSE Delémont, chapelle du Centre Saint-François, rue du Vorbourg 4 Friday 15.09.89 19:30 SUISSE Saint-Maurice, chapelle du couvent des Capucins Friday 18.08.89 19:30 SUISSE Caux (Montreux), chapelle catholique (avec Fr. James Fannan) Friday 14.07.89 19:30 SUISSE Uebewil (Fribourg), Foyer "Les Joncs" (Soeurs du Bon Pasteur), route de Villars- les-joncs Friday 09.06.89 19:30 SUISSE Saint-Maurice, chapelle du couvent des Capucins (avec Fr.James Fannan) Friday 19.05.89 19:30 SUISSE Martigny, salle N-D des Champs (salle paroissiale) Friday 21.04.89 19:30 SUISSE Saint-Maurice, chapelle du couvent des Capucins Friday 31.03.89 SUISSE Courtételle, Jura Wednesday 22.03.89 FRANCE Bidart (près de Biarritz), château d'Ilbarritz Friday 17.03.89 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Salle des Vignerons (Gare centrale) Friday 17.02.89 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Salle des Vignerons (Gare centrale) Friday 13.01.89 19:30 SUISSE Martigny, salle N-D des Champs (salle paroissiale)

1988

Friday 16.12.88 19:30 SUISSE Lausanne, Salle des Vignerons (Gare centrale) Tuesday 22.11.88 SUISSE Pully (Lausanne), réunion au domicile de Vassula Saturday 05.11.88 SUISSE Pully (Lausanne), réunion au domicile de Vassula Tuesday 16.02.88 SUISSE Pully (Lausanne), réunion au domicile de Vassula BETH MYRIAMS

The charity houses of True Life in God 36 BETH MYRIAMS

Now listen to Me and write these words: establish Our Beth Myriams everywhere you can. Lift the oppressed and help the orphan. Protect Me, rescue Me from the gutter, shelter Me and feed Me. Unload My burden and fatigue; support Me and encourage Me. All that you do to the least of My brethren you do it to Me… I bless the supporters of My life. May they remain virtuous and all-loving. I am with you. IC (Jesus, March 27, 2002)

General Introduction

In 1998, Vassula was inspired, through a vision, to initiate a project to feed the poor in the Holy Land. In the vision, she was shown a ‘narrow’ doorway in which our Blessed Mother was standing, hold- ing the baby Jesus. A short time later, a series of seemingly inde- pendent happenings came together to help this project to begin.

Still Vassula sought confirmation of the Lord’s will, through open- ing randomly the scriptures. She and a friend fell upon passages pertinent to Vassula’s discern- ment, including “Come to Mary's house.”

Vassula had foretold to the people around her that she would receive an Icon of The Blessed Virgin Mary and exactly as she saw it in her vision, and this eventually happened. A Romanian lady who lived in Canada had painted an icon of Mary holding Jesus and was inspired, without knowing about Vassula’s vision, to offer it to her. When Vassula received the icon, she was astonished to recognise in the icon the same image of Mary and Jesus as in her vision. It is this icon which can be seen on this page.

Vassula also had a thought, perhaps inspired by the Holy Spirit, that after Jesus’ birth in the stable, the Holy Family needed a place to stay. The meaning of the vision of Jesus and Mary in the door- way could be that this had been their home before they fled into Egypt. Mary’s appearance and the inspiration to feed the hungry might well come from Our Lady’s desire to return the charity ex- tended to the Holy Family when they were given shelter after leaving the manger.

Now many ‘Beth Myriams’ have opened around the world in several countries. The main thing that the people will be served in these Beth Myriams will be Love... the Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ as we endeavour to serve Him by serving one another... but also a warm dinner and sometimes clothing, sometimes medical treatment and sometimes schooling. Not all are called to work in these projects, but Jesus does teach us to be generous with our love in other ways. On May 23, 1986, Vassula’s Angel, Daniel, said to her: “collect money and give it to the poor needy souls; ... be gen- erous.”

To the question “Who is giving this food?”, Vassula, inspired, tells helpers to reply: “Jesus and Mary, His Mother, are giving you this food!” BETH MYRIAMS 37

Bangladesh

Beth Myriam Baridhara, Dhaka: 90 children and adults are fed every day. Large bathrooms have been built and are at their disposal. Clothes and medical assistance are also available. There is a school for 35 children who are taught to read and write. There is also an English language class providing weekly lessons. Evangelization and formation of prayer groups occupy a prominent place. One room in this Beth Myriam has been converted into a chapel.

Brazil

Beth Myriam Goiania: 100 children and 150 adults receive a hot meal three times a week along with evangelization. Clothing and medication are also provided as far as possible. Beth Myriam Joinville: 43 persons are fed every day and are provided with clothing when necessary. Beth Myriam Belo Horizonte: 100 children and 200 adults are served a meal every day. Evangelization is provided by the True Life in God volunteers. Beth Myriam Taguatinga: This Beth Myriam is just opening its doors, but already one meal per week is served to 120 children and 40 adults. 38 BETH MYRIAMS

Egypt

Beth Myriam Cairo: Two cooks prepare meals in two houses and dis- tribute the meals once a week to some 40 families. True Life in God vol- unteers also ensure that these families have the basics required for daily living.

India

Beth Myriam Andhra Pradesh: 37 orphans or abandoned children are cared for and fed. This Beth Myriam is currently being enlarged so that up to 80 children can be welcomed here. A sewing school has been set up allow the children to learn a profession, which will later allow them to find a job. BETH MYRIAMS 39

Kenya

Beth Myriam Mombasa: 43 children are given a home here along with three meals a day. Five loving women and TLIG volunteers care for these children who range in age from 2 to 18 years.

Mexico

Beth Myriam Guadalajara 1: 15 people receive a regular daily meal here along with any other hungry souls who come to this Beth Myriam. Beth Myriam Guadalajara 2: This new Beth Myriam is opening its doors especially for indigent single mothers. Beth Myriam Ciudad Victo- ria: Martha and her husband donated this home to serve their needy brothers and sisters. Meals and catechism are provided. Beth Myriam Puebla 1: Garcia’s family offered a place to serve all the children and parents in need. Along with the TLIG prayer group they are teaching them to read and write and catechism. Beth Myriam Puebla 2: Here 25 meals are served daily and food parcels are given at weekends in small towns near Puebla. 40 BETH MYRIAMS

Philippines

Beth Myriam Tuau, Cagayan: Situated in a clinic, this Beth Myriam offers medical assistance free of charge to anyone who needs it. Moreover, a meal is given every Friday to about 45 people, children and adults.

Beth Myriam Dasmarinas: 30 children aged 8-17 come here daily for a meal. Medical assistance and clothing are provided.

Holy Land

Beth Myriam Bethlehem: About 150 families receive emergency aid with the basic needs of daily living. On account of curfew restrictions, in providing food it is only possible to supply the abso- lute minimum required to avoid malnutrition. Care is therefore taken to ensure the provision of high protein foodstuffs with vitamins. The families are supported in as far as possible by the volun- teers. BETH MYRIAMS 41

Ukraine

Beth Myriam Kiev: 100 street children are fed daily. Here, the street children who form gangs and live on the streets are given a hot meal, their only hot meal of the day. In the evening they return ‘home’ to whatever makeshift shelter they have found.

Some of these children stay at the Beth Myriam. Here, they find safety, a roof, something to eat, medical care, clothes, education and training. 42 BETH MYRIAMS

Venezuela

Beth Myriam Propatria, Caracas: 250 meals are served every day from Monday to Friday mainly to homeless people and to street children. Beth Myriam Guatire, Caracas: 38 children (aged 1 to 15 years) and 52 adults, mainly homeless people, receive one meal every day from Mon- day to Friday. True Life in God volunteers teach them to read and write.

For new Beth Myriams due to open soon: • Sisipa, Caracas. • Florida, No Senõra de Pompeï. • El Tigre, 400 km from Caracas. • El Tachira, San Cristobal. BETH MYRIAMS 43

27 existing Beth Myriams

5 new Beth Myriams opening soon 44 BETH MYRIAMS

Boundless love

One who limits love doesn’t understand what love is. Love of neighbour doesn’t stop at the Beth Myriams. In Bangladesh, True Life in God also provides financial support for the Buddhist Or- phanage of DHARMARAJIKA which cares for 600 orphans. GOD’S CALLING TO HIS PEOPLE

Vassula’s talk - November 16 th 2001 At the Third Symposium on Ecumenism at Farfa, Italy 46 THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA 47

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Ecumenism and Spirituality 3rd Symposium on Ecumenism at Farfa, Italy 14 th - 17 th November 2001

In November, 2001, Vassula was invited to an official symposium on ecu- menism at a place called Farfa, outside Rome. It was held by the sisters of St. Birgitta. Vassula was to represent the point of view of unity from a lay person. Each participant had to speak for an hour to be followed by a de- bate with questions. The whole committee consisted of Roman Catholics and Lutherans. The Catholic Bishop of Sweden was there as well as many professors of theology and Monsignors and different clergy. The four day symposium had many speakers all of whom were theologians and clergy apart from Vassula.

When Vassula had finished her talk and was waiting for questions to come in and a debate to start, the theologian who led the symposium was weep- ing. He then said: “This sermon on unity we have just heard was the most fervent sermon I have ever heard in my entire life. Therefore, I do not want any questions to be raised here, because this was a prophetic voice speaking and when it comes to prophecy, we listen and carry out what is asked from us.” 50 THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA

God’s Calling to His people

by Vassula Rydén

Lord, I pray as You have prayed: may we all be one, as the Father is in You and You in Him, so that the rest of the world may believe it was the Father who sent You. For this we pray too for the sheep who are not of your fold, that they too will listen to Your voice. We pray that the world may come to love You from today onwards. Amen.

Introduction

First and foremost, I thank our Lord for this spiritual gathering, because it is a grace given by God for all of us, giving us opportunities to expand His Kingdom, bringing us closer into reconciliation. So any delicacy from our part to restore the tottering house of Christ touches the Lord profoundly. Any step towards a spiritual unity and all heaven rejoices! Any prayer offered for the restoration of Christ’s Body, and the Father’s wrath diminishes. Any gathering in His Holy Name for unity and His blessings are poured out on those sharing these meetings. For this I give glory to God who ne- ver fails us.

In this hour I would like to share with you an introduction of the role of a lay person in the Church and then three themes. The first theme is on metanoia, fruit of humility that leads to reconciliation and unity , the second one is about our sin of division and the third one is on the role of the Holy Spirit in leading us to unity .

When I received this invitation to speak about an ecumenical spirituality I was reluctant to put into words my particular experience with God. I do not dare to formulate a classified “spirituality” out of my own intimate “conversations with Christ”. Rather, I will leave the freedom of God who lifted the prophets and who spoke and revealed Himself “in many and various ways” (Heb 1,1) to con- vey again His message through a weak hand, a member of Christ’s Body. In this sense, what fol- lows is a different kind of testimony of the mystical tradition of the Church. Therefore, what you will hear in this hour is not an academic theology discourse, simply because I am not a theologian, but rather a lived example of a lay witness to unity when called by God for His service.

I, myself come from the Greek Orthodox Church. In our book for the doctrine of the Orthodox Church, book I, published in 1997 by Mr. Trembelas, on p. 79, it reads: “Revelations are defined as an act taken by God by which He notifies His reasonable creatures about the mysteries of His exis- tence, nature and will, according to their limited intellectual capacity…” etc. It will be worth rea- ding p. 78 where it describes the necessity of God Himself guiding His people. There are many more references on the role of the laity in our Orthodox Church, but limited time prevents us to stu- dy them in detail here. THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA 51

It is known as well that the second Vatican Council has underlined how important it is that the laity contributes to spreading the Good News through the various gifts God bestows upon His Church. In Lumen Gentium , the Council clearly states that the laity participates in the prophetic office of Christ. Christ fulfils this prophetic office, not only by the hierarchy but also by the laity. He accor- dingly both establishes them as witnesses and provides them with the sense of the faith and the grace of the word (LG 35) . Every lay-person has a part to play in this service of the Gospel accor- ding to the charism God has given him and through those gifts given to him, is at once the witness and the living instrument of the mission of the Church itself, “according to the measure of Christ’s bestowal” (Eph 4,7). It is obvious then from what the churches assess, that the laity have a very im- portant role to play in the world and that the charisms the Holy Spirit bestows upon His people al- ways are for the service of the community and for the benefit of the Church.

From the very beginning of this call, our Lord by grace approached me with royal prodigality, ad- dressing me in poetry since religion and virtue were His sweet converse during these last sixteen years with me. Without any merit I was called and I responded; Scriptures say: “I believed, and therefore this is the reason why I speak” (2 Co 13). Then I was asked by the Lord to acknowledge Him and by acknowledging Him He showed me His Cross of unity.

One of the first words of command of Christ to me were these: “Which house is more important, your house or My house?” I replied: “Your house, Lord.” Then He said: “Revive My house, embel- lish My house, unite My house.” I was struck with helplessness and I felt miserable. I lamented: “I do not know how to do all of this. I know nothing!” Christ then said: “Remain nothing; I want a nothing and in your nothingness I will show My authority, My power and that I Am; so die to your- self and allow My Holy Spirit to breathe in you.” From thereon He asked me to walk with Him but after having gone through many spiritual fires. In this way I received the seed of God without any merit. It is written: “No one can have anything unless God gives it to him.” (Jn 3, 27)

This work of the Holy Spirit is printed in eleven volumes and translated in 40 languages 1. In these spiritual writings we see how God is giving us opportunities to be perfect and be able to reach dei- fication through His divinity and become god’s by participation. The fruits of this work are numer- ous, because they too are coming from the Lord and every good thing comes from the Lord. It is worthwhile mentioning one of them. Today all over the world exist more than a thousand ecumeni- cal prayer groups that were formed through these inspired writings by the name of “True life in God”. These ecumenical prayer groups consist of different church denominations that gather to- gether to pray for unity and reconciliation of the churches. From these groups, nine charity houses have opened to feed the poor and the needy. They are called Beth Myriam that means House of Mary . There will be others that will open by the grace of God, in the near future and will become active as well.

Through God’s grace I have been invited in sixty countries so far, to testify the great works of the Lord. This was done in more than 700 meetings, to Roman Catholics, Orthodox and to various other churches. I could not refuse either to address our other brothers and sisters who are not Chris- tians. Our Lord opened as well a door for the non-Christians, and so I was called to address the Jews, as well as the Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists, who, after addressing them the Word of God, found their freedom and reconciled with the triune God, asking for the sacrament of baptism. For Christ had prayed to the Father for this and said: “I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in Me.” (Jn 17, 20)

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In March 2000, the Lord permitted us to gather in His birthplace, Bethlehem. 450 people came from far and wide; yes, from more than 55 countries and from 12 different churches to an interna- tional meeting of prayer for peace and unity. We gathered as one single family. With us we had 75 clergy also from 12 different churches that came, but also other clergy from the Holy Land, who, hearing of this prayer meeting joined us as well. This ecumenical event was co-ordinated by some Jews and Palestinians who were touched by the inspired writings of “True Life in God” . They be- lieved in the redemption of Christ and of His saving plan in our days and volunteered to organize this meeting.

When one knows how in our days, Palestinians and Jews are fighting against each other, their rec- onciliation is a sign of the power of the Holy Spirit who joined those two nations to work for a meeting for peace between the divided Christians. As Scriptures say: “Peacemakers, when they work for peace, sow the seeds which will bear fruit in holiness” (Jm 3, 18). This is a lesson for all of us.

To watch all these clergy wearing different vestments, yet all Christians, one beside the other, smil- ing, sharing, and making no difference at all between them, participating in prayers and Liturgies, was obviously a triumph for our Lord. We lived and had a foretaste of what unity will be like one day between Christians and we give glory to God. Before the speeches and the introductions, we had all the clergy lined up to perform a procession. It was awesome. Some were holding icons, oth- ers statues of the Sacred Heart and a statue of the Virgin Mary; actually the Madonna was held by a Lutheran pastor and he was very proud of it. Others had incense, others had candles, Greek Ortho- dox clergy wearing round their necks rosaries that have been exchanged with their crosses and Panayias with the Roman Catholic clergies’ rosaries and they all marched with a Byzantine hymn chanting the Kyrie eleisson .

We had speeches given to us from clergy of different churches on unity. Their speech resounded like they came from one voice and one mind. We sensed the great desire of all of us being one, dur- ing their talks. Even there was a touching moment when several clergy from different churches were on the podium and one Roman Catholic priest fell on his knees and went around kissing the feet of all the other clergy, asking to be forgiven. With this spontaneous act of humility, a Coptic priest touched to tears, did the same thing and crawled down to kiss the feet of his brothers in Christ. We saw and we watched the thirst of the laity and the clergy, they have for unity. But we sensed at the same time the great wounds our division has produced on the Mystical Body of Christ and this is the reason we felt so joyful and consoled to experience these sincere acts of humility and reconciliation. Had it been an official meeting and had we been officials of the Church and had we the power and authority, we would have performed unity right there and then declaring it to the world.

The majority of us are tired of this division, because it is not according to our law of love. Christ is even more tired of seeing us divided. The cheers and acclamations of joy of all these nations who were bonded together, appealing for a complete unity among Christians exposed that this division is not only a sin but a crime as well. Yet, I tell you that the biggest crime of all is to have the dates of Easter separated . How good it will be when we all cry out together: “Christos Anesti” in one voice all in one day. We all say, “Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven…” Well then, what is holding the officials of the Church back to do the Will of God and declare their reconciliation if already the laity and priests around the world are living a unity? Unity began yesterday… we saw it… we lived it…we rejoiced in it, and we want it as much as the Holy Spirit wants it. Jesus Christ united us together by His Blood, so how can one deny this unity? “He is the peace between us, and has made the Gentile and the Jew into one and broken down the barrier which used to keep them THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA 53 apart, actual destroying in His own person the hostility caused by the rules and decrees of the Law” (Ep 2, 14-15). How can we say “no” to God, if He wants us to unite? Could it be because our hearts have hardened? Have we forgotten the Holy Father’s words when He said: “The elements that unite us are far greater than those that divide us” ? So we should take up those elements and use them to smoothen up the way to a complete unity.

The graces we received in those days in the Holy Land were innumerable. A Greek Orthodox Ar- chimandrite from the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, having heard we were there, called all 450 people and invited all of us to the Holy Sepulchre Church and another day to Mount Tabor to be present in the Liturgies and even to partake the pre-sanctified gifts if we wished and believed in the Holy Presence of Jesus in this Holy Communion.

There were so many moments of joy to see Orthodox, Lutherans, Catholics, Anglicans, Baptists etc. praying together the rosary, all near each other and not withdrawn because this prayer suppos- edly is prayed only by the Roman Catholics. On the contrary, we made no differences. The prayer of the Rosary linked us together, and the exposed Blessed Sacrament for adoration, even more, for in front of our Lord we kneeled and felt in this oneness that we were indeed the sons and the daughters of the Most High because everyone was moved by the Spirit (Rm 8, 14), and like children belonging to one family, together, side-by-side we were one and not one against the other, for the spirit of differentiation was not among us anymore. In these moments we realized that we were liv- ing by grace and not by law (Rm 6, 14). Our hearts were bound together and in Christ’s presence we felt truly united in the spirit and in God’s love. Indeed, in these moments we had one mind and one heart all united in Christ’s Heart. Later on, all the clergy said that when they will go back home, they will continue to promote this spiritual unity and will testify to their brothers what they lived and what they had seen so that they too rejoice in one Lord.

From what we gathered during our pilgrimage of unity in the Holy Land, we sensed that prayers were more powerful than our speeches and dialogues because hardly did we open our mouths to pray together, and our prayers were already heard and were answered. Just as the Holy Father back in October 1986 invited to Assisi representatives of the great world religions to pray for peace, one beside the other, we should follow that line and promote many more of these encounters of inter- religious dialogue in the future.

And now finally after this introduction I will go into my first theme, which is on metanoia 2.

God’s Calling to a deep metanoia, fruit of humility that leads us to reconciliation and unity

We, the people of the churches, must realize that we are living in a constant sin, the sin of our divi- sion. “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand” (Mt.12, 25). Even if this division did not come directly from us but from our forefa- thers, still, we are keeping it alive so long as we remain divided. We cannot say that God is pleased when the shepherds are still separated. We cannot deign to talk about unity without going through a metanoia and put into practice the two greatest commandments of God. It will be as though we want to construct a house without laying down first its foundations. The foundations of unity should be humility and divine love and the conversion of our hearts. For how could we believe that we could reach unity if we do not repent and live fully the two greatest commandments that are

2. Metanoia : Greek word meaning ‘conversion’. 54 THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA based on the law of love? The seeds of unity would be constantly sown in an arid and infertile land and no seedlings will sprout in that sort of aridity, which represents the hardness of our heart. We have to sit down and ask ourselves: “are we maybe looking upon unity according to our own mind, and this is why perhaps we are still separated, or are we seeking it as the Spirit of God wants it, but we do not agree to it?”

This is why, with the fear of the Lord in mind knowing that God knows what we really are, a true metanoia is the first and major step that is required so as to provide us the necessary light to lead us all into a spiritual unity. This metanoia that is necessary is a colossal power in itself that will trans- figure us and will be fruitful. So let us be rich in poverty, just like the priest who fell on his knees, weeping and kissing the feet of his brothers belonging to the other churches asking for forgiveness, in this same manner let us repent in humility.

We have to knock down the old bricks inside our hearts, bricks of intolerance, pride, lack of for- giveness, unfaithfulness, disunion, lack of love, and reconstruct Christ’s Church inside our hearts by acknowledging each other in our hearts, allowing God to be more in us to bring us His peace. There has to be a kenosis 3 given to God from a deeper metanoia , so that God will fill us lavishly with Himself, then we will be “acceptable as an offering, and made holy by the Holy Spirit” (Rm 15, 16). As we know, God is ceaselessly giving Himself to us to maintain our soul alive, but after our metanoia God will manifest Himself to us in power and grace while He will be expressing His heart’s desires, showing us how to use the key to unity. A metanoia will not only lead us into a conversion of the heart but a total transfiguration will take place, because metanoia is the gate that leads souls from darkness into light. Therefore, to this day we cannot say we are walk- ing in the light since we are still divided and fragmented; if we have not entered the light, how are we to see God’s divine Will to progress into unity and to know in which way He desires it? How are we to feel our way and where we are walking if we are still in the dark? If we do not hurry, that little flickering flame that remains in us will become extinguished. We need to hurry and put aside all our prejudices and draw oil instead from the reserves of humility and love to enliven this flick- ering flame into a living torch.

But then each church should be willing to die to its ego and to its rigidity and then through this act of humility, Christ’s presence will be shining in them. Each church has to go through an unceasing repentance and cleave itself on Christ joining in His love of mankind. With this act of humility, the churches’ past and present failures will be washed away and unity will be accomplished. Once we lower our voice we will begin to hear Christ’s voice. Only when we lower our heads will we allow Christ’s head to be seen and not ours, only when we lower ourselves entirely, will Christ be able to lift us to see His glory. It is written: “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up” (Jm 4, 10). Then, and only then, we will be able to know God’s divine Will, for he will demon- strate His power after having brought us to naught, and His holy presence will flow through the de- sert of our soul like a river, healing us. Then, when our health is restored, our soul will prohibit us from falling back and absorbing the venom we were absorbing in our pathetic division. We will only have one desire and that is to thirst for the pure vivifying liquid that gives life. Moreover, this pure limpid liquid, not only will it heal us but we will also overflow in mercy and love. Having thus given the Holy Spirit a free passage in us, He will easily invade us lavishing us with His light as well, giving us a total metamorphosis, transfiguring us into a heaven.

The Lord permitted me once to hear Him say these words: “If you allow My Holy Spirit to invade you, He can transfigure your soul from a desert into a garden where I can have My rest in you. The

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Holy Spirit can transfigure your soul into a palace, where I can be king and reign over you. The Holy Spirit can transfigure your soul into a heaven where in this heaven you will glorify Me.” To reach unity we must go through a transfiguration and so long as we have not achieved sharing one Cup around one altar it proves that this transfiguration has not yet taken place within us since we are still living fragmented. So let us go through a metanoia to allow this transfiguration to take place by the Holy Spirit. Without this transfiguration we will be incapable of penetrating into the depths of God to see God and understand Him. This vision of the Godhead will undoubtedly draw our hearts into one. In the experience of the vision of God, our soul as well will realize how much we were offending Him in our division. This will be like an act of purification or a minor judgment but the beginning of our new life in the one Christ.

In this transfiguration we will discover that although we would still be among men, our mind will be in heaven; and although our bodies will be moving among men, our soul and mind, captured in the divine Will, filled with the nobility of God’s light, will be as an angel’s walking in the courts of heaven among the saints and angels, becoming one spirit with the Divine. Then the “Our Father’s” prayer would be accomplished because His Kingdom would have come and His Will would be done on earth as it is in heaven. From thereon all our undertakings would be perfect and done with- out any flaw, since they would be divine and according to God’s mind. We have learnt that our mind can never ascend to heaven on its own, but it is God alone who can lift it to heaven unveiling with great delight His mysteries. Had we responded to Christ’s supplication that “we may be one”, or had we responded to His call by showing obedience to His call, today we would be sharing His Cup around one altar and we would be saying: “I am walking with God and ruling with Him now”.

The Church needs to be consolidated and unity is the only hope of consolidating the Church. As it is now, the Church is losing its brightness in its weakness to the point that it cannot even stand up and draw by itself the oil and the healing ointment from the Source of Life that is the Holy Spirit. In its fear of losing its treasures but mainly its identity, and I would say, especially our Orthodox Church, it not only barricades its windows, but makes sure that its doors are carefully locked as well, not realizing that its interior has collected mould. Out of its fear, it prohibits grace to flow in it that can lead it fearlessly into unity and reconciliation. Someone who acts out of fear and makes sure that windows and doors are carefully barred is usually afraid of being burgled of their valu- ables. But it is not only the Orthodox Church; the other churches as well behave in this way too. Why are they fearing and isolating themselves? Why do some barricade their doors still? Has Christ not reconciled Gentile and Jew and put them to worship together one Christ? Has Christ not ripped open the veil in two, which separated God and man, reconciling the creature and the Crea- tor? Has Christ not destroyed the gates of hell and set the spirits free? So what could Christ have done more that He has not done? Why then to this day do the churches still barricade themselves and erect walls to keep alive this division? If only they would lay aside their fears, their rigidity and their suspicions, today we would not be talking about unity because we would already be celebrat- ing the Holy Eucharist around one altar.

If the churches are able to go beyond the negative obstacles that separate them, obstacles that ac- cording to Scriptures are against the fulfilment of the unity of faith, love and worship among us, Christ will be faithful to His promise of releasing a time of peace in the entire world. This peace will draw every being into the Mystical Body of Christ, fulfilling His words given to us in His prayer to the Father, when He said: “may they be one in Us, as You are in Me and I am in You, so that the world may believe it was You who sent Me” (Jn 17, 21). This supplication of Christ to the Father for us to be so unified clearly intonated that the entire creation will be affected into a spiri- tual unity and not a unity by a signed treaty. But such a spiritual unity that the whole creation gets affected cannot be made without the Spirit of God endowing His power to mankind. The Holy 56 THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA

Spirit then must raise new apostles to go and evangelize the world and draw the whole world’s faith in Christ. Considering our remaining division, I would say that the Church has shown its weakness in this respect.

Still, in spite of our wretchedness, the Holy Spirit of grace will not stop there because of our human failures, ambitions and our incapacity to reduce ourselves and reconcile to attain unity. Christ’s love of mankind compels Him in our days to bend from the heights all the way to us with His pre- cious Blood to conceal these imperfections. The Holy Spirit knows of our weaknesses and failures, so one cannot say that the Holy Spirit stopped pouring out His graces; he is out there, making a lot of noise so that in the end even the deaf who barricaded themselves will hear Him and finally open the doors of their hearts; and those that were dead will come to life. From having ceased to be they will once more be.

One of the graces that the Holy Spirit is giving us in our times are new apostles who are prepared by God to pour out of their lips the words of God echoing them. But if our minds and hearts cannot be touched easily and hear them it is perhaps that we have become too technical and unfortunately too rationalistic. In this technical environment Christ’s mercy is blemished as well as the simplicity of a spiritual life in God. This is why it is important that the Orthodox Church especially, but as well as the other churches, allow the Holy Spirit free to blow within them a resurrection breath. In this resurrection they will stand up and realize that evangelizing is a necessity to reconcile the world that is so estranged from God. Evangelizing a dechristianized society is also a means of al- lowing people of every race and creed to return to God and start seeking God’s face. Every creature on earth could benefit and having thus surrendered to God the Holy Spirit will do the rest and extir- pate all obstacles that hinder the way to a complete spiritual unity.

God is asking from us a change from within. There would be some who would say: “But we always kept the law of the Church and obeyed it…” It is not enough to keep the law of the Church and obey it. Our rigidity is condemning us. A lot of times we talk of the law but we do not carry it in our heart. The heart of the law is love; but so many times we live the letter of the law but neglect to live the heart of the law. We are often neglecting the weightier matters of the law, which are love, mercy and good faith.

We should be willing to pray more together because prayers are heard and answered whereas dia- logues are just spoken words and formulas. That does not mean that we should eliminate our con- ferences and discussions, as I mentioned before, not at all. But what is more important for us, the letter, or the Spirit? If we say, the letter, than we will work like administrators when dealing with God’s affairs and we will not be justified nor will we ever achieve anything, because it will be like saying to the Spirit, “I am not a child any longer and I can walk by myself”. The letter thus will kill the Spirit and we will become truly administrators shifting papers only and leaving every meeting empty-hearted.

So what is more important, the law or the Spirit? If we say the law then already we will be judging our brother sitting near us belonging to the other church, while he will be already judging us and we will hear from each one of us: “ We are in the full truth and we are the ones who are right”. And again we will be fragmenting Christ and again we will achieve nothing. If we start with the doc- trine and its contents, there again we will end up perhaps even more separated and fragmented, never reaching the essential. I do not mean by that, that we should violate the doctrine since the doctrine is the very existence of the Church. But, if we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us, instead of us leading the Holy Spirit for once, then the Spirit will enliven the letter and the law and he will show us the true doctrine, that Jesus Christ is the only active principle in us despite our differences THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA 57 in doctrinal terminology. For this act of charity, we need intense poverty of the spirit and an over- flow of generosity. So let our doctrinal dialogues begin with the Holy Spirit. Let Him be the one who leads us by our sleeve to show us in our heart that the essence of doctrine should be based on love, sacrifice, redemption and a total dispassion.

Our sin of division

If we have become divided and torn asunder, it is because of our intolerance with each other and our spirit of pride. We have chased the distinctive sign of faith, which is divine love, as Christ said about the virtue of love, “By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one to another” (Jn 13, 35). Yet, Christ’s love compels him to deploy limitless mercy on our division, this division that brought upon us this aridity and hardness of heart devastating the Church and bringing a general apostasy in the Christian world. The world now, apostatised as it is, has no place for God, since it is occupied with a sort of self-realization. The world today refuses to give glory to God and we are living in a time when every good is transformed into evil. The Christians are cease- lessly being dechristianized because of our division, either that, or they are constantly falling into error. Look around you and see: one section of the Church has been blinded because of their ration- alistic mind. So long as they make recourse to their own spirit they will continue to walk in the dark. They will continue to proclaim their laws instead of God’s law. They will try to change the Tradition of the Church to human frills and analogies, without the Truth that is in Christ. We should pray for those Christians who easily undermine Christ’s Divinity, by plundering the Church not only from its icons, statues and valuables, but also from the real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. If they proclaim Christ as King and glorious affirming His might, proclaiming His fear- ful power, singing praises to Him, acknowledging His Omnipotence and His mighty wonders, we should ask them why does Christ become to them a stumbling stone when it comes to measure the magnificence of His Divinity in His Presence in the Eucharist? Unless they see His Divinity with spiritual eyes, they will continue to be like a drowsing man who never grasps anything you tell him.

The Lord allowed me to hear from Him these words: “I am the Supreme High Priest over all My house, this house that men pitilessly divided in their lack of love; so, am I to keep seeing My house being divided and in such rebellion and not intervene? My Eucharist is given less and less impor- tance. May every race know that My flesh and blood comes from My Mother; My Body comes from the most Holy Virgin, from pure blood…”

Pretence and lip service never deceived Christ, but whenever we adopted a mutual love that led to peace and a mutual understanding, His Spirit rejoiced. How can we today expect His Spirit to re- joice when every feast of Easter that passes by, the dates of Easter are not unified, and are still not unified officially unless it happens by coincidence like this year? How can His Spirit rejoice when the members of His Mystical Body are still scattered like the dry bones in Ezekiel’s vision? We are audaciously rebelling against God and all the heavenly powers. We are fearlessly transgressing His law of love in front of His Throne. Scriptures say: “Everyone who knows what is the right thing to do and doesn’t do it commits a sin” (Jm 4, 17). Scriptures do not lie and cannot be rejected.

Furthermore, how do we expect the Church to be credible in front of the rest of the world’s eyes when it preaches peace, love, unity, brotherhood and reconciliation to countries that are massacring their people, when we, at the same time, in our own centre , are massacring the Body of Christ by throwing ever so often venomous arrows on one another? We, the royal household of Christ, have bartered our glory for shame. God is calling all of us, and inviting us to be one, so that the world 58 THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ECUMENISM AT FARFA may believe (Jn 17, 21). So only when the Church will be healed by uniting and regain her strength, would she be able to reconcile the world to God. At the same time, consolidated as she would be, she will be able to overturn all the dark powers that darkened the world and the dominion of the evil one who keeps us scattered.

The role of the Holy Spirit in leading us to a spiritual unity

It is the Holy Spirit of grace alone that can progress the Church rapidly into unity making us over- come our fears of going forward. The Holy Spirit is there to burn to the roots all that keeps us di- vided and delays us from uniting. The evil one of course is aware of this and keeps raising upheav- als there where they normally should not be, grievously obstructing the work of the Church and de- laying unity. This is why I think it is very important to submit to the Holy Spirit and pay more at- tention on the charisms He gives to the Church. We should stop extinguishing the fire of the Holy Spirit that can brighten up the interior of the Church. Therefore, it is important to let our self be di- rected by grace and not by fear. Let the Holy Spirit be like a Parousia within the Church.

The Body of Christ, the Church, as we know, always increases through the Holy Spirit and will keep on increasing until the last Day, because Christ is the rock, the builder of the Church as well as the Shepherd of His people. Christ is the supreme High Priest over all His house, this house that men pitilessly divided in their lack of love. The beauty and glory and the fruit it gave once in the beginning of its existence, has now fallen down like rotten fruit. If this is wrong, where is that Ap- ostolic Church in its eagerness to witness to the Christ, to lay itself down on the altar of martyrs, to humble itself in the arena of shame and pain rather than deny the Christ? Where is that discipleship fervour of faith and burning with desire to global evangelization? Oh Christ, how much more must Your Precious Body be pierced and lanced and fragmented before we realize that we may have di- vided Your Body as tools of the “divider” himself. We have done it unwillingly and unwittingly. Help us to find and preserve that remnant so sacred called Your Church. Help us to put it together again. A Church unity determined to bring Your Second Coming as a revelation globally.

Although we know that there is an ontological abyss between the Holy Spirit and us, it can be re- moved by the Holy Spirit and he can reach us to show us that the real Christian is the one who is inwardly a Christian, and the real spiritual unity is and will be in the heart. Unity will not be of the letter but of the Spirit.

Indeed, regardless of how much we expect from the Church, regardless of how we see its failures but triumphs as well, regardless of the Cross of unity we place on her shoulders, in the end, we know out of experience that this Cross will be carried by the pure in heart. If we are to decide now for unity, then we must open our hearts and receive those souls that are gifted by the Holy Spirit. When we will finally trust the poor in spirit who are willing to carry the Cross of unity on their shoulders, then we will have a completely open field in which we could begin to sow the seeds of a true Christian unity that will convert the world and fragrance it. The churches should allow the Holy Spirit who is the inner source of Christian unity, to renew and fragrance them first, then in their turn they will fragrance nation after nation, bringing them all to be one in the Truth, thus per- fuming the Mystical Body of Christ. So the churches, especially our Orthodox Church, should be careful not to extinguish the Spirit and persecute the variety of gifts he distributes for the well be- ing of the Church, but allow His flame to purify and enliven the interior of the Church to progress it into a spiritual unity.

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“Pray, that I, the utter fullness of God, the utterance of your spirit, the light in your eyes, descend in your midst to show the world how wrong it was, to show to the churches their iniquity of their division and how, although they declare daily that there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all, are uncharitable with one an- other. We 4 cannot say: “You have done everything to preserve the unity I offered you in the begin- ning when you were still a child and in my arms”. Today you say: “I am not a child any longer and I can walk by myself”. And since then you stepped out of my embrace and accustomed your steps to walk your own way… O child of the Father! Fruit of the Son! My City and My Bride! Your fra- grance left you… are there going to be any survivors left in you when I will descend in full force?” (9.11.94 True Life in God )

I think it is also about time that we stop creating new Gethsemanes for our Lord. Instead, let us place garlands of love on our Lord’s Head. I will conclude by saying that unity will come only when all of us will truly begin to love Jesus Christ.

4. The Holy Trinity.

THE BISHOP OF BABYLON

Address to the True Life in God pilgrimage participants in Cairo, Egypt - October 22 nd 2002 62 THE BISHOP OF BABYLON

True Life in God International Inter-religious Pilgrimage Egypt, October 2002 In the footsteps of the Holy Family 21 st - 30 th October 2002

At the beginning of the ‘True Life in God’ pilgrimage in Egypt all the participants of the ecumenical and inter-religious group were invited to a Divine Liturgy held at the Greek Orthodox Monas- tery of St. George in Old Cairo. Copied here is the address of Bishop of Babylon, His Lordship Theofylaktos, given at the end of the Liturgy on 22 nd October 2002:

My beloved brothers, bishops, elders of all the Christian de- nominations, I welcome you with special love in this holy monastery. I bring you the greetings and blessings of His All-Holiness, our Patriarch, Pope of Alexandria and all Af- rica, His Holiness Peter VII, who couldn’t be with you all because of other duties. He is wishing you a pleasant stay in the country of the Nile, Egypt.

The place in which you are today is not only holy but also ‘Theovadistos’ (walked by God). Here the Holy Family came and stayed for approximately 18 months, fleeing Herod’s ter- ror. Here Jesus Christ took His first steps, here the little Em- manuel heard the first chirping of the birds. Our monastery is one of the most ancient monuments that North Africa has to show, built in the 4 th century AC. Here is where St. George the great martyr was imprisoned for 30 months and from here his martyrdom started and ended in a small town in Palestine.

I’m especially glad for all of us gathering here today and raised our hands in common prayer and supplication towards God for peace for the whole world and for all the peoples on earth. Humanity is suffering from wars and other kinds of catastrophes. We, as the representatives of all Christian denominations and other religions, have the duty to teach our peoples to live in reconciliation with all people. Unfortunately, we all have forgotten that we have common roots, common Father, God and Creator of the Universe. Enough! The earth is tired of receiving, for centuries now, unjustly shed brotherly blood! Man must understand someday that differences aren’t solved with weapons but by the language of the heart and of love. Someday we all must work, and are obliged to do it with all our power, towards this direction: to try and reconcile man first with God and then with his fellowman, because in the Eyes of God we are all the same! St. Paul says there is no Jew nor Greek, slave or free man, man or woman. All, in the Eyes of Christ, are one.

Our gathering today should have a cause, so that all of us make it our daily program in our life to pray everyday so that peace prevails in the world. We should take the message of peace and love and carry it to the peoples of all the earth. We can indeed be the new apostles that will speak of love and peace. Everyday we hear by the media about catastrophes and violence among peoples. THE BISHOP OF BABYLON 63

Wherever one might turn his eyes will see destruction, fires, human casualties and will hear weep- ing and laments. Maybe it sounds illogical, but we, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, for 2000 years now, coexist in harmony, in friendship, with love, with all the people of Egypt that are Muslims. We never had any problem. See every morning when the sun rises, it doesn’t differentiate where it will send it’s rays, either to the Christians, the Muslims, the Hindus or the Buddhists because we all live under the big sky, the love of God! If we put aside our personal interests, I’m sure that some day we will all be happy. We will shake hands in reconciliation. I believe and hope and pray that this day will come where the peoples of the world will meet at one point, will shake hands, will la- ment for the blood that was shed and they will reconcile for ever in their life.

From the land of Egypt, which is ‘Theovadistos’ (walked by God) exactly because Our Lord Jesus Christ walked on it, we are to send today to the ends of the world a brave message of love and peace: as we gathered today in the Church under the same dome and we didn’t differentiate Chris- tians from non-Christians or of other religions. From today we will announce to the whole world that men can live in reconciliation as long as they learn to love first their God, whoever He is, whatever His Name is, and then I’m certain that love for their fellowman will spring also.

Pass on to the leaders of your Churches, to the leaders of your religions, to your people, to your communities, to your towns, to your villages, to your cities, to your countries our greetings and our blessings, our love. That we pray, a few Greeks, a few Christians, whatever the number, we pray for peace, for the whole world so that next year that I hope to have you close by, the smiles be wide! To reveal the message that there is no more war, no men are killed, there isn’t anymore un- justly brotherly bloodshed on earth!

His Lordship Theofylaktos, Bishop of Babylon

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Modifications by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the situation concerning True Life in God

January 2005

For the past few years an ongoing communication has been taking place between the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) and Vassula. This communication has modified the situation that emerged after the Notification published by the CDF in 1995. The dialogue between Vassula and the CDF was published in the latest editions of TLIG worldwide at the request of the CDF’s Prefect, H.E. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The publication of this dialogue has resulted in a letter dated 10 th July 2004 which is signed by Cardinal Ratzinger himself to a number of Presidents of Catholic Episcopal Conferences who had expressed particular concern on Vassula and her writings. His Eminence explained to them in his letter that the position of the CDF has been modified to- wards Vassula and her writings. The Cardinal wishes that everyone reads the questions put to Vas- sula and her answers.

A publication has been prepared which contains copies of all the relevant communications, includ- ing the final letter from the Cardinal, submitted to Vassula through the CDF’s undersecretary, P. Joseph Augustine di Noia, as well as commentaries by H. E. Archbishop Argüelles of the Philip- pines and Fr. Lars Messerschmidt, Vicar General of the Catholic Church in Denmark.

Initially, this publication will be distributed to the clergy, worldwide. For details of the dis- tributors of the publication in your own country, please send an email to [email protected] specifying your country. THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 67

Correspondence between Vassula and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (April/June 2002)

First published in Vol.12 of the typeset and handwritten Messages

Rome, 30 th March 2003

Dear Readers of TLIG,

Since the year 2000 I have had the honour of being in communication with H.E. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On the 6 th July 2000 I pre- sented to him my humble request of my writings being submitted to further study by the same Con- gregation and that I be granted the opportunity of answering to the reservations expressed in the Notification of 6 th October 1995. His Eminence benignly has granted me this occasion and at the hand of Fr. Prospero Grech submitted a letter to me of 4 th April 2002 containing five questions for me to answer. My answers to these questions were then submitted to The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 26 th June 2002. Cardinal Ratzinger has now requested me to publish the ques- tions with my replies to them and I am happy to share them with you as an expression of my offi- cial standpoint.

I pray that the publication of this document may serve the dialogue of truth and of love, so impor- tant not only to ecumenism, but also to rendering God’s graces fruitful in the church.

May God bless you,

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Collegio Sta Monica, Via Paolo VI, 25, 00193 Rome 4th April 2002

Dear Mrs Rydén,

On the 6 th of July 2000 you addressed a letter to His Eminence Cardinal Ratzinger regarding the “Notificazione” of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith concerning your writings. His Eminence has taken note of your letter and, together with his collaborators, has decided to give you the opportunity to clarify the meaning of some assertions contained in your publications. For this purpose I have been delegated to contact you personally both in conversation and in writing so that the Congregation may have a clearer idea of the exact interpretation of these assertions. I wish to make clear from the very outset that not being a Roman Catholic you do not fall under the jurisdic- tion of the Congregation and that yours is not a personal censure However, as many Catholics fol- low the “True Life in God” they too have a right to know where they stand regarding points of doc- trine and practice prompted by your writings. We are also aware of your works of charity, your ef- forts to lead all Christians towards unity with the Bishop of Rome, of your great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, of your presentation of God as the God of Love even to non-Christians and of your antagonism to rationalism and corruption among Christians Your latest books, too, seem to have laid aside some ambiguous expressions contained in your earlier ones. This notwithstanding I would be grateful if you can reply, as clearly as possible, to some questions to help the Congrega- tion to obtain a clearer idea of what you are doing.

1. You know very well that, for both Catholics and Orthodox, there is only one Revelation, that of God in Jesus Christ, which is contained in the Holy Scriptures and in Tradition. Within the Catholic Church even accepted “private” revelations as in Lourdes or Fatima, although taken seriously, are not matters of faith. In which sense, therefore, do you consider your writings as revelations and how should they be accepted by your hearers and readers?

2. You belong to the Orthodox Church and often exhort priests and bishops of that faith to ac- knowledge the Pope and to make peace with the Roman Church For this, unfortunately, you are not welcome in some countries of your own persuasion. Why do you take up this mission? What is your idea of the Bishop of Rome and how do you foresee the future of Christian unity? One sometimes gets the impression in reading your works, however, that you stand above both Churches without being committed to either For example, it seems that you receive communion in both Catholic and Orthodox churches but in your marital status you follow the custom of oik- onomia . As I have said already, these observations are not meant as a personal censure as we have absolutely no right to adjudicate your conscience, but you understand our concern about your Catholic followers who may interpret these attitudes in a relativistic manner and are tempted to disregard the discipline of their own Church.

3. In your earlier writings, as observed in the “Notificazione”, there was some confusion of termi- nology regarding the Persons of the Holy Trinity. We are sure that you subscribe to the teach- ing of your Church. Do you think you could help us to clarify these expressions? When dealing with matters of faith would it not be useful to follow the official terminology of standard cate- chisms to avoid confusion in the minds of the readers of “True Life in God”? THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 69

4. There are also some difficulties regarding protology and eschatology In what sense does the soul have a “vision of God” before being infused into the body? And how do you envision the place of the New Pentecost within the history of salvation in relation to the parousia and the resurrection of the dead?

5. What is the real identity of the “True Life in God” movement and what does it require of its fol- lowers? How is it structured?

Dear Mrs Rydén, we are sorry to disturb you with these questions and you may rest assured that we appreciate your good works and intentions. However, in answer to your letter to Cardinal Ratzinger, we felt it was our duty to clarify some ambiguities in your writings which might have escaped you. We owe this to your Catholic readers who might experience a conflict of conscience in following your writings. Please take your time to answer; it would be better if you and I could meet and have a few informal chats before you put anything in writing. Pray that the Holy Spirit may illuminate you, and consult any spiritual director or theologian you can trust. We are certain that our queries will also help you to understand the deeper implications of your writings to render them more acceptable to both Catholics and Orthodox. I shall personally be at your disposal to clar- ify their meaning.

His Eminence sends you his regards and trusts that you will provide a satisfactory answer to ease his task of complying with the requests in your letter.

Yours sincerely in Christ,

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Rome, 26 th June, 2002

Most reverend Fr. Prospero Grech Collegio Sta Monica Via Paolo VI, 25, I-00193 Rome

Re: Answer of Vassula Rydén to letter of Father Prospero Grech written on behalf of H.E. Cardi- nal Joseph Ratzinger of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, dated 4 th April 2002.

Dear Fr. Prospero Grech,

First of all, I wish to thank you for granting me the opportunity of responding to the questions you have to my writings and my activity, expressed most respectfully in your letter of 4 th April 2002, and that reiterate the points of critique contained in the “Notification” of 1995.

I am aware of the task and responsibility assigned to your most holy congregation of “trying the spirits” (1. Jn 4:1). I have somewhat realized, during these years, the complexity of this task of dis- cernment and how delicate it is, as I myself have met along my way many people who approached me claiming they had divine experiences as well, which they wanted to mingle with mine. For pru- dence and for reasons of responsibility I have made it a principle not to notice any of them. There- fore, I do appreciate the importance of your work of protecting the faithful from any harm and keeping the faith pure from unauthentic experiences, but equally to safeguard the true charisms that could benefit the church.

I am also grateful to you that you are giving me the opportunity to clarify and shed light on certain expressions that might appear unclear as they are written in imagery and poetic or symbolic style. I am equally aware that my speaking to Catholic Christians though being Greek Orthodox is unusual, but rather than seeing it as disorder, I humbly desire this to be my small contribution to the healing of the dissentions between Christian brethren. And so, I will respond the best I can to the questions you have deigned to present to me in complete honesty and lucidity, assured equally of your gener- osity, good will and comprehension towards my limitations in expressing the full panorama con- tained in the 12 volumes of the books entitled True Life in God (TLIG).

Question 1: Relationship between TLIG and Revelation

You know very well that, for both Catholics and Orthodox there is only one Revelation that of God in Jesus Christ, which is contained in the Holy Scriptures and in Tradition. Within the Catholic Church even accepted “private revelations” as in Lourdes or Fatima, although taken seriously, are not matters of faith. In which sense, therefore, do you define your writ- ings as revelations and how should they be accepted by your hearers and readers?

I never had any lessons of catechism let alone theology, nor did I know of any theological nuances as the ones mentioned above at the beginning of my call and my conversion. I was taught these dif- THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 71 ferences gradually as the gentle guidance of the Holy Spirit proceeded. In the very beginning of this call, I was very confused and early, during the manifestation of my angel, this is what I said: “But I can't understand. We have already the Bible, so why do we need messages?” My angel re- plied: “So you do feel that all has been given in the Bible?” I responded: “Yes. That is why I do not see the reason of all this. I mean nothing is new.” Then the angel said: “God wants these messages to be given.” I said: “Is there a special reason why me?” The angel responded: “No. God loves you all. These messages are just a reminder to remind you how your foundations begun” (07.08.1986).

A Protestant minister once said to me that there is no reason why God would want to speak to us now that we have the Holy Bible. Confused, I said to Christ: “Lord, there are some ministers who refuse to hear or believe that You can manifest Yourself like this, through me, they say that You, Jesus, have brought us all the truth and they need nothing else but the Holy Bible, in other words all these works are false.” The response of Christ was the following:

I have said to you all that the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you. I am not giving you any new doctrine, I am only reminding you of the truth and leading those who wan- dered astray back to the complete truth. I, the Lord, will keep stirring you up with Remind- ers and My Holy Spirit, the Advocate, will always be among you as the Reminder of My Word. So do not be astonished when My Holy Spirit speaks to you - these reminders are given by My Grace to convert you and to remind you of My Ways. (20.12.1988)

Another passage 11 years later our Lord asked me to write the following:

All of these messages come from on high and are inspired by Me. They can profitably be used for teaching and for refuting error. They can be used for guiding the church into unity and for guiding people’s lives and teaching them to be holy. They are given to you for a bet- ter explanation 1 to the Revelation 2 given to you. They are an inexhaustible source of amaz- ing grace for you all to renew you. (30.07.1999)

I believe that there is but one Revelation and I never said the contrary, nor do you find this in the writings. I do not expect the readers of TLIG to take the messages for more than Holy Scripture and I am sure that nothing in the TLIG books can induce all those who hear and read me to think in another way. In fact in my witnessing I quote all the time many passages from the Scriptures, sometimes even more than the messages themselves. Within the messages there is a clear and con- tinuous insistence of focusing on the Holy Bible and of living by its truth. The writings are an actu- alisation and a reminder of the one and only Revelation in Christ, held in Scripture and Tradition, transmitted through the church; they are but an appeal to this Revelation. In fact, these writings never affected readers to take them above the Scriptures, but testimonies shed that they helped them to understand much better the Word of God. Yet, we know that God can remind us of His blessed Word when He knows it is necessary for the benefit of the church. Favours of this kind, for a favour it is, illumine or make manifest a truth already known, giving a better understanding of it.

One could ask then, why did God call someone so limited and unworthy, totally disinterested and ignorant in church matters, who never aspired for God, to receive a “reminder of His Word?” Are not the priests and theologians called to do the same? Yes, I believe they are, and I, in no way ever intended to compete with the priests and theologians that God has called to do their duty; yet, I do believe that God has called me unexpectedly by a direct action from His part. 1. I heard at the same time the word “understanding” . 2. The Holy Bible. 72 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF

I have recently learnt that the second Vatican Council has underlined how important it is that the laity contributes to spreading the Good News through the various gifts God bestows upon His Church. In Lumen Gentium , the Council clearly states that the laity participates in the prophetic of- fice of Christ and that Christ “fulfils this office, not only by the hierarchy but also by the laity. He accordingly both establishes them as witnesses and provides them with the sense of the faith (sensus fidei) and the grace of the word” (LG 35). Every lay-person, therefore, has a part to play in this service of the Gospel according to the charism God has given him or her and through those gifts he or she is at once the witness and the living instrument of the mission of the church itself, “according to the measure of Christ's bestowal.”

In most Classic works of Catholic Fundamental Theology there is a distinction between Revelation as a concept of reflection ( Revelation with capital R) and revelation as a concept of experience (revelation with minor r, often revelations in plural). When I speak of my humble experience as “revelation”, I speak of revelation with a minor “r” from the experiential point of view.

I do not speak of my experience as revelation from a doctrinal point of view in any way wanting to compete with Revelation. Just as with other “private revelations” or “prophetic revelations” my work adds nothing to the Deposit of Faith. On the contrary, God’s calling to me aims at pointing to the fullness of the truth of the Deposit of Faith, to enter more fully into and live by this truth.

The constitution Dei Verbum of the Second Vatican Council has made it clear that the Public Reve- lation is complete and perfect and that “no new public revelation is to be expected before the glori- ous manifestation of our Lord, Jesus Christ” (Dei Verbum 4). On the other hand, Dei Verbum also makes it clear that the people of God constantly needs to deepen the appreciation of this truth:

The Tradition that comes from the apostles makes progress in the Church with the help of the Holy Spirit. There is a growth in insight into the realities and words that are being passed on. This comes about in various ways. It comes through contemplation and study of believers who ponder these things in their hearts (cf. Lk. 2:19 and 51). It comes from the in- timate sense of spiritual realities which they experience. And it comes from the preaching of those who have received, along with their right of succession in the episcopate, the sure charism of truth. Thus, as the centuries go by, the Church is always advancing towards the plenitude of divine truth, until eventually the words of God are fulfilled in her (Dei Ver- bum 8).

His Eminence, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has said very explicitly on the relationship between Christian prophecy and Revelation that the thesis that prophecy should end with the completion of Revelation in Christ harbours misunderstandings. His position was phrased in an interview on Christian prophecy and again in a commentary to the disclosure of the Third Secret of Fatima. I al- low myself to quote him directly from the interview:

“The Revelation is essentially God who gives himself to us, who constructs history with us and who reunites us gathering us all together. It is the unfolding of an encounter that has also an inherent communicative dimension and a cognitive structure. This also carries im- plications for knowledge of the truth of Revelation. Understood in the proper way, the Revelation has attained its goal with Christ because - in those beautiful words of Saint John of the Cross - when God has spoken personally there is nothing more to add. Nothing more about the Logos can be said. He is among us in a complete way and God has nothing greater to give us, to say to us than Himself. But this very wholeness of God’s giving of himself - that is, that He, the Logos, is present in the flesh - also means that we must continue to THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 73

penetrate this Mystery. This brings us back to the structure of hope. The coming of Christ is the beginning of an ever-deepening knowledge and of a gradual discovery of what, in the Logos, is being given. Thus, a new way is inaugurated of leading man into the whole truth, as Jesus puts it in the Gospel of John when he says that the Holy Spirit will come down. I believe that the pneumatological Christology of Jesus’ leave-taking discourse is very impor- tant to our theme given that Christ explains that his coming in the flesh was just a first step. The real coming will happen when Christ is no longer bound to a place or to a body locally limited but when he comes to all of us in the Spirit as the Risen One, so that entering into the truth may also acquire more and more profundity. It seems clear to me that - considering that the time of the church, that is, the time when Christ comes to us in Spirit is determined by this very pneumatological Christology - the prophetic element, as element of hope and appeal, cannot naturally be lacking or allowed to fade away” ( 30 Giorni , January 1999).

In the same manner, I do not claim in any way, a status or an authority of my writings coming close to Holy Scripture. The Holy Bible is inspired in an infallible way. I humbly believe that the Lord touched me to journey with Him through a direct action in my soul assisting me when called to write, but it is not inspiration in the same sense as Scripture is and the result is not infallibility, but this does not mean either that there should be doctrinal errors in my writings, which I am assured there are not.

In Fr. Marie-Eugène’s book I am a Daughter of the Church , he reminds us how God can adapt Himself to the soul:

“God’s direct action, being thus grounded in the human of which it makes use, is marvel- lously adapted to the psychological life of the soul. This adaptation of God should be under- lined as an important characteristic of His interventions. God, who consents to speak the language of human signs to give us His light, pushes condescendence to the point of adapt- ing Himself to our temperaments and our particular needs in the choice of these signs, so as to reach us more surely. For a faith that has kept its purity and its simplicity, He will speak in a language of external brilliant signs that will make faith vibrate. For a faith that rational- ism has rendered prudent and critical, He will have a more intellectual language.” 3

Cardinal Ratzinger has said, “that being able to set oneself up as the word and image of interior contact with God, even in the case of authentic mysticism, always depends on the possibilities of the human soul and its limitations”. I thus experience the Word of God without effort, in other words, without me forcing anything, it just comes. I receive these communications (interior words) namely in two forms. Please note here that in no way I intend to say I know perfectly well how to express this phenomenon and how God can do such things, but this explanation below is the best I can do:

1.Through the intervention of interior words, namely locutions. The words I perceive are substan- tial ones, much clearer than were I to hear them through my ears. One single word alone may contain a world of meaning such as the understanding on its own could never put rapidly into human language. Any divine word or instruction given to teach me, will not be in the manner of school teaching, that perhaps due to limited time cannot be wholly explained all at once, or be- cause of human frailty may be forgotten, or even not quite understood. But the divine instruction or the word given, will be given in such lapse of time and engraved in the mind in such a way that it will be difficult to forget. The light it spreads is so vast, just like a bright light that sheds far and wide, giving you a wealth of knowledge instantly more than just the word itself. The 3. Fr. Marie-Eugène, O.C.D.. I am a daughter of the Church , Vol. II, Chicago, 1955. p. 283. 74 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF

word given is like a wide river that breaks into other rivulets leading you everywhere and in dif- ferent places but always coming from the one river. Any normal teaching in a school would have taken me months to learn. While I experience the words so strongly, I am equally aware that the written form and the way I should express the words still depends on my limited capaci- ties of language and expression.

2.The second way I receive the words of God is through a light of understanding in my intellect without any utterance of speech. It is like God transmits His thought into mine. I would immedi- ately know what God wants, or wishes to say. Then I have to write down this “non-expressed message” as well as I could by selecting my own words.

I have been told later here in Rome, that St. Bridget of Sweden had similar ways of writing down her messages.

Why the Lord chose this special form of writing down the messages to which He even seizes my hand? I really do not know. The Lord just told me when I asked him why: “Because I like it in this way” . So I do not know how this happens. I would like to point out though that theologians who are also expert graphologists and who have investigated the writings called them “hieratic” , de- scribing many groundbreaking differences between the way I write and the so-called automatic writing. I have later come to know that known mystics such as Theresa of Avila experienced rap- tures of her body or sometimes part of her body. I believe this to be a mitigated form of rapture of my hand and trust that the Lord has his own purposes in this.

Question 2. My relationship as Orthodox Christian to the Roman Catholic Church

You belong to the Orthodox Church and often exhort priests and bishops of that faith to ac- knowledge the Pope and to make peace with the Roman Church. For this, unfortunately, you are not welcome in some countries of your own persuasion. Why do you take up this mission? What is your idea of the Bishop of Rome and how do you foresee the future of Christian unity? One sometimes gets the impression in reading your works, however, that you stand above both churches without being committed to either. For example, it seems that you receive communion in both catholic and orthodox churches, but in your marital status you follow the custom of oikonomia . As I have said already, these observations are not meant as a personal censure as we have absolutely no right to adjudicate your con- science, but you understand our concern about the Catholic followers who may interpret these attitudes in a relativistic manner and are tempted to disregard the disciplines of their own church.

Motivations for taking up this work of unity

I do not believe I would have ever had the courage or the zeal to face the Orthodoxy to bring them to understand the reconciliation our Lord desires from them if I had not experienced our Lord’s presence, neither would I have endured the oppositions, the criticisms and the persecutions being done on me by them. In the very beginning of God’s intervention I was totally confused and feared I was being deluded; this uncertainty was truly the biggest cross, since I never heard in my life be- fore that God can indeed express Himself to people in our own times and had no one to ask about it. Because of this, I tried to fight it away, but the experience would not leave and later on, slowly, with time, I became reassured and confident that all of this was only God’s work, because I started THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 75 to see God’s hand in it. This is why I stopped fearing to face opposition and criticism and have to- tal confidence in our Lord, knowing that where I lack He will always fill, in spite of my insuffi- ciency, and His works will end up always glorious.

Approaching the Orthodox priests, monks and bishops to acknowledge the Pope and to reconcile with sincerity with the Roman Church is not an easy task as our Lord says in one of the messages; it is like trying to swim in the opposite direction of a strong current, but after having seen how our Lord suffers in our division I could not refuse our Lord’s request when asked to carry this cross; therefore, I have accepted this mission, yet not without having gone through (and still going through) many fires.

You have asked: “Why do you take up this mission?” My answer is, because I was called by God, I believed and I answered Him; therefore, I want to do God’s will. One of Christ’s first words were: “Which house is more important, your house or My House?” I answered, “Your House Lord.” He said: “Revive My House, embellish My House and unite it.”

Some of the Greek Orthodox hierarchy totally reject me, first because they do not believe me 4, secondly because I am a woman and thirdly because a woman should not speak. Some of the monks are suspicious of me saying that I am probably a Trojan horse sent and paid by the Pope, or that I am even a Uniate. Many do not want to hear of reconciliation or ecumenism. They consider it heresy if I pray with the Roman Catholics. That is where they see it as standing above both churches without being committed to either. I am full and wholly committed to my church but it is not heresy nor a sin if I live ecumenically and pray with other Christians to promote unity. The key to unity though, according to our Lord in the writings, is humility and love. Many of the people of the churches do not have this key yet. Many of the Greek Orthodox lay people but as well as the simple priest around the corner, up to the monk in a remote monastery would call the Roman Catholic Church to this day heretic and dangerous; they are taught to believe this since their birth and it is wrong. Yet, I believe that in their rigidity they can change through a metanoia and the power of the Holy Spirit who will make them bend and through the prayers of the faithful. In our gatherings we pray to God for this change of heart.

Nevertheless, it is not a question of them alone bending. Everyone must bend in humility and love. The people of each church should be willing to die to their ego and to their rigidity and then through this act of humility and obedience to the truth, Christ’s presence will be shining in them. I believe that through this act of humility, the churches’ past and present failures will be washed away and unity will be accomplished. I never lose hope to approach the Orthodox and this is why I always keep returning to them to give them my testimony. My testimony is given reminding them of our Lord's words: “may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me” (Jn 17:21). In this manner, despite the obstacles, a few ecu- menical prayer groups were formed in Athens and in Rhodes with Orthodox priests included in them. All these prayer groups start by praying the Rosary, then other prayers. Nevertheless, it is not only rejection I get from the Orthodox hierarchy because of the reasons I mentioned above, but our Lord has provided me with a good number of Greek Orthodox clergy friends as well.

4. Although in our book of the doctrine of the Orthodox Church, Book I, published in 1997 by Mr. Trembelas, on p. 79 it reads: "Revelations are defined as an act taken by God by which He notifies His reasonable creatures about the mysteries of His existence, nature and will, according to their limited intellectual ca- pacity…" 76 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF

The Bishop of Rome

Our Lord gave me an interior vision of three iron bars symbolizing the three major Christian bod- ies, Catholics, Orthodox and Protestant Christians, calling their heads to meet by bending, so that they meet, but to meet they have to bend. This passage speaks of the attitude that is needed to ar- rive at the unity the Lord has been longing for since his prayer to his Father - “that all may be one”. This passage of the TLIG messages does not pretend to speak of unity on an ontological level, indi- cating that there should be no differences in which extent the various Christian groups have re- tained the truth Christ conferred to his church. And it is not true I claim that this calling to humility amongst Christian brothers should imply a pan-Christian approach to unity and that unity should be advanced through a bargain of truth, (like a trader, selling and buying) leading to a levelling and a relativism of truth. On the contrary, I have often spoken on the importance of remaining faithful to the truth, and even more than my speaking, the message is nothing but a calling to live by the truth of the Gospel in the One Revelation of Christ, as expressed above. The writings contain many warnings against the contrary attitude, to the point of portraying a “false ecumenism” as a Trojan horse of introducing a lifeless image of Christ:

“The figure daubed with assorted colours, this figure these traders are trying to make you revere to and follow is not me - it is an invention of perverted human skill to degrade the concept of My Holiness and My Divinity; it is a false ecumenism; it is a defiance of all that is holy. I suffer because of the sins of these traders.” (22.10.1990)

Many messages on unity keep together these two vital aspects of ecumenism: The spiritual attitude implying humility and love towards other Christians together with the un-compromised quest for the truth of Christ. One example is a passage where the Virgin Mary speaks of the fabrics of unity:

“The Kingdom of God is not just words on the lips, the Kingdom of God is love, peace, unity and faith in the heart. It is the Lord’s Church united in One inside your heart. The Keys to Unity are: Love and Humility. Jesus never urged you to divide yourselves - this di- vision in His Church was no desire of His.” (23.09.1991)

Further down in the same passage, Jesus speaks of the truth: “Always defend to death the truth . Scathed you shall be from time to time, but I shall allow it just enough to keep your soul pure and docile” (reiterated on 05.06.1992, 25.09.1997, 22.06.1998, etc.)

I have had a few meetings with Catholic clergy in the United States, Holland and Switzerland in particular who are very liberal and very much against the Pope. I had to defend the Chair of Peter and explain it to them as well as I could through powerful messages that came from Christ, show- ing them how confused their minds were. In the end many of these priests came to tell me how they appreciated these clarifications. I had one or two though who did not agree telling me that I am more Catholic than the Catholics… Although there are many unity passages that regard the unity between the churches, there are also quite a number that especially are written for a lot of Catholic clergy who are rebelling against the Pope to bring them back to faithfulness to him. Here is one early example:

“I the Lord do not want any divisions in My Church. You will, for My sake, unite and under My Name love Me, follow Me and bear witness for Me. You will love one another as I love you; you will unite and become one flock under one Shepherd 5. I have, as you all know, selected Peter - giving him the authority. I have, as you all know, given him the keys of the 5. The Pope. THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 77

kingdom of heaven. I have asked Peter to feed My lambs and sheep - looking after them. 6 This authority was given by Me. I have not desired you to alter My wish.” (19.03.1988)

Another message speaking of the future of unity puts it even clearer:

“I will then place into Peter’s hand an iron sceptre with which he will guard My sheep, and for those who do not know and still ask themselves ‘why is it that we have to have a guide?’ I tell you this - have you ever seen or known of any flock of sheep without a shepherd? I am your Heavenly Shepherd and I have chosen Peter to keep My lambs until My return. I have given him the responsibility, so why all these disputes, why all these futile arguments? And for all those who still do not know My words, I tell you to read them in the Scriptures - they are to be found in the testimony of John, My disciple 7. I will then unite My Church and en- circle you with My arms into one fold for today; as it is you are all scattered, developing too many communities, split sections. My Body you have torn apart and this CANNOT BE . I will unite you all.” (16.05.1988)

Other messages speak of the Pope as the Vicar of Christ or the Vicar of the Church. Here is one ex- ample:

“Pray for the whole Church. Be the incense of My Church and by this I mean that you pray for all those who are proclaiming My Word, from the Vicar who is representing Me to the apostles and prophets of your days, from the sacerdotal souls and religious souls to the lay- men, so that they may be ready to understand that all of you whom I mentioned are part of One Body, My Body.” (10.01.1990 More references in 01.06.1989, 02.03.1990, 10.10.1990, 18.03.1991, 20.04.1993, 20.12.1993, 15.04.1996, 22.10.1996, 20.12.1996)

The writings contain no references to how the role of Peter will relate to the roles of the various pa- triarchal sees, and so I cannot speak about this. But I am aware that the Pope himself in the Encyc- lical “Ut unum sint” does open up for a discussion of this sort:

It is nonetheless significant and encouraging that the question of the primacy of the Bishop of Rome has now become a subject of study that is already under way or will be in the near future. It is likewise significant and encouraging that this question appears as an essential theme not only in the theological dialogues in which the Catholic Church is engaging with other Churches and Ecclesial Communities, but also more generally in the ecumenical movement as a whole. Recently the delegates to the Fifth World Assembly of the Commis- sion on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches, held in Santiago de Compostela, recommended that the Commission “begin a new study of the question of a universal minis- try of Christian unity”. After centuries of bitter controversies, the other Churches and Eccle- sial Communities are more and more taking a fresh look at this ministry of unity. 8

The same encyclical confirms the necessity of East and West reuniting, allowing differences be- tween the two communions while being in full communion:

In view of all this, the Catholic Church desires nothing less than full communion between East and West. She finds inspiration for this in the experience of the first millennium. In

6. John 21:15-17. 7. John 21:15-17. 8. Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint of the Holy Father John Paul II on Commitment to Ecumenism 89. 78 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF

that period, indeed, “the development of different experiences of ecclesial life did not pre- vent Christians, through mutual relations, from continuing to feel certain that they were at home in any Church, because praise of the one Father, through Christ in the Holy Spirit, rose from them all, in a marvellous variety of languages and melodies; all were gathered to- gether to celebrate the Eucharist, the heart and model for the community regarding not only spirituality and the moral life, but also the Church’s very structure, in the variety of minis- tries and services under the leadership of the Bishop, successor of the Apostles. The first Councils are an eloquent witness to this enduring unity in diversity”. 9

Although the writings do not speak of structural issues regarding East and West, there are many references to the importance of the Eastern Church. Thereby, the un-compromised underlining of the importance of the role of Peter is paired in later messages by an insight that spiritual renewal very well could be inspired by the Eastern Church. Thereby it becomes even more evident why the Body of Christ needs to breathe with both its lungs - that of the western and eastern presence of the Church:

“House of the West, you have realized, through the Light of My Spirit, that a body needs its two lungs to breath freely, and that My Body is imperfect with one lung; pray that My vivi- fying Spirit will join you together, but what have I to suffer before!” 10 (27.11.1996)

And another similar message:

“… pray for the house of the east and the west to join together, like two hands when joined in prayer; a pair of hands, similar, and in beauty when joined together, pointing towards heaven, when in prayer. Let those two hands, belonging to the same body, work together and share their capacity and resources with each other… let those two hands lift Me to- gether…” (15.06.1995).

Another message speaks of the role of the East in bringing the two houses together again, unifying the Body of Christ:

“Listen and write: glory will shine from the Eastern bank - that is why I say to the House of the West: turn your eyes towards the East. Do not weep bitterly over the Apostasy and the destruction of your House; do not panic, for tomorrow you will eat and drink together with My shoot from the Eastern bank - My Spirit will bring you together. Have you not heard that the East and West will be one kingdom? Have you not heard that I shall settle for one date ? 11

I am going to reach out My Hand and carve on a stick the words: West bank, House of Peter and all those who are loyal to him; then, on another stick I will carve: East bank, House of Paul, together with all those who are loyal to him. And when the members of the two Houses will say: “Lord, tell us what you mean now”, I will say to them: “I will take the stick on which I carved Paul’s name together with all those who are loyal to him and put the 9 . Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint of the Holy Father John Paul II on Commitment to Ecumenism 61, ref. to Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen (2 May 1995), 24: L'Osservatore Romano, 2-3 May 1995, 18: loc. cit., 4. 10 . I understood at the same time “what have we to suffer before!” The "we" was meant for Pope John Paul II together with Jesus. 11 . I understood that Christ was referring to all of His messages of unity, calling us all to unify the dates of Easter. This alone seems to “settle” Him and satisfy His thirst for unity. Christ promised us that if we unify the dates of Easter, He will do the rest. THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 79

stick of Peter and his loyal ones, as one. I shall make one stick out of the two and I shall hold them as one; I shall bind them together with My New Name; this will be the bridge be- tween the West and the East. My Holy Name will bind the bridge, so that you will exchange your possessions across this bridge - they will no longer practice alone, but together, and I shall reign over them all.”

What I have planned shall happen, and should men say to you daughter that these signs are not from Me, tell them: “do not fear - have you not heard that He is the Sanctuary and the stumbling stone as well? The Rock that can bring down the two Houses but raise them up again as one single House?” ” (24.10.1994).

Again, this message takes nothing away from the role and authority of Peter, but it highlights the importance of having the eastern and western parts of the Body of Christ united so that the World may believe.

The Future of Christian Unity

Although the message confirms the primacy of Peter, the Bishop of Rome, known in both Ortho- dox and Catholic tradition, it does not speak of questions of jurisdiction. I believe I have not been called to speak on this issue and so I refrain from doing so in any way.

My calling is to confirm the Pope’s importance and defend his Chair against all those who tend to disobey him and rebel against him, while inspiring the construction and strengthening of the inte- rior fabrics of unity. My primary approach to unity is that of unity through spirituality. The mes- sage is a calling for unity both intra nos and extra nos - a calling to strengthen the spiritual dynam- ics of unity both within the particular churches and between them.

I do not know what the future structures of the unified church will look like, as the Lord has chosen not to speak on this nor did He favour me to give me any light on this, but I believe it will come through spirituality; and I believe I have been granted a foretaste of the grace of that future unity in various ecumenical gatherings.

In March 2000, for instance, the Lord permitted our prayer groups to gather in his birthplace, Beth- lehem. 450 people came from far and wide; yes, from more than 55 countries and from 12 different churches to an international meeting of prayer for peace and unity. We gathered as one single fam- ily. With us we had 75 clergy also from 12 different churches that came, but also other clergy from the Holy Land, who, hearing of this prayer meeting joined us as well. This ecumenical event was co-ordinated by some Jews and Palestinians who were touched by the writings of “True Life in God” . They believed in the redemption of Christ and of his saving plan in our days and volun- teered to organize this meeting. When one knows how in our days, Palestinians and Jews are fight- ing against each other, their reconciliation is a sign of the power of the Holy Spirit who joined those two nations to work for a meeting for peace between the divided Christians. As Scriptures say: “Peacemakers, when they work for peace, sow the seeds which will bear fruit in holi- ness” (Jm 3:18). This is a lesson for all of us.

We lived and had a foretaste of what unity will be like one day between Christians. We had speeches given to us from clergy of different churches on unity. Their speech resounded like they came from one voice and one mind. We sensed the great desire of all of us being one, during their talks. We saw and we watched the thirst of the laity and the clergy, they have for unity. But we 80 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF sensed at the same time the great external wounds our division has produced on the Mystical Body of Christ.

The majority of us are tired of this division, because it is not according to our Lord’s law of love. Christ is even more tired of seeing us divided. The cheers and acclamations of joy of all these na- tions who were bonded together, appealing for a complete unity among Christians exposed that this division is not only a sin but an anti-testimony as well. Yet, the biggest sin against unity is to have the dates of Easter separated. How good it will be when we all cry out together: “Christos Anesti” in one voice all in one day. We all say, “Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven…” Jesus Christ united us together by his Blood, so how can one deny this unity? “He is the peace between us, and has made the Gentile and the Jew into one and broken down the barrier which used to keep them apart, actual destroying in his own person the hostility caused by the rules and decrees of the Law.” (Ep 2:14-15). How can we say “no” to God, if He wants us to unite? Could it be because our hearts have hardened? Have we forgotten the Holy Father’s words when he said: “The elements that unite us are far greater than those that divide us”? So we should take up those elements and use them to smoothen up the way to a complete unity.

The Holy Eucharist and eucharistic sharing

In the Catechism of the Catholic Church it is said with reference to St. Augustine regarding the Eucharist:

Before the greatness of this mystery [the Holy Eucharist] St Augustine exclaims: ‘O sacra- ment of devotion! O sign of unity! O bond of charity!’ The more painful the experience of the divisions in the church which break the common participation in the table of the Lord, the more urgent are our prayers to the Lord that the time of complete unity among all who believe in him may return (CCC 1398).

The Lord urges us to reconcile and reunite. As a well-known Catholic cardinal said recently to an Orthodox priest friend of mine from New York who attended the cardinal’s mass in Rome, so it is my conviction that it must be possible to obtain again that union around the Lord’s table between Catholics and Orthodox, as we share the same sacraments and have virtually the same faith, albeit clothed in different expressions of faith and worship. I have come to experience from the flaming love of Our Lord the depths of his desire for the perfect union of his Body and believe He is in pain over our lack of love and communion. Therefore, I have no bigger desire than to see his Body re- united and I am convinced that we, Christians, if we really love Jesus Christ, must do all that is in our power to work for the reconciliation of the separated members of Christ’s body.

Meanwhile, I know this union will not come easy but only through a miracle of Our Lord. Al- though we must do all we can to advance unity, He has promised to give us that union that will be the Holy Spirit’s work for, as I once said back in 1992, it will come as sudden as the fall of the Ber- lin wall:

“Mercy and Justice is working with such wonders as has never happened among many gen- erations, and Unity shall come upon you like Dawn and as sudden as the fall of commu- nism - it shall come from God and your nations shall name it the Great Miracle, the Blessed Day in your history.” (10.01.1990)

The Church of Christ is one in the sense that Christ is one and only has one Holy Body. It is the THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 81 people of the church who are divided. If Christians are able to go beyond the negative obstacles that separate them, obstacles that according to Scriptures are against the fulfilment of the unity of faith, love and worship among us, the Father will hear the prayer expressed already of his Divine Son, when he said: “may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.” (Jn 17: 27)

While waiting for this grace I follow as good I can the principles in the present state of affairs and am convinced not to infringe on the conscience of the members of any church. In the question, it says the following, “one sometimes gets the impression in reading your works, however, that you stand above both churches without being committed to either…” There is no ground in the written work to get the impression that I stand above both churches. As you write it, it seems that it is more on the practical level.

As to the way I practice my faith, I am an Orthodox and am committed fully to my church. When- ever there is an Orthodox church nearby I never fail to follow its Sunday Mass, unless of course there is none, like in Dhaka, Bangladesh where I lived. Just before coming to Rome, where I live now, I lived 11 years in Switzerland. Every Sunday I went to our Orthodox Church and the Greek priest of Lausanne, Fr. Alexander Iossifides is my witness as well as the faithful who were in the church and saw me regularly, unless of course I travelled. Abroad, during my travels when a pro- gram has been set-up for me to follow and give my witness, sometimes, and I would add, rather rarely, it could happen that the Catholic priests or Bishops of the place who invited me to speak, have programmed a public Holy Mass to follow in the same place where I spoke; I then remain with the people for the Mass as it is in the program and receive Holy Communion there.

Here in Rome I live out from the centre and quite far from my Greek Orthodox Church which is in the centre of Rome. There is a Slavic Orthodox church at the Tre Fontane, which I attended but I do not understand the language. And so I allow myself once in a while, since half of the time I am away, to receive Holy Communion in the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Divino Amore which is 3 km from my place. I believe the Second Vatican Council allows me to do this when, as reiterated in the Catechism of the Catholic church says: “a certain communion in sacris , and so in the Eucharist, given suitable circumstances and the approval of church authority, is not merely possible but is en- couraged.” (CCC 1399)

In the Decree Orientarium Ecclesiarum of Vatican II it states: “When Eastern Christians separated in good faith from the Catholic church, request of their own accord and are rightly disposed, they may be admitted to the Sacraments of Penance, Eucharist and Anointing…”

The Catholic Code of Canon Law states:

Catholic Ministers may lawfully administer the Sacraments of Penance, Eucharist, and Anointing of the Sick to members of the Eastern (Oriental) churches which do not have full Communion with the Catholic church, if they ask on their own for the Sacraments and are properly disposed. This holds also for members of other churches, which in the judgement of the Apostolic See are in the same condition as the Oriental churches as far as the Sacra- ments are concerned. (Canon 844.3)

Pope John Paul II’s encyclical letter “Ut unum sint” continues these assertions with reference to Orientalium Ecclesiarum :

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dox churches, the Decree on Eastern Catholic churches Orientalium Ecclesiarum has stated: “Pastoral experience clearly shows that with respect to our Eastern brethren there should and can be taken into consideration various circumstances affecting individuals, wherein the unity of the church is not jeopardized nor are intolerable risks involved, but in which salva- tion itself and the spiritual profit of souls are urgently at issue. Hence, in view of special cir- cumstances of time, place and personage, the Catholic church has often adopted and now adopts a milder policy, offering to all the means of salvation and an example of charity among Christians through participation in the Sacraments and in other sacred functions and objects.” 12

As to the relationship to the churches of the Reformation things are a bit more complex. Many peo- ple of Protestant upbringing who read TLIG became Catholics due to their free choice, mainly due to the issues around the Eucharist. Jesus does not speak in the messages of the validity of their sac- raments, but he urges Protestants once again to love the Mother of Jesus and to recognize the role of Peter:

“Vassula, the time has come to unite My Church. Come together again beloved, come and rebuild these ancient ruins; rebuild My old foundation, a foundation established by My own Hand. Honour My Mother as I, who am The Word, and above all honour her. Would I then not desire you, who are dust and ashes, recognize Her as Queen of Heaven - honouring Her? My grief of today is to see how little My creation know of Her importance. Most of My devoted ones who are under the name of Luther and who have isolated themselves en- tirely, must return to Peter.” (22.12.1987)

In another message, Christ reprimands those Christians who fail to see the greatness of the mystery of the Eucharist and Christ’s Divine Presence therein:

“… so I tell those churches whose clergy have not accepted My Mystery: “come to your senses and seek Me earnestly. Master you resentment, as well, against My Mother. May every race know that My flesh and My blood come from My Mother. Yes, My Body comes from the most Holy Virgin, from pure blood; blessed be Her Name! To save all the humble of the earth who receive Me and to give them imperishable life I became Bread to give My- self to you; and through this Communion I sanctify all who receive Me, deifying them to become the flesh of My Flesh, the bones of My Bones […] through My Divinity I deify men […] now I am judged by men; the Garment 13 that can cover you, adorning you majes- tically, giving you a metamorphosis, divinising you, is rejected by those churches who can- not comprehend My Mystery…today again I cry out from heaven: “Brothers, why are you undermining My Divinity? If you claim that you are the ones who know what is right, then why is your spirit plundering My Church? […] I am inviting you to celebrate Mass and par- take of the Divine Mystery in the manner I truly instituted” ” […] They affirm My might, proclaiming My fearful power, singing their praises to Me, acknowledging My Omnipo- tence and My mighty wonders, but I become a stumbling stone when it comes to measure the magnificence of My Divinity and of My Presence in the Eucharist.” (16.10.2000)

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Marital Status

Further down in your question, you say about me receiving Holy Communion sometimes in the Roman Catholic church: “our concern about the Catholic followers who may interpret these atti- tudes in a relativistic manner and are tempted to disregard the disciplines of their own church.” If according to the Canon Law which I have quoted above proves that I am in total concordance with the Catholic Church’s canon Law, I see no reason for the Catholic people to react relativistically.

I am not in favour of divorce and am not seeking to promote the doctrine among Catholic Chris- tians that remarriage of divorced people should be permitted. My divorce and civil remarriage was prior to my conversion. After my conversion under the light of the TLIG-messages I discovered that my marital situation was not regular. However, nobody knew about this situation except my- self and it was again by myself that I deplored it publicly. I have denounced my own situation when in fact nobody knew anything about it. Having realised my mistake, I approached my church authorities in Lausanne and went through a process of having everything cleared according to Or- thodox marital regulations. I am thus an Orthodox Christian at peace with my Church and its regu- lations as any other Orthodox Christian and as such am allowed to receive the Eucharist in my own Church and in the Catholic Church according to the principles mentioned above. I in no way disre- gard the marriage regulations of the Catholic Church. For your information, I attach my Marriage Certificate with this document (Attachment 1).

Question 3. Confusion of terminology in regards to the persons in the Holy Trinity

In your earlier writings, as observed in the Notification there was some confusion of termi- nology regarding the persons of the Holy Trinity. We are sure that you subscribe to the teaching of your church. Do you think you could help us clarify these expressions? When dealing with matters of faith would it not be useful to follow the official terminology of stan- dard catechisms to avoid confusion in the mind of the readers of TLIG?

In view of this I would try my best to explain the dilemma of language, reminding you that I am not a theologian who could express herself in a technical manner or receive words from above in an official terminology. It is clear that our Lord has expressed Himself in the manner that I would un- derstand by adapting Himself to reach me. He does not speak to me either in a scholastic theology, but then neither did He when on earth, when He said: “The Father and I are One” (Jn 10:30), nor that of St. Paul when he wrote: “the Lord is the Spirit” (II Co 3:17). To Bernadette of Lourdes, Mary spoke in the local dialect, which was not good French. Even in the inspired books of Scrip- ture, I have learnt that there is a noticeable difference between the refined Greek of St. Luke, and the simple language of St. Mark. St. Catherine of Siena, in her Dialogue, once explained: “You are my Creator, Eternal Trinity, and I am your creature. You have made of me a new creation in the blood of Your Son.” 14 To call Christ the Son of the Trinity sounds heterodox but we take this part as far as possible in a good sense…

So it is perfectly normal if Christ uses my level of vocabulary in the beginning rather than the lan- guage of a theologian. I sometimes expressed words out of my personal experience of God, and ut- tered what I had felt in the terms that come to me spontaneously without much critical reflection on how this will sound to others, or whether it might be misunderstood. To articulate divine mysteries 14 . St. Catherine of Siena's Dialogo della Divina Providenza , no. 167. This passage is cited by the Roman Breviary in the second reading for April 29 th . 84 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF was hard enough for me, even more of how one should express these divine mysteries that would be fitting with the traditional language. Theologians, on the contrary, use a vocabulary that has been carefully refined by many centuries of discussion.

I do not know exactly which parts of the earlier writings the question is referring to, but I could imagine it deals with Christ being called “Father”. Christ is the Son of the Father. In these parts of the revelation the writings do not refer in an ontological or doctrinal way to the person of Christ. Rather, it is affectionate and paternal language, the same language, Jesus used to his disciples: “My children…” (Jn 13:33). Already Isaiah described the Messiah as the “Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Eternal Father ” (Is 9:5).

From the very beginning I never mixed up the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Christ’s pres- ence (attitude) with me was with fatherly affection. When in a passage I called Jesus “Father” it was because of the fatherly way He spoke to me. It was like those instances when fathers are ex- plaining and teaching certain things to their children with patience and love for their growth and development. Here is one example of Christ’s words: “Grow in spirit Vassula, grow, for your task is to deliver all the messages given by Me and My Father. Wisdom will instruct you.” I then an- swer: “Yes Father!” Jesus replies: “How beautiful to hear you call Me “Father”! I longed to hear from your lips this word: ‘Father’ ” (16.02.1987). In the Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus it calls Jesus: “Father of the world to come.” The Sequence for the Mass of Pentecost names the Holy Spirit, “Father of the poor”. I chose St. Symeon, a theologian and saint very dear and important to my Orthodox tradition, in order to give you some more similarities. This is what he says: “For those who have been weaned, He (Christ) plays the role of a loving Father who watches over His children’s growth and development” (Theological Ethical Orations 4. 269-270).

Also, the critique may refer to one particular message in the beginning when the Lord wanted to teach me of the unity of the Holy Trinity. The message that might be questioned was: “I am the Fa- ther and the Son. Now do you understand? I am One, I am All in One” (02.03.1987). Here, our Lord wanted me to understand the perfect and ontological unity of the Most Holy Trinity; how the three divine Persons are undivided and so completely one in nature. Like St. Symeon said in his Hymn 45. 7-21: “Three in one and one in three… How could I have known, Lord, that I had such a God, Master and Protector, Father, Brother and King…?” Gradually any non-official terminology was being crystallized with time so if anyone might have had any confusion it became clearer later on.

Remember how pope Benedict XIV long ago took note of questionable passages in the writings of the Fathers of the church and the saints, and direct that:

…what these have said should be taken, as far as possible, in a good sense… obscure points in one text are to be explained otherwise by clearer texts… seek the mind of the writer, not from a particular phrase, but from the whole context of the work; benevolence should be joined to severity; judgment about views one does not agree with should be made, not on the basis of one's views but according to the probability of the doctrine (Constitution of in- troduction of the Index).

In one of the earliest messages, I tell how Jesus asked me to “design how the Holy Trinity is”. I de- scribe having a vision of light. Then one light coming out, then another one, making three. Then I commented: “When the Son is in the Father, then they are one. The Holy Trinity is ONE and the same. They can be three, but all three can be one. Result, One God”. This statement employs, I learnt, a metaphor that goes back to the Nicene Creed which declares that the Son came forth from THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 85 the Father as “light from light”. This image has since become classic in Christian thought. For ex- ample Symeon the Theologian, writes of “the One who was in the beginning, before all ages, be- gotten of the Father, and with the Spirit, God and Word, triple in unity, but one light in the three” (Hymn 12, 14-18).

Sometimes God the Father speaks and it is obvious to any reader who knows the Scriptures that it is indeed the Father who speaks since He would mention words like, “My Son Jesus” etc. Then, it could happen later in the same day that Christ calls me to continue the message and speaks. Again, the reader who knows Scriptures would understand that it is Christ speaking because He would speak of His Wounds or Cross. As for the messages that would start e.g. with the Father, then later on continue with the Son, it would usually contain a reference saying, “later on”. If I did not put any reference to help the one who reads it was because it appeared to me so obvious from the words uttered who was actually speaking that I left them as they were. From the thousands of read- ers I never received a letter from anyone who asked for clarification on the subject and no-one came to tell me they were confused. Only two clergy in the United States read the message in the wrong way, publishing their views in newsletters over and over again, without ever meeting me.

In one passage in the True Life in God writings, Christ says: “I am the Trinity”. Here Christ identi- fies Himself with the divine nature of the Trinity that is One. Christ is one of the Trinity. Christ speaks as the divinity , since it is one in nature, communicated by each of the three persons.

In one of the passages of True Life in God it was Christ speaking: “Be blessed My child, I, Your Holy Father love you. I am the Holy Trinity”, then He added, You have discerned well. I discerned while Jesus was saying I am your Holy Father, a “triple” Jesus, like those fancy pictures of one per- son but made as though they are three, one coming out of the other, all similar and all three the same. “I am the Holy Trinity all in one” (11.04.1988) (Unique, undivided, one essence, one sub- stance). If one looks just at the initial statement attributed to Jesus, one might wonder if He is not identifying Himself with the Father and then with the entire Trinity. But when one reads on, it is clear He is not.

Christ was trying to teach me the oneness of the Holy Trinity, how the Three Persons are undivided and so completely one. The oneness of the Trinity comes out not primarily from the fact that the three persons are undivided (like inseparable friends!) but from the fact that each one of them pos- sesses the same unique divine nature and are distinguished only by their mutual relations.

In another passage of the True Life in God , Christ teaches me how the Trinity is recognized in each of them as One and the same substance: “…am I not Bountiful? Am I not the highest? So have con- fidence for you are in your Father’s Arms. I, the Holy Trinity am One and the Same (substance) …” (25.07.1989).

In order to express this in the way of thinking of the tradition of the Orthodox Church, it may be useful again to turn to Basil Krivoscheine’s book on St Symeon. Here, the words are expressed in a better way than were I to express them. “God is beyond names. He is Trinity, yet the One and its Unity cannot be expressed” (p. 284). And from St. Symeon himself:

Whatever multifarious names we call You, You are one being… This one being is a nature in three hypostases, one Godhead, one God is a single Trinity, not three beings. And yet the One is three according to hypostases. They are connatural, the one to the other according to nature, entirely of the same power, the same essence, united without confusion in a manner that surpasses our understanding. In turn, they are distinct, separated without separation, 86 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF

three in one and one in three (Hymn 45. 7-21).

And in another passage of TLIG, Christ insists on Their Divine Oneness: “I-Am-He-Who-Saves, I am your Redeemer, I Am the Holy Trinity all in One, I Am the Spirit of Grace…” (28.07.1989).

Here Jesus was telling me that He is in the Father with the Spirit, likewise the Father and He are in the Spirit. He, the Son, is and remains co-eternal in the Father, with the Holy Spirit. We may re- member Christ’s words: God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4, 24). Of vital importance are also St. Paul’s words: “…Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2. Cor. 3:17).

One will never find the Father separated from the Son or the Spirit, nor the Son separated from the Father and the Spirit, nor the Spirit excluded from the union with the one from whom He proceeds. Thus, the expression of: “I Am the Holy Trinity all in One”, and other expressions in the writing that are similar to this one. Likewise in another passage of TLIG, I specify: “The Son is in the Fa- ther. They are only one. The Holy Trinity is one and the same: three Person but a single God: one and three” (24.11.1987).

I would like to explain especially these two expressions that came often in the writings of True Life in God . Christ speaks: “…be one as the Holy Trinity is One and the same” (10.10.1989). Or the other expression: “Pray that My Fold be one, as I and the Father are One and the same” (29.03.1989).

There is a very important factor here. When Christ uses the word “the same” it is different if one translates this word in Italian or French because the meaning changes, and I would like to point out that there have been weaknesses in translation, but I cannot be held responsible for this. In English (which is the original language of the writings) it does not mean “the same person” but it means “equal” in the sense of “the unity of essence”, “substance”.

Then there are passages when in turn the Holy Trinity speaks in one voice. But even so it is very clear. For example here is one passage:

“Your terrified cries pierced through the heavens, reaching the Holy Trinity’s ears… My child!” The Father’s Voice, full of joy resounded through all Heaven.

Then the Son said: “Ah… I shall now make her penetrate My Wounds and let her eat My Body and drink My Blood. I shall espouse her to Me and she will be Mine for eternity. I shall show her the Love I have for her and her lips from thereon shall thirst for Me and her heart shall be My Headrest”.

The Holy Spirit said immediately after: “And I, the Holy Spirit, shall descend upon her to reveal to her the truth and the depths of Us. I shall remind the world through her, that the greatest of all the gifts is love”.

And then the Holy Trinity spoke in one voice: “Let Us then celebrate! Let all Heaven cele- brate!” (22.12.1990).

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, its oneness combined with the distinct traits of each of the three persons and the relationship between them, is one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian Faith. However, the fact that the Trinity is such an infinite mystery should not make us shrink back THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 87 from praising its marvels and avoid talking of it, although human language never will be able to ex- press the beauty and immensity of the One but Triune. For the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is so central to our faith that it stands above and sheds light upon all the other mysteries of faith. This has been pointed out again most clearly in The Cathechism of the Catholic Church:

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the “hierarchy of the truths of faith”. 15 The whole history of salvation is identical with the his- tory of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, re- veals himself to men “and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin” 16 (CCC 234).

Question 4. Protology and Eschatology

There are also some difficulties regarding protology and eschatology. In what sense does the soul have a “vision of God” before being infused into the body and how do you envision of the new Pentecost within the history of salvation in relation to the parousia and the res- urrection of the dead?

Protology : I do not believe in any form of reincarnation. On the contrary, my writings speak against reincarnation and New Age: “These doctrines of Satan teach you to believe in reincarna- tion, whereas there is no reincarnation; they keep up the outward appearance of religion but have rejected the inner power of it - the Holy Spirit and the Holy Communion” (19.04.1992). The pas- sage that you are referring to might be the following:

“…then, in the midst of this dazzling Light, your soul will see what they had once seen in that fraction of a second, that very moment of your creation… They will see He who held you first in His Hands, the Eyes that saw you first, they will see the Hands of He who shaped you and blessed you… they will see the Most Tender Father, your Crea- tor…” (15.9.1991).

The passage is one of poetic and mystical language. What is being said here is in no way the pre- existence of the soul. Rather it speaks of how God blesses and loves any soul from the very instant of its creation. I believe we are created in the image of God and have His imprint in the depth of our souls wherefore humans have a natural longing for their Creator, which only He can satisfy, as Saint Augustine says: “The heart was made for God; neither can it rest until it rests in God”. The important thing I intended to communicate through that sentence is: We carry the image of God in the depth of our being from the moment of our conception.

Eschatology : It has been said that I advocate a wrong kind of millenarianism, wanting to establish a new order, a material “New Heavens and New Earth” before the Second Coming of Christ. This is wrong and can be nowhere found in the messages. I am well aware that the Catholic Church has condemned such kind of millenarianism as written in the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

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The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond his- tory through the eschatological judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the ‘intrinsically perverse’ political form of secular messianism (CCC 676).

There are many passages with terms such as: New Heavens and a New Earth as well as a Second Pentecost, or sometimes with the term of New Pentecost, in the True Life in God writings, but they are to be understood metaphorically. The realization of these words is not to be found in a break with this regular history of ours before the Second Coming establishing a second economy of his- tory. The words express the supreme hope that Christ will renew us from within in the power of the Holy Spirit. It is a revival of faith and a renewal of the church that we so much yearn for. And the fruit we hope from this renewal is the healing of the schism in the Body of Christ. Already Pope John XXIII envisioned such a renewal when he prayed for a Second Pentecost: “O divine Spirit... renew in our own days your miracles as of a second Pentecost”. And also our present Pope John Paul II has used the term on several occasions, as in a letter to the Most Reverend Father Joseph Chalmers, Prior General of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, 08.09.2001: “…I invoke an abundance of divine grace on you. Just like a second Pentecost, may the Holy Spirit descend on you and illuminate you so that you may discover the will of your heavenly and merciful father. In this way you will be able to speak to men and women in forms which are familiar to them and efficient” (cf Acts 2:1-13).

Likewise, my writings speak in metaphorical language of a revival of faith, so that the Lord is able to erect his Throne and build his kingdom in our souls: “Come and learn: the New Heavens and the New Earth will be when I will set My Throne in you, for I will give water from the well of Life free to anybody who is thirsty” (03.04.1995, ref. to Apoc. 21:6).

I believe the renewal promised to us has already started and it is through grace only that the Mercy of God is upon us to pour out His Spirit on all mankind like never before in history and its growth will continue as grace in our days shines on us like the rays of the sun to heal us.

The Lord favoured me to show me the state of the faith of the Christians in our times. It was de- plorable and that is the least one could say. Many of the messages are filled with grief describing the apostasy that has fallen on the Christian world. But the Lord gives us hope, by sharing with us that there will be (there is) a renewal, a transfiguration and a revival by the action of the Holy Spirit. A thirst of God will be given by grace through the Holy Spirit. Here are some extracts: “My Holy Spirit shall lift you out of your great apostasy, to wed you; your era’s wretchedness shall peel off you because with My Own Hand I shall unwrap your death shroud to clothe you in the garments of your wedding…” (20.10.1990). “I shall make the whole creation new, I shall renew you all with my Holy Spirit” (27.6.1991).

My writings do not speak about when this will happen or to what an extent the Lord will be able to build his kingdom as we all hope and pray for when we pray the Lord’s prayer: “Thy Kingdom come”. I believe it has already begun inside us, and its growth will always include our collabora- tion and good will. I believe that a renewal has already started but it comes slowly like the tide in the sea, that no one can stop.

The New Pentecost or Second Pentecost is the hope of our renewal. It is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will renew the creation. In the True Life in God it is compared to Apoc. 21. Here is a passage: THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 89

“Come and learn: the new heavens and the new earth will be when I will set my throne in you for I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty. Allow my Holy Spirit then to draw you into my kingdom and into eternal life. Let evil win no more power over you to die… Allow my Holy Spirit to cultivate your soil and make a terrestrial Eden in you. Let My Holy Spirit make a new earth to prosper in your soil so that your first earth, that was the devil’s property, wears away. Then once again My glory will shine in you and all the divine seeds sown in you by My Holy Spirit will sprout and grow in my divine light (...) so allow My Holy Spirit to turn your soul into another paradise, a new earth where We (the Trinity) will make our home in you…”

(My question) What about the new heavens?

“The new heavens? They too will be inside you when my Holy Spirit will govern you in holi- ness. My Holy Spirit will shine in your darkness like a splendid sun in the sky, because the Word will be given to you to express thoughts and speech as I would wish you to think and speak. Everything expressed will be in accordance to My Image and thought, everything you will do will be to our likeness because the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you. And your new universe will march with my Holy Spirit to conquer the rest of the stars (Symbolic for people) for My Glory and those who had not observed My Law and were fully drawn away like a passing shadow into darkness, never knowing the hope and holiness I was reserving for your times.

The new heavens will be when my Holy Spirit will be poured out to you all from above from the highest heaven. Yes, I will send My Spirit in you to make a heaven out of your soul, so that in this new heaven I may be glorified thrice… and as the paths of those who received My Holy Spirit will be straightened so will their darkness and gloom too be enlightened and restored into blazing stars illuminating their darkness for ever and ever. Soon, this earth and heaven will disappear because the radiant glory of My Throne will shine in you all.” (03.04.1995)

As you may see, this is all symbolic imagery language as well as poetic to describe a renewal, or a new Pentecost. I had been explaining to the people that they should never wait from God sensa- tional events because God rather works in a discreet way, although His language can be expressive and powerful. Many events, like a new Pentecost, should not be expected as visible flames above our heads or the like. When God is in action He does it in such a smooth and discreet way that many who expected sensational events would not even notice them immediately.

Question 5. TLIG as movement ?

What is the real identity of the TLIG movement and what does it require of its followers? How is it structured?

True Life in God is not a movement but an apostolic call

True Life in God is not a movement, nor has it got an office. It is simply a calling for reconciliation and unity for everybody, no matter who they are. The calling does not apply only to Christians, but it has drawn inside it non-Christians as well to become Christians. After reading the inspired writ- ings of True Life in God , several Jews, Moslems, Buddhists and Hindus have been baptized, al- 90 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF though its spirituality is a Trinitarian contemplative spirituality and totally imbued in Christianity. Christ had prayed to the Father for this and said: “I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me.” (Jn 17:20) So through grace, God is opening many doors. For instance, from the very beginning I was told that this apostolic work would hap- pen.

“God will give you his peace and His strength when the time comes to show the messages. God will want you to give the messages to everyone…” (My angel speaking 06.08.1986). “You need not fear. You will be working for Jesus Christ. You will be helping others to grow spiritually…” (My angel 07.08.1986). “When you will be filled with My Holy Spirit you will be able to guide others to Me and you shall multiply…” (Jesus speaking 05.09.1986) “By calling you in this way I mean to conduct others too, for all those who abandoned Me and do not hear Me, because of these reasons this call is in written form…” (The Father 18.11.1986).

The Hiroshima Buddhist monks too got to know of the messages and invited me to speak in their temple. The Catholic Bishop was there as well. It was the memorial day of the atomic bomb. They were presented with a totally Christian message; then I offered them, an enormous Rosary to hang on the wall for their meditation and a statue of our Lady of Fatima which they placed in their yard.

Jews who read the True Life in God messages, asked for baptism and one of them translated the first volume of True Life in God in Hebrew. It is now at the publishers to be published. They all live in Israel.

Recently, Bangladesh wanted me to address the people in Dhaka in an open field. They invited an Imam from the mosque who accepted their invitation to open the meeting with a prayer and many Moslems were there. There were Hindus and Buddhist representatives and Catholic priests as well. The message again was totally Christian (taken from the inspired writings of True Life in God ). The central and essential message that I gave was to reveal God as Love, to make peace with God and neighbour, to reconcile and to learn to respect one another. After the meeting was over though, two Moslem men wanted to become Christians and get baptized. “I want all the nations to hear My Words. I will instruct you and tell you the way to go…” (10.01.1987)

Contemplative teachings

The inspired writings teach the readers to know God and understand Him. Many people believe in God but do not know God, so it encourages us to have an intimate relationship with God, which leads us to unitive life with Him. United thus through the Holy Spirit, in Christ, the faithful are bid- den to live one and the same life, the Christ-life.

Scriptures say: Let the sage boast no more of his wisdom, nor the valiant of his valour, nor the rich man of his riches! But if anyone wants to boast, let him boast of this: of understanding and know- ing me. (Jr 9:22-23)

Formation of prayer groups

The writings of “True Life in God” teach us to practice the simple prayer of the heart and to turn our lives into an unceasing prayer, which is to live perpetually in God and God in us. But it has a THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 91 strong call to forming prayer groups as well, all around the world. Since people in over 60 coun- tries arranged meetings that I testify, in all these countries now prayer groups have been formed. There are several in each country. For instance, in France, there are 48 ecumenical prayer groups inspired by the spirituality of True Life in God . In Brazil which is a bigger country, there are more than 300 ecumenical prayer groups. Every prayer group, whether the Christians are Orthodox or Lutherans or Anglicans or Baptists, they all start with the Rosary together.

“How I long for this day! The day when I will send you to all mankind, they will learn to love Me and understand me more; Wisdom will share her resources with all man- kind…” (Jesus speaking 25.01.1987).

Faithfulness to the teachings of the church stimulated

In reading the writings one learns how to remain faithful to the church. I tell people, “even if they throw you out of the church, climb from the window but never leave the church”. They teach us to visit the Blessed Sacrament and be with Jesus in adoration. They teach us to follow the Sacraments of the church and to keep the Tradition, to learn self-denial, penance, fasting and practice espe- cially the Sacrament of confession. They draw us to be eager to attend Holy Mass if possible daily. They explain to us the importance of the Eucharist.

“Through this Communion I sanctify all who receive Me, deifying them to become the flesh of My flesh, the bone of My bone. By partaking Me, I who am divine, you and I become one single body, spiritually united; we become kin, for I can turn you into gods by participation. Through My divinity I deify men…” (Jesus speaking 16.10.2000).

Activities : Charity houses run by the readers

Back in 1997, after I had been given by grace a vision of our Blessed Mother, while standing out- side the Nativity Place in Bethlehem, I heard her say that spiritual food does not suffice, but that one has to think of the poor and nourish them as well. So immediately when I announced this to our prayer groups, many volunteered to assist me in opening charity houses to feed the poor. They are called “Beth Myriams”. There is one in Bangladesh, four in Venezuela, three in Brazil, two in the Philippines, one orphanage in Kenya and soon one will open in Puerto Rico, one in India, one in Romania and one orphanage in Ukraine. I am enclosing some information on this (Attachment 2). All the work done is on volunteer basis. The Beth Myriam’s are functioning only by donations. They are all local initiatives, local houses without any structure linking them. They are self- supported and the same people (the prayer groups) are the ones who run them and take the task to serve the poor themselves. They are progressing not only to feed the poor, but to give them as well medical services, clothes and education for the children. Lastly, they are run in a constant spirit of prayer, and they are always ecumenical in nature.

“Establish our Beth Myriams everywhere you can. Lift the oppressed and help the orphan, protect Me, rescue Me from the gutter, shelter Me and feed Me, unload my burden and fa- tigue, support me and encourage me; all that you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me… I bless the supporters of My life, may they remain virtuous and all-loving, I am with you…” (Jesus speaking 27.03.2002).

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Calling to evangelisation

Some of the readers of True Life in God who were touched feel that they can become witnesses across the world to contribute to spread the Good News. Having become the docile instruments of the Holy Spirit who provides them with the grace of the word and the sense of the faith, they are capable now to go and witness around the world inviting people to a life of prayer and teaching them to form prayer groups. The aim is to bring them to change their lives and live their life as an unceasing prayer. A few from the prayer group in Dhaka go out in the villages (to Moslems) and read out to them the messages. Many believe and want to become Christians.

“I want to make out of each one a Living Torch of Love’s Furnace. Honour Me now and evangelize with love, for love.” (Jesus speaking 27.01.1989)

Devotion to the Virgin Mary

True Life in God brings us to become the child of the Mother of God since Her Immaculate Heart is never separated from the Sacred Heart of Jesus but is in perfect union with His. Our Mother is our support and we know it. Any one who joins the prayer groups, may they be Protestants, Calvinists or others, all are taught to honour our Lady, our saints, and pray to them.

“Have you not noticed how My Heart melts and favours always Her Heart? How can this Heart who bore your King be denied anything She asks from Me? All the faithful bless Her Heart for in blessing Her Heart you will be blessing Me.” (Jesus speaking 25.03.1996)

True Life in God Associations

If in some countries there are Associations of TLIG it is for legal purposes only, in connection with supporting this work of evangelisation and publishing the books. If we have founded associations in certain countries it was just to obey to local laws. Just to mention one example: opening a post office box in connection with the name of TLIG. But I have never thought of forming a movement. The books are translated in 38 languages and I have received no royalties from any except from PARVIS publication as the editor said it is in his rules. This money goes for the charity works, for covering costs for books and for travel expenses to witness in third world countries that do not have the means.

Other activities

Every two years, volunteers of the prayer groups volunteer to help me put up an international sym- posium on ecumenism. At the same time we have it as a pilgrimage. Till now four of these have been done. The largest we had was in the year 2000 in the Holy Land (while the Holy Father was there), where 450 people came from 58 countries. There were with us 75 clergy from 12 different churches. This year we are trying to do it in Egypt.

All in all, I love the House of the Lord and above all I love God. I am in debt to Him for the graces that He has given me. He once told me: “I have given you freely, so freely give”. So this is what I am trying to do; I transmit His Words freely to whosoever wants to listen. THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN VASSULA AND THE CDF 93

I thank you again for allowing me to shed light on the questions with regard to my writings and my activities. On the web-site www.tlig.org you will find more information. I kindly ask you to greet from my part H.E. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, H.E. Mons. Tarcisio Bertone and Mons. Gianfranco Girotti, as well as Their Excellencies from the Consulta of the Congregation for the Doctrine for the Faith, thanking them again for granting me this occasion of explaining my work. I hope I have done this in the expected way. I am but willing to answer orally or in written form to any more questions you may have. And I am ready to accept any suggestions you might make to clarify cer- tain expression contained in the TLIG books. If necessary I can add such clarifications in the new editions of my books. With this, I send my heartfelt compliments and most cordial wishes and greetings,

Yours sincerely in Christ,

Vassula Rydén

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