We are pleased to announce that Youth Gather 2010 will be held at St. Richard’s School, Bexhill on Sunday October 3rd 2010.
more details will follow closer to the time.
Yes, that’s right… the deadline for applying to be a Redshirt in 2010 is February 19th.
If you haven’t got an application for yet, talk to Ray in the Youth Office and he will sort you out (contact details down the page on the right. You have to scroll a bit!)
How exciting! The official website for World Youth Day 2011 is now bi-lingual, in English as well as Spanish. It is updated frequently so check it regularly for the latest info from Madrid http://www.jmj2011madrid.com
Announcing Encounter 2010
Jan 20
What are you doing on Saturday April 17th?
Well… let us tell you what we’re doing.
On April 17th at St. Wilfrid’s School in Crawley (the place we had Youth Gather) there will be a new Catholic youth event for those aged 14-20.
Have a look at the encounter website for more details
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..I know, it’s exciting isn’t it.
If you are interested in being part of the Youth Service Group 2010, then get in touch with Ray (ray.mooney@dabnet.org) and he will send you an application form.
Click on the Redshirts page (link above) for more info about what the group gets up to in Lourdes.
You can also click the links to the right to see what the experience has been like in previous years.
On Sunday January 3rd the newly selected team of World Youth Day leaders met together at DABCEC for an initial day of praying, reflecting and planning.
It was a very tentative first step for us all… mostly just about getting to know eachother and mapping out the ‘road to Madrid’ over the next nineteen months. We heard some interesting stuff from Ray and Lucy about preparations being made by the diocese and we also had a chance to get together in small groups and talk about what we felt was needed in terms of a preparation programme. Some fascinating ideas came out of that, both in terms of preparation and formation for the leaders and also in terms of what’s going to happen when we get the whole group together.
It seems like we’ve got a great team. There is a good mix of people and they all seem to get on well together. We are now at the start of a very exciting journey… Keep us in your prayers.
World Youth Day Update…
Dec 21
Plans for Madrid are steaming ahead! Here at the Youth Office we are excited about our new Team Leaders, and we ask you to pray for them as they continue preparing for 2011. We are looking at places to spend our Days in the Diocese; Ray and Lucy will be heading over to Spain in January to check some places out.
We shall be publishing application forms online on 1 March and also sending them to all those who have contacted the Youth Office, expressing an interest in going to Madrid. Interest is high so we encourage you to apply early on!
Very best wishes for a peaceful, happy and blessed Christmas.
This weekend saw the last official act of the Redshirts 2009. The last part of their journey as a group.
It all began with a day together at DABCEC in the spring, and continued through their overnight at Guildford, the trip to Lourdes, the reunion at DABCEC and then finally this last weekend together at Dalesdown.
It was a lovely end to a fantastic journey. Of course, for the individuals the journey may not end there. All will have the chance to go to Lourdes again, maybe even as part of Redshirts 2010… so it’s not really the end of anything, just the last time that this years Redshirts will be together as a group. If that makes sense??
Anyway, enough waffle… here are some pictures of the weekend:
This Sunday about 25 people gathered at DABCEC for the final day of selection for World Youth Day leaders. This was the last of three selection days, each of which aimed at exploring what World Youth Day is about, what leadership is about and what Ray needs to consider in selecting his team!!
At the end of the day, Ray thanked everyone for having taken part in the process and told them that they would know the leadership team soon…
Have a look at the Twitter feed on the right hand side of this page for some photos of the day.
Advent Prayers from YAAB!
Nov 25
We are pleased to announce the launch of our youth prayer website for Advent 2009. Each day has a reflection and a prayer, all of which takes about a minute each day.
