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The Pope John Paul II Award enables participants to take an active part in the life of their Church – in the life of their community and society. It enables young people become more aware of the teaching and role of the Catholic Church in the world and to engage at a deep level with Christ.<\/p>\n
The Award was created to commemorate the late Pope John Paul II who was so committed to young people and who had such belief and confidence in them. The Award was launched by the Papal Nuncio to Ireland, His Excellency Most Rev Dr Giuseppe Lazzarotto on 7th November 2006 in the Diocese of Derry, Ireland.<\/p>\n
The Award is committed to helping young people enhance their spiritual, physical, emotional and social development through participation in school, parish and community activities. As well as the feeling of personal achievement that a participant will gain from taking part in the Award, participation will help demonstrate the young person’s commitment to a task and goal. <\/p>\n
The Pope John Paul II Award is for anyone between the age of 16 and 18. The Award is run by the Diocese and is suitable for:<\/p>\n
The Award is non-competitive, flexible and voluntary and requires an ongoing commitment. Awards are earned by taking part in parish and social activities \u2013 1 hour per week over 8, 14 or 20 weeks. There are 3 Awards \u2013 Gold, Silver & Bronze. Those that have completed the Gold Award have a further option of completing the Papal Cross Award.<\/p>\n
Awards are earned by taking part in parish and social activities – 1 hour per week over 8, 14 or 20 weeks. There are 3 Award levels – Gold<\/a>, Silver<\/a> & Bronze<\/a>. <\/p>\n Those that have completed the Gold Award have a further option of completing the Papal Cross Award<\/a>. <\/p>\n The Pope John Paul II Award is coordinated from its head office in Derry<\/a>, Northern Ireland. It was created by Fr Paul Farren in his role as director of the Derry Diocesan Catechetical Centre.<\/p>\n Since 2006 has been been running successfully in schools and parishes throughout Ireland and the UK. It is now been actively promoted in the United States.<\/p>\n The following structure is in place to run the Award in the Diocese of Ferns.<\/p>\n If your school or parish has not enrolled, you should ask a representative to contact the Ferns Award Office at: The Pope John Paul II Award enables participants to take an active part in the life of their Church – in the life of their community and society. It enables young people become more aware of the teaching and role… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-34","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepopejohnpauliiaward.com\/ferns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/gold-award-medal.png\")
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<\/a>The Papal Cross Award<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Who organises the Award<\/h3>\n
Diocesan Award Structure<\/h5>\n
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How do Schools and Parishes enrol in the Award?<\/h3>\n
\nDiocesan Pastoral Centre,<\/strong> St Peter\u2019s College, Summerhill, Co. Wexford
\nTelephone: 053 914 5511<\/a>
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