The Kenelm Youth Trust invite all young adults to get on board with Mission @ Home in your local area, taking part in social action projects in the service of your local community. From soup kitchens to homeless shelters, visiting the lonely to shopping for the elderly, you can respond to Pope Francis' call to serve the poor with concrete actions! A weekend of service will conclude with the Celebration of World Youth Day Mass with words from Pope Francis, Panamanian Cuisine and the gathering of young adults from across the Diocese.
Free transport to this celebration in Wolverhampton is provided.
Open to all aged 16-30.
Sign up now to join your local mission team and find out more about what's happening in your area. Alternatively download an information pack about setting up your own Mission @ Home opportunity. 
Email kristi.doughty@kenelmyouthtrust.org.uk for more information.

An incredible opportunity to work with our partners  serving the community of Meio da Serra, a poor settlement in the mountains of Brazil. 
For two weeks you will be living simply, spending time at the mission centre, teaching English, running health care workshops, understanding a new culture, visiting family homes and working on service projects in the community.
Two of our mornings will be spent in the orphanage, playing games, sharing faith, singing songs, creating workshops, sharing donations and learning about daily life.

Our focus will also be on growing in our understanding of Discipleship as we work, pray and journey alongside Brazilian young adults from the CLM community. 

We will also have the opportunity to celebrate Mass in the tiny chapel inside the base of the iconic CHRIST THE REDEEMER statue and enjoy a free day at Copacabana beach and Sugar Loaf Mountain.

An opportunity that changes hearts! Not to be missed! Are you brave enough?

If you are aged between 18 - 30 years then book today. There are only 20 places avaiLable.
Download your APPLICATION FORM HERE 
Download your INFORMATION PACK HERE
​Watch a young missionaries video of Mission Brazil

Over the course of a year, participants will attend 6 INSET sessions, complete 6 reflective practice assignments and read 6 set texts. The six modules that will be covered are,

• Why is Liturgy Necessary for Human Beings? - Fr. Michael Dolman
• The Mass - Part I - Monsignor Timothy Menezes
• The Mass Part II - Jo Boyce
• Developing Skills for Worship - Anna Bailey
• The Liturgical Calendar and the Seasons - Fr Adrian Porter
• The Pursuit of Holiness - Sr Angela Marie

The course is completely free for those who are a part of the Chaplaincy Agreement so to book your place please contact beccy.roseman@kenelmyouthtrust.org.uk

Alton Castle's recent retreat with Bishop Walsh Catholic School featured on BBC's Songs of Praise, which was broadcast at 12.25pm on Sunday 12th August. The episode is available on BBC's iPlayer catch up service.

Songs of Praise's Sean Fletcher visited the Castle and spoke to team members about their own journeys of faith, as well as showing off the fun activities that are part of an Alton Castle Retreat and the beauty of the Churnet Valley.
 
See the BBC's trailer for the episode here:

​See a clip from the show with Lucy, one of our volunteers here:

If you are a young adult aged 16-30 and are currently travelling without a group, you are groupless no longer! The Kenelm Youth Trust warmly welcomes you to join us as part of our youth section. We will be travelling by coach and staying at the St. George hotel during our pilgrimage at a cost of £474 for both transport and accommodation.

For more information please email: megan.cox@kenelmyouthtrust.org.uk

What:  A weekend Lourdes Preparation Retreat (or weekday if this works better for your group)
Where: Soli
Aim: 
- Have fun
- meet young people from other schools
- build community and real relationships
- prepare for the experience of a pilgrimage to Lourdes


A pilgrimage to Lourdes is a really special experience for so many of our young people. The Kenelm Youth Trust would like to offer your school group the opportunity to come on retreat to Soli and be led in a weekend of high quality preparation. We would like to pilot the opportunity this year with a view to refining the offering and enabling as many schools as possible to make it a part of their Lourdes preparation programme for 2020. Designed to complement the preparation already offered in schools a preparation retreat could involve any of the following input:


Magnificat - Who is Mary?
The Rosary
Why we process
The Eucharist
St Bernadette and the story of Lourdes
Why do we go to Lourdes?
Service - Love in Action


Naturally all input would be tailored to meet the needs of your young people, delivered in fun and engaging ways and balanced with opportunities to grow as a community, time for fellowship, prayer and a chance to get out and make the most of the beautiful countryside and the incredible facilities we have on site here in Alton. We would love to welcome schools from a particular area, or those who usually share the same hotel in Lourdes. Get in touch and tell us what you would like to see. We could even look at finding a way to build in a fundraising activity as a part of the weekend.


Some suggested dates:
15-17 March
5-7 April

For more information please email: erin.doughty@kenelmyouthtrust.org.uk

If you are booking with the Archdiocese, click here: www.tangney-tours.com/BF-BHX-YTH ​