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Bishop backs youth synod input

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 01:50:36 +0000

As the Vatican released the preparatory document for the 2018 synod of bishops on “Young people, faith and vocational discernment”, Palmerston North Bishop Charles Drennan said the value of knowing the thoughts and aspirations of young people in the Church can never be overestimated. The preparatory document included a series of questions to be answered by national conferences of bishops and other Church bodies. Responses, along with input from

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Otago youth enjoy Hunt for Jesus People event

Rowena Orejana — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:14:37 +0000

Young people in Dunedin diocese have sent a clear message about the importance of considering them not as “the future of the Church”, but as members able to contribute fully to the life of the Church in the here and now. Some 25 young Catholics participated in the “Hunt for Jesus People”, a forum that explored faith and leadership, held at the

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The Church:What do young people see as blocks?

Michael Otto — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:00:27 +0000

Few people in the world would be better placed to answer that question than the auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles. Bishop Robert Barron has been “in the trenches” for more than a decade with his Word on Fire ministries, especially his YouTube videos, setting forth the beauty and validity of the Faith. At a lecture given at St Vincent

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Where are the young people?

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 02:00:47 +0000

by Fr Michael Mahoney SM

The South Westland parish includes five towns, from Harihari to Haast. Each weekend there is Mass in four of the five towns. In four of them there are almost no young people present. In the fifth, most of the congregation are under the age of 25. This fifth town is Franz Josef, where there are lots of tourists. Many of the Catholic ones come to Mass. echo $variable;

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