RMG - World Youth Day 2016 and SYM World Day

08 July 2016

(ANS - Rome) - The 31st World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland (26 to 31 July 2016) is getting closer. The theme is: "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy" (Mt 5,7). Its pastoral spirit and youthful joy make it a perfect fit with the World Day of the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) which will be celebrated on July 27.

The SYM World Day is part of the celebrations of World Youth Day. It will provide a common platform for all the young participants to meet God in their neighbour and to share their lives and talents with other young people who have the same spirituality.

To make this meeting truly fruitful for all, the organizing committee, in collaboration with the Departments of Youth Ministry of the Salesians (SDB) and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), is preparing two events - the SYM Forum and an SYM Festival. Both events will be attended by Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the SDB, and Mother Yvonne Reungoat, Mother General of the FMA.

The Forum will take place in the morning and will be attended by four people from each country - one SDB and one FMA plus two SYM representatives. In total there will be about 300 people. During this meeting the young people will share experiences and testimonials, thinking about how to live the daily life of the Salesian Youth Spirituality.

The Festival will take place in the afternoon and evening at the ground of the EXPO Fair in Krakow, and will end with an evening of spirituality that will have its climax with the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and finally, as at Valdocco for the SYM DON BOSCO 2015, there will be the "Good Night" by the Rector Major and the Mother General of the FMA.

All relevant information for the SYM World Day is available on the website: http://krakow2016sym.pl/en 

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