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Blogged by James Preece on 15th October 2009

Joe at Catholic Commentary has this to say about the new Catholic Youth Ministry Federation...

Yes, there is a nice acronym. Yes, there appears to be a launch congress. But no, there is no sign of a patron saint, no sign of what are characteristic features of the new movements, Eucharistic and Marian devotion. Look at their six objectives - and, since it doesn't seem to have properly formed or launched yet, the claim to be "the single most experienced and qualified body in the UK to hold, protect and further the vision of youth ministry" seems fanciful.

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No sign of a patron saint.

No sign of Eucharistic and Marian devotion.

Not properly launched yet, but have already found the cash to fly speakers over from the United States to a "congress" to which they have also managed to attract Archbishop Vincent Nichols.

Where is the money coming from?

Who is pulling the strings?

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Joe said...

To be fair, you have linked to my original post so your readers can go and see the "whole"; but ....

The point to my post was to suggest that we should be looking for charisms rather than committees in the life of the Church. This is the context of the paragraph that you quote from my post. As I try to be more reflective than confrontational in posting (though I may not always succeed in that, especially on the occasions when I "lose it" on LIS!), I was a little disappointed to see this paragraph being taken out of its wider context and therefore appearing more confrontational than I think it is in the original post.

James said...

I'm sorry if I've caused offence, it wasn't my intention to misrepresent you.

I just thought that your criticisms were valid and wanted to pass them along...

ronan said...

have you emailed them or Vincent to find out?

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