X
marked the spot where the leaders met at Kettlewell

to plan this year's Camp which will be the
10th.
to be held at Ampleforth

Ed Sumner baffled the guests at the Christmas Party for the elderly
held at St. Teresa's, Penwortham, with his magic.



Helped by All Hallows members: Harriet, Vicky, and Shannon



 

 Youth Development Officers pictured at
Wistaston Hall in Crewe


 

 SVP NATIONAL MEETING, LIVERPOOL 13TH. OCTOBER 2007

Several members spoke to the 250 delegates at the meeting
 at the LACE centre in Liverpool



Sacred Heart, Crosby



St. Edward's, Liverpool



Maricourt, Maghull

And from Universities:


Andy, Liverpool


Jessica and Rosie, Manchester

As one delegate said, "If this is the future for the SVP we are in safe hands"
 

CAMP VINCENT 2007





240 Young Vincentians had a great 4 days despite the weather.
With the marquee area unusable due to rains, the old Gym was used as an HQ.
That did mean not so many times going up the infamous steps


The theme was FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD.
Workshops explored how the ingredients of food provide for a healthy body and can be compared with the ingredients of individuals working as Vincentians.
 
Meeting new people was made easy through the icebreakers

  
 
Evening entertainments took the form of ceilidh and karaoke

  
Afternoons saw activities
 
And, of course the famous Knock-Out
  
Highlight of the Camp was the Youth SVP Mass
 

  
Some more photos online at www.peterreed.co.uk - go to Camp Vincent - then 2007
Further pictures will be uploaded to Photo Gallery later.

NOTE DATES FOR 2008 :  JULY 14-17

 Rob Bannon will be appearing in a series of concerts in 2007
 see Events page for details.



 

There was plenty of food for thought as leaders gathered at Kettlewell to plan the ingredients for this year's Camp Vincent



Welcome to a new leader


Rasheal Gabrasadig from East London


 

 Camp Vincent  photographs now available in gallery.
click on link on home page under news from Paul

 Camp Vincent 2006
17th - 20th July 2006
 Ampleforth, North Yorkshire

 What a GREAT CAMP - Thanks to all leaders and to all young Vincentians who gave
 the camp such a great atmosphere.










 

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  At the SVP National Meeting at Swanwick in Derbyshire,
Youth members wowed the audience with their accounts of their Parish activities, memories of Camp Vincent and  their trip to the World Youth Day in Cologne.

 

Music in the evening for the delegates was provided by the familiar faces of:
Paul, Mark, & Tom


 

 WORLD YOUTH DAY 

 Cologne August 10 - 23, 2005
                                                   
                                          Pope Benedict arriving in Cologne

                      

                             

         

                              
               
 

 WELCOME TO POPE BENEDICT XVI


 

 
 
Pope John Paul II passed away Saturday evening and Catholic youths around the world
are mourning his death. Known by some as, "The Pope for Youth," his initiatives, such
as the LIFE TEEN ministry and World Youth Days, have served to unify and impart new energy to Catholic youths and others.

When asked by others about his involvement with the youth and what he may speak
about during World Youth Days, John Paul II replied,
"I'm not going to speak to them, I'm going to listen."

His influence on the youth is felt by LIFE TEEN, which is "the most prolific youth ministry"  in the Catholic Church, according to the website. Approximately 120,000 teenagers
attend a LIFE TEEN Mass every Sunday, and there are 950 programs in twenty countries.

Another of the late pontificate's initiatives was World Youth Days. For the past two decades, several hundred thousand young people attend the week-long festivities with the pope. The XX World Youth Day is scheduled to run from August 16 to 21, 2005 in Germany.

Youths worldwide have also been honouring the late pope through web forums online.

"He made me feel that teens are important to the Church," wrote one student named Andrew.

Another student shared, "We have a book called For The Children, and it's basically a collection of letters and quotes that John Paul II wrote and spoke for us, the children and the young people. He loved us so much, and he was always telling us over and
over again so that we would never forget. I know I never will."

A third student wrote, "The whole planet is focused on this one man who defiantly changed the world, especially the young adults. He loved us dearly… [My friends are] talking about when JPII (John Paul II) came to USA for a WYD. The crowed chanted 'JP2  - WE LOVE YOU'...and he said back 'I love you too'... He's amazing. He changed the Roman Catholic Church, and he changed me…"

"JPII is my hero. His confidence in the youth of our generation has given me courage,
his acceptance shown me that I'm worth something, his sacrifice taught me what it means to follow Christ, and his holiness inspired in me a desire to be a saint that the world will not extinguish," wrote another.

Spokesperson for LIFE TEEN, Jennifer Swanson, agrees, "John Paul II's dedication to the youth of the world has revitalized the face of the Catholic Church."

To John Paul II, the youth "signified everything that is right with the future of the Church" (WYD Toronto 2003).

He called the youth to evangelize and make a difference, and now, as they
commemorate his death, they will "remember his commissioning to our youth
generation to speak in the face of this culture," follow Christ, and love God.

John Paul's thoughts on initiating the Youth Days were:
"I imagined the World Youth Days as a powerful moment in which the young people of
the world could meet Christ, who is eternally young, and could learn from him how to be bearers of the Gospel to other young people."