Youth Ministry
WYD and Alphonsian Day in Lisbon starts in less than 100 days
The Redemptorist Youth and Vocations Ministry is preparing for World Youth Day in Lisbon. With 100 days to go before the start of this great youth festival, 750 people from all over the world have already signed up for the Redemptorist group. Young people from Spain, Poland, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Mexico, Argentina, Ireland, the Philippines, France, Ukraine, Haiti and the United States will attend. We will be hosting our young people in Redemptorist-run parishes in Damaia, Buraca and Venda Nueva on the outskirts of Lisboa. On April 18 –...
read moreEaster among young people in Albania
For our parish and our community in Albania, preparation for Easter began much earlier. On March 14, together with a group of about 50 boys, we spent a day of recollection, making a pilgrimage to Scutari, in the north of the country, the Catholic heart of Albania. Here we visited the prisons where some Catholics (overall there are seven bishops, more than a hundred priests, dozens of religious, and hundreds of lay people) were brutally tortured and killed during the communist regime of Enver Hoxha. In the Cathedral of Saint Lawrence, we...
read moreWorld Youth Day, Lisbon 2023
From August 1st to 6th, 2023, the next World Youth Day, Lisbon 2023, will take place in Lisbon, with the theme: “Mary rose up and went with haste”(Lk 1:39). The Redemptorist communities located in the outskirts of Lisbon, namely Buraca, Damaia, and Venda Nova, are preparing to welcome young people from different parts of the world at this important meeting of Catholic youth. It is our desire to welcome Redemptorist youth in our communities, and it is in this sense that we are preparing to receive them. We invite all groups...
read more“A great light” among the young people in Albania!
“I looked forward to this celebration with more joy than my birthday! “. I begin this chronicle with an expression from the performance that the young people of the Redemptorist Parish “St. Alphonsus” of Kamëz prepared for Christmas. I begin with this phrase not out of place, as it highlights the importance of Christmas for the Albanian people. Indeed, it was not always so easy for us Albanians to celebrate Christmas because, for 45 consecutive years, we were denied this right by the communist regime, which began in 1945 and ended in 1990....
read moreMeeting of the Secretariat for Evangelisation of the Redemptorist Conference of Europe
The meeting of the Secretariat for the Evangelisation of the Redemptorist Conference of Europe took place in Bonn from November 29 to December 1, 2022. The venue for the meeting was the religious house of the Redemptorists, who run the Collegium Josephinum here. The meeting aimed to summarise the work of the Secretariat in its various areas of activity: a partnership in mission, social ministry, youth and vocation ministry, and new missionary initiatives. The prospects for implementing the indications of Phases I and II of the XVI General...
read moreGo & Share! – European Meeting of Redemptorist Youth in Toruń has ended
“Go and Share!” was the motto of the concluded XII European Meeting of Redemptorist Youth, which took place in Toruń at St Joseph’s Parish from 27-31 July 2022. It brought together 250 young people from various Redemptorist youth ministries from 12 countries of our continent. The meeting recalled the central theme of the Redemptorist charism, which is the proclamation of the Good News. The following days were dedicated to the themes of the kerygma, the community – the Church and evangelisation itself. The themes ran through the liturgy –...
read moreEuropean Meeting of Redemptorist Youth started in Toruń
12th European Meeting of Redemptorist Youth under the motto “Go and share” started on July 27 in Toruń, Poland. The welcome ceremony at the Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in the presence of about 300 meeting participants, representing almost all European countries where the Redemptorists are ministering. Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine prevented the young people from that country from arriving in Torun. During the opening of the meeting, young people learned the official anthem of the event. They also watched a video message sent by...
read more“Go & share” – RYVM Meeting 2022 in Toruń
On July 27-31, 2022, the Parish of St. Joseph in Toruń, Poland, will host the XII. European Meeting of Redemptorist Youth under the motto “Go&share!”. The last meeting took place in 2018 in Granada, Spain. After a four-year break, Toruń will host the participants of the next edition. The event will bring together young people from all over Europe and will be an opportunity to celebrate faith together. Here is what the organisers say about the meeting: What have you planned for the youth meeting in Toruń? The organising team is...
read more“Go & share” – RYVM Meeting 2022 in Toruń
Dear Confreres Superiors, Pastors, Youth Pastors and Leaders of Youth Communities, Only eight months remain until the next edition of the European Redemptorist Youth and Vocational Ministries Meeting. It will take place in Poland from 27th to 31st July 2022 at the Redemptorist parish St. Joseph in Toruń, Bielany. The motto of the event is: “Go & Share”. As we remember, the last event took place in 2018 in Granada, where about 700 people gathered. We are counting on the presence of young people from your Provinces. The age of...
read moreEuropean preparatory meeting in Torun
The Redemptorist Youth Ministry coordinators, leaders and volunteers across Europe gathered recently (24-26 September) for the European preparatory meeting in Torun, Poland. The purpose of our meeting was to help plan and discuss the next Redemptorist Youth Congress that will take place at the end of July 2022. The meeting started with Mass and then a wonderful gathering of introductions and connections with old and new friends from all across the different Provinces of Europe. We spent time reflecting on all our ministries with young people...
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