EUSTON, ENGLAND – The first Catholic Youth Ministry Federation of England and Wales (CYMFed) Congress was held over the weekend and seems to have been a huge success. A packed crowd of over 1000 youth ministers filled Friends Meeting House for a day of inspiration and hope.  Bob and Maggie McCarty traveled from the states and offered a keynote.

During the Day CYMFed launched Mapping the Terrain – Discovering the reality of young Catholics, a groundbreaking research project into the lives and faith of 11-25 years olds in England and Wales. A quote to  note: “What is clear, however, is that this ‘diluting’ of core Catholic concepts amongst those who consider themselves Catholic doesn’t automatically remedy itself. Instead of rediscovering deeper and more profound perspectives on faith, the young adults (20-25) in the survey tend to stick with their adolescent views, or continue to find them increasingly diluted.”