Get ready! WYD08 is coming! Parishes, the time is now!

WYD08 is a unique opportunity to increase the involvement and integration of young people in the life and mission of the Church. The Activ8 the Parish Campaign is designed to assist parishes to engage young people in your parish for WYD08 and beyond.

"Parishes are to be very involved in their preparation for WYD so the young people will automatically come home to a parish that they feel they belong to and then the parish can continually support them on their faith journey. Don't wait until after WYD08!"
Belinda Chapman, WYD08 Coordinator, Archdiocese of Hobart

The Activ8 the Parish Campaign includes the following tools:

• Activ8 the Parish Flyer outlining practical suggestions to Activ8 the young people in your parish leading up to and beyond WYD08.
• Activ8 the Parish Part 1 - Practical Guidelines for preparation to WYD08Activ8 the Parish Part 2 - WYD08 and Youth Ministry, are detailed resources developing the ideas and suggestions outlined in the flyer as well as addressing comprehensive and effective youth ministry and its relationship to WYD. This also includes practical considerations and suggestions that can assist you, your youth minister and parish council to engage, support and provide opportunities and contexts within which young people can grow in their faith journey and be involved in parish life.
• A Pilgrim Formation DVD, featuring many young people, has also been created. It contains a series of 8 seven minute chapters introducing key pastoral dimensions relating to the WYD08 pilgrimage and faith formation. The 8 chapters are:Reaching for the Stars - Pilgrimage: History + PurposeMeeting Point - Encountering Jesus at WYD08Tuning In - Listening to God's voiceLove is all you need - Community in charityWorld Beaters - Saints for the third millenniumTreasure Hunt - Seeking the face of Christ in the treasures of the ChurchPowerhouse - Learning to live with the Holy SpiritMission is possible!

An Activ8 the Parish Flyer and Pilgrim Formation DVD was distributed to every Australian Parish in early October 2007. For more copies, please contact your local WYD08 Diocesan office.

Activ8 the Parish Flyer

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Flyer_Activ8_Oct07_web.pdf 1,28 MB

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Activ8_PtI_Guidelines_web.pdf 2,96 MB

Activ8 the Parish Part 2 - WYD08 and Youth Ministry

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Activ8_PtII_Ministry_web.pdf 2,32 MB