A display of faith in God through sand sculpture on Scarborough Beach at an annual Catholic Youth Ministry event helped gear up and consolidate WA youth for World Youth Day in Spain in August.
Crowds of youth gathered at Scarborough Beach on Saturday, 2 April for the annual sand sculpture competition. Youth groups from Catholic parishes and communities from all over Perth sculpted Christian images on the beach to win the perpetual shield and other prizes.
Images of the Immaculate Heart, the Eucharist and WYD images were sculpted along the beachfront at Scarborough.
The judges commented to the young people that the competing teams witnessed about their faith on the beach through their sand sculptures and showed the fun, laughter and teamwork of their youth groups.
The winning team from Singles for Christ, based at the Victoria Park parish of St Joachim’s, claimed the shield and won a prize pack including 10 Hoyts movie vouchers. The Ministry of Fire team from Mandurah and Pinjarra parishes took home second prize: Fr Rob Galea’s CD.
All finalists were challenged to sculpt the images of the Gospel with the words ‘St Matthew, St Mark, St Luke and St John’ under the respected images on the beachfront.
This event continues to raise public awareness of the forthcoming international World Youth Day in Madrid.
Any young people interested in attending the Madrid WYD are invited to attend a pilgrims meeting at 40A Mary St, Highgate on 11 April at 7.30pm. RSVP to admin@cym.com.au.
- Anita parker
Catholic Youth Ministry director