The next European youth meeting will take place in Madrid from 28 December 2018 to 1 January 2019. It will bring together thousands of young people for a new stage of the pilgrimage of trust on earth begun by Brother Roger at the end of the 1970s.
The last two European meetings were held in cities in northern Europe. This year it will be in a southern European city in which we have never before had a European meeting.
On the Iberian Peninsula we have already been warmly welcomed on several occasions: in Barcelona, Lisbon and Valencia, and now we have received an invitation to come to Madrid for the 41st European meeting. Madrid is an open and diverse city, its inhabitants come from all over Spain and from other countries. Many host families will be ready to open their homes in a spirit of welcome to the pilgrims who gather from across Europe. Madrid is a city which has been the venue for a number of international gatherings, peace agreements and ecolological protocols in the past. Our own pilgrimage of trust will be enriched by the values of this tradition of solidarity.
Take part in the Madrid meeting and ... ... pray in song and in silence. ... join with thousands of other young adults to deepen our faith and understanding. ... experience the hospitality of families and share with others in simplicity. ... meet with people living out the Gospel in the midst of today’s challenges. ... find new impetus for solidarity in Europe. Friday 28 December Arrival in (...)
Dates The European Meeting in Madrid will take place from Friday 28 December 2018 to Tuesday 1 January 2019. Coming early as a helper So that everything runs smoothly, we need a good number of volunteer helpers to arrive on 26 December. You can help in various ways: welcoming people who arrive on 28 December; work teams (meal distribution, cleaning, preparing the places of prayer, etc.); (...)
Here are a few ideas for living together the preparation for the European Meeting. It would be a good idea to try to live this time with the local church: make contact with the local or diocesan youth leaders, think how you can invite young people to join you, contact youth groups, parishes, university chaplaincies, movements. Think too about young people who do not necessarily go to church (...)
Every evening during the European Meeting, brother Alois speaks to the participants. The transcript of his talks are published on this page day by day during the meeting. Monday evening, December 31, 2018 We are already at the end of our meeting. Tonight we will celebrate the arrival of the new year. And you will have in your welcoming communities a prayer for peace. In too many places around (...)
On this page will be published the live stream of the evening prayers in Madrid. From the 28th to the 31 of December at 7.30pm CET.
On this page, the messages sent to the participants of the 41st European Meeting in Madrid from Church leaders, international organizations and the Mayor of Madrid are published. Pope Francis The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew #03-Mosc]--> Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, Primate of England The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse-Tveit The (...)
During the European meeting in Madrid, workshops on different topics will be proposed during the afternoons of Saturday, December 29 and Sunday, December 30. The places will be included in the meeting booklet.Saturday, December 29 Silence and personal prayer. Possibility to be listened to and to receive the sacrament of reconciliation Make room for Christ in our lives: conversation on prayer (...)
