1. The beginning of the idea

During the World Youth Day in Cologne in August 2005 took place the meeting of the Pallottine youth groups. To Rheinbach (next to Bonn) came more than 300 young people from different countries: Brazil, Canada, USA, India, Cameroon, Spain, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia, Ireland, Austria and of course from Germany.
At that time arose the idea to continue and to encourage such kind of meetings. The Pallottine communities exist in almost fifty countries around the world, including at least fifteen countries in Europe. During the conversations it became clear that the best place for such meeting will be Rome.
Rome is the city were the culture of many countries of Europe and the world was born. There is no wonder that millions of pilgrims and tourists come to Rome until today. The important centre of Christianity and different religious congregations exist in Rome.
It was in Rome that the Founder of the “Pallottine Familly”, St. Vincent Pallotti, spent all his life.
The First Meeting of the Pallottine Youth was organised in Rome from August 19th – 26th 2006. The 73 participants came from USA, Canada, Spain, Poland, Scotland, France, Portugal, Brazil and Ireland.

2. The Idea

What is the scope of the meeting?
- To come to know and meet people from different cultures
- To visit important places in Rome
- To experience the Universal Church and its institutions
- To come to know and understand the life-vision of St. Vincent Pallotti.

We assume that from different countries will come groups of 4-10 young people. The whole number should not be higher then 70. Such group can together move in the city with the public means under the guidance of one person. Apart from this, after one week the participants can know each other and develop the feeling of belonging to one community It is important that the participants are creative and active at the preparation of the meeting.

1. Each group should prepare before coming a multimedia presentation about one chosen place (church, monument, etc.) in Rome which is important for the history of their country and the Church in their region. During the meeting in Rome each group will present the prepared material to other participants. The duration of the presentation should be about 30 minutes.

2. We will visit together the place chosen by the group. The stay in the place should be well prepared and arranged by the responsible group (for ex: some songs, prayer, encounter with other persons, etc). The duration of the visit to the place will depend on the situation and the numbers of other meetings.

3. One morning or afternoon we will dedicate to the meeting in one of the Vatican Congregations. In this way we can know better how it works and what is the worldwide institution of the Catholic Church. If the Holy Father stays at that time in Rome we want to go to the audience.

4. One day we dedicate to walk in the footsteps of St. Vincent Pallotti who lived and worked in the heart of Rome.

5. Each participant will receive a handbook with the liturgical texts, description of the places etc. in 6 languages. Everybody will be able to understand the contents of the program and to communicate with the others.

3. Conditions for particiption

In the meeting can participate every young person who recommended by a Pallottine father, brother or sister. At the time of registration we ask you to give his or her name.

When minors want to come to Rome they should have the care of the responsible adults.

The meeting is international. Hence the knowledge of the foreign languages is very useful. The experience of the meeting in Rheinbach showed that the Pallottine groups managed the challenges of the four languages: English, German, Polish and Spanish. In Italy Italian can be useful.

We ask all the participants not to forget the travel insurance. The organizers will not guarantee such insurance.

4. Organisation

The meeting will take place in the Hause of the Pallottine Sisters in Rome from August 25th – September 1st 2007.

Location of the Centrum

Program

Begins on Saturday, 25th August, at 18.00
Ends on Saturday, 1st September, after lunch

The program will be modified as the new groups enter. Fixed are the following points for now:
- On Saturday after supper – the presentation of the groups.
- On Sunday - the Mass, the short presentation of the chosen places, the common visit to the Churches around the Station Termini.
- each day after breakfast we will get to know the story of the places and we go to visit them,
- On Wednesday we plan the participation in the Papal audience at the St. Peter’s Square; visit to the tomb of Pope John Paul II.
- On Saturday– the concluding meeting.
- each day (at various times and places) we will pray as a community; the prayers will be animated by different groups.

Courses of cightseeing (Googlemaps):

-26.08.2007: morning
-26.08.2007: afternoon
-27.08.2007: morning
-27.08.2007: afternoon
-28.08.2007: morning
-28.08.2007: afternoon
-29.08.2007: morning
-29.08.2007: afternoon
-30.08.2007: morning
-30.08.2007: afternoon
-31.08.2007: morning
-31.08.2007: afternoon

Costs

The costs of the seven days meeting are 280 Euro per person (40 Euro per day). In this price are included:
- overnighting
- half pension and lunch packets (when we are on travel)
- weekly ticket for travels in Rome.
- printed materials
We try to find some sponsors of this Meeting to reduce the cost for the participants.

Information about the Center:

- Overnight in the rooms for 3-4 persons.
- There is bed-linen at our disposition. You need to bring the towels.
- Washbowls and services are in the rooms.
- time table for the meals:
Breakfast – 7.00-8.00.
Lunch – 13.00-13.30
Supper – 19.00-20.00

Reception of the Centre is open till 23.00.

Reservation

For the organization of the Pallottine Youth Forum is responsible:
General Secretariat for the Apostolate SAC
Piazza San Vincenzo Pallotti, 204
00186 Roma, Italia
Tel. +39066819469
Fax. + 39066876827

To receive more information, please contact Fr. Zenon Hanas SAC
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