Walking along the streets of Paceville – treading on the “sacred” ground of youth entertainment – Archbishop-elect Mgr Paul Cremona has decided to take up the challenge and go to meet young people at the hub where they meet to unwind.

Mgr Cremona will be doing this on Saturday, in order to listen to what young people want to tell him and also to start his dialogue with them at the beginning of his episcopate. And it is for this sole purpose that a multitude of arrangements and preparations are being made in order to better facilitate this meeting.

At 8pm, Mgr Cremona will first meet adolescents in Baystreet, who will accompany him for a walk around the complex and also eat a snack with him. The local band Footprints will make the atmosphere livelier and filled with the spirit of youth.

In the meantime young people from the Neo-Catechumenal Way will be singing and playing instruments in the streets of St Julian’s, preparing a joyful atmosphere for the welcoming of the archbishop at the local parish church.

At 9pm, a group of Scouts and Girl Guides will escort Mgr Cremona into St Julian’s parish church, where there will be a great celebration with the participation of the renowned and talented Voices, SALT, Chris D’Alfonso, Fr Karm Debattista MSSP and dance sketches by the Y4J, along with many others.

During this celebration, the young people present will have an opportunity to ask the archbishop questions and he will have time to answer them and to initiate a dialogue with young people. At the end of the celebration, Mgr Cremona will once again be accompanied around Paceville by young people in the streets and into the pubs they usually frequent.

The evening will then be rounded off at the Millennium Chapel, where Mgr Cremona, together with young people, will spend a moment in prayer in this oasis of peace. The band RiSE will accompany this moment of prayer with its music.

All this is to be taken as an invitation to all the young people who would like to meet their new Archbishop and also to those who are involved in the youth ministry and youth work to somehow make it possible for all the young people with whom they work to be present for this celebration.

It is incumbent on all those responsible to notify the Diocesan Commission for Youths (KDZ) with regard to their attendance.

Details of the event are available on the KDZ website: www.kdz.org.mt.