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For World Youth days, the involvement of voluntary helpers has always been a strategic element in the preparation, arrangement and celebration of the event. Thinking of World Youth Day 2000 (GMG2000) we realize that Catholic volunteers, above all the young, are the ones able to provide the services essential for the an ordered and successful event in a way all their own and in the true spirit of the Day. This means that for GMG 2000 we must find, organize and direct a large number of volunteers (at least 25,000 are estimated necessary) They will come mainly from Italian dioceses, associations, movements and groups. But we also expect, although less numerous, non Italian volunteers through various groups, Bishops’ Conferences, associations, movements, from other countries who must be put in the condition to work in unison, with the same operative style. |
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overall Holy Year project for voluntary work, organized by the "Centro del Volontariato
per l’accoglienza giubilare", the body in charge of directing voluntary work
for the whole of the Jubilee year.
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Volunteers have the following requisites:
Anyone who can give his availability
even for the previous period (20 July - 4 August) or the subsequent (21-30 Agosto)
have to specify it in the "modulo di adesione" (form for
adhesion); CIGMG2000 will evaluate on the basis of requirements and
requests.
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Volunteers for the 15th World Youth Day will be recruited by means of a special form distributed by the Comitato Italiano for World Youth Day 2000 (CIGMG) through the available channels (diocesan delegates for youth pastoral, leaders of associations, groups movements, presidents of Bishops Conferences all over the world). Recruitment requires the completion of a personal form entitled: "modulo di adesione dei volontari" after a reference person has been presented. Persons requesting to be part of the Voluntary service will receive a personal letter to say they have been accepted with technical and logistic information for beginning service in Rome. Volunteers commit themselves to a period of at least 15 days and the CIGMG will register them directly with the Centre of Voluntary Service . |
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is given in two distinct programmes: respectively for team
leaders and for ordinary volunteers.
For Team leaders, who will be selected by the CIGMG on the basis of information supplied by the references, formation will have two successive phases, the first will last a week-end, between November and January, at the diocesan level on the contents of the Jubilee together with all the Team Leaders who will operating during the ordinary Jubilee; the second in the Spring in Rome, regarding the GMG2000 only. For ordinary volunteers formation will take place in Rome in the days preceding 13 August. All volunteers may avail themselves of constant spiritual assistance by priests offering to take part in the voluntary service. |
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| The programme, for the days 5-20 August will be arranged in such a way that from the 5 to 12 there will be a period of formation, on the 13 August volunteers will celebrate their Jubilee, from 14 to 20 they will carry out the voluntary service for the GMG. | |
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By
31 october, , the deadline for accepting applications for
volunteer service, a very positive response,
had been received, on the part of many Italian dioceses, Bishops Conferences
in other countries, associations, groups, movements. |
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Let's partecipate all together in the 15th
Worl Youth Day 2000
Let's live the World Youth Day with enthusiasm and attention
For communications get in contact with us at the e-mail address:Volontariato
CIGMG2000