CONNECTED IN THE HEART OF EUROPE International Camp in Brno / CZ 19. - 29. 07. 2019 Program – Booklet CONTENT Preamble 3 Welcoming 5 Map of Europe 6 Czech Republic (interesting facts) 7 BRNO ‒ city in the middle of Europe 13 Prayer for Europe 15 Daily motos 16 The Prayer „Our father” in languages 17 AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CAMP 18 INFORMATIONS 19 Rules in the camp 20 Workshops 21 BRNO – ROUTE TO MASARYKŮV DOMOV 24 BRNO – city map 25 Final agape for poor people 26 PROGRAM 28 Tips for visiting Brno 33 Notes / contacts 36 2 PREAMBLE Dear young participants and reader of this program, for 25 years now young people are engaged on the way of „go4peace“. Spark of this peace- acting was the Bal- kan war from 1992- 1995. After this war – in 1996 – the first „pioneers” started going this way with the motto „hands for peace – give peace hands” to start reconstruction first in northern Bosnia, later in Sarajevo with young Europeans. Guiding theme for this were words right from the heart of the LORD: „Don’t stop giving” or „Be Family!” From this divided life, the youth cen- tre in Sarajevo named „Ivan Pavao II” was established where we came together in remembrance of the start of World War I 100 years ago last year. There, we sent out a peace message out to the world while performing with the arts group Gen- Rosso the musical „streetlight” with about 180 young Europe- ans. Our Pope Francis visited the youth centre in Sarajevo on June 6th 2015 and encouraged them to live together vividly and peacefully with the following statement: „You have an im- portant mission: to never build walls, but bridges!” Then it was clear: This way will go on! After the go4peace camp in 3 Kamen, Germany in 2015, where young adults from 27 dif- ferent nations participated and the camps in Shkodra 2017 and Koszalin 2018 we are happy to be in Brno this year. With more than 100 participants from Europe and the entire world, we can set a living example at the go4peace camp 2019 in Brno – in the heart of Europe – against fighting and images of the „enemy”. There is no place for such things in our hearts. With good will and hope we want to stand up for viewing strangers as brothers and sisters. I want to thank all those who invested much time, energy, money and prayers for this camp. A special „Thank you” goes out to all Teenagers and students from Brno, who made the camp possible due to their unstoppable dedication for it. You are the living hope for Europe! May we all be enriched with the message from young, devoted adults – arriving from 15 different nations – pictured at the „go4peace-Agape” in Brno on July 27th with all our homeless brothers and sisters from Brno. Together we impersonate the motto „Let’s go4peace!“ Many greetings to all of you Fr. Meinolf Wacker initiator of „go4peace” 4 WELCOME IN THE DIOCESE OF BRNO My dear young friends, it is a huge joy for me to welcome you all here in our diocese of Brno. You have decided to go to Interna- tional youth camp go4peace in Brno, where you want to build bridges of understanding between different people. You will do it in different ways of love that you will live in our city. Let it help you in your growth, so when you leave you can say: they know us about fruits, fruit that is good. As Jesus says: Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, … (Matthew 7:17). The fruit that you will bring to your home and fruit that will grow in Brno thanks to you. I wish you a blessed summer and a lot of en- ergy to building bridges. Be sure that I am going to pray for each one of you! Mgr. Roman Kubin 5 MAP OF EUROPE (participating countries) 11 6 10 12 7 14 5 2 8 13 4 3 9 1 1. Albania 8. Hungary 2. Austria 9. Kosovo 3. Bosnia 10. Lithuania 4. Croatia 11. Norway 5. Czechia 12. Poland 6. Estonia 13. Slovenia 7. Germany 14. Ukraine 6 CZECH REPUBLIC - INTERESTING FACTS Great Moravia – in 863 a. d., christianity was „brought” to the area of Great Moravia by sts. Cyril and Methodius, co-patrons of Europe. Czechoslovakia - in 1918 the inde- pendent state was born after fall of the empire of Aus- tria-Hungary. The situation today - on 1st of January 1993 were proclaimed the new nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia as independ- ent states. 7 1. Czechoslovakia president – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (from 1918 – 1935) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia – The Nazi occupation during WW 2 (1938 – 1945) Communism – a time of strong oppression and closure against the out- side world and religious persecution (1948 – 1989). The velvet revolution - November 1989 – fall of communism and begin- ning of free- dom of our country. 8 Czech Republic – established in 1. 1. 1993 Václav Havel – the last Czechoslo- vakia (1989 – 1992) and the first Czech president (1993 – 2003) EU – Czech Republic was accepted in 1999 into NATO, and in 2004 be- came a mem- ber of EU and since 2007 we have been in Schengen area. Neighbouring countries - Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Austria. 9 3 territorial units - Bohe- mia, Mora- via, Silesia. Population - ca 10, 7 mil- lion. Current president - Miloš Zeman (2013 – nowadays). Religion - 34, 5 % without religion, 10, 4 % Roman Catholic church, 9, 1 % other religion, Moravia is more religious than Bohemia. Currency - Czech crown = 1 EUR = ca 25,- CZK Nation of BEER - 20 million hectolitres of beer is produced annually in the Czech Repub- lic, 134 litres of beer per person is consumed annually, which means 1st place in consump- tion, second place is Irish, the most famous Czech beer is „Pilsen” (Pilsner Urquell). Nation of books - Czech Republic has the densest libraries network of the world (5, 1 libraries for 10.000 people – in EU it is 1, 3 libraries) 10 Hockey na- tion - the most famous ice hockey player is Jaromír Jágr (n. 68) Sugar cube – it was invented in Czech town Dačice in 1843 Eminent monarch - Charles IV. – Czech and German king (1346 – 1378), Roman emperor (since 1355) National saints - Sst. Václav, st. Cyril a Methodius 11 Czech church personali- ties - Miloslav Vlk (cardinal, died in 2017), Dominik Duka – Czech primate and cardinal “It is characteristic of the youth that they want to develop, grow and mature; young people want to become personalities, they are looking for their identity. I would wish them to find their true identity as an image of the Triune God.” Miroslav Vlk 12 BRNO - city in the middle of Europe Brno is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Re- public. At the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. Brno has about 400 000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Con- stitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Adminis- trative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office. Brno is also an important centre of higher education, with 33 faculties belonging to 13 institutes of higher learning. Brno Exhibition Centre, opened in 1928, ranks among the largest exhibition centres in Europe. Brno hosts motorbike and other races on the Masaryk Circuit, a tradition established in 1930, in which the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious races. Another cul- tural tradition is an international fireworks competition, Ignis Brunensis, that attracts tens of thousands of daily visitors. The most visited sights of the city include the Špilberk castle and fortress and the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on 13 Petrov hill, two medieval buildings that dominate the city- scape. The other large preserved castle near the city is Veveří Castle by Brno Reservoir. Another architectural monument of Brno is the functionalist Villa Tugendhat which has been in- cluded on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. 1. Main railway station 8. Mendel’s square 2. The Liberty square 9. Moravian square 3. Petrinum 10. Grand hotel bus station 4. Petrov cathedral 11. Main bus station + rail- 5. Špilberk castle way station „Dolní nádraží” 6. St. James’s church 7. Česká street 14 PRAYER FOR EUROPE Father of man- kind, Lord of History. Look upon this continent to which you sent philosophers, lawgivers and people endowed with wisdom, precursors of that faith in your Son, fallen and risen. Look at these people evangelised by Peter and Paul, by prophets, monks and saints. Look at these regions drenched in the blood of martyrs, moved by the voice of reformers. Look at these people linked by so many bonds and ties, yet divided by hatred and war. Assist us in committing ourselves to a Europe of the Spirit, founded not just on economic treaties, but, also on values which are human and eternal; a Europe capable of ethnic and ecumenical reconciliation, quick to wel- come the stranger, respectful of human dignity. Give us confidence to see it as our duty to encourage and promote un- derstanding between peoples, which provides for all continents justice and bread, liberty and peace. AMEN Carlo Maria Cardinal MARTINI (1927-2012) DAILY MOTOS Date Daily Gospel Motto Friday, Mt 12,1-8 19.07.2019 Saturday, Mt 12,14-21 20.07.2019 St. Margareta Sunday, Lk 10,38-42 21.07.2019 Monday, John 20,1-2 22.07.2019 and 11-18 St. Maria Magdalena Tuesday, John 15,1-8 23.07.2019 St. Birgitta of Sweden Wednesday, Mt 10,28-33 24.07.2019 St.