30 November - 2 December, 2025
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A big group of youth from OLHC Parish will be attending the Australian Catholic Youth Festival, a national gathering of Catholic young people. Run over three days, the Festival provides young people from all across Australia with the opportunity to come together to connect, deepen their relationship with Jesus, be empowered to live their faith in the world and experience the breadth of the Church in Australia. The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne is excited to be hosting ACYF 2025.
HOW TO REGISTER:
- Registration is now open and can be accessed online using the CDF Pay link above. Cut off date for registration is October 15th.
- If you do not have an account with CDF pay, please set up your account with your details as “Student details”, OLHC Parish as the “School name”, Parishioner under “Year level”, and Parishioner under “Class”. Select $Payments option and look under “Youth Program”. Please contact the parish office for assistance if needed. Ph: 03 9704 7935.
- OLHC youth minister, Elsie-May Hanna, is the group coordinator responsible for the supervision and care of youth, and is the key point of contact: youthministers@olhc.org.au or Ph: 03 9704 7935
REGISTRATION & OTHER INFORMATION
Registration is an important milestone on the pilgrimage to the Festival! COST Per Pilgrim registering with OLHC is $175.50.
- The three day program costs $345 per pilgrim. Fr Michael is pledging that OLHC parish will fundraise and pay for half the cost of the registration fee per pilgrim. Therefore the cost of registration for families will be $172.50 per pilgrim.
- Please note this pilgrim fee of $175.0 only covers the event and not the food. Accommodation is not needed as we will be traveling from OLHC daily as a group. Extra cost for travel may or may not occur (TBC).
- Pilgrims will need to raise their own funds for food vouchers which will cost approx. $100 per pilgrim for the 3 days (TBC)
- OLHC is still working out transportation. Mode of transportation is TBC and will depend on number of pilgrims and other factors.
- ACYF official website link here.
