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PEER PRESENTATION
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NOTE TO LEADER: This reflection from one of

Where are you today? How do you

the pilgrims should focus on a time when he or she

continue to live out your faith? How are

encountered Jesus through the Church. This talk could

you striving to be active in the Church?

be given by a World Youth Day alumnus or alumna,

How are you continually being called to

who can connect the encounter with the Church to the

transformation and conversion of

World Youth Day experience, or it can be given by a

heart? What “more” (than what is

young adult who is active in his or her local parish,

expected) have you done for the sake of

diocese, campus, or movement. The focus of the talk is

Christ through the work of the Church?
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the call to encounter Jesus, and to be living witnesses of
Christ through the work of the Church.

How have you taken up the challenge to
find Jesus more fully in the Church in new,
even unfamiliar, ways?

General Outline and Points to Consider:
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Describe a personal encounter with Jesus

Suggested Scriptures for Presentation

through the Church – through prayer,

(related to the four marks of the Church):

Sacraments, parish or diocesan community,

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service to the poor, etc.
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gifts/parts, but one body.
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Describe your reaction to or encounter with

heavenly father is perfect; 2 Cor 12 –

Benedict XVI, or Pope Francis), and how

I will boast of my weakness, for the sake

he takes time for youth or young adults (at

of Christ; Rom 5 – where sin increased,

events like World Youth Day), but also his

grace increased.
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CATHOLIC: in the Gospels: the Baptism

are poor and marginalized.

of Jesus, the call of the disciples, the healing

If applicable: What was your experience of

of lepers, or the woman caught in adultery

World Youth Day? Where did you go?

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Whom did you meet? What were the

APOSTOLIC: Mt 28:19 – The Great
Commission: Go and make disciples.

liturgical celebrations like? What did you
learn about the Church there?
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HOLY: Mt 5:48 – Be perfect as your

the Holy Father (St. John Paul II, Pope

concern for and encounter with those who
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ONE: 1 Cor 12:12-28 – There are many

How has your life been changed or
transformed as a result of World Youth
Day or my involvement in the Church?
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