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ET's 'Pascoa dos jovens' unites young people from one end to the other
LIQUIZA (Timor Leste): 26th April 2006 -- More than 3000 young people gathered in Liquiza, a town in the North of East Timor, an hour and a half's drive from Dili, to celebrate Easter together. From Fatumaca a strong contingent of more than a hundred young people, together with the Rector, Fr. Rui Gomes, the Novice Master, Fr. Ramoncito Padilla, 3 practical trainees and 7 novices left on April 22 for the happy event. After a night of preparation (Holy Mass, rosary, reflection) and rest in Don Bosco Comoro, they continued their journey to the site of pilgrimage and celebration.
The priests holding youth ministry responsibilities in the two Dioceses of Dili and Baucau, with the support of the Youth Ministry Commission and the Salesian Youth Movement, organized the affair. On April 23 the Bishop of Dili, Alberto Ricardo da Silva, presided over a lively Eucharist, with the Bishop of Baucau, Basilio do Nascimento, and several priests concelebrating. In his homily the Bishop of Dili urged the young people not to lose their identity as the hope of the world, the Church and the nation and to focus on Christ the crucified, now resurrected.
After the 3 hour Eucharistic Celebration, the large Cross of the Young was handed over from the Parish of St. John de Britto of Liquiza, to the Salesian Parish of Sts. Peter and Paul, Los Palos. Four hundred young people, together with the Rector of the Community of Los Palos, Fr. Joao Aparicio Guterres, and the Parish Priest, Fr. Jose de Sa, received the Cross of the Young People of Timor with enthusiastic cheers, wonderful songs and traditional dance and speeches, and brought it to Los Palos, some five hours drive from Liquiza. There it will remain for a year, going from chapel to chapel, barrio to barrio, one missionary station to another, to give joy and hope to people everywhere, especially to the young. Then, by the next 2nd Sunday of Easter, 2007, the Parish of Los Palos will organize the Easter Celebration for young people according to our own Salesian style and spirit. The contingent from Don Bosco Fatumaca drove back home hoping to participate again next year in the Pascoa dos Jovens in Los Palos.
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ET's 'Pascoa dos jovens' unites young people from one end to the other
LIQUIZA (Timor Leste): 26th April 2006 -- More than 3000 young people gathered in Liquiza, a town in the North of East Timor, an hour and a half's drive from Dili, to celebrate Easter together. From Fatumaca a strong contingent of more than a hundred young people, together with the Rector, Fr. Rui Gomes, the Novice Master, Fr. Ramoncito Padilla, 3 practical trainees and 7 novices left on April 22 for the happy event. After a night of preparation (Holy Mass, rosary, reflection) and rest in Don Bosco Comoro, they continued their journey to the site of pilgrimage and celebration.
The priests holding youth ministry responsibilities in the two Dioceses of Dili and Baucau, with the support of the Youth Ministry Commission and the Salesian Youth Movement, organized the affair. On April 23 the Bishop of Dili, Alberto Ricardo da Silva, presided over a lively Eucharist, with the Bishop of Baucau, Basilio do Nascimento, and several priests concelebrating. In his homily the Bishop of Dili urged the young people not to lose their identity as the hope of the world, the Church and the nation and to focus on Christ the crucified, now resurrected.
After the 3 hour Eucharistic Celebration, the large Cross of the Young was handed over from the Parish of St. John de Britto of Liquiza, to the Salesian Parish of Sts. Peter and Paul, Los Palos. Four hundred young people, together with the Rector of the Community of Los Palos, Fr. Joao Aparicio Guterres, and the Parish Priest, Fr. Jose de Sa, received the Cross of the Young People of Timor with enthusiastic cheers, wonderful songs and traditional dance and speeches, and brought it to Los Palos, some five hours drive from Liquiza. There it will remain for a year, going from chapel to chapel, barrio to barrio, one missionary station to another, to give joy and hope to people everywhere, especially to the young. Then, by the next 2nd Sunday of Easter, 2007, the Parish of Los Palos will organize the Easter Celebration for young people according to our own Salesian style and spirit. The contingent from Don Bosco Fatumaca drove back home hoping to participate again next year in the Pascoa dos Jovens in Los Palos.
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