Red MAG+S celebrated Holy Week around Spain 

Some 500 young people between 18 and 30 years old have been able to share an experience of joy and faith conviction, thanks to some MAG+S Easter experiences during these days. This year, The Pastoral MAG+S network (the youth pastoral network) proposed nine different experiences, not only in a location, but also in format. All experiences were connect with the MAG+S Network, open to young people with the same slogan “ON THE WAY”.

Raimat Easter, in Lleida, Catalonia, is probably the most numerous. During Holy Week, the Raimat school becomes a place of welcome, creativity, joy and sharing faith for more than 250 people. There was not only music and accurate liturgy, there was also a lot of time for personal prayer, to look at the world, to share in groups...

The most traditional Easter celebrations in the Spanish Province are “community Easter”. Each one om them is organized by a specific Christian community as a special moment to share faith. In Navas del Marqués (Ávila) there were almost 70 university students from the Comunidad Universitaria Francisco Javier of the Arrupe Center of Madrid and other places of Spain meanwhile in Villagarcía de Campos (Valladolid) another 100 university students from the Grupos Católicos Loyola celebrated Easter together.

In Celorio (Asturias) (picture) almost 80 people were distributed in two group: around 40 from Zona Centroeste and more tan 30 in another group from Comunidad Ignacio de Loyola (Oviedo) and Pedro Fabro (Gijón). An exclusive opportunity to recognize Jesus in the natural beauty of landscape and in brothers.

MAG+S Easter in Javier (Navarra) was one of the most important innovations of this year, with around 110 young people of Bilbao, Donosti, Pamplona and Zaragoza. The hostel that cares for the Jesuit community became a privileged place to live together, deep in the heart of our faith.

There were many other activities like urban Easters or urban Easter around Spain: in Valladolid, 30 young people; in Zamora, another 10; in Granada, 20 people…

All these Easter called “EN RUTA…” help us to see Jesus, to follow his footprints to the service (Holy Thurday), personal delivery (Holy Friday), trust (Holy Saturday) and happiness (Easter Sunday).