Synod confirms next March international youth meeting
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| Young people from Krakow and Panama carry the World Youth Day Cross at the end of the 2017 Palm Sunday Mass in St Peter's Square.- ANSA |
(Vatican Radio) Following on from Pope Francis’ announcement at the end of his general audience on
Wednesday, a note from the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops confirmed that a
special meeting of young people will take place from March 19th to 24th in
preparation for next October’s Synod.
The meeting will be organised by the Synod
Secretariat, together with the office for Laity, Family and Life.
The aim is to encourage young people from around the world, from different Churches
and religious traditions, to share their hopes, doubts and worries ahead of the
Synod, which will be dedicated to the theme ‘Youth, Faith and Vocational
Discernment’.
Preparatory stages of Synod
The note goes on to say that this encounter continues a
tradition of pre-Synod meetings, such as the ones which took place in 1987 on
the mission of laity in the Church and the world and the Special Assembly for
Europe in 1991.
Representatives of Churches, religions, vocations
Among those invited to the meeting will be young
representatives of bishops’ conferences, Oriental Churches, seminarians,
consecrated men and women, ecclesial movements and associations, schools and
universities, the world of work, sports and the arts, volunteers and those on
the margins of society. They will be accompanied by experts, teachers and
others involved in helping young people make important life decisions.
The note says that this meeting will further enrich the
consultative phase of the Synod, which was begun by the Preparatory Document, the on-line questionnaire and
the international seminar which took place here in Rome in September.
Conclude with Palm Sunday celebration
The date of this pre-Synod meeting has been timed to take
place in the week leading up to Palm Sunday, so that all participants, at the
end of the sessions, can take part in the Eucharist celebrated by Pope Francis
in St Peter’s Square. The Palm Sunday Mass also marks the Church’s XXXIII
World Youth Day, focused on the theme from Luke’s Gospel: “Do not be afraid
Mary, for you have found favour with God”.
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