ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY REPORT:
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese,
12 Jul 2012
The faithful were there. The supporters and organisers, friends and family, priests and religious.
But so too were the office workers, students and tourists who strolled through Martin Place today and found themselves caught up in a happy, out-going festival of faith.
This is SCENE 2012, the Sydney Congress Embracing the New Evangelisation.
Created to continue the momentum and enthusiasm of Sydney's World Youth Day in 2008, SCENE features daily workshops, pub nights, catechesis, Eucharist adoration, music and prayer. Held in the years between each international World Youth Day, SCENE 2012 has become an integral part of the Sydney calendar.
This year along with international and leading speakers from across Australia, there are panel discussions where Catholic painters, poets, musicians and writers together will share their experiences and explain the close relationship between creativity and inspiration with spirituality and mission.
This year's SCENE began at St Mary's Cathedral with morning prayer and Auxiliary Bishop, Bishop Julian Porteous.
However by lunchtime the action was in Martin Place with what has become one of the most popular outdoor features - the Vocations Expo.
Held over three days with 40 stalls showcasing the wide range of Catholic religious communities, resources, organisations, schools, universities as well as adult education, this year's Expo also offers a daily lunchtime barbecue and sausage sizzle as well as freshly-made cappuccinos brewed by a team of Capuchin Friars.
And the friars were only too happy to explain the connection between a frothy coffee and a hooded habit. But you have to go back to 1525 when a new order of Catholic monks was founded in Europe. Members wore a long, pointed cowl called a "cappuccino" which is the Italian word for hood and they became known as the Capuchin order. Years pass and a blend of espresso coffee mixed with steamed milk was dubbed "cappuccino" because it was the same colour as the habit worn by the Capuchin friars.
Fact or fiction the coffee the Capuchin friars were serving up to the crowds today was certainly appreciated.
Early on there was some concern for showers forecast for the day Maybe the morning prayer took care of that because by lunchtime Martin Place was filled with people of all ages, checking out the stalls, asking questions and simply sitting in the warm sunshine to listen to SCENE's musicians and non-stop live music.
The Vocations Expo continues tomorrow and Friday beginning each day at 11 am. In addition to Expo SCENE 2012 has a packed program of pub talks, workshops, panels, forums, live music, prayer, tours of St Mary's Cathedral, a daily Holy Hour, candlelight processions culminating on Saturday, 14 July with GRACEFest - an evening of live rock bands, prayer and catechesis in the courtyard at the University of Notre Dame.
To find out details of the program for SCENE 2012 log on to http://www.credosydney.org/our-works/scene/scene-2012
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese,
12 Jul 2012
Capuchin friars and fresh-made capucchinos were
in big demand at SCENE's
Vocations Expo which opened today
But so too were the office workers, students and tourists who strolled through Martin Place today and found themselves caught up in a happy, out-going festival of faith.
This is SCENE 2012, the Sydney Congress Embracing the New Evangelisation.
Created to continue the momentum and enthusiasm of Sydney's World Youth Day in 2008, SCENE features daily workshops, pub nights, catechesis, Eucharist adoration, music and prayer. Held in the years between each international World Youth Day, SCENE 2012 has become an integral part of the Sydney calendar.
This year along with international and leading speakers from across Australia, there are panel discussions where Catholic painters, poets, musicians and writers together will share their experiences and explain the close relationship between creativity and inspiration with spirituality and mission.
Young and old checked out the 40 stalls at SCENE's
Vocations Expo which runs until the end of the week
However by lunchtime the action was in Martin Place with what has become one of the most popular outdoor features - the Vocations Expo.
Held over three days with 40 stalls showcasing the wide range of Catholic religious communities, resources, organisations, schools, universities as well as adult education, this year's Expo also offers a daily lunchtime barbecue and sausage sizzle as well as freshly-made cappuccinos brewed by a team of Capuchin Friars.
Live music attracted the crowds at the
first day of SCENE's Vocations Expo 2012
Fact or fiction the coffee the Capuchin friars were serving up to the crowds today was certainly appreciated.
Jessica Langrell, Chaplaincy Convenor at the
University of Notre Dame helmed one of the
40 stalls at SCENE's Vocations Expo in Martin Place
The Vocations Expo continues tomorrow and Friday beginning each day at 11 am. In addition to Expo SCENE 2012 has a packed program of pub talks, workshops, panels, forums, live music, prayer, tours of St Mary's Cathedral, a daily Holy Hour, candlelight processions culminating on Saturday, 14 July with GRACEFest - an evening of live rock bands, prayer and catechesis in the courtyard at the University of Notre Dame.
To find out details of the program for SCENE 2012 log on to http://www.credosydney.org/our-works/scene/scene-2012
Fresh cappuccinos a pleasant habit to have at
SCENE 2012
The Capuchin Friars will take your order
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