austraLasia #3231
Lourdes Parish - Marian Youth
Camp (FIS)
PUNTA PRINCESA,
CEBU CITY(FIS) 28-31
May 2013 -- The Salesian Youth Movement of Lourdes
Parish organized its annual Marian Youth Camp with the theme,
“Mary, Model of Our Faith.” This year it had 35 young people
coming mostly from the parish and two other Salesian settings
of Lawaan and Pasil. They were assisted by 15 committed
Salesian youth leaders headed by Mr. Eduardo Empelis Jr. This
Marian Youth Camp is on its 7th year and its main purpose is
to train new leaders for the youth groups.
This Leadership camp had topics based on the acronym FACTOR,
because we believe that there is a Marian factor in every
youth leader.
F - Focus on Self-Awareness
A - Appreciating Life
C - Citizenship
T - Trusting others
O - Organization
R - Responsible service
In his homilies, Fr. Joriz Foz Calsa, SDB, who is also the FIS
SYM Official Delegate, stressed on the discipleship of Mary.
For each day of the camp he dwelt on Marian biblical citations
and from these he drew out some of the qualities of a true
disciple-leader for others.
A typical day would consist of group building activities and
games followed by a processing session to share, reflect on
perceived values and personal action plans. At night,
activities includes soiree, special rosary, Taize prayer, and
group affirmations.
This parish is really full and busy every summer. In fact,
this MYC 7 activity was only the last of a series of
activities that the Lourdes Parish Youth leaders did organize.
Before this, there was a summer workshop called: “Summer Saya
sa Lourdes” [Saya means FUN!], for sports, music, and arts.
This year we have trained 270 young people to do skills rather
than just stay the whole day in front of computer games.
Now that summer is over, it is time to return to school or
rather, time to apply what the young have learned during their
long summer break.
