There were 65 girls who took part in this growth and maturation proposal from July 20-22, 2023.
The girls were from Vinh and Ha Tinh dioceses. The young women are high school and college students and some of them young workers.
The main theme of the meeting was “Returning to oneself, into the bosom of God’s creation”. The goal was to help young people discover their place in Creation, and accept their vocation, whatever it may be, with joy and decision. Nothing is more appropriate to explain the accompaniment of young people than God’s creation: just think of vocation itself as a seed, waiting to grow, but needing all the necessary care to become a tree.
The event was developed in several moments. After the Eucharistic celebration and the Liturgy of the Hours together, the young people were offered a time of reflection and listening about their own call.
The girls were guided in their discernment by some Sisters of Charity, who accompanied them in recognizing and accepting the call to love and life in its fullness. The mission of the Sisters of Charity, engaged in youth ministry, calls for helping young girls realize the life plan God has for them.
This attention to the process of vocational animation and responsibility for young participants is part of a process of caring for listening, discernment, and verification of a possible call to make “God Alone”, so beloved of Saint Jeanne Antida Thouret, as the motto of their lives.
