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ET's 'Pascoa dos
jovens' unites young people from one end to the
other
LIQUIZA (Timor Leste): 26th April
2006 -- More than 3000 young people gathered in Liquiza, a town in the
North of East Timor, an hour and a half's drive from Dili, to celebrate Easter
together. From Fatumaca a strong contingent of more than a hundred young
people, together with the Rector, Fr. Rui Gomes, the Novice Master, Fr.
Ramoncito Padilla, 3 practical trainees and 7 novices left on April 22 for the
happy event. After a night of preparation (Holy Mass, rosary, reflection) and
rest in Don Bosco Comoro, they continued their journey to the site of pilgrimage
and celebration.
The priests holding youth ministry
responsibilities in the two Dioceses of Dili and Baucau, with the support of the
Youth Ministry Commission and the Salesian Youth Movement, organized the
affair. On April 23 the Bishop of Dili, Alberto Ricardo da Silva, presided
over a lively Eucharist, with the Bishop of Baucau, Basilio do Nascimento, and
several priests concelebrating. In his homily the Bishop of Dili urged the young
people not to lose their identity as the hope of the world, the Church and the
nation and to focus on Christ the crucified, now resurrected.
After the 3 hour Eucharistic Celebration, the large
Cross of the Young was handed over from the Parish of St. John de
Britto of Liquiza, to the Salesian Parish of Sts. Peter and Paul, Los Palos.
Four hundred young people, together with the Rector of the Community of Los
Palos, Fr. Joao Aparicio Guterres, and the Parish Priest, Fr. Jose de Sa,
received the Cross of the Young People of Timor with enthusiastic
cheers, wonderful songs and traditional dance and speeches, and brought it
to Los Palos, some five hours drive from Liquiza. There it will remain for a
year, going from chapel to chapel, barrio to barrio, one missionary station to
another, to give joy and hope to people everywhere, especially to the young.
Then, by the next 2nd Sunday of Easter, 2007, the Parish of Los Palos will
organize the Easter Celebration for young people according to our own Salesian
style and spirit. The contingent from Don Bosco Fatumaca drove back home hoping
to participate again next year in the Pascoa dos Jovens in Los
Palos.
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