The Clane & Rathcoffey World Youth Day Group have organised a fundraising lunch in the Westgrove Hotel in Clane on Tuesday 29th January 2008. Tickets at €60 or €600 for a table of 10, available from Trish O'Neill at 868508 or anyone travelling to World Youth Day next year. Guest speaker is Mary O'Rourke TD, Admission is by ticket only and numbers are limited.
World Youth Day 2008
155 young adults have registered as pilgrims with our Diocesan group who will travel to Sydney in July 2008. All places have now been filled and a waiting list is in operation. Preparation for the group begins this autumn. Many of our parishes will be represented, and we ask all of you to give them your support, with your prayers and encouragement
The Young Christian Workers is an international youth movement, which values the dignity and worth of each young person. It enables its members to challenge social exclusion and take action to bring about change in their home, workplace and society. If you're aged between 18- 27 and want to make a change, please contact Jenny Casey Development Worker 087-6593174
Our Parish Youth Pilgrimage this year will take place from 15--22 June. The group will travel to Assisi and Rome. Approximate cost 800 Euro. Please contact Trish O'Neill or Fr Paul for further details.
Application forms for World Youth Day 2008, Sydney, Australia are now available. Please contact Trish O'Neill for further details, or pick up a form in the parish office.
World Youth Day
Welcome home to all of our young people who attended World Youth Day in Cologne, by all accounts it was a wonderful experience for the Group. They return among us renewed in body and spirit with plenty of gifts and talents to share in our parish community. The next World Youth Day takes place in Sydney, Australia in 2008.
On Sunday 14th of August, 130 young people along with Bishop Jim Moriarty will leave the Diocese for World Youth Day, Cologne, Germany.
The pilgrimage will officially start with the 11am Mass in St Brigid's parish Church, Kildare town. The group will travel by bus and boat all the way to Cologne for this historic event. Approximately one million young people will gather for the event. Pope Benedict will arrive for the event on Thursday, 18th. The group departs Cologne on Sunday 21st, arriving back in Ireland on Monday 22nd August.
We are called to worship him
After six months of preparation, the 20th World Youth Day Celebration is almost here. Young people from all over the world are preparing to gather in Cologne in Germany next Sunday, to answer the call to worship, and to celebrate their faith together.
Our own young people have prepared in many ways, they have been involved in pilgrimage experiences over the spring and summer, they have met with the other people travelling form Kildare & Leighlin, and they have prepared and celebrated the Eucharist together on a number of occasions. They are a very special group of people, ordinary, normal young adults whose faith is important to them. Many of them are already involved in ministry in our parish, and we look forward to the enthusiasm and joy they will bring home from this very special experience.
Once again, we are delighted that Clane & Rathcoffey are sending the largest parish delegation form this country, and we wish them all the best as they set off next Sunday. Thank you all for the support you have given to the group during their preparation, and please remember them in your prayers, as they represent us all at this international celebration.
On Sunday 14th of August, 130 young people along with Bishop Jim Moriarty will leave the Diocese for World Youth Day, Cologne, Germany.
The pilgrimage will officially start with the 11am mass in St Brigid's parish Church,Kildare town. The group will travel by bus and boat all the way to Cologne for this historic event. Approximately one million young people will gather for the event. Pope Benedict will arrive for the event on Thursday, 18th. The group departs Cologne on Sunday 21st, arriving back in Ireland on Monday 22nd August.
Please remember in your prayers all those who are travelling to Cologne to represent our Parish at the World Youth Day Celebrations:
Trish O'Neill, Claire Kirwan, Darragh O'Brien, Kathleen Foster, Anne Gilligan, Ashleigh O'Neill, Aisling O'Donovan, Paddy Naughton, Aidan Gately, Magdalene Marron,Helena Bradley, Maeve Cummins, Celine Foody, Peter Sheridan, Karen Byrne, Aidan Farrelly, Ronan McCaffrey, Paddy Moore, Aisling Casey, Nicola Stapleton and Anna Danagher
The World Youth Day Group are continuing their preparations for Cologne in August. Last weekend they met as part of the Diocesan Group, which will be travelling together. They would like to that very sincerely those who provided sponsorship for the pilgrimage; the parish Priest, Fr Denis Harrington, Hughes pharmacy, AIB, John Marron (Clean Sounds), Mrs Mary O'Connell, Ulster Bank, Seamus Manzor, Lar Cribbin, Tom Cribbin, Fintan Doran, Clane Youth Club, Padraig Jordan (Easy Access Ltd) Pat Pender (Bus Cill Dara), JP McKenna & Sons, Des Marron, Joe Campbell, Clane Local Development, and Sr Dominica (Scoil Mhuire). Thanks are also due to all those family and friends who supported the Church Gate Collection, the sponsored climb of Croagh Patrick, and the Table Quiz. Please continue to support them with your prayers
In 1984 Pope John Paul II introduced the idea of a celebration of faith by and for the young people of the world. The events became so popular that they have been run on a regular basis since then. The growth in attendance shows great hope for our church, and great promise from our young people.
World Youth Day brings people aged 17—30 together to celebrate, discuss and learn about their faith. In 2002, for the first time, Clane & Rathcoffey parish offered young people the opportunity to attend one of these gatherings. Twenty two pilgrims joined the 1.2 million young people who travelled to Toronto on that occasion, and most of them are still currently actively involved in parish life.
At the closing ceremony in Downsview in Toronto, the Pope invited the young people of the world to come to Cologne in Germany this year for the 20th World Youth Day Celebration.
Once again the youth of our parish have accepted this invitation, and this time twenty-one young pilgrims will travel in response. The theme for this World Youth Day is We are called to worship him. It is a wonderful opportunity for young adults to explore their own faith and to meet others who are committed to faith in their lives. It also gives them a chance to see a much wider picture of the church, with young people from all over the world coming together with a common focus and common beliefs.
The energy, enthusiasm and joy in the huge crowd which will gather in Cologne will be a positive experience for all those who take part, and hopefully the group from our own parish will bring home some of that spirit to enrich our own community here in Clane & Rathcoffey.
For more infromation, click on the link below for the official WYD website
http://www.wjt2005.de
