The Australian Catholic Youth Festival has been hailed as a time of listening, deepening of faith and friendship.
About 6000 young people from around Australia and the Oceania region gathered from November 30 to December 2 for the festival, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Comensoli has delivered the homily at the closing commissioning mass for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Cardinal Mykola Bychok addressed the opening plenary of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Melbourne on November 30.
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Pope Leo XIV delivered a video address to the Australian Catholic Youth Festival opening plenary in Melbourne on November 30.
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Qwayne Guevara has been appointed Facilitator for Formation and Young People at the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s National Centre for Evangelisation.
The Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry has appointed Bishop of Bunbury George Kolodziej SDS as bishop delegate for youth.
Bishops are looking forward to the Australian Catholic Youth Festival as an opportunity to listen to and engage with the Church’s emerging leaders – its young people.
The 2025 Australian Catholic Youth Festival has been hailed as an opportunity to encounter Jesus and grow the next generation of leaders.
The fourth Australian Catholic Youth Festival will invite delegates to follow Mary’s example of saying “Yes” when it opens on the great Marian Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
ACYF2019 will adopt the scriptural theme of the Plenary Council 2020: “Listen to what the Spirit is saying.”
Adeline Bock tells bishops how the Year of Youth can be a catalyst for change for the Church in Australia
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference welcomed a group of young Catholics from across the country to Sydney last week as the Church in Australia marked the end of the Year of Youth.
Opened at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival last December, the Year of Youth concluded on Saturday, the final day of the Church’s liturgical year. Continue reading