5000 Young Catholics fill Salzburg Cathedral with Passionate Prayer

Ian Nicholson, May 29th, 2013

A team from 24-7 Prayer and Alpha recently spent a remarkable weekend celebrating Pentecost with the Loretto movement in Austria at Pfingsten 13. There was an overwhelming sense that God’s kingdom is much bigger and broader than we imagine and that the Holy Spirit is full of surprises!

Loretto began as a small group of young catholic students in 1987 who were hungry for the reality of God and turned to prayer. Several years later they experienced a powerful encounter with the Holy Spirit and the movement has now spread throughout Austria and is spilling over into the surrounding nations.

A few years ago the leaders read ‘Red Moon Rising’ and 24-7 Prayer Rooms are now at the heart of Loretto’s vision and growth. The desire is to create places of prayer where lives are transformed by the presence of Jesus and thousands of young people are involved. Alongside this several Loretto communities are emerging around the nation.The Salzburg celebration is the big event of the Loretto calendar and is growing year by year. Over 5000 young people crammed into Salzburg Cathedral and the deep humility and singleminded passion for the presence of God was both challenging and encouraging. At one point 200 young people gave their lives to Jesus and there were commitments to start 100 prayer rooms around Austria.

Pete Greig spoke on the Saturday morning on the importance of prayer Continue reading “5000 Young Catholics fill Salzburg Cathedral with Passionate Prayer” →