European Youth Committee Meets to Plan Jubilee Celebrations
The Carmelite European Youth Committee (CEYC) met in St Albert's (Rome) from 12th to 14th April 2024. On this occasion, only four members of the committee were able to travel to Rome for the meeting: Antonella Brincat, João Manuel OCarm, John Toryusen and Richard Byrne OCarm.
Responding to Pope Francis' invitation to young people for the Jubilee Year, CEYC had previously decided to organise a gathering in Rome of young adults from across Europe so as to celebrate and journey together in Carmel as part of the Jubilee of Youth in 2025. While in Rome, the Carmelite European Youth Committee continued with its planning of a programme for this gathering and the collection of supporting information. The committee also visited the Jubilee offices as part of its work.
During the gathering in 2025, we hope to accompany the young adult participants as together we explore and deepen our common Carmelite identity. We hope this will also be a springboard to rebuild a network of young adults across Europe. The participants will also spend two days in the city of Rome celebrating with the Jubilee Year with the wider Church.
The details for the gathering are being finalised and they shall be published and shared among the different European provinces, commissariats and delegations in the coming weeks.
