Plans Underway for National Jubilee Year of Catholic Youth Official Launch in Cape Verde

He continued about the November 26 event, “We're going to have a moment with the Coordinator of the Jubilee Project, and we're going to have some speakers, namely the Bishop and the Government (representative) and also the assistant from the Youth Ministry, and then we're going to continue with the Eucharist, then the presentation of the project.” 

The Eucharistic celebration is to be followed by social moments, as well as “cultural activities in the afternoon which will end around 4.30 p.m. or 5 p.m,” the youth official in the Catholic Diocese of Santiago in Cape Verde added.    

Turning his attention to the August 2024 event, the Permanent Deacon said, “We expect to have a huge number of young people at the Jubilee next year. We're hoping that around 20,000 young people will be here in Praia for this great Jubilee of Cape Verdean Youth.”

“It's worth pointing out that it's a National Youth Jubilee, not a Diocesan Youth Jubilee; so it encompasses all sections of the country, from the two Dioceses to the Cape Verdean diaspora, and it's for everyone, Catholics, non-Catholics,” Deacon Vaz said about the event to be celebrated under the theme, “Joyful in hope” that was inspired by recommendations from Pope Francis 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal.

“The Holy Father this year defined what he himself asked of young people. He asked us to live joy and hope, to have the hope that the Church is waiting for you, the Church is waiting for you,” Deacon Vaz said.

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