From 16th to 21st of August next, young people will gather in Madrid, Spain, for the World Youth Day celebrations. These events have become an important feature in the life of the Church today. As previously indicated (citoc-online 75/2011) the Carmelite Order will host a Carmelite Day on 17th for young people from the Carmelite Family attending the gathering in Madrid. The Spanish team organizing this day are asking Carmelite communities around the world to join in prayer with our young people, creating a world-wide “place of prayer” on the 17th August and to share with each other on the Order’s website. Each community might find its own way to involve locally as many young people as possible in a moment of prayer together with all young people of the Carmelite Family gathering in Madrid.

The letter of the committee can be found in the attachment in different languages. A place to share this “place of prayer” will be activated on the website of the Order at the beginning of the World Youth Day gathering: www.ocarm.org/madrid2011.