We accompany young people, offering them opportunities for community, worship, support and a life rooted in Christ.
Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world, and everything he touches becomes young, new, full of life. The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young Christian are these: Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive!
Pope Francis, Christus Vivit 1
2026 marked the 50th annual Lourdes Youth Pilgrimage in our archdiocese. Held after the end of the school year, young people come together to serve others and support pilgrims who need assistance. The coach trip begins a wonderful community-building adventure with new experiences, new friendships and lifetime memories.
Our Pastoral Plan has the vision of us ‘becoming a Church where young people and young adults flourish’. We want to accompany young people as they experience the highs and lows of moving into adulthood whilst offering them opportunities for community, worship, support and a life rooted in Christ.
The community has an important role in the accompaniment of young people; it should feel collectively responsible for accepting, motivating, encouraging and challenging them. All should regard young people with understanding, appreciation and affection, and avoid constantly judging them or demanding of them a perfection beyond their years.
Pope Francis, Christus Vivit 243
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A day for young people (Yr 7-13) to share faith, friendship, and worship. Featuring: One Hope Project, Fr Mark Beattie, Fr Frankie Mulgrew, Anna Lilley from Young Christian Workers, Kate Wilkinson from A Million Minutes, and more. Not to be missed!
One of the main concerns that came out of the synodal discussions was: What are we to do about the young people in our Church and how do we reach out to those who don’t currently engage?
In response to this question, we decided to hold a youth ministry review in 2026 in order to find out what was already happening for young people and young adults and areas for development. A number of meetings were held in which we gathered experiences, feedback and ideas from priests, deacons, chaplains, teachers, youth workers, charity workers, catechists, and lay people – young and old – all of which will be brought together in a report which will be made public in the coming months.
We continue to listen, particularly to young people in order to develop a youth ministry vision for our archdiocese over the next decade, a vision which will be based on all we heard.
Our priority now is to continue to listen to more young people to include them and their ideas in the process, so that we can strive to fulfil their needs, help them develop their spiritual lives, and empower them to take their place in the Church.
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical ‘Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence’ in May 2026.
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The encyclical, divided into five chapters, calls for the safeguarding of humanity, promotion of truth, dignity of work, social justice, and peace.
In the encyclical, Pope Leo said: "In the era of artificial intelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. True progress always stems from a heart open to others, an intelligence willing to listen and a will that seeks what unites rather than what separates."
10:30AM - 6:00PM
A day for young people (Yr 7-13) to share faith, friendship, and worship. Featuring: One Hope Project, Fr Mark Beattie, Fr Frankie Mulgrew, Anna Lilley from Young Christian Workers, Kate Wilkinson from A Million Minutes, and more. Not to be missed!
St Margaret Clitherow Centre, Liverpool
Croxteth Drive
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L17 1AA
Animate are the Youth Ministry Team for the Archdiocese of Liverpool. You can find out more about what they do here.
2026 marked the 50th annual Lourdes Youth Pilgrimage in our archdiocese. Held after the end of the school year, young people come together to serve others and support pilgrims who need assistance. The coach trip begins a wonderful community-building adventure with new experiences, new friendships and lifetime memories.
The Faith in Action Award is sometimes described as the Catholic Duke of Edinburgh! It is a national Catholic award that celebrates young people aged 10–18. Young people can apply through their school, parish or organisation, and be recognised and rewarded for their active service in their communities, with guided group reflections, personal journaling, enabling them to connect more deeply with their faith and grow spiritually as they journey towards receiving their award.
‘Pilgrims of Hope’, the music ministry group, meet every other month throughout the year to enable young people to share and develop their skills, grow in confidence and enhance the worship when gathering together.
Open to Year Ten up to age 21, you can train to become an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and serve your parish.
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