Youth/Women
On the way to WYD Lisbon 2023
INTERNATIONAL MEETING
On 22 November, in a ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, at the conclusion of the Mass presided over by Pope Francis, young people from Panama handed over the symbols of World Youth Day (WYD) to young people from Portugal.
Violence against women, the other pandemic
25 NOVEMBER
The NGDO InteRed is proposing a series of activities and resources to celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The commemoration this year is to show us that this kind of violence is claiming more victims each year than the current COVID-19 pandemic
IT Youth Philippines celebrates 30th anniversary
ONLINE MEETING
30 years of friendship and spiritual journey fortified by Teresian Charism - that is how we describe the treasured experience we had with the IT Youth Philippines. Thanks to technology, despite the distance, time zone differences and quarantine controls, the IT Youth managed to meet and to greet each other virtually
Youth take positive action against COVID-19
CHICAGO. United States
A group of young adults raise funds and produce masks to give to other young people in shelters, prisons or homeless.
Build democratic values with young adults
MADRID. Spain
An international project for young people from America and Europe to share democratic values and participate in their development is underway.
Day-to-day confinement at Bana Ya Poveda
KINSHASA. DR of Congo.
From the “Bana Ya Poveda Center” they send Easter greetings and some images about how they live in confinement.
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Simply to communicate trust and hope
LIMA. Perú
Through short videos, some young people from the TA Movement of Perú have communicated during the Triduum, since they could not, as they had planned, celebrate Easter together.
Coeducation as a way to foster equality
MADRID. Spain
Toca igualdad, (Equality Time) is the title of the proposal that the NGDO InteRed has just launched for an education free of sexist violence and which was presented on 30th January.
The TA in Spain celebrates a forum to give voice to young people
The 1st Teresian Association Youth Forum in Spain was held in Madrid in mid-December. The gathering for reflection and joint creation concluded with a Manifesto that conveys the wishes of authenticity and the searches of the participants.
Pope Francis attended the funeral of Maria Grazia Mara
ROME. Italy
Maria Grazia Mara, a member of the Teresian Association, died at home in Rome on 30 December 2019. The Pope attended her funeral privately as a “farewell to a friend”. This brought much consolation and feelings of gratitude, and it meant that the news of her passing reached beyond the usual confines.