Together for New Africa has launched its first training programme running from 1 – 8 January 2019. The training consist of a 3 year programme for around 100 young people coming from Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Uganda, South Sudan and Kenya. The training is exploring interdisciplinary, intercultural and multi-perspective paths for a New Leadership in Africa.
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Now in its sixth year the 4 Corners Festival kicks off here in Belfast (1-18 Feb). This has become an annual fixture in the Belfast calendar of events and contributes to its goal of bringing together people of different backgrounds, tastes, interests from the 4 corners of Belfast to get to know the different parts of this vibrant city.
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This Annual Focolare Day for Clergy explores some elements of the identity and mission of the families in the light of the spirituality of unity.
Focolare Centre, Prosperous, Co. Kildare Tuesday 23rd February 11am – 4pm
An article from Contact, St.Brigid’s Parish Bullettin: workshops held in Cabinteely’s Parish Pastoral Centre (Dublin), where different generations get to know each other and have fun collaborating on making something creative together.
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Outcome calls for preferential options in Church “for young people, for outreach to people on the peripheries, for dialogue with people who hold different opinions, for witness to genuine community life, for creativity in our catechesis”, says bishop of Limerick, Brendan Leahy.
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Easter proclamation “would hardly have meant that in respecting differing lifestyles we prioritise adults over children” – Bishop Leahy.
[more]Youth4unity are working for UnityLab which will take place in Argentina from 14th-28th July. It’s all about uniting the world and working together to promote equality, raise awareness of poverty and experience different lifestyles in order to establish friendships which can grow and be a basis for a more peaceful world.
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Two schools, from different traditions in Newtownabbey, County Antrim have used the Cube of Love with their pupils as a tool for promoting pro-social education during their ‘Friendship Week’ this month. The week ran from 18th to 22nd November and was billed ‘Anti Bullying Week’ but following their participation at a ‘Learning Fraternity’ conference in Rome, the two school principals decided to turn the week into a ‘Friendship Week’ and teach the children in their schools a little more about the art of loving, through the Cube of Love.
Mr Kevin McKeague, headmaster of St James Primary School and Mr Frazer Bailey, headmaster of Whitehouse Primary School were part of a group from Ireland who participated in “Learning Fraternity” an education conference held in early September in Castelgandolfo.
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