Friday, November 21st 2025 Established 1905 27 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown, Guyana Year 120, No. 45
40th Diocesan World Youth Day Message:
your comfort zones and build peace (Vatican News) - In his message for the 40th World Youth Day, Pope Leo XIV encouraged young people not to “follow those who use the words of faith to divide” but to work for reconciliation, "becoming active artisans of peace.” The annual World Youth Day, celebrated by churches at the diocesan level, takes place on 23
November in preparation for the global gathering in Seoul in 2027. Remarking on the theme of this observance - “You also are my witnesses, because you have been with me”, the Pope said as pilgrims of hope and by power of the Holy Spirit we prepare ourselves to become courageous witnesses of Christ, and he focused on two aspects of witness: (please turn to p10)
Pope’s first trip to focus on religious harmony, peacemaking - p2 Pope returns Indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums to Canada - p3 Pope inaugurates second Vatican medical clinic for the poor - p3 A Christian Perspective on Social Issues - p4 Sunday Scripture - p5 Synod study groups release interim reports - p6 Pope calls treatment of migrants in U.S. ‘extremely disrespectful’ - p7 Youth Convention at Kurukabaru - p8 Children’s Page - p9 Catholic Education in Guyana: 1841-2008 - p11 Cathedral holds a Festival of Trees - p12 Cathedral Memory Lane 7 - p14 Baptism at Springlands - p14
Bishop’s Engagements Sunday November 23rd 08:00hrs - Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes, Hosororo, Region 1 Wednesday, November 26th 09:00hrs – AEC Zoom Meeting Friday, November 28th 10:00hrs – Return to Georgetown November 30th: First Sunday of Advent Year A 07:00hrs – Mass at Our Lady of the Mount, Meadow Bank 09:00hrs – Mass at St. Pius X, West La Penitence
Procession during the Youth Convention which took place at St. Joseph’s Mission, Kurukabaru, North Pakaraima Mountains, Region 8, Essequibo, Guyana, November 14th to 16th. (please see article on page 8)
Francis Alleyne OSB