EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Volunteer Mission Day promoted by 51 NGOs

Friday, 26 October 2007

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Aveiro (Agenzia Fides) - "Communicating 2015” is the slogan of Volunteer Mission Day to be celebrated on Sunday 28 October in Aveiro, Portugal organised by an association of 51 of Portuguese NGOs active in the field of co-operation and volunteer work, including the Foundation for the Evangelisation of Cultures and the Missionaries of Boa Nova. The Day will begin Saturday with the inauguration of an exhibition of artistic photographs which reflect 10 years of Volunteer Mission activity. On Sunday 28, at the auditorium of the Aveiro Port Authorities, there will be conferences on "cyber-mission" and technology to support mission. This will be followed by a Celebration of the Eucharist and in the afternoon, the launching of the 2008 Agenda. Volunteer Mission Day is open to those who have been on mission or are preparing to go on mission soon, as well members of the civil society who wish to join the cause for Volunteer Mission Service. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 26/10/2007; righe 13, parole 174)