From the 11th-15th August - with great joy and spontaneity - many of our young Pallottines came together at Odivelas, a city near to Lisbon, in Portugal, to prepare themselves for the 26th World Youth Day.
There were about 200 young people coming from Portugal, Brazil, India, Poland, United States and South Africa who came to know a little of Portugal's history, visiting important sites in the cities of Odivelas and Lisbon. They experienced the emotions of a beautiful Eucharistic celebration in the great sanctuary of Fatima; they examined thoroughly one of the principal aspects of Pallottine spirituality i.e. collaboration.
Indeed, it is true that they exchanged embraces smiles and despite their differing languages, they communicated with each other: there was the possibility to begin friendships with the distances shortened by the new methods of social communication.
The next meeting of Pallottine youth is in 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, for the next World Youth Day. FOTO