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Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle to the Gentiles, inspired by the Holy Father’s proposal, all youth are invited to attend the Youth Missionary Congress 2009, scheduled to take place April 30 – May 3, in Assisi (Italy). The event is being organized by the Youth Missionary Movement and organized by the “Fondazione di Religione Missio,” the Pontifical Mission Societies, the Diocesan Missionary Centers, Missionary Institutes, and Missionary Communities and Associations.
According to Rocco Negri, Secretary of the Youth Missionary Movement, “the objective is to reaffirm, in our time, the urgency of announcing the moving message of the Gospel, to the ends of the earth. Through moment of prayer, dialogue, group study, hearing testimonies from all over the world, our youth will be invited to discover that Christ is the criteria for evaluating all other events, and everything else. He is the objective of every effort that is made to preach the Gospel, the great passion that sustains our steps along the paths of the world. We are sure that the secret of Paul is also in the universal reach of his message, capable of speaking to men and women on every continent, every time, and every culture.”
Registration opens December 3, 2008, Feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions. One can register on the website or by filling out the forms distributed to the Diocesan Missionary Centers, Missionary Institutes, and Missionary Communities and Associations. For more information: Missio – Pontifical Mission Societies - National Secretariate MGM. Tel. 06.6650.2639-640; e-mail: mgm@operemissionarie.it. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 2/12/2008)
