HONG KONG (SE): The Amazing (G)Race sports festival, organised by the Diocesan English Youth [DEY], is scheduled to be held at Tak Sun Secondary School, Ma On Shan, on September 12.
The DEY has been organising sports days since September 2013 to bring together young, non-Chinese speakers from different parishes and youth in the diocese for a day of fun and fellowship.
Vicar general, Father Paul Kam Po-wai, will celebrate Mass at 10.00am, and Guadalupe Missionary Father Tito Lopez Martin, the chairperson of the Diocesan Youth Commission [DYC], will concelebrate. DEY and its annual sports day events were initiated ten years ago when Father Kam was the chairperson of the DYC.
The first sportsfest was held in September 2013 under the name Holympics!—a joining of “Holy” and “Olympics”.
The annual event has not been staged for three years due to the social unrest in 2019 and the Covid-19 pandemic that followed.
“Everyone is invited. We try to encourage young people to come together, to unite and build up the community,” Father Tito said, adding that the event promotes the message of inclusion of people from all walks of life. Various games have been designed to help participants understand what physically disadvantaged people feel. There will also be team-building games.
Different parishes have already received details of the event. Parish youth leaders and priests are urged to encourage parents and teenagers to register for the event by scanning the QR code on the posters.
The Amazing (G)Race is open to all non-Chinese-speaking young people 12-years-old and above. The organisers also request that teenagers over 16 sign up as volunteers.
Aside from the sports festival, DEY also holds a Eucharistic Adoration on the first Tuesday of every month every 8.00pm and 10.00pm at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Wanchai.
The DEY was set up in May 2012 when several priests, sisters and laity from different parishes were called together by the Diocesan Youth Commission to share their mutual passion for youth ministry and to reach out to the non-Chinese-speaking Catholic young people in the territory.
