The UCAM has welcomed this morning the presentation of the Second National Youth Meeting brotherhoods under the slogan 'You are the light of the world', which aims to create a junction point between young people across Spain, where to exchange views, share experiences and concerns, propose ideas and projects, etc.
These sessions are run in the youth of the Brotherhood of California Cartagena.
The press conference started with the intervention of the president of the San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, José Luis Mendoza, who said that "this is a great opportunity for a full conversion of the spirit through the experience of meeting Christ. "
According to Mendoza, the guilds provide a "great value because through them a wide evangelization that helps save human to be done."
Then took the floor Antonio Martínez Valverde, director of the Meeting who has said that one of the advantages of this conference is to "know the beautiful city of Cartagena and implying his Holy Passion Week."
The meeting begins on Friday 24 with the opening event.
In addition, a concert will be held in the city center, in the San Francisco plaza.
Similarly, the director has clarified that the meeting is not a conference but "an encounter between young and old not only young people, also those who feel young at heart."
Saturday 25th will be two panel discussions: 'brotherhoods: Between ritual and Fe' and 'Brotherhoods: history tradition.
A challenge for communication ', to be directed by the Vice Chancellor of International Relations and Communication UCAM, Pablo Blesa.
In both tables they will have speakers from different parts of Spain and intellectual world of Easter and Guilds.
On Saturday preside over the Eucharist the bishop of Cartagena, Bishop Jose Manuel Lorca Planes.
The last day, Sunday 26, end with a reading of the conclusions of the round tables and the final paper 'Young man, I say unto thee, arise' by the Bishop of San Sebastián, Archbishop José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre.
Finally, we will visit the patron saint of Cartagena, the Blessed Virgin of Charity.
In addition, you can perform other parallel activities taking place the same weekend in Cartagena as exposure 'Shrouds of Passion.
The art of embroidery 'or the photographic exhibition' Emotions' at the Palacio Molina.
Source: UCAM