Posts Tagged ‘Pastoral care of youth’

Bike rally a symbol of Featherston’s transformed youth

Thursday, October 5th, 2017

As 100 bikers arrived in Featherston last month to rally against teen suicide, our youth were there to manaaki them, and the whole community got in behind them in support. Yet only a couple of years ago, the youth were the talk of the town – but the talk was hardly positive. Alan Maxwell, an Read more

PNG and SI meeting challenge of pastoral care of youth

Tuesday, July 21st, 2015

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have designated the Sunday after the feast of St. Maria Goretti and Blessed Peter ToRot as Youth Sunday in both countries. Youth Sunday was celebrated for the first time on 12th July 2015. Fr.Shanthi Chacko Puthussery Secretary of Commission for Youth and Laity Read more