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The Eucharistic Youth Movement (EYM) is an international
The Eucharistic Youth Movement (EYM) is an international Catholic
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educational movement oriented to youth, originated in 1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
in France
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as the Eucharistic Crusade, following the call of the International Eucharistic Congress of Lourdes
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to form "a great Eucharistic
The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instituted ...
league of children". It began its pedagogical renewal in 1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
, calling itself the Eucharistic Youth Movement. It is the youth branch of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network.
This movement is made up of young people from 5 to 18 years of age and is present in more than 59 countries. It finds its roots in the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) and is inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
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