INVITATION FROM BISHOP GEORGE

Dear Young People! I am delighted to invite you to be a part of our Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) 2025 in the Archdiocese of Melbourne! ACYF is a national gathering of Australian young people from all over the country. At the festival, you will experience what it means to be a Catholic in ways you have never experienced it before. You will connect deeply with other young people, find out more about your faith and yourself - and have lots of fun along the way. You will see the passionate, energetic and youthful people of God Jesus calls us to be. In this Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year, ACYF will be a special way for you, young people across our Diocese, and I to journey together and mark the end of the Jubilee Year. I hope you will join us! By joining in this Pilgrimage, you will be undertaking a special journey and join a great tradition created by young people like yourself. I invite you and your friends to join us on an amazing 6-day ACYF Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Archdiocese of Melbourne. The pilgrimage is created to ensure that you have the best time possible and providing you with all the tools and support you need to make the most of the experience.See you in November!

In Christ,

+George Kolodziej SDS

Bishop of Bunbury