Fresh off the back of assisting to co-ordinate a successful Australian Catholic Youth Festival – held in Perth in December 2019 – Catholic Youth Ministry announced its new leader in Adeline Bock as Acting Director. With Anita Parker on extended maternity leave and Vincent Haber moving to Sydney to take up a role as Events Manager of Catholic Youth Services, Adeline emerged as the ideal candidate to lead young Catholics of Perth. The Record chats with Adeline for her plans with CYM this year.
More than 150 young people gathered on 29 February for Perth’s first post-Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) event, held at Newman Siena Centre in Doubleview.
TavTalks with Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) is a series of structured conversations discussing the relevance of faith in everyday life: an event for young adults where they can freely ask questions in a non-judgemental space.
Speaking at the Australian Catholic Youth Conference in Perth last year, was Genevieve Bryant. The Melbourne singer, songwriter and music ministry enthusiast-talked and gave a brief a workshop on the importance of music in liturgy and appreciation for the music of the Catholic Church.
Speaking at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) 2019, Kalgoorlie/Boulder Parish Assistant Priest Fr Renald Anthony inspired pilgrims to understand and appreciate the Mass.
The Bishop’s Exchanges at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) invited the generations represented by the Church to come together in conversation with each other, in response to Pope Francis’ Synod of the Youth, Christis Vivit, and the question “What does it mean to you for us to be a Christ centered Church who are taking risks together?”
Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) pilgrims attended a workshop hosted by Perth Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton on Sunday 8 December 2019, where he spoke about the sanctity of life, describing it as a “reflection of God’s love”.
American speaker and writer Katie Prejean McGrady expressed that the best part traveling 150,000 miles a year worldwide to preach the Gospel of Christ, are the authentic human encounters she gains, and being able to get young people excited to love Jesus.
Arguably one of the most down-to-earth Australian Bishops, Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green, from the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese in Western NSW, was tasked with equipping the young pilgrims of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2019 (ACYF), with strategies that would enable them to take something from ACYF and keep it going once they get home.