SAO PAOLO, Feb 10, (AP) Vatican special envoy Monsignor Piero Marini, and Dom Odilo Scherer,
general secretary of the Brazilian Confederation of Bishops, visit the Sao Bento (St. Benedict)
Monastery in Sao Paulo, where Pope Benedict XVI will stay during the first three nights
of his visit to Brazil in May.
Among other things, Marini examined vestments to be worn by the Pope during liturgical
celebrations to be held in Sao Paolo and met with all those who will take part in the
planned liturgies.
Incidentally, the site of the Benedictine monastery has an interactive map showing
where the monastery is located in Sao Paolo with reference to the Cathedral, for instance,
but I can only copy the map itself, not the interactive feature (when you click on a location,
you get a picture with identification of the building you see).
The Monastery and College of St. Benedict is on the left side, and on the right, where you see
"Praca da Se" is where the Cathedral of Sao Paolo is. There's a Metro station right next to the monastery.
Here is where to see the interactive map:
www.mosteiro.org.br/Localizacao/index.htm
Unfortunately, the site itself does not have pictures of the monastery other than what's
part of their web-page design. There's a very good history of it, that has to be translated,
and if you read Portuguese, you could also follow the Benedictine prayer day.
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From a Metro map of Sao Paolo. The grey area marked
Campo de Marte near the upper edge is where Mass
will be held. To the right of center are the stops
for Sao Bento, where he will stay, and Se, site of
the Cathedral of Sao Paolo, where he will meet with
Brazilian bishops and clergy. On the lower left side,
at the stop called Clinicas, is Pacaembu stadium,
where he will meet with the youth. (This is another
interactive map which can only be copied sector by
sector. Fortunately the major Papal events are all
within the same relatively small sector.)
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