The Catholic Leader: Youth News

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Youthful smiles: Burpengary parish priest Oblate Father Paul Smithers with some of this year's sacramental candidates at the celebratory barbecue on July 17

BURPENGARY parish put on the "snags" and a special cake when this year's sacramental families were invited to a barbecue to mark the completion of their preparation and celebration of the sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Communion. (24/07/2011)

Kiri's WYD role greeted with fervour

A new role: Brisbane archdiocese youth ministry team leader Michael Hart with Kiri Groeneveld for the canonisation of St Mary MacKillop in Rome last year

KIRI Groeneveld is "pumped" for more reasons than one about World Youth Day in Madrid in August. (17/07/2011)

Stacey's story to shed light on abortion issue

Talent and faith: Zac Bavas is encouraging young people to look closer at the untold story of abortion

ZAC Bavas is making an impression in the abortion debate. (10/07/2011)

Helping boys to be confident young disciples

Meeting a need: Role models of faith and morality lead the charge within Conquest in Brisbane South Deanery

ANSWERING the question about what exists in the Church for boys from post-sacramental to youth-group age, members of Brisbane South Deanery came up with something new. (03/07/2011)

Pilgrims preparing for Spanish WYD fiesta

Spanish and Australian flags unite: Some of Brisbane's World Youth Day pilgrims at the recent mini-pilgrimage practice run starting at the Mary MacKillop Centre, Paddington, on to JC Slaughter Falls Mount Coot-tha and back

WITH a mini-pilgrimage walk done, one formation day left and a Commissioning Mass at St Stephen's Cathedral on July 10, World Youth Day fever in Brisbane archdiocese and further afield continues to grow. (26/06/2011)

Sharing faith with the newly married

Strong foundations for marriage: Brisbane couple Steven and Eloise Bird are at the helm of a new initiative for couples married less than 10 years

"YOU'RE a Mrs?" students at St Thomas More College, Sunnybank, often ask Eloise Bird. (19/06/2011)

Sharing Christ's love with others

World Youth Day sparks: Tim Davis and Fran Byrne met during their preparations for WYD08 and married in April this year

SHE'S a well-known Brisbane face - from her role in the World Youth Day office in the lead-up to Sydney in 2008 - but now Fran Bryne has a new surname. (12/06/2011)

WYD excitement building

Counting down: Archbishop Mark Coleridge checks information on World Youth Day Madrid 2011

SEVERAL thousand Australian pilgrims, hundreds of priests and 23 Australian Catholic bishops will join young people from around the world to celebrate World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain, in August. (05/06/2011)

Lara's WYD dream coming true

WYD Spain dream alive: Successful funding applicant pilgrim Lara McKee (second from left) with Bishop Eugene Hurley of Darwin (third from left) and senior youth ministry projects officer for the Australian Catholic Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Life Malcolm Hart and her pilgrimage co-ordinator Benita De Vincentiis

WHEN 15-year-old Lara McKee heard about the Australian Pilgrim Support Program (APSP) to help young Catholics attend World Youth Day in Spain in August, she "jumped at it with two open arms". (29/05/2011)

First 2011 youth Mass draws crowd

Inala youth proudly hold the Brisbane West Deanery banner

"PACKED to overflowing" was the way St Ignatius' Church, Toowong, was described when Brisbane West Deanery came together for its first Youth Mass for 2011. (22/05/2011)

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