WelCom April 2024
A Sydney youth ministry has taken itself to where a line-up of enthusiastic young people can be guaranteed – Bondi Beach. Offering surfboards rather than hymn books, Bondi’s Catholic youth ministry teaches new surfies to ride the waves and tells them about the Catholic faith. A recent weekend in March saw over 25 Sydneysiders at St Patrick and St Anne’s Bondi Catholic parishes’ first sunrise surf session. The youth ministry supplied a couple of surfboards, each sporting its Virgin Mary and Christ Child logo, along with four other boards. After sharing breakfast and watching the sunrise, they began guided group surf lessons. The idea was born with the motto Duc in Altum, Latin for ‘put out into the deep’ from Peter’s first meeting with Jesus on the water. The Saturday surf sessions will be held every second Saturday each month at sunrise at Bondi Beach.
