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Twenty‑eight young Maronite Australians from across Australia gathered in Canberra for the inaugural Maronite Youth in Parliament Summit, a landmark event designed to amplify the voices of Maronite youth in national policymaking....
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But what to make of the phenomenon? After all, it’s indisputable that the number of adults now joining the Church can’t make up for the decades-long collapse in membership just about everywhere....
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Music, songs, colors, smiles, and joy filled the Bata Stadium, with more than 30,000 people and was packed with young people and families, seminarians, priests, and the faithful of Bata, who gave the Pope a “warm welcome.”...
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Distinguished by teams yet gathered as one, players and cheer squads shared and celebrated the gift of life and the call to virtue through a round-robin competition of Oz tag, basketball, soccer and volleyball....
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In the lead up to World Youth Day 2027 in Korea, a documentary team interviewed locals from the Diocese of Parramatta to understand the impact of World Youth Day Sydney 2008 for Australia’s youth and the Catholic Church. The video, produced by Korean Catholic media company CPBC, features interviews with many people in the Catholic Church in Sydney who were involved in WYD in...
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The 2026 Australian Maronite Convention, Arise, organised by Maronite Youth Australia (MYA), brought together young Catholics from across Australia and New Zealand from 6–8 February at the Tops Conference Centre for three days of faith, dialogue and fellowship....
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Addressing over 80,000 faithful filling Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Mass with the canonisation of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, Pope Leo XIV says the examples of these two young Saints invite all of us, especially young people, to direct our lives upwards to God and...
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From mid-July to early August, the Diocese of Parramatta sent 32 young people on pilgrimage to experience the Jubilee of Youth in Rome.
Whilst in Rome, the pilgrims experienced workshops and concerts before an overnight vigil and Mass with Pope Leo XIV. ...
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From mid-July to early August, the Diocese of Parramatta sent 32 young people on pilgrimage to experience the Jubilee of Youth in Rome. Before reaching Rome, the pilgrims travelled throughout Greece - following in the footsteps of St Paul - visiting key cities to his ministry.
Hannah Portelli, Facilitator –...