{"id":143,"date":"2015-12-18T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/18\/uganda-diocesan-youths-in-uganda\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:33","slug":"uganda-diocesan-youths-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/18\/uganda-diocesan-youths-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"UGANDA: Diocesan youths in Uganda celebrate 2015 National Youth day"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nMore than 200 youths from across Uganda gathered last week in the
\nDiocese of Lira from December 9-12, 2015 to celebrate the 2015 National Youth
\nDay event.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe annual event, which was conducted under the theme of, \u2018Blessed
\nare the pure in heart, for they will see God<\/i><\/b>\u2019 was held with an aim of
\nproviding an opportunity for the youth to live and share in the universality of
\nthe Church, that in Christ we are indeed one, creating awareness among the
\nyouth on topical issues within their community and encouraging them to become
\nchange agents as well as strengthening and enkindling the apostolate in the
\nhost Arch\/diocese.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cAs Catholic youth, young people contribution towards helping each other
\nto know and experience the different realities in the North, East, South, West
\nand Central, thus this event promotes solidarity,\u201d said the National Youth
\nCoordinator of the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC), Joyce Zako adding \u201cBy
\ncoming together, the young people are able to discuss their most intimate
\naspirations and experience the Church as communion, and make a commitment to
\nthe urgent task of evangelization.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe four-day event was marked in style with lots of activities including
\na Holy Mass, confessions, music entertainment, cultural performance and sports
\ncompetitions as an expression of unity among youth of different cultures,
\nreligions, and Christian denominations. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIt attracted youth participants from the 19 dioceses in the country,
\nNational Youth Movements and Associations which include Young Christian
\nStudents, Young Christian workers, Xaverians, Uganda Catholic Scouts
\nFraternity, other Catholic Ecclesiastic movements and youth representatives
\nfrom neighboring Episcopal Conferences like Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and South
\nSudan among other countries.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe UEC Chairman and Archbishop of Gulu, John Baptist Odama, Bishop of
\nLira, Rt. Rev Joseph Franzelli and Bishop Chairman of the Lay Apostolate
\nCommission, Rt. Rev Paul Ssemogerere were also in attendance.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSince 1993, the Uganda National Catholic Youth Apostolate council which
\nbrings together all the diocesan youth apostolate leaders and their animators
\nas well as youth within the Ecclesial movements and Association resolved that
\nthe National Youth Day celebrations be on a rational basis. The 2014
\ncelebrations were held in the diocese of Kampala.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nBy Jacinta W. Odongo; Media
\nOfficer, Uganda Episcopal Conference<\/i><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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