Programme for Sanctuary@Walsingham, 26 - 30 August 2010

Sanctuary@Walsingham set to be a scorcher!

Just 6 days now until Sanctuary@Walsingham!!!! Have you checked out the latest weather forecast?!? Walsingham is set to be a glorious bank holiday weekend! If the fantastic line up of speakers hasn't tempted you, then the weather definitely should!

26 August Forecast Partly Cloudy High 18°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip. 10 %

27 August Forecast Light Rain High 18°C Low 13°C Chance of Precip. 60 %

28 August Forecast Partly Cloudy High 17°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip. 20 %

29 August Forecast Partly Cloudy High 18°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip. 10 %

Asides from that one day of 'light rain', it looks to be sunshine all round! You might want to bring your wellies though just in case!

Interested in coming and want more information? Visit http://www.youth2000.org/page.asp?id=92 email info@youth2000.org or call 07733 395 811

We look forward to seeing you there!

Youth 2000 ball!!

Here's a glimpse of the Youth 2000 Summer Ball! Picture taken by Ed Morton

Introducing our speaker, Fr Christopher Jamison...

Joining us all the way from Worth Abbey we are very excited to welcome the renowned speaker Fr Christopher Jamison! Benedictine Monk and former Abbott at Worth Abbey in Sussex, Fr Christopher and the community at Worth may be familiar to some for their appearance on the BBC TV series, The Monastery. Soon to hit our screens is 'The Big Silence', also featuring the community at Worth Abbey.

Fr Christopher's talk on the Saturday is not to be missed!

Fr Stan Fortuna!!!

Fransiscan Friar of the Renewal and international speaker, Fr Stan Fortuna joins us all the way from New York for this year's Summer Prayer Festival. He'll be in Walsingham for the whole 5 days giving workshops and inspiring us with his powerful witness and love of God.

Click on the link for a clip of Fr Stan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ0IQmzgNFA

5 great reasons to come to sanctuary@walsingham this year

We have five great reasons you should come to Walsingham this year...

1.Fr Stan Fortuna- the renowned rapping friar is with us for the whole weekend - he will be giving some great teaching and performances - be sure not to miss him!

2. Fr Christopher Jamison - Fr Christopher will be sharing with us his great teaching on prayer over the weekend. Fr Jamison has recently finished filming The Big Silence, another BBC series featuring the community at Worth Abbey.

3. Time for prayer, receiving the sacraments, and praise- the whole purpose of Walsingham is for you to connect back with God - spend time with him in prayer, receive the grace he wants to give you in the sacraments, and join in with some wonderful praise and worship led by our music ministry.

4. Go deeper in your faith- it may be that you have been to a few retreats and would like to explore a bit deeper... This is why every afternoon, we offer a series of workshops where expert speakers lead you to explore those pressing questions. Grill the panel of experts with any questions you have at the Open Forum. Discover what it means to be a man or a woman and how you should live your faith in relationships. Use the weekend to pray and explore the vocation God is calling you to.

5. Meet other young Catholics- Sanctuary@Walsingham isn’t just about being on your knees all weekend! There is a lot of social time built into the programme, with many opportunities to meet other young people. Thursday evening this year will see a new programme of entertainment, which will help lead you into the retreat and get to know others you will be with over the weekend. Each afternoon there is time to socialise, play some sports or just relax.

Finally, bring some friends!!! Even if Youth 2000 is not for you anymore, there are so many young Catholics in the Church who could benefit by discovering the love God has for them. We encourage you to “step out into the deep” and think of 3 people you think could benefit from this prayer festival. Most importantly, pray for these people, and then ask God to give you the courage to invite them. Allow him to work in their life! You will be amazed by what he can do.

LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!!!!

In just 22 days, young people from all over the UK (and even abroad) will start to descend on the small village of Little Walsingham for Youth 2000's annual Prayer Festival - a fantastic bank holiday weekend guaranteed!!

This year's prayer festival will give you to time and space to think about your relationship with God. In beautiful surroundings and stress free environment you can pray, listen to inspiring talks, attend many different workshops, meet young people like yourself, take walks and have fun!

So, are you feeling prompted to come this year? Do you have friends who would benefit?

An outstanding line up of speakers include...

Fr Stan Fortuna

Fr Christopher Jamieson (most notably known for appearing on the BBC series 'The Monastery')

James Parker

Anna Cowell - fun and bubbly Youth Officer for the diocese of Leeds

Check the blog regularly to keep up to date with all news for Walsingham 2010!

Westminster Cathedral this weekend 7/8th August!!

Have you got some spare time this weekend to help publicise sanctuary@walsingham, this year's prayer festival? We are keen to gather many people to hand out flyers after the masses at Westminster Cathedral this weekend. Please let us know if you are free. Contact info@youth2000.org or 0208 675 2743

The Ball - a GREAT night!

On Saturday night Youth 2000 and friends enjoyed a fantastic night of food, dancing, entertainment, and a riveting bidding war at the talent auction! Lots of fun was had by all and it will certainly be a night to remember! We thank all those who came and donated so generously. All money raised goes directly to this summer's prayer festival, sanctuary@walsingham - an event which hopes to welcome over 1000 young people to a weekend of prayer, music, daily mass, workshops and the opportunity to build good friendships.

Please to keep this event in your prayers and if you feel moved to help with our fundraising please visit http://www.charitygiving.co.uk/walsingham2010. Every penny helps!

Photos of the ball to follow soon...

Youth 2000 Fundraising Summer Ball - £20 non dining ticket!!!

Youth 2000 are happy to announce the availability of £20 non-dining guest tickets for the Youth 2000 Fund-Raising Ball!

Date/Time: Saturday 24th July, 2010 from 8pm onwards

Venue: Thistle Hotel, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London W1H 7EH

Suite: Albert Suite (Drinks Reception) & Hyde Park Suite (Dinner/Dance suite)

This ticket will allow you to have a drink in Albert Suite (whilst the dining guests are eating), access to the Talent Auction & participation in the salsa lesson & dancing in the evening!

Drop me an email (janetjoseph14@ aol.com) or call me on my mobile: 07872 611 103 if you would like a ticket, as I will need to inform the hotel & security presence on the night, of numbers/guest names in advance.

I will send you details of how to pay for your £20 ticket for your non-dining ticket & further information about the night.

All the money raised from ticket sales will go directly towards the Youth 2000 Walsingham Prayer Festival: 26-30 August, 2010.

Envelope stuffing!!

Preparations for Walsingham are well under way! Just a few weeks ago, Mark and Alana and other generous volunteers gave up some of their Saturday to join us at the Y2K office to fill over 800 (yes 800!!) envelopes with flyers and posters to send out to parishes and schools over the UK. Look out for a poster in your parish!
If you would like some flyers and posters, please get in touch with the national office info@youth2000.org

Youth 2000's Fund-Raising Black Tie Summer Ball

To include drinks reception, 3-course dinner, private DJ & dancing, raffle ticket prizes to be won, the legendary Youth 2000 talent auction & prizes for the best dressed table of the evening!



Date: Saturday, 24 July 2010
Time: 18:30 - 23:30
Location: Thistle Hotel, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London W1H 7EH

Drinks Reception within Albert Suite from 6.30pm
Dinner: 3-course meal within the Hyde Park Suite from 8pm (included in ticket price)

Ticket Price:Only £60.00

How to pay: Please post cheque's made payable to 'Youth 2000' to the Youth 2000 National Office, 36 Nightingale Square, Balham, SW12 8QN

Please state any dietary requirements and include your email address so that we can confirm receipt.
If you would like to reserve a private table for ten of your friends, then please let us know ASAP as there is a only a max capacity for 22 tables of 10 people!

Contact Details: Youth 2000 Office:info@youth2000.org or 02086752743 OR Janet Joseph janetjoseph14@aol.com or 07872 611 103

Please invite your family, friends, colleagues & parish community. Every penny raised will go directly to the work of evangelisation for the young people in the UK!
This fund-raising event is particularly to raise the £80,000 needed to run the National Youth Prayer Festival this summer, 26-30 August 2010.

Update from Youth 2000 HQ

Hello readers,

Hopefully you all received the latest update email about the new London leadership team. Noel, Janet, Daniel, Hannah, Laura and myself Lanie are the members of this team we're having fun working together and the plans for Walsingham are in motion and we're excited about this years festival!

Our publicity campaign is well underway! Including posters in 4 train stations around the country. These can be found in Waterloo, London Victoria, Manchester Piccadilly and Leicester BR. If you happen to pass one or want to go on the hunt for one please send us a picture of you with it, maybe you and some friends could pose with it, perhaps you have a Youth 2000 t-shirt and could have a picture taken of you wearing the t-shirt with the poster, we want to see you and the posters. Wacky, interesting, original, silly faces, whatever it may be! The posters will only be in the stations until 20th June so be quick, send in your photo and it may be included in a future blog! Daniel found the one in Victoria and sent it in.

We're looking for ideas and people to help us with our fundraising for this years Walsingham prayer festival. If you have any ideas for sponsored events that the team could do or would like to do something yourself please email the National Office at info@youth2000.org.

There are still tickets available for the summer ball, if you would like to attend please see the website http://www.youth2000.org/page.asp?id=93

Check back next week for an update!

God bless you all,

Lanie

Spring is nearly here!

That's right, 20th March is the official first day of spring! I'm sure you're all looking forward to packing away the winter coats, wellies and gloves and breaking out the sunglasses, shorts and flip flops!

Hopefully you've spotted a few new born lambs and have seen the daffodils breaking through the soil to say hello to the sun.

Here at Youth 2000 HQ we've got a few events to look forward to in the next few months and we hope you'll be able to join us at one or two of them.

First up is the next formation day. This will be happening at 2 Calbourne Road, Balham on 27th March. The day starts with 10am Mass at Holy Ghost, Balham. Please contact Lanie at the national office for more information (info@youth2000.org).

Next month we've got healing@healing, the retreat is taking place at St Benedict's School, Ealing. The dates for this retreat are 23rd - 25th April. The programme and parental consent forms are available on the website www.youth2000.org.

24th July is the date for the Youth 2000 Summer Fundraising Ball. The venue is Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch, London. There will be a drinks reception from 6:30pm and a three course meal will be served at 8:30pm. Ticket price is £60 per person, please send cheques for payment to the national office, with your name, email address for confirmation and whether or not you are vegitarian. More information can be found on the facebook group page under events. This event is primarily to help raise funds for the Walsingham prayer festival...

Which will be taking place 26th - 30th August. Walsingham is our biggest event of the year, held in a couple of fields at the site of the National Shrine to Our Lady. We will be expecting over 1000 young people! It's going to be great and you should definitely be there!

If you haven't already found it we've set up a fan page on facebook, simply search for Youth 2000 fans or click on the link on the right hand side of the blog. It's a great place to put photos from retreats, find friends and share your experience of Youth 2000.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the office.

Have a great weekend!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! As usual we saw the New Year in at our annual Balham retreat. We welcomed over 200 people to the retreat including people from Scotland, Leeds, the Midlands, and London. We had some great speakers including Fr Emmanuel (CFR), Dr Danelia Cardona, Fr Julian Green, Fr Stephen Wang and Sr Jacinta (CFR). It was wonderful to see so many people choosing to spend the new year at a retreat, we had a great time and hope that those of you that attended did too!

The next retreat is just around the corner. We'll be heading to Harrogate for the weekend of 19th - 21st February. The retreat is being held at St John Fisher's High school. It would be great to see there! More details will be on the website next week along with the programme and parental consent forms.