AUGUSTINIAN YOUTH FESTIVALS
The most recent Australian Augustinian Youth Festival took place at the Koorjewarre Retreat Centre, Springbrook, Queensland, Gold Coast (Gold Coast Hinterland), from Sunday 15th January to Friday 20th January 2006.
For further information about the next festival in 2007 please contact:
Fr Tony Banks osa
PO Box 679
Brookvale 2100
Tel: 02 9938 0207
Fax: 02 9938 4465
Email: tonybanks@augustinians.org.au
Click here to view the Young Adults Brochure... (pdf)
A REPORT OF THE PREVIOUS FESTIVAL
Mareeba youth in the Victorian snow
After
venturing nearly four thousand kilometres, through three states, via
planes, trains, trams and buses, three young people from Mareeba Parish
in Far North Queensland, arrived in the Victorian Alpine region to take
part in the Augustinian Youth Festival. The seventh festival was held
from Thursday 5 July until Sunday 8 July in Harrietville. Arthur Morris,
Jacinta Tonizzo and Lauren Conroy joined together with 35 other young
people and 8 Augustinians to participate in times of reflection, prayer,
sharing, song and celebration. We shared meals and stories, fun and
experience, faith and friendship. We experienced making choices, making
decisions, making friends and ..making a lot of noise! But apart from
interacting with each other, we also had opportunities to interact with
our beautiful environment, and also interact with our God. It was felt
by many that the Augustinian Youth Festival is a truly wonderful and
beneficial event for every young person to participate in. For the three
of us from Mareeba, it was an adventure across great distance that brought
us closer and stronger in our faith. We also had an opportunity to encounter
a (very!) cold winter and learn how to keep warm, why bathroom tiles
are heated and how to throw the best snowballs. Our snow and skiing
adventure at Mt Hotham concluded our Victorian journey and we are now
back at home with warmer days and fond memories.
Lauren Conroy.
Photo names: L to R: Arthur Morris, Lauren Conroy, Jacinta Tonizzo.
For further information please contact:
Augustinian Provincial Office, Fr Tony Banks osa
PO Box 679
Brookvale 2100
Tel: 02 9938 0207
Fax: 02 9938 4465
Email: tonybanks@augustinians.org.au
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