From January 27 to 29, representatives of all the seven Shrines of Europe cities met for a working meeting in Altötting, the Bavarian National Shrine. Among the topics of the technical working meeting were above all discussions about a triennial budget and thorough debates about concrete marketing measures to be taken in the following month.

Besides the intensive working meeting there was enough time for a visit to the Chapel of Grace, which is located in the middle of the baroque Chapel Square, where the delegates were impressed by the history and traditions of the more than 500 years of pilgrimage history in Altötting.