On 6 February, a group of young men and women religious from various Congregations in the Diocese of Prague held their third meeting in a series aimed at acquainting people in their age bracket about the religious life. The theme of this encounter was We Are Courageous (?) while the themes of the previous two meetings were: We Are Normal (?) and We Are Divine (?).
A team of 12 young religious organized the event, collaborating according to their charisms and possibilities. Sr. Andrea, fsp, acted as team coordinator (as she did on the previous two occasions) and also served as moderator of the meeting. Representatives of more than 25 religious Congregations and Catholic movements participated in the event.
The meetings spring from the desire of Prague’s young religious to present their lives to their contemporaries. The encounters are not a way of “fishing” for vocations but rather a way to make known to interested young people the essence of the religious life and give them the chance to become acquainted with different charisms.
The event began with a Eucharistic Celebration, followed by a brief conference on vocational discernment and a moment of socializing between the young people (about 50 in all) and religious around a table laden with refreshments prepared by the various Congregations. This was followed by a session featuring the testimonies of the religious and an open dialogue with their guests.
The participants appreciated the sincere and courageous testimonies of the religious and the possibility of being able to contact different nuns or friars so as to make a vocational discernment.
More detailed information about the meeting is available on YouTube channel Řeholníci Spolu and on the Facebook page of the event.
