Some news in about the Evangelium Summer Conference last weekend at the Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Fawley Court. Over 100 young people took part in the conference which addressed the question of how to reach out and explain the Catholic Faith to people in the modern world. Speakers included Fr Jerome Bertram, Fr Thomas Crean OP, Fr John Saward and Joanna Bogle.Many good organisations were represented: CASE, Aid to the Church in Need, Family Life International, St Anthony Communications, St Patrick’s School of Evangelisation, the Good Counsel Network, the Iona Institute, and the Linacre Centre.
Past and present seminarians from the Venerable English College in Rome organised the liturgy and music, contributing to the prayerful and reverence celebration of Holy Mass.
The Conference was organized by Fr Marcus Holden and Fr Andrew Pinsent of the Evangelium Project, in association with the Catholic Truth Society. Fr Pinsent said of the Conference:“We aimed to provide orthodox Catholic teaching with challenging intellectual depth and liturgical beauty, very much the vision of Pope Benedict XVI. The enthusiastic response of the young people present at the Conference confirms the fruitfulness of this approach and encourages us in planning future projects of this kind.”
3 comments:
The Conference was excellent – Fr Pinsent & Fr Holden pulling in some very eminent speakers for their first conference. It was a truly wonderful example of Catholics from across this country and beyond coming together to learn more about & celebrate their faith. I think to describe it as a conference for ‘young people’, however, is inaccurate and a slight discredit to its broadness, depth & diversity of appeal.
I am certainly looking forward to attending again next year & can’t imagine what great Catholic theologians will be presenting in year two – maybe we will meet you there Fr?
I went straight to the Evangelium Conference from the Faith Conference so had a lot to think about in the days afterwards. I agree with saints that it was wonderful to see so many Catholics together and I look forward with anticipation to Conference Season 2009. I hope that next year, progress will be made on evangelising the "Salt of the Earth" in addition to theologians and academics.
datavoyager - Youth 2000 are really good at evangelizing the salt of the earth – this weekend they are holding a Youth festival at Walsingham. If you could get there I think you would love it:)
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