National Youth Day to be held in Cebu

The Archdiocese of Cebu and the national organizing committee have officially launched the National Youth Day (NYD) in 2019, a gathering of Catholic youths from all over the country.

The religious event will Bishops' Conference of be held in Cebu for the first the Philippines-Episcopal time since the NYD was Commission on Youth conceived in 1986. It is slated (CBCP-ECY), said Cebu’s for April 23-28. dynamic youth ministry has

“Next year it is the Year become the province’s edge. of the Youth. And so the “Primarily the criterion timing of Cebu hosting the is the presence and existence NYD is most appropriate,” of a dynamic and vibrant said Cebu Archbishop Jose youth ministry to which we Palma. believe the Archdiocese of

Among the reasons why Cebu has,” he said. Cebu was chosen as host for Palma said next year’s NYD is it being the country’s event serves as “a celebration cradle of Christianity, the of joy, a celebration of prelate said. friendship, a celebration of

“Everybody knows that hope, and a celebration of and related to that is our bonding young people and famous Sto. Niño devotion,” those of us who want to be he said. young or young at heart.”

Also, Fr. Conegundo “There’s so much we Garganta, executive should celebrate in the youth. director of the Catholic We should celebrate being young,” he said.

Palma, Garganta, ECY Secretariat Stephen Borja, Commission on Youth (CoY) Chairman and Secretary General Fr. Mark Rommel Barneso, CoY Assistant Chair Fr. Andrei Vintanilla, and CoY-Cebu Coordinator Frankel Gerard Margallo led yesterday’s NYD 2019 launching at the Archbishop Palace in Cebu City.

Around 10,000 to 15,000 delegate s— the same number of delegates that joined the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in January 2016 — are expected to join next year’s NYD, which is in time for the archdiocese’s 85th anniversary.

The Cebu archdiocese alone has over 10,000 youth members from 155 parishes.

The organizers pegged the expenses at P20 million.

The NYD is an occasion offered for young people to celebrate and deepen their faith, coming together and united in a journey towards intimacy with Christ.

Youth aged 13 to 39 and single is welcome to join the NYD.

Registration fee is P1,500 each, inclusive of kits, basic medicines, notes, and insurance. Registration will start from July and will run until December this year.

FUNDRAISING

On the other hand, a fundraising activity dubbed as “Hudyaka” for NYD will be held today at the IEC Convention Center from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The logo and theme song for NYD 2019 will also be launched during the event.

Tickets are sold at the respective parishes in Cebu with rates ranging from P100 to P1,500.