Diocese of Broken Bay Leaders Information Session

ACYF Prayer

What is the Festival? National Gathering of Catholic Youth Established by the ACBC to provide young people with opportunities: – deepen their relationship with Jesus – be empowered to be disciples in the world today – Celebrate the vitality of the Church in Australia The first Festival was held in Melbourne, December In 2015 the Festival will be hosted by the Archdiocese of Adelaide.

Who is the festival for? Young people from year 9 (in 2015) to young adults 25 years of age are invited to the event. Young people under the age of 18 must be accompanied and supervised by an adult. The festival is aiming to gather over 3000 young people from around Australia. In ensuring the event is maintained for the audience intended and is a safe and secure setting, the follow limitations to potential registrants have been set:

Festival Participation group coordinators must be over 18 years of age. young people under the age of 18 cannot register as an individual, and must be registered as part of a group and be supervised by a group coordinator. adults over 25 years of age cannot register as a ‘participant’ for the festival. Those aged over 25 years are encouraged to support a group in a leadership role or register their interest as a volunteer (see below)

Festival Participation organisations or communities who wish to register to promote their ministry must apply and be approved through the stallholders application process. potential volunteers must express interest with the hosting diocese and meet local and festival requirements (policies) before being appointed an official volunteer. families with children under the nominated age bracket are not able to attend as the festival includes content which is of a mature nature (e.g. Relationships, justice, etc.) These limitations have been established to ensure the maximum space is available for young people. Only those meeting these criteria will be accepted for registration

When is the Festival? The Festival will take place from Thursday December 3rd until Saturday December 5th, DayTimeEvent Thursday 3 rd December 9am – 1:30pm 1:30 – 3:30pm 3:30 – 9:00pm Registration pick-up* Opening Plenary Festival experience Friday 4 th December 10:00 -11:00am 11am – 5:30pm 7:00 – 9:00pm Morning Plenary Festival experience + Evening plenary Saturday 5 th December 10:00 –11:00am 11am – 5:30pm 7:00 – 9:00pm Morning Plenary Festival experience + Closing Mass

Essential Elements Plenaries & Closing Mass Discussion Forums – Bishops & key leaders with young people INcounter – Expo space – stages – MacKillop & 7 churches pilgrimage walks – Justice Centre – Sacred Spaces – Ability to book Masses Workshops in 3 categories – Listening – Formation – Discernment

International Guests

Where is the Festival? The Festival will be held in Adelaide. The majority of the Festival will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the banks of the River Torrens, (accessed from North Terrace). Across the city, a short tram ride or walk, St Francis Xavier Cathedral will also provide a place of pilgrimage for young people.

Adelaide Convention Centre

Festival Costs Group B Who: Archdiocese of Brisbane, Canberra- Goulburn, Sydney, Melbourne; Diocese of Ballarat, Broken Bay, Maitland-Newcastle, Parramatta, Sale, Sandhurst, Wollongong Early Bird: $170 (register prior to 27 th August) Normal Registration:$195 (after 27 th August)

Festival Costs Meal Tickets $75 per person Thursday:Dinner Friday:Lunch, Dinner Saturday:Lunch, Dinner Dietary requirements available – must be listed at time of registration. Vegetarian/vegan Gluten free No Dairy No Nuts Meals will be distributed on site. No purchase of meal tickets on site.

Festival Costs

Accommodation School Accommodation iStay Precinct – Oaks 185 Morphett St, 12 minute walk to convention centre Parish Accommodation Ibis Adelaide 122 Grenfell St 16 minute walk to the convention centre Check in Wednesday 2 nd, Check out Sunday 6 th $75 per person per night twin share

Accommodation iStay Ibis Convention Centre

What do you need to do? 1.Register interest in taking a group Use Group Registration form 2.Organise leaders to travel with the group ratio 1-8 recommended to parishes, minimum of 2 leaders, 1 male 1 female All leaders must have a Working with Children Check Number

What do you need to do? 3.Organise travel to and from Adelaide 4.Register yourself as a group leader for the Festival 5.Develop appropriate consent/registration forms 6.Complete festival registration fill in participant details make payment online, via direct deposit (invoice) or credit card

What do you need to do? 7.Register participant details with Diocese 8.Prepare risk assessment documentation 9.Organise blessing for participants 10.Travel with your group pastoral care and supervision 11.Work with group upon return to Engage, Enable and Empower.