Tuutinentsa, Ecuador – May 2012 – Again this year there has been the Shuar Youth Congress between 25 and 27 May. Organised at the Tuutinentsa community by a group of young missionaries from Quito, Cuenca and Macas, it was attended by 380 youngsters from 22 Shuar communities in the parishes of Taisha and Tuutinentsa, accompanied by 22 catechists, led by 5 Salesians from the Province of Ecuador. The subject was “Living in harmony with God , one`s neighbour and nature.” During the closing Mass 60 Shuar young people received the sacrament of confirmation and all those taking part received a cross as missionaries among people of their own age.
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