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On the 8th of July 2008, a group of 11 of us began our pilgrimage to the other side of the world - Destination Sydney! We also had the pleasure of spending a week in Melbourne enjoying days in the Diocese. There are no words to fully explain to anyone reading this article just how magical and enriching the experience of WYD was for each of us. Our group was full of spirit and abounding with energy.... Read More »

What a fabulous weekend! We all gathered at Savio House on Friday night for social time together before the hard work began the next day.

Saturday morning came and we had lovely scrambled eggs for breakfast, yummy. And then we were told to sit down and make sure we were facing somebody. And then we had to introduce them to the rest of the group. It wasn't long before we got to know each other very well;... Read More »

After a very tiring journey from Scotland we arrived at Savio house late on Friday the 24th of June, many of the group had already arrived and settled in and were enjoying catching up with each other. We were greeted like old friends we are no longer strangers travelling to Madrid to see the pope; we are friends going on a pilgrimage.

We all met early the next morning for breakfast before having morning... Read More »

WYD in sunny Spain was the second world youth day I had attended. I went with the Salesian's from the UK, and we had a fantastic group, varying in age, interests and experiences. Even the preparation weekends were an experience in themselves, getting to know new friends and listening to everyone's experiences of the Salesians, WYD and life in general.

Upon arrival in Spain we travelled to the gorgeous... Read More »

The Council of Members (COMEM) of the European Youth Forum took place in Turin, on 13-14 November 2009. The event, which gathered more than 150 delegates from the 99 Member Organisations of the European Youth Forum was co-organised by the European Youth Forum and the Italian National Youth Council in cooperation with the City of Torino, European Youth Capital of 2010, and Regione Piemonte.

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A bitterly British cold wind came to greet us as we stepped off the plane at Heathrow. Tired yet exhilarated from our time on the DBYN Step 3 Training for Trainers course in Malta, we had spent the journey reminiscing on our highlights of the last seven days. It had been quite a week.

It had begun the previous Sunday when the 23 participants came together in Malta from 11 different countries across... Read More »

Between 18 and 23 January about 30 young people from over 10 different countries were in Bonn, Germany, to take part in an International Youth Conference "My world-one world".

The conference was the final event of a one year partnership of the Salesian NGO JUGEND DRITTE WELT and the city of Bonn. It was sponsored by the city and the "Foundation for International Dialogue of the Saving Bank in Bonn"... Read More »

After 3 years Fr Bob Gardner finished his time as DBYN president and on the 11th of March, the General Executive Body of DBYN elected Ms. Lieve Van Aerschot as the new president for DBYN. Lieve will be leading the network for the next 3 years. With this exciting new election the UK Salesian Youth Ministry Office was also elected to be on the board!

We would like to take this opportunity to... Read More »

After the success of the 3-Islands meeting in Bollington last year, the Youth Ministry teams of the British, Irish and Maltese Provinces descended upon Maynooth for a weekend of sharing and learning.

The working motif for the weekend was "a journey to, in and from the desert", as in the desert, our questions may not have answers, but it is a place where we can search and explore our questions.

The weekend... Read More »