Youth 2000

Youth 2000 (English: Youth 2000) is an international Catholic youth movement that was founded in 1990 after John Paul II had called for the 1989 World Youth Day in Santiago de Compostela young people to become protagonists of the new evangelization. Youth 2000 leads the subtitle " Rebellion of the early Church in the spirit of Mary ."

Spirituality and activities

Essential components of the spirituality of Youth 2000 are the common life, the celebration of the Eucharist, eucharistic adoration, the sacrament of confession and the rosary. A special spirituality there is not, because the Youth 2000 is open to all forms of spirituality; you can say that spirituality is characterized Marian and typical elements of the so-called New clergy includes communities, such as " praise " only.

The Youth 2000 organizes trips to World Youth Days and other religious events, organized through regional prayer meetings and offering prayer groups in parishes to. Specific events are so-called Youth 2000 Prayer Festival, Night Fever and the preparation and implementation of trips to the World Youth Days, because the latter has been the primary concern of the founding youth 2000.

The Hymns of Youth 2000 with the name Jubilate Deo enjoys the popularity of many church musicians who are open to modern songs.

Dissemination

  • Since 1998 exists in Germany a Federal Working Group Youth 2000 in the following dioceses grouping is active. Augsburg, Bamberg, Eichstätt, Freiburg, Cologne, Mainz, Munich, Passau, Regensburg, Rottenburg, Speyer. Church- recognized is the Youth 2000 in the Diocese of Augsburg, Eichstätt, Cologne, Munich, Passau, Regensburg, Speyer. The Youth 2000 operates in forum German Catholics and belongs or belonged to the United apostolate in the spirit of Mary.
  • In Austria, the Youth 2000 exists so far only in Vorarlberg.
  • In Switzerland, since 1999, there is a recognized church community, which acts mainly in German-speaking Switzerland since 1990.

OmniaChristo

In the Archdiocese of Cologne has emerged, because you want to bind to the spirituality of St. Therese of Lisieux and also include believers over 35 years, so the work is intended to extend from the Youth 2000 the Theresianische family movement OmniaChristo. The youth work of the previous Youth 2000 Cologne is now integrated into the Teresian family movement.

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