This document outlines an international youth congress on art, humanism and spirituality held in various locations between 2007 and 2011. The congress brought young people together to deepen their understanding of life's meaning and to contemplate the realities of the world. It featured activities and discussions to help participants discern their personal commitments. Locations included Barcelona, Bordeaux, Taizé, Orvieto, Belo Horizonte and Madrid. The 2011 gathering included phases in Madrid, Bordeaux, Loyola and Madrid for World Youth Day, with a focus on encountering the world through the examples of Mary and Christ.
3. “Art, Humanism &Ｓpiritualiｔｙ “
is a specific way of responding,
as Company of Mary,
to the world of youth,
to arouse in them
the search for
reasons to live, believe,
hope and make commitment.
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4. International Youth Congress
“Art, Humanism and Spirituality”
Barcelona – Bordeaux – Taizé – Orvieto
July 2007
Arts, Humanism and Spirituality II
International Mission Camp
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
July 2009
“Peace is Fruit of Justice ”
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5. AHS III
Bordeaux-Loyola-Madrid
“If the encounter’s purpose is to deepen life’s meaning and to contemplate
the reality of the world, it acquires a greater significance:
it makes possible the discernment of commitments facing those
personal life goals that each one desires to carry out.”
Sr. Beatriz Acosta, ODN
and General Team
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6. Three Phases:
31 July – 5 August 2011
Madrid-Bordeaux (France)
With Mary to encounter the world
August 5-14, 2011
MAGIS 2011
With Christ at the Heart of the World
Aug. 5 to 8 – Loyola
Aug. 8 to14 – Magis Experience
Aug. 15 to 21, 2011
World Youth Day
Madrid
Rooted and built in Christ, firm in faith
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9. “Every step that you
take in the streets of
Madrid, every
arrangement that has
been made for your
arrival as a pilgrim, has
and continues to be
supported through the
prayers of monasteries,
religious communities
and the faithful.”
Cardinal Rouco Varela
Archbishop of
Madrid
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10. On the way to Bordeaux…
…towards the footsteps of
St. Jeanne de Lestonnac and her
first companions
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14. How was God present to
Jeanne de Lestonnac?
“Jeanne’s search for meaning and faith responses for
herself and the young girls of her time can also
be our attitude at this moment in time.”
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15. Sharing group learning
from each other’s
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18. What is God preparing me for?
What is God asking of me?
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19. Landiras, 40 kilometers to the southeast of Bordeaux,
is the “hidden life” of Jeanne, the place of learning
and maturation of extending a hand…
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20. “Seeing reality (and history) from our
heart, we looked at the Source for
responses that give meaning
to our lives.”
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21. Personal prayer and journal writing
were integral to the whole experience.
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22. “A God-like dream can also happen to
me if I open myself to the echo within
many conversations and in many
silences that journey with me.”
First ODN convent in Bordeaux
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25. Church where St. Jeanne was baptized.
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26. Some of the activities that made other participants busy.
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27. With French ODN Sisters Templates
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who hosted the AHE-Bordeaux Experience
28. AHS III token of gratitude to the host ODN Province
and the French sisters for their untiring hospitality
and cheerful service to the whole group.
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29. My being in the
WYD2011 is a bonus.
I saw all of
these in my
Now I realize the
dreams…I am beauty and the I want to know
I am overwhelmed by St. Jeanne, Mary
open to God’s responsibility that
comes with my this grace to be here… Our Lady, Jesus
plan for me Christian name Christ and God
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