yes, either to have a meeting with the youth coordinator only, or with the youth officers, or with the parish priest, or with the parish council, or with all the youth members.
so what kind of meeting of it?
sometimes we call it an infomeeting, or informational meeting. a meeting that we inform about what is Taize and Taize Community (for those who never heard about Taize before) and the Pilgrimage of Trust and the more concrete about it.
so let me share about the simulation of one of our meetings here. at least these are what we always said (over and over again) in every meetings...
Taize is small small village, which even didn't exist in the map, which is located in France. in this small village, there's only around 40 families who live here. in 1940, a young man came to this village to build a community and be the sign of reconciliation. in that time, there's a lot of victim of World War II and this young man helped them and gave them refuge in this small village. then some young people came and join him to helped this refugees and later these young people became the first Taize brothers. years by years, a lot of young people from Europe start to visit this small village and this was not expected before. a large number of young people came every year, especially during the summer, to stay for a week and to have an experience of a monastic life, pray three times together, have a bible reflection, and the most important thing, to meet another young people that came from different background and different denomination to share their life. at the time, there are around 100 brothers came from 25 different countries welcoming around 10.000 young people came in every year from different part of the world; Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia.
then the brothers think that they shouldn't wait the young people to come to Taize, but they will come to them, to their continents. so since 1970, the brothers held an European Meeting called the Pilgrimage of Trust in the end of every year in one of the big cities in Europe. and the brothers also held the Pilgrimage of Trust in other continent. in 2007 it was in Bolivia, Latin America. in 2008 it was in Kenya, Africa. and in February 3 - 7, 2010, they will come to the city of Manila, Philippines.
so this Pilgrimage of Trust in Manila is the second time we held. the first Pilgrimage of Trust in Manila is on 1991 and there was around 15.000 young people from different part of the world participate on the pilgrimage.on for the next February, we expected the same number that will come to Metro Manila.
the young pilgrims that come from outside Metro Manila, and also from abroad, will sleep in the local churches in the host/foster families.they know in advance that they will sleep on the floor. they expected nothing from the host/foster families except the two squared metres space on their house and a very simple breakfast. for lunch and dinner, they will have it on the venue, in John Bosco Makati. the pilgrims will take care their own transportation fare, each day to John Bosco Makati and back to host families.
the Pilgrimage of Trust it self will be held for five days, from Wednesday February 3th until Sunday February 7th, 2010. on Wednesday will be the welcoming day. so the pilgrims will come directly to the local churches, we called them a Welcome Center. so the young people from each parishes will welcome the pilgrims and then sent them to their host families. then in the evening, the pilgrims should come to John Bosco Makati to take their dinner on 5.45 pm and followed by evening prayer on 7.00 pm. the evening prayer is open for everyone and all generations. then they have to go back to their host families around 8.30 pm
the next three days, Thursday until Saturday, from February 4th - 6th, 2010, there will be a morning activity in local churches. so the Welcome Centers shall prepare for the morning prayer around 7.30 am and followed by morning program. the morning program on Thursday morning will be a getting know each other with the bible sharing, on Friday morning there will be a visiting the places or people of hope in the neighborhood, and on Saturday morning there will be a sharing with the parishioners or the parish youth members. then around 10.00 am the pilgrims and the participants shall go to the John Bosco Makati to have their lunch, then followed by midday prayer, then followed by an afternoon program. during the evening it will be the same like the other days, dinner, evening prayer, and around 8.30 they have to go back to their host families.
on Sunday, there will be no more morning activity in local churches, but there will be a Closing Celebration on 9.30 am in John Bosco Makati. and afterwards, the departure of the pilgrims.
yes, these things that we have to share with the parishes, well more or less. it's depends on each person in their style.
and after the meeting, we have to write the brief report to a paper of each parish.
to make it easier for someone to track down what already happens in every parishes. because sometimes, one person can have two meetings or more in a same time, that means someone else have to substitute this person. for my self, this Saturday, December 12th, 2009, i have three meetings in three different parishes in the same time. so someone else have to go there to held the meeting. weekend is our most busiest day in a week. because most of parishes will have their youth meeting in either Friday, Saturday, or Sundar. so definately our weekend is not our holiday ;p for additional information, this weekend we have total 53 meetings. haha!so far i enjoyed every meeting that i had. just last night i had a meeting, it's not the parish that i've assigned to, but i really enjoyed the time with the youth there. we never meet each other before but they are so welcome and we had fun together. each of us really interested to get know each other and sometimes we laugh together. and in the end of the meeting, it's a common thing for them that they have a sharing time. so each of us have to share about what happens in our life lately. and it was sooooo beautiful. with that sharing time, it's like getting us more closer to each other because we put trust on them to share our life. even it's my first time to meet them and vice versa! love it!
so that's all what i want to share lately.
see you later!
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