Youth Toward Assisi: Calling all Young People Between the Ages of 18 and 30

Registration Deadline is July 16, 2009 (The deadline has passed)

This summer you can make friends from around the    world and celebrate your faith in spectacular Assisi, Italy - a world heritage site of incredible beauty

and the birthplace of Saints Francis and Clare.

Interested? If yes, then the Youth Toward Assisi (Giovani verso Assisi) experience is the thing for you. Check out our video from the last experience in 2006.

Dates: August 2-9, 2009.

Contact: Fill out the Talk to a Friar form and mention your interest in attending the Youth Toward Assisi experience.

Official website: Youth Toward Assisi.

Outside the city walls of Assisi

During their seven days in Italy, participants in the Youth Toward Assisi experience will discover how the Gospel allows us to live a life of joy and fulfillment. They will also explore the values of fraternity, prayer, encounter, and mission - all of which were beautifully embodied by Sts. Francis and Clare. These two natives of Assisi spent their lives reflecting Christ; they were and continue to be a wonderful inspiration not only to the Franciscans organizing Youth Toward Assisi but also to the young people who will flood into this small Umbrian town in not too long a while.

Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Umbrian Valley

Assisi

Basilica of St. Clare of Assisi

While on their experience in Assisi, participants will live on campsites in a communal setting surrounded by the picturesque Umbrian Valley. Their busy program is set to include pilgrimages to important Franciscan sites including Rivotorto, the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, and the Cathedral of San Rufino. An audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Rome is also on the schedule.

Young people in Assisi

Assisi street

Upon returning to their homes on August 9, the Youth Toward Assisi participants will be forever changed. Their spiritual experience will also touch the lives of the people around them, encouraging these individuals to explore the Gospel and discover Franciscan life.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI

The Vatican