MALTA
From 20 to 30 July 2019. National/Diocesan ZAK (AC youth) camp: 2 young people from Beit Jala and Ramallah parishes
Two young people from the parishes of Ramallah and Beit Jala hosted in Malta Mirna j.e. Ballout and Dana Hanna Ibrahim el- Hasan were hosted at Zak House in Dingli where they participated together with hundred Maltese boys at Kamp Saif 2019 on the theme “Æffects focus on sustainability and care of our common home”.
ITALY
From 25 July to 5 August 2019. AC Aversa diocesan camp and AC Youth Sector and Student Movement national camp in Castellammare di Stabia (Naples)
Two young people from the parish of Zababdeh hosted in Italy (25 July-5 August) Dawoud Duaibes and Linda Duaibes were hosted by the National Presidency of Italian Catholic Action and by the Diocesan Presidency of Aversa (a city in Campania, a region in the South Italy, near Naples). They spent few days in Aversa with a day in Rome, being their first time in Italy, with a visit to the Capital of Italy, to St. Peter in Vatican City and to the historical headquarters of ICA in Via della Conciliazione.
Then they participated together with young people from many Italian dioceses at the National Youth Camp which took place in Castellamare di Stabia, from where they dedicated a day to the visit of Naples.
SPAIN
25 July to 5 August 2019. AC Cartagena and National Meeting of Laity in Madrid: 2 young people from Nazareth and Jerusalem
Two young people from the parishes of Nazareth and Jerusalem hosted in Spain (25 July – 5 August) Serene Therese Karam and Boulos Paul Shammas were hosted by families in Cartagena. They shared the daily associative experience with them in Cartagena and after they participated all together with people from many Spanish dioceses at the National Meeting of Parish Laity in Avila from 1 to 4 August.
The two young people told their experience in an interview.
ROMANIA
From 18 to 24 August 2019. Exchange with the AC from Cluj and Europe-Mediterranean Meeting between young AC from Italy, Malta and Romania in Iasi: 2 young people from Nazareth
Two boys from the parish of Nazareth hosted in Romania (17-31 August) Issa Nassar and Mirna Zaher were hosted in Cluj at their arrival, after they went to Iasi where they participated together with boys and girls from Italy, Malta and Spain at the last appointment of the Owls project (Opportunities + Willingness + Learning = Success). This project financed by Erasmus+, helps young people to meet and share experiences, challenges and successes from different countries and thus it enables them to learn from each other. And to grow with common values. The representatives from Holy Land told they daily experience. During a special day they visited Romania from Iasi to Cluj: a big country!
The theme of the meeting was “Given to us – sharing talents and dreams for Catholic Action. Youth contributing to Catholic Action networking”.
