Programme: Pilgrimage, a path towards reconciliation

14:30

Welcome by Abbas Aroua, director of the Cordoba Foundation, Geneva

Opening by Gabrielle Nanchen, author of the book Compostelle, de la Reconquista
à la réconciliation
, Icogne (Valais)

Address by Jacques Moreillon, member of the Board of the Ousseimi
Foundation, Geneva

14:45 The esoteric meaning of the pilgrimage to the House of God
by Rachid Benaissa, former UNESCO official, Paris
15:05 The paths of Saint James of Compostela, paths of transformation
by Bernard de Senarclens, President of the Swiss Association of Friends of the Way
of Saint James, Lausanne
15:25 Saint Francis of Assisi, a path of fraternity
by Br Marcel Durrer Capuchin, Saint-Maurice
15:45 From Jerusalem to Compostela
by Richard Bois, one of the three Peace Walkers (Jewish, Christian and Muslim), Toulouse
16:05 The Hajj, a journey towards the sources of unity
by Mostapha Brahami, author of a French-language guide to the pilgrimage to Mecca, Lausanne
16:30 Break
17:00 Debate moderated by Laurent Bonnard, journalist, on the theme:
Christians and Muslims: how can we walk together?
18:30 Closing of the seminar by Gabrielle Nanchen
18:45 Buffet at the Jardin des Iles restaurant
20:00 Screening of the film Marche ensemble de Jérusalemà Compostelle,
made by the three Peace Walkers (free entry, collection at the exit).

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