San Sperate 2013...
The highlight this year for Youth Ministry was definitely San Sperate, the wonderful town on Sardinia. Young people from as far as Belarus to Belfast and Perth to Calabria and some from even as far as the United States gathered for the 10th International Redemptorist Youth Congress.
The first one took place 25 years ago in
Pagani (Italy)
followed by
El Espino (Spain)
Eggenburg (Austria)
Durham (England)
Essen (Belgium)
Torun (Poland)
Bonn (Germany)
Limerick (Ireland)
Lviv (Ukraine)
and
San Sperate (Italy).
Have a look at some of the photos to get a flavour of this special event.
The Ukrainians led us in morning prayer...
A profession was celebrated - he made his noviciate in South Africa!
A gathering of the brethren
Our friends from Belarus
Our good selves!
Our friends from across the water in Ireland
The catechesis
Gathering to pray
A Scottish, an Irish, an Austrian and a Peruvian CSsR!
The liturgy...
Jesus is taken down from the cross...
we processed through the streets...
Confreres from across the globe...
Spanish, Scotish and English confreres
Gathered in Buon Airia - which translates as Buenos Aries - the Pope will visit in September
Relaxing...
and eating...
taking a break...
finding peace!
The final mass...
Fr General, Fr Michael Brehl CSsR,
the Archbishop of Sardinia
and the co-ordinator of the Conference of Europe
Fr Jacek Zdrzalek CSsR
