Faith through this pandemic

World Youth Day (WYD) was initiated by Pope St John Paul II in 1985 as an annual youth event to be alternately celebrated at the diocesan and international levels every Palm Sunday.

Apr 10, 2021

The students come together for an Easter Hospitality training with KUBM youth.


KUALA LUMPUR:
World Youth Day (WYD) was initiated by Pope St John Paul II in 1985 as an annual youth event to be alternately celebrated at the diocesan and international levels every Palm Sunday.

However, at the conclusion of the the Solemnity of Christ the King on Nov 22, 2020, Pope Francis announced that the diocesan celebration of World Youth Day (WYD) will be moved from Palm Sunday to Christ the King Sunday beginning 2021. 

The WYD is an opportunity to personally experience the universality of the Catholic Church, and to share with the whole world the hope of many young people who are committing their lives to Christ and His Church. World Youth Day is a unique way to deepen our faith and grow closer to Christ through prayer and the sacraments.

At the Church of Our Lady of Fatima, their annual Youth Gathering was cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hence, they organised a virtual gathering via Google Meet. The intention of the Youth Gathering was to foster relationships and to provide an alternative platform for the annual youth event to be carried out.

Forty youths and our two parish priests, Fr  Clarence Devadass and Fr Bernard Hyacinth, attended. It began with an introduction of WYD, a session of Praise & Worship, games and a sharing on Faith through this Pandemic. The youths spread the word on the event via social media platforms of the Youth Ministry. This brought about the attention and attendance of many youths from various parishes/districts such as 

–– Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, KL
–– Good Shepherd Church, Setapak 
–– Jesus Caritas Church, Kepong 
–– Church of the Assumption, PJ 
–– Church of Divine Mercy, Shah Alam 
–– St Peter’s Church, Malacca 
–– Chapel of Santo Aloysius, Indonesia

As Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, the sharing by Fr Clarence Devadass spoke about how, when Jesus was submissive as He was led to the cross, Simon of Cyrene came to His aid. In this recovery period, we need to be like Simon of Cyrene, stepping forward to help those in need – to be pro-active.

This is an invitation to young people to look out for others in their circles who may  have suddenly gone quiet or aloof. Let us use this opportunity to reach out, bring life and bring Christ to them. Let us not abandon nor deny them. Let us not just stand in the crowd, run away or pretend that they do not exist. May we reach out like Simon of Cyrene and help them with their cross.

Huge gratitude to all who participated and we invite all youth to join us for our upcoming activities.

For further information, do follow our social handles as below:

OLF.YM  olf.youthministry

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