Convocatoria Oficial JMJ Lisboa 2023 EN.pdf
A WORLD ENCOUNTER of YOUTH of the CLARETIAN FAMILY built around WORLD YOUTH DAY, convoked by Pope Francis in Lisbon, organized by the Claretian Family of Europe. This time is prepared for the first time under the Worldwide Youth Network ClaretWay. From this edition on, it will be called WYD ClaretWay (from the 1st of August).
As Pope Francis said on 5 April 2020, the Church calls us to "walk together ", to travel, to visit new places and encounter new faces, and to live new experiences.
We want to share our "experience of Jesus with other peoples and nations.”
In a world where "there is often connection ", we want help provide communication as well.
We have to "make a mess ", and give witness to our faith to other young people and to the whole world.
And we are fortunate to be able to “celebrate it with many young people who walk in the footsteps of Claret”, shouting to the world, God is love.
ClaretWay is the worldwide youth network that the Claretian Family offers to young people aged 18-30. For this reason, World Youth Day is framed as the main face-to-face event of ClaretWay. In this case, an exception is made to extend the age group to 16.
From August 1, 2022, the Communication and the graphics used (by the Claretian Family) will be ClaretWay. The name WYD+fc or WYD in Claretian Family that was used in the first phase and in previous editions will no longer be used.
For our WORLD YOUTH MEETING, we invite participants aged 16 (born in 2007) to 30. It is expected that the average age of the participants will be between 16 and 25 years old.
We will stay in **Carvalhos (**10 km from Porto) for the initial meeting.