Pilgrims from Romania to WYD Rio 2013

EUROPE

ROMANIA

•Position: Central Europe

•Neighbours: Hungary, R. Moldavia,

Ukrain, Serbia, Bulgaria, Black Sea

•Surface: 237.500 km2

•Relief : 31% mountains , 33% hills,

36% plains, Danube Delta, Black Sea

•Population: 22 millions

•Language: Romanian

•Ethnical minorities: 7 %

Hungarian, 2% Germans, …

Russians, Serbians…

IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN THE

HISTORY OF ROMANIA�DACIA

� 106 – CONQUEST OF DACIA BY TRAIAN – ROMAN PROVINCE

� 1600 THE FIRST UNION OF THE HISTORICAL PROVINCES: TRANSILVANIA,

MOLDOVA AND MUNTENIA FORMING ROMANIA

�1848 – MOLDOVA AND MUNTENIA CREATE THE ROMANIAN STATE

�1918 – TRANSILVANIA PASSES TO ROMANIA

�1948 - 1989 – COMMUNIST REGIME

� December 1989 – the fall of the communist regime

�Passage :

• from terror to a liberty wrong understood

• to the increasing of corruption

• to a freedom of traveling abroad

• to an unsecure future

• to a loss of sense of moral and Christian values

• from a “controlled” Church to a free one

• Orhodox Church

• Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

Greek-Catholic Church

• Protestant Church

Reformed Church

Evagelical Church

Lutheran Church

Unitarian Church

• Neo-protestant Church

Baptist Church

Penticostal Church

Adventist Church

• Hebrews

• Muslims

• Jehova Witness

ortodox 70,7%roman-catholic 10,13%greek-catholic 2,3%

reformed 9,28%

ortodox 97,37%roman-catholic 1,29%greek-catholic 0,04%

ortodox 89,6%roman-catholic 6,43%greek-catholic 0,08%Transilvania

Moldova

Muntenia

Catholic Church in Romania

Bizantine riteLatin rite

One Bishops Conference

Apostolic Nuncio in Romania and R. MOldova

E.S. Monsenior Francisco-Javier LOZANO

Youth ministry in the Catholic Church:

National level

• National youth meetings

• Pilgrimages

Diocesan level

• Diocesan offices for youth ministry which makes the pastoral plan for youth

• Diocesan youth meetings

• Training of leaders

• Pilgrimages,

• Summer Camps….

EPARHIA DE MARAMUREŞRALUCA MARIA CHIVER

REBECCA GEORGIA DUNCA

CALIN STEFAN POP

RALUCA MARIA CHIVER

ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH ECONOMIST / 20.06.1985

REBECCA GEORGIA DUNCA

ENGLISH/FRENCH STUDENT / 30.06.1995

Sesame allergy

CALIN STEFAN POP

ENGLISH / GERMAN STUDENT / 22.01.1993

EPARHIA DE LUGOJ

AMALIA PERENI TEODORA

AMALIA PERENI TEODORA

ENGLISH/ITALIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER / 27.03.1972

EPARHIA DE ORADEA

CRISTIAN BĂLĂNEAN

CRISTIAN BĂLĂNEAN

ENGLISH LAWYER & DEACON / 2.2.1978

EPARHIA DE CLUJ-GHERLADANIELA FATI

LUCIAN COTUTIU

ANTONIU PORUTIU

GIOARGIANA CRISAN

RALUCA FERNEA

CRINA LIANA DIUGAN

CODRUTA FERNEA

MARIA CARLA BALAN

ADINA BALAN

RADU NICOLAE BALAN

MIHAI PAUL FLORAN

BOGDAN IONUT BURSAS

RAMONA CALINA

ADELA MIRON

PR. RADU ADRIAN TALPALARIU

ILEANA FEIER – VOLUNTAR INTERNAŢIONAL

DANIELA FATI

ENGLISH / FRENCH/ PORTUGHESE ENGENEER / 27.03.1986

LUCIAN COTUTIU

ENGLISH ENGENEER / 26.12.1985

ANTONIU PORUTIU

ENGLISH IT ENGINEER / 14.09.1986

GIORGIANA CRISAN

ENGLISH / FRENCH PSYCHIATRIST / 12.1.1984

RALUCA FERNEA

ENGLISH/ITALIAN CONTRUCTION ENGEENER / 25.07.1987

Vegetarian

CRINA LIANA DIUGAN

ENGLISH SURGEON / 5.4.1979

CODRUTA FERNEA

ENGLISH/ITALIAN ENGENEER&PROJECT MANAGER / 15.07.1982

Vegetarian

MARIA CARLA BALAN

ENGLISH STUDENT / 9.8.1991

Vegetarian

ADINA BALAN

ENGLISH/FRENCH/ITALIAN COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER / 27.08.1966

RADU NICOLAE BALAN

ENGLISH UNIVERSITARY PROFESSOR / 1.10.1957

MIHAI PAUL FLORAN

ENGLISH/ITALIAN PR SPECIALIST & PROJECT MANAGER/ 5.05.1989

BOGDAN IONUT BURSAS

ENGLISH/ITALIAN STUDENT / 2.2.1987

CALINA RAMONA

ENGLISH/ITALIAN TEACHER / 15.06.1981

ADELA MIRON

ENGLISH/SPANISH/ITALIAN ECONOMIST / 25.05.1981

PR. RADU ADRIAN TALPALARIU

ITALIAN PRIEST / 19.01.1974

ARHIDIECEZA DE BUCURETI

LAURA TRIFAS

ALEXANDRU MARIUS

CLAUDIU ROZNOVSZKY

PR. DANIEL BULAI

LAURA TRIFAS

STORE MANAGER / 9.2.1980

ALEXANDRU MARIUS

ENGLISH/FRENCH/ITALIAN ... / 25.06.1976

CLAUDIU ROZNOVSZKY

ENGLISH / ITALIAN LOGISTIC MANAGER / 2.5.1979

PR. DANIEL BULAI

ITALIAN PRIEST / 16.03.1968

DIECEZA DE IASI

ADRIANA IANUȘ

CELINA DUMITRU

PR. FELIX ROCA

ANA PETRINA

LENUTA FARCAS

CATALINA FLOREA

PR. MARIUS SABAU

ANDREI SILVIU

ADRIANA IANUȘ

ITALIAN/ENGLISH SOCIAL WORKER / 11.6.1987

CELINA DUMITRU

ENGLISH /ITALIAN BALET TEACHER / 2.6.1988

allergic to dust & pollen

PR. FELIX ROCA

ITALIAN PRIEST / 29.08.1977

ANA PETRINA

ENGLISH STUDENT / 8.6.1988

LENUTA FARCAS

ENGLISH/GERMAN STUDENT / 15.10.1990

CATALINA FLOREA

ENGLISH ECONOMIST / 20.07.1982

allergic to pollen

PR. MARIUS SABAU

ITALIAN / ENGLISH PRIEST / 8.9.1981

ANDREI SILVIU

ENGLISH STUDENT / 22.05.1991

DIECEZA DE TIMISOARA

POSA KLARA

PR. BENE TAMÁS

TALPAI LENKE

KLARA POSA

ENGLISH / ITALIAN ECONOMIST / 15.09.1980

PR. BENE TAMÁS

ENGLISH/ITALIAN PRIEST / 17.03.1986

LENKE TALPAI

ITALIAN / GERMAN DENTIST / 4.2.1979

INTERNATIONALVOLUNTEERS

ARHIDIECEZA DE ALBA IULIA

SANDOR ORSOLYA

SANDOR ORSOLYA

EPARHIA DE CLUJ-GHERLA

ILEANA FEIER

ILEANA FEIER

ENGLISH/SPANISH/ITALIAN GAME TESTER / 6.08.1988

CRISTIAN LUPULIASA