Youth

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  Preparing for diocesan youth festival

  Mar 03, 2023

  Members of the Sandakan Diocese Youth Apostolate (SDYA) met online recently to discuss the second series of the Sandakan Diocesan Youth Festival (TBK 2). The first series was held in August 2019, with the participation of 450 youths from all over Sandakan diocese.

  
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  St Patrick’s to host diocesan youth camp

  Feb 24, 2023

  The largest youth camp in Keningau Diocese will be held for five days from August 27 to 31 at the Church of St Patrick, Membakut.

  
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  Embrace a “Carlo Acutis Lent”

  Feb 24, 2023

  Lent is often a time when both adults and children choose a Lenten sacrifice, choosing something to give up for 40 days.

  
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  A different fast

  Feb 24, 2023

  For Lent, here are other ways to fast which can help us prepare for the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ

  
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  Meeting Pope Francis ‘a dream come true’ for South Sudanese youth

  Feb 24, 2023

  After a journey of nine days and many miles, meeting Pope Francis in Juba, South Sudan, was “a dream come true” for many youths, an Irish religious sister said.

  
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  Called to be salt of the earth and light of the world

  Feb 18, 2023

  Seven hours of rallying, interspersed with 90 minutes of total Praise & Worship sessions brought 259 youth together.

  
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  Portugal will have a deaf choir performing at World Youth Day

  Feb 18, 2023

  A choir of deaf people will interpret the liturgical music at the central events of World Youth Day. The Mãos que Cantam project has joined the WYD Lisbon 2023 Choir, promoting the integration of both hearing and non-listening people in a choir.

  
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  Forging Forward in Faith, Friendship, Freedom, and Fortitude

  Feb 18, 2023

  For the 14 undergraduates of the Catholic Students’ Society of the University of Nottingham Malaysia (CSSUNM), who attended their annual camp recently in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, it was indeed an unforgettable experience of faith, fun and friendship.

  
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  Youth cross the Andes in a show of love for the Virgin Mary

  Feb 18, 2023

  With the theme Pilgrim of the Andes, lift up your gaze, more than 110 youth began the trek known as the Crusade for Mary on January 16, starting out from Mendoza, Argentina, and hiking 415 kilometres (260 miles) over the Andes to arrive on Feb 2 at Bellavista Shrine on the other side of the mountain

  
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  A different future is in your hands

  Feb 10, 2023

  On the third day of his Apostolic Journey to the DRC, Pope Francis held a lively encounter with young people and the local Church’s catechists.