Plans underway to host about 800 Catholic youth from the region at the Antilles Episcopal Conference Youth Assembly (AECYA) to be held in Dominica for the first time in July 2021.
Bishop of Roseau, His Lordship Gabriel Malzaire, told Dominica News Online (DNO) during a recent interview that a Committee has been set up and charged with the task of preparing for the event.
“We have a committee in place that is working tirelessly in terms of the logistics and the organization of the programme. So, we are really looking forward for a fantastic experience,” Bishop Malzaire said.
He said the participants, comprising young people and young adults, will be brought together from the 19 dioceses in the region.
“We are expecting 400 from the region and 400 from Dominica,” Malzaire stated. “It will be an exciting moment.”
He said the conference will include cultural presentations, cultural sharing, teachings from the Bishop and from various people and questions from the youth.
According to Bishop Malzaire, the AECYA is also meant to help rejuvenate young people in the Caribbean and for the first few days, “we will be going to parishes to do mission work, visiting people in their homes.”
He said the young people will be very active during that week.
The AEC Youth Assembly (AECYA) is the region’s premier gathering of Catholic youth and young adults. The inspiration for the AECYA came from World Youth Day (WYD), the worldwide gathering of Catholic youth and young adults and was first held in Curacao in 1999. In 2003, it was held in Trinidad & Tobago, 2009 in Jamaica, 2012 in St. Lucia, 2015 in Antigua & Barbuda, and 2018 in Martinique.
The AECYA 2021 will be held in Dominica from July 15-26, 2021.
This should be cancelled. Why dont we take heed from other countries? Public gatherings are banned. This is not wise at this time. Let us listen to the International community and not wait for when it is too late.
In light og what is happening with the coronavirus do you All think that is a good idea. Cases are slowly being discovered in the caribbean
Unfortunately , this need to be cancel
This is just a waste of time. You all have been trying to get the youth to join the church for years and it’s not working and this is coming from a youth who is fed up with the leaders of the church. The only reason why the youth go to church is because their parents make them or it is a cultural thing to do so on Christmas. You all don’t show anything different from the other Christians yet you all think you are special. You all make church irrelevant especially when you try to appeal to the young. It is cringe worthy. You all don’t preach. You don’t even care about God. Your love for God is lukewarm. …………… The god you worship is human respect. You all have the body of a church but no soul.
D/A really not taking that COVID 19 seriously boy