Dear Friends,
This June issue focuses on the spirituality of youth and the ways in which we can understand and support this. What I would like to share with you this month is not specifically about youth however it all began when we were young school girls.
Will we be ready??? By Penny Elsley
With WYD only 50 days away, its time for us to pause and ask ourselves the question “Am I ready?” I’m not referring to whether you have registered or packed your thermal blanket for the sleepover or even perhaps whether you’ve arranged to get out of Sydney all together!!! What I am referring to is whether we are prepared for what lies beyond July 2008.
Reaching Youth By Matthew Del Nevo
Reading Matt Tennikoff’s article (this issue of Mission and Spirituality News) I am struck by the way he talks about “the generations” in a way that has a sense of the flow of time in a direction which is purposed.
Music in Youth Ministry By Matt Tennikoff
Matt is on the Liturgy team at St. Aloysius Milson's Point and Director of Worship for Worship in the City at St. Mary's Crypt, a contemporary Catholic youth worship event.
Spirituality and Youth By Ralph Kershler
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, in a recent article for the Lasallian Magazine, wrote of young people today, “As the tempo of the times increase, as evidenced by films, DVD’s, video games and interactive on-line entertainment ….. we have created a generation of young people whose alleged street wisdom is nothing more than a veneer over an aching void of vulnerability.
Encourage A Passion For Truth Among Communicators VATICAN CITY, 23 MAY 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received participants in a congress promoted by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, who have been meeting to reflect upon the identity and mission of communications faculties in Catholic universities.
Mass - A Day of Celebration By Dr Luke Saker, fms.
Friday 30th May was not a day I was looking forward to. I had told Br Robert Sutton (Principal of St Patrick's, Dundas) that I would attend a Mass at Homebush Stadium to celebrate the coming World Youth Day and the Feast of the Founder of the Marist Brothers, Saint Marcellin Champagnat (June 6th). There were 10 other Marist Brothers in attendance for the occasion.
Interreligious Dialogue
Semester 2, 2008 (28 July – 21 November) -
Tuesday, 6.00pm - 9.00pm
Australia is a multi-religious society in a secular setting. People have
come here from every country in the world, bringing with them their
languages, cultures and religions - over 120 religions and denominations
are named in the 2006 Census! - and many have lived here over several
generations.
World Youth Day Pilgrimage
Dr Charlotte McCorquodale -
Online Modules commencing
8 June 2008.
In this online unit Dr McCorquodale will lead
a theological reflection on the importance of
pilgrimage in our spiritual journey as teachers,
youth ministers and religious leaders.
Interview with Anthony Yacoub
Anthony Yacoub is an 18 year old student studying for a Bachelor of Medical Science at the University of Sydney. He was a student at Our Lady of Lebanon College, (under the Order of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family) Harris Park. Anthony was College Captain, HSC Dux, SRC Coordinator, recipient of the: Principal's Award, Australian Defense Force's Long Tan Teamwork and Leadership Award (2006 and 2007), Rotary Youth Award- 'Achievement of Merit'.
Interview with Alice O’Sullivan
Alice O'Sullivan is an 18 year old university student studying for a Bachelor of Medical Science at Sydney University. She was a student at Loreto Convent, Kirribilli.
Welcome to the NSW Government's World Youth Day Co-ordination Authority (WYDCA) website.
This website has been created to provide the community with the information they will need to plan and manage their lives, ... www.wyd2008.org
"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you." (Acts 1:8) By Father David Ranson
Words tell us a good deal about the national mood. Some years ago, the social researcher Hugh Mackay identified how the word ‘absolutely’ had assumed such pervasive use in common vocabulary. To almost every question, the answer would be ‘absolutely.’ It seemed that, through this word there was a cry from deep within our national psyche for life to be given something ‘definite’ again. The pervasive use of the word betrayed our search for something sure and definite in a context in which nothing seems very sure or definite.
Welcome to the NSW Government's World Youth Day Co-ordination Authority (WYDCA) website.
"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you." (Acts 1:8)