Sacred Heart Parish Youth Assembly

MAY 22, 2013

Our Parish, The Sacred Heart Parish, which is also known as the "Santuario Eucharistico" held its Parish Youth Assembly. Youths from the entire Parish, mostly from San Roque Chapel, attended the whole day activity.

Fr. Joel, SSS is the current youth director. He graced the occasion and welcome the youths. Participants enjoyed watching their short videos of previous activities. The participants joined in singing and dancing They were so very active. They have so many stories to tell.

Ate Ica, one of the youth animators, shared a two hour talk which was centered on youth. She explained profoundly the dynamics of youths and how the youth respond to the call of the Church through servant-leadership.

Ate Ica's talk has challenged the youth. After her discussion, she divided the entire group into cell-groups. In each cell-groups, participants shared they thoughts, experiences and dreams.

Together, they wrote down their commonality and had a good time sharing it to the entire group. They invited me to synthsized everything and, somehow, I help them to relate it into practical level. Well, it didn't ended there. They still asked my vocation story and I shared also a little of my vocation story to them.

To further deepen our day's learning, all of us were invited to have a silent reflection in front of the Blessed Sacrament. We adore the Lord, himself, who was offered, broken and shared.

We also had a sumptious lunch, the youth animators were the ones who served the participants.

After eating, all of us clean the hall. Since we rearranged the entire venue, after eating, both girls and boys carried the chairs and tables back to their proper places.

There was also an election of new set of officers. See, they were so serious about it.

Now, the casting of votes to the official box secured by the duly appointed official 'Commissioner on Election.'

We didn't ended the whole day sessions without receiving Jesus, in the Blessed Eucharist. Fr. Joel, SSS presided the mass.

That was a great day. All of the participants had a great fun. They met their friends and they received  the Holy Communion. Hmmmnnn... They are now so excited in looking forward for the next meeting to come!

(Note to participants: I just wrote down what I've just remembered. Please contribute to further edit this article. Thank you so much). 

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INVITATION:

If you are a youth living nearby the Sacred Heart Parish (Santuario Eucharistico), Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, you are cordially invited to attend our regular formation-meeting. Please, come and visit our Parish's Office for more details about us; or you may send us your message through this blog.

See you there!

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