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Youth challenge: stress

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:21:02 +0000

Stress is being cited as a big challenge in young people’s lives, according to early indications from a survey of New Zealand young people carried out for New Zealand’s Catholic bishops. The VoicetoVatican survey for young New Zealanders aged 16-29, which ran from July 23 until August 28, received almost 2000 responses from throughout the

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Last chance for young New Zealanders to talk to the Vatican

NZ Catholic Staff — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:43:03 +0000

There is just over a week to go for Young New Zealanders take up the chance to be part of an international conversation with the Catholic Church.The New Zealand Catholic Bishops have been asking those aged 16 to 29 years to share their views about life, faith, and their experience of Church through an online survey. echo $variable;

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Pope gives young people three missions before synod, WYD

Catholic News Service — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:22:23 +0000

ROME (CNS) – On the eve of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis gave young people several missions: to ask their grandparents what their dreams were; to work to make those dreams reality; and to let their bishops and the Pope himself know what they need from the Church.echo $variable;

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Young Aussies to call for end to detention of children

Michael Otto — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:59:44 +0000

CANBERRA (CathNews) — A coalition of young people is banding together to call for an end to immigration detention of children.
From September 28, young people throughout Australia will be hitting their social media networks to spread the word, reports Catholic Mission Australia in a media release.
Australian Young Christian Students Movement (AYCS) networking to thousands of students, ChilOut and their Youth Ambassadors, plus Catholic School students, will join the International Detention Coalition (IDC) and church and community organisations to launch a campaign on September 28 to “End Child Detention” in Australia.
“Detention is a problem, not a solution,” said Tessa Ganley, chairwoman of AYCS. “The youth of Australia can easily identify with what it would be like to be locked up, and they know that a country like Australia should not allow this to happen.”
The focus of the campaign is a Kony-style video that will be launched in Sydney on September 28 and passed on by young people through social media networks with a call to action.
“We will be asking our friends to tell Minister Bowen that the freedoms of children, just like me, matter. All children are vulnerable and need to be protected,” Ms Ganley added.
The newly formed Australian Coalition to End Immigration Detention of Children hopes to show that there is a massive movement of young people and adults who support the Government’s 2010 decision to move children with their families into the community.
Despite early progress, the situation has now deteriorated to a point where 686 children are detained (July 2012, Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship).
Internationally, other alternatives are being pursued. Belgium, Japan and Thailand no longer detain families.

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Young people challenged to follow the Master

Michael Otto — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:19:07 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO AUCKLAND — Having the heart of Jesus and trying to be like him is the essence of being a disciple of the Lord, Bishop Patrick Dunn told 900 young people on July 28. Bishop Dunn gave a catechesis session at St Patrick’s Cathedral during the 2012 World Youth Day Auckland Experience. Giving

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Youth team cook up a feed for Chch people

Michael Otto — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000

CHRISTCHURCH The Catholic youth ministry team in Christchurch has cooked and given out thousands of sausages free in hard hit areas of the city. Catholic Youth Team director Chris Lysaght and team member Jason McTague went out with a barbecue and 200 sausages to Linwood North two days after the quake, after they heard people

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Mexican church officials say drug cartels recruit vulnerable youths

Michael Otto — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0000

MEXICO CITY (CNS) The executions of 18 young men during a prayer service at a Mexican drug rehabilitation centre on September 2 failed to surprise many church and public safety officials, who say Mexico’s drug cartels increasingly are luring vulnerable youths into lives of addiction and crime. echo $variable;

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Bishops stress liturgy, youth

Michael Otto — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

HAMILTON The establishment of new offices for liturgy and young people demonstrates the emphasis New Zealands bishops place on those aspects of Church life, Bishop Denis Browne has said. As NZ Catholic reported in September, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference is undergoing a restructure with the aim of fulfilling the pastoral priorities it set

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