About ACYF

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What is ACYF?
The Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) is a national gathering of Catholic young people established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). It exists to provide young people with opportunities to deepen their relationship with Jesus, be empowered to be disciples in the world today and encounter and celebrate the vitality of the Church in Australia.

Purpose:
The Australian Catholic Youth Festival exists to:

  • Provide a high quality formative and experiential opportunity for young Catholics to encounter Jesus Christ, in the context of the Catholic Church in Australia.
  • Listen to and discuss the issues and challenges in the lives of young Catholics in Australia; Evangelise young people and empower them to be evangelists;
  • Provide young people with local examples and connections of vocations, social action, liturgy and prayer, catholic music and catechesis.

ACYF Theme Song

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https://youthfestival.catholic.org.au/acyf19-song/

Listen to The Spirit

‘Listen to The Spirit’ by Fr Rob Galea is the official theme song for ACYF 2019.

The words of the theme song, ‘Listen to The Spirit’ were written to build upon and help break open the spiritual focus and theme of the Festival, “Listen to what the Spirit is saying”. Use it with your group to help you prepare spiritually for your ACYF19 experience. You will hear this song a number of times at the Festival, so it’s a good idea to learn it so that you can join in singing it in prayer and celebration with thousands of other young Australians.

 

ACYF Prayer

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Holy Spirit, Breath of God, you come to us in the stillness and silence of this Great South Land.

Give us the courage to open our hearts and ears, to listen to your voice as we seek to foster the growth of your Church in Australia.

Grant us the desire to know Jesus and say our ‘Yes’ to his invitation to spread the joy of the Gospel.

We ask for the gift of hope as you guide us in our search for purpose and meaning in our lives.

We pray together as young people that we may love and care for all of creation.

We make this prayer through Jesus Christ our Lord, our brother and our companion, who lives with You and the Father forever and ever.
Amen.