Welcome to Youth for Unity Ireland!

We are boys and girls from all over Ireland. We are from different races and religions. But together we live the Golden Rule to “Treat others the way we would like to be treated”.

By living this in our families, schools and with our friends we colour the grey corners of our lives.

Parliament Buildings, Belfast hosted the Irish stage of the 3rd international Run4Unity on May 12th. That Run4Unity was a youth relay race with a difference. The baton - a virtual one was passed around the world from one time zone to the next via an internet link.

Belfast received the baton from Luxembourg and then the YU's in Belfast passed it on to the YU's in Iceland.

Over 400 teenagers came from the four corners of Ireland to Belfast on the 12th May last. As part of the afternoon’s programme there was a 5km Fun run - in the wonderful setting of the Stormont Estate grounds. The event raised €10,622.78 for Schoolmates (www.school-mates.org) and in particular for the Rainbow School in Uganda.

It was celebrated as a central part of the International Eucharistic Congress on 16^th June in the RDS – see below.

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Events

THE YOUTH

FOR UNITY

EASTER CAMP

2nd-4^th April 2013

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During the camp we:

enjoyed a sense of personal

achievement & fun

learned to work in a team

made new friends

based on the Golden Rule:

“Do unto others as you

would have them do unto you”

Dr Maria Voce President of the Focolare Movement together with Fr Giancarlo Faletti Co President presented the prizes to the outstanding schools who participated in the IEC RUN4UNITY project.

FIRST PRIZE went to Cross and Passion College Ballycastle. They presented Dr Voce and Fr Faletti with a cheque for 5,500 euros raised in their school alone for the Rainbow school in Uganda.

Gonzaga School received a prize for having the courage to put the Run4unity into their sports day. 75 students took part in the 5KM RUN.

Final award goes jointly to Whitehouse PS and St. James Primary school in Newtownabbey Belfast. For many years now they are witnessing together that love overcomes everything. The friendship and witness between St. James, a catholic Primary School and Whitehouse, a protestant Primary School certainly deserves a special prize.

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News

Friday 11th May 2012

Sacred Heart School Newry

Welcomes Aidan Kelly of

RTE 2’s News2day

RTE Cameras

follow the Sacred Heart School Run

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Politicians, Bishops and teenagers

from the 4 corners of Ireland

RUN 4 UNITY, on 12^th May

from Parliament Buildings

Stormont Estate!

Bishop Donal Mc Keown the Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor who intends to run with us on 12th May at Stormont. He has his T shirt!

Bishop John McAreavey of the Dromore Diocese with Post Primary Diocesan Advisor Elizabeth McNiece visiting the stand, at Banbridge John Paul II Awards.

Fifty students from Coláiste na hInse, Bettystown Co Meath

braved the unseasonal weather for a sponsored run as a CSPE (civic social and political education) project on Bettystown /Laytown beach on Friday 27th April.
The Bettystown young people were among many from schools around the country holding a local IEC Run4Unity events this week in advance of the Irish stage of the 3rd international Run4Unity at Government Buildings and the Stormont estate on Saturday 12th May.