Dear Friends
Thanks very much for pre-registering for our conference on Lay Mission and Vocation in Rome from 9-13 October 2024.
We look forward to meeting you there.
This is the first bulletin for our conference. From now until October, you may expect to receive one of these bulletins each week with all the latest information.
I am writing now with some practical details for the conference.
1. Draft Agenda
The draft agenda will be posted on our website by the end of this week:
https://rome2024.josephcardijn.com
2. Registration fee and conference dinner
The cost of registration is 50 euros while the cost of the conference dinner is 25 euros, making a total of 75 euros.
Could you kindly ensure that you pay the registration fee by Friday 13 September 2024 in order to ensure that we have the funds necessary to prepare the conference.
Please click on this link to make the payment:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/5CVMVSVBLGX82
This payment will serve as confirmation that you will attend the conference.
3. Villa Lante Centre
The conference will be held at Villa Lante Centre
Via di S. Francesco di Sales, 18, 00165 Roma RM, Italy
Here is the link on Google Maps:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ckp9LqVnZ3Skai5AA
4. Travel and transport
Once you have booked your tickets, please inform us by completing this form:
Villa Lante is in the centre of Rome, about 1km from St Peter’s and Vatican City.
Rome has two airports, Fiumicino and Ciampino.
If you arrive at Fiumicino, you may take the train from the airport into the city, then take local bus, tram transport or alternatively Uber or taxi:
Please use Google Maps to find out the best means of transport to the centre when you arrive.
5. Arrivals and Departures
We do not have any staff in Rome. In fact, we are all volunteers for the organisation of this conference.
So you will need to find your own way to the centre and then back to the airport.
Please ensure that you find out all the details you need BEFORE you arrive in Rome.
Please also inform us of your ARRIVAL time in Rome so we can ensure that there is someone at the centre to welcome you on your arrival.
Villa Lante do not have staff to welcome you either, so you will need to ensure that we are aware of your arrival in Rome.
6. Meals
It is important to know that Villa Lante is NOT a hotel or a retreat house.
They provide BREAKFAST for those of us who are staying there and also technical staff for our conference.
For the rest, each person is fully responsible for his or her own stay, including MIDDAY AND EVENING MEALS.
Please ensure that you budget for this.
The only meal that will be catered for is the Conference Dinner.
7. Payment for lodging
Since people have chosen either individual rooms or twin or triple rooms, we will send you each a specific link in order to pay for your lodgings.
Please note!
We do not have staff or an office in Rome so we CANNOT accept cash payments.
Secondly, all payments must be made PRIOR to arrival in Rome by online payment or direct bank transfer.
We will send you the details for all this.
8. Visas
Each person is responsible to obtain your own visa.
If you require a letter of invitation for the conference, please write to me and I will send you an invitation.
9. Conference Website
All information relating to the conference will also be posted on our website:
https://rome2024.josephcardijn.com
Please familiarise yourself with the website.
If there is any information missing or that you need to know, please write to me and I will add it or answer you directly.
10. Whatsapp Group
We have created a Whatsapp Group for conference participants.
Here is the link to join:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/BJAlcwdy9bfD16EsNY6gxm
Please also make me a contact so we can remain in touch for all questions and issues.
11. Participant information
Finally, we request you to complete the following form with more personal information
Looking forward to meeting you in Rome!
All the best
Stefan
