
International Gathering of Marist Youth
The priest of the Parish Saint Paul welcomed us in his Church for Morning Prayer. We are under the protection of the first Christians of Lyon and of the martyrs of this city. We are invited to include in our prayers all the victims and martyrs of our time.
After a short walk, Dare to Dream is welcomed by the Municipality of Lyon in the honor courtyard of the Hôtel de Ville. There is the evocation of the bonds that unite the city and the Marist history.
The participants as always divided into communities, leave to discover different experiences and associations of social type implanted in this Rhône city, committed in the service of the less favored or of social justice.
Then the celebration around the 4 words: Dream, transform, take care and serve others. As a symbol, and in order to be placed in the following of Christ, the washing of the feet; Humbly to kiss and wash the feet of our companions. Take care of one another; emotion and communion for all. This was one of the most intense and strongest moments of the encounter, surely.
It is at the sound of pop-rock of the concert of Kairoi that this very full day and rich of emotions ended. The group that came from Catalonia diffused and transmitted its energy to the young Marists who only asked for that.