EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “The Way to Easter”: diocesan youth pastoral office launches programme to help young people live a fruitful Lent also vie the Internet

Tuesday, 20 February 2007

Coimbra (Fides Service) - "You are the Son of the Living God" is the theme of a Lenten Way to Easter proposed to young Catholics by the Youth Pastoral Office of the diocese of Coimbra in Portugal. The theme taken from the Gospel is also the theme chosen for the diocesan Pastoral Year 2006-2007. The aim of the ‘Lenten Way’ is to lead young people to encounter Christ and recognise Him as a model for life and love. The programme consists of schemas for each of the six weeks of Lent, with a reflection and suggestions for practical action. Each week has a symbol, connected with a theme, a value or an idea to live as a group. A reflection on the Sunday Gospels and suggestions on how to live it as Church during Lent is also part of the package. Suggestions include concrete group activities on the Way to Easter and a special prayer at the end of each week. The programme, distributed to parishes and groups and youth pastoral workers, but anyone wishing to undertake the ‘Way to Easter’ may find it on the Internet.
(RG) (Agenzia Fides 20/2/2007; righe 14, parole 215)


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