Flame 2019: Call for 60 second videos
The CYMFed Flame 2019 team will have more exciting news about the line-up of speakers very soon, but right now, they’re offering young people the opportunity to talk about the theme for 2019 – SIGNIFICANCE – in short videos. A selection will be shown in the arena during Flame, and all videos submitted will be posted on the CYMFed website after the event.
Want to give young people in your parish, school or group that opportunity? Read more
Prepare the Way Advent Concerts
Jo Boyce and the CJM Music Collective are taking their Prepare the Way Advent and Christmas concerts to 3 venues in Birmingham, Salford and Stevenage from 7-9 December 2018. The concerts are a beautiful way for people of all ages to come together and enter into the spirit of the Advent season. Read more
Interactive Youth Music Weekend 17-18 November 2018
Gen Verde, one of the international performing arts group of the Focolare movement, will be back in the UK in November. They have been invited by the dioceses of Plymouth and Birmingham to work in some of their schools, however they will also do a music weekend for young people in Welwyn Garden City on 17th-18th Nov, which is open to whoever would like to be there (as long at they are between 15-23 years of age).
News from the CYMFED Synod Gathering: Rome
PHOTO: CYMFed
Forty Catholic Youth Ministry Federation members and colleagues from England & Wales have gathered at the Casa Bonus Pastor in Rome for a conference and retreat coinciding with Synod 2018. CYMFed members fill us in on what’s happening:
On 16th October, Fr Dominic Howarth opened proceedings by celebrating Mass at the Casa Bonus Pastor with the whole group.
The first speaker was Mr Paul Jarzembowski, an assistant to the US Bishops at the Synod. Paul spoke about the experience so far at the Synod, and how among other things, the ‘sacred middle space’, ie, the ‘wise and generous guides’ are hugely important to young people today. He noted four key trends experienced in the US today; Read more
BBC to broadcast #Synod2018 panel discussion with young people
Next week, the BBC World Service will be in Rome to record a special broadcast for its documentary series, Heart and Soul. The programme, Heart and Soul Gathering, will feature a panel of young people talking about what they want from our Church, and will be recorded with a live audience. (Tickets are free but you need to register) Read more
Foundation Degree in Youth Ministry and School Chaplaincy moves to Maryvale
Adoremus 2018 – Exhibitions, discussions and a Gospel choir concert
The Parallel Programme for the Adoremus Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool from 7th -9th September, offers a rich variety of activities. Events range from exhibitions to talks and discussions, including Messy Church in a Catholic Context, Welcoming the Stranger, and Food for the Hungry: practical responses to physical hunger. If you’re at the Adoremus Youth Congress on Saturday 8th September, why not stay on and enjoy an evening of Gospel music? Read more
Youth Workers- meet the Synod Fathers on 18th July
In preparation for the Synod on Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment, the Home Mission office is inviting all who work with young people in a Catholic context to meet with the Synod Fathers, explore the working document and share your experiences so that we can better accompany young people, particularly in their vocational discernment. Read more
Adoremus Youth Congress – meet the main speaker
Katie Prejean, the main speaker at Adoremus Youth Congress, has recorded a video message introduce herself and whet your appetites for this event in Liverpool on 8th September.
Read more about Adoremus Youth
Working document for Synod2018 presented
The “Instrumentum Laboris”, the working document for October’s Synod on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment, was presented this week at a press conference in Rome, by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops. Read more