Dear All,

What a wonderful weekend! We gathered in Port Pirie for Fr Harold’s ordination and the Youth Assembly, celebrating All In This Together. A big thank you to all the participants and organisers who made the event so special. Photos from the Assembly can be found at https://www.facebook.com/portpirie.dioceseyouth/media_set?set=a.654612414685669.1073741828.100004107491236&type=3 and there will be more reports to come.

In Peace,

Sr Elizabeth Young   youthministry@pp.catholic.org.au   0448 809 134

Bib Verse Like
“I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.” John 10:10

This verse speaks multitudes to me as a youth especially. It reminds me always of the sacrifices God has made for me and how everything he has done, he has done for me, so that I can live my life to its fullest potential and achieve the purpose he intended for me

Bonnie, 17, Whyalla

 
Stephen Colbert – the American comedian
Stephen Colbert – the American comedian – talks about his Lent this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zxn-YGUI4

 
ETHICAL EASTER EGGS
Check out the Real Easter Egg and see how you can eat delicious Easter treats ethically. This year as you buy chocolate goodies, look for the Fair Trade symbol (or UTZ or Rainforest Alliance), and if there is none at your local supermarket, ask them to stock them next year.

http://www.therealeasteregg.com/australia/index.html

 
Resources Website
Here to Stay is a website of resources from different Christian churches across Australia. It looks at ways of engaging young people to stay with the church into adulthood.

http://here2stay.org.au

Through research, they have come up with 10 formational pillars for this kind of ministry:

  • Family/household nurture
  • Serve in mission
  • Big story of the Bible
  • Encounters with Jesus
  • Respond with compassion
  • Positive peer community
  • Generational connections
  • Peak experiences
  • Mentors and life coaches
  • Anchors/Rites of passage

 
More Australia Computer Terminology - Getting ready for Broadband in the bush
NETWORK: What you do when you need to repair the fishing net.

INTERNET: Where you want the fish to go.

NETSCAPE: What the fish do when they discover a hole in the net.

ONLINE: Hanging the washing out.

OFFLINE: Bringing the washing in.

And that’s all the computer terminology for now – that’s as much as we can manage in the bush!