The art of meeting
October 28- November 1, 2011
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Barcelona, Catalonia, the Mediterranean, these three realities in one greeted us at the heart of their common history, their art and their culture to permit us to live the call that moves us from the origins and St. Augustine, inspired by his contemplation of the Trinitarian mystery, summed up in these words: “a person is completed by another person...”

First evening: Catalan dances for all

Day 1
Immersion in history: Dolors Llipart, anthropologist and Amadeu Matosas, Architect.
At the meeting of the Catalan genius: from  the barrio Gotico to work of new art, Las Ramblas to the vitality of the Fort Pienc, the Mnac at the Tapies Foundation, discovering the frescoes of the Oratory of Badalona... listening to the heartbeat of things and beings.
Presentation of the rule of the game
Evening of music: Duo Lied, Sabine van Waesberhe, soprano, Gustavo Them, classical guitar.

Day 2
Private visit to the Sagrada Familia with Jordi Fauli, Assistant Architect of the construction of the Sagrada and Chiara Cuti, architect and curator of the exhibition “Moved by beauty” on the Sagrada.
Magnify the richness of differences: Round Table moderated by Loïc Devaux, Rainbow theatre, France, around the testimony of Christian de Chergé, former prior of Tibbirine with Iris Aguettant, Actress, Rainbow Theatre - Philippe Tiriez, White Father in Algeria and the Middle East - Hadj Dahmane, Professor at the University of Haute Alsace, president of the association Les deux rives, France-Algeria.
From speech to action: workshops meetings in harmony with the Round Table.
Around Andrei Tarkovsky: screening of a film on the life and work of Russian filmmaker presented by Charles-Hubert de Brantes, CO-Director of the Institute Andrei Tarkovsky, France, followed by a common conversation with Michel Pochet, founder of the international artistic centre Centro Maria (Rome, Italy).

Day 3
Expression workshops to live the art of encounter.
A culture is completed by another culture, or “personalism”; a prophetic vision.
Round Table  moderated by Olivier Fenoy, Rainbow theatre, France, with Jacques le Goff, president of the association Les Amis d’Emmanuel Mounier, France, Patrice Brodeur, Islam Chair, pluralism and globalization, Quebec, Canada, Ya Mutuale Balume, specialist of intercultural issues, Zaire.
From speech to action,
Artistic and festive evening around a “panellets”, traditional Catalan diner of chestnuts.

Day 4
Subsidiary: an art of living together:
Round Table moderated by Claire Fabre, scenography workshops, “Les forges” France, with Carme Trilla Bellart, economist, responsible for the mediation service at Caritas, Catalonia – Noldi Christen, coordinator of the cultural project ATD Quart Monde Europe, Switzerland – Geneviève Dell’Acqua, jurist, President of Pedagogia global, Italy.