Jubilee of Hope – Youths Rome 2025

In the event of a medical emergency, I want to be given assistance by a trained First Aider and if I become unable to take my own personal medical decisions during this experience, I give the right to Augustinian Youths leading team to take any medical decisions on my behalf.

Should any medical attention be required by my son,
i. I give my consent for my son to be seen by a medical professional.
ii. I agree to accept the decision and/or action taken by the organiser/accompanying educator and/or any medical professional in the country visited and to treat such action/decision as being the right one.
iii. I accept to refund the Maltese Augustinian Province any expenses incurred which might not be covered by insurance.
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IMP: Kindly attach any relevant Doctor’s prescriptions and/or instructions with this form for any particular medicine which is prescribed.

I acknowledge and give consent to travel and participate in this Jubilee of Hope – Youths experience 2025 by Augustinian Youths (Maltese Augustinian Province) entirely at my own risk. I agree to follow the reasonable instructions of leaders and event organisers and comply with the rules of Augustinian Youths.

I acknowledge and give consent to travel and participate in this Jubilee of Hope Experience 2025 by Augustinian Youths (Maltese Augustinian Province) entirely at my own risk. I declare that I presently am or will be sufficiently physically and mentally fit to travel for the purpose by June 2025 before participating in this experience.

Should Augustinian Youths decide to cancel this experience, or if I resign or because of any medical reason, the doctor or medical professional declares that I am not fit for travelling, I promise to pay for the associated non-refundable costs incurred by the Augustinian Youths (Maltese Augustinian Province).

I understand and agree that should my application be approved by Augustinian Youths’ board; I shall secure my participation by paying a non-refundable deposit of €250 (by 8th January 2025) via Bank Transfer which will be deducted from the travel costs. (instructions will be received by email upon completion of this form)

Beneficiary Name: Fr Terence Spiteri osa
Address: Kunvent S. Tumas minn Villanova, Triq J. Zammit Tabona, Pietà, PTA 1331
Account Number: 40021952838
IBAN: MT28VALL22013000000040021952838

We, as parents/legal guardians, hereby confirm that our son has permission to participate in all organised activities during the Jubilee of Hope – Youths Experience between 28th July and 4th August, which will cost between €700 and €750.
We shall secure our son’s participation by paying a non-refundable deposit of €250 (by 8th January 2025) via Bank Transfer which will be deducted from the travel costs. (instructions will be received by email upon completion of this form)

Beneficiary Name: Fr Terence Spiteri osa
Address: Kunvent S. Tumas minn Villanova, Triq J. Zammit Tabona, Pietà, PTA 1331
Account Number: 40021952838
IBAN: MT28VALL22013000000040021952838

I give consent to Augustinian Youths to make use of any photos/videos taken during local events and abroad on social media and other promotional campaigns including other media of the Maltese Augustinian Province.

I consent to the information being retained and used by Augustinian Youths for such purposes and to disclose such information to Augustinian Youths committee members as may be necessary or appropriate. I agree that any representation of Augustinian Youths on any local media is to be priorly authorised by the Augustinian Youths’ board.

We give consent to Augustinian Youths to make use of any photos/videos taken during local events and abroad on social media and other promotional campaigns including other media of the Maltese Augustinian Province.

We consent to the information being retained and used by Augustinian Youths for such purposes and to disclose such information to Augustinian Youths committee members as may be necessary or appropriate.

In valuing the privacy of personal data, Augustinian Youths, will use the data collected from this form for the purpose of registering your interest in this Jubilee of Hope – Youths Experience only. This will be used to contact you and keep you updated on this Experience and other related youth events. Personal data will be stored, handled and processed, in a respectful and lawful way in accordance with the General Decree on the Protection of Data (GDPD) of 2018 (accessible at: http://thechurchinmalta.org/files/page/GDPD.15348463124.pdf) and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU)2016/679. You have the right to opt out of consent and ask that collected data to be deleted by sending an email to: youths@agostinjani.org

I give consent to the request of information overleaf by Augustinian Youths for administrative, promotional and medical purposes and understand that I may access and amend such information.

COSTS INVOLVED
• The cost for this pilgrimage will be between €700 and €750, which includes flights, accommodation in schools/gyms, food, public transport and entrance to the jubilee events, and travel insurance.

• The pilgrimage will be similar to normal world youth days, where we will be walking (a lot!), our sleeping quarters will be gyms and schools, and we will be sleeping outside at Tor Vergata for the vigil night with Pope Francis.

• Every person doing the experience will pay the flights and other transfers together with the insurance as a group. These will be booked by the leader/director who is taking care and not everyone for himself/herself.
• Other costs related to snacks and other expenses during the experience are paid personally.

DURING THE EXPERIENCE
• This experience will be organized by Fr Leslie Gatt osa in collaboration with Malta Catholic Youth Network who will help and take responsibility in case of emergency.
• If any emergencies or decisions arise and decisions need to be taken, during those days of the experience, each person must adapt to what arises according to the decision of the director after having discussed with the participants.
• The organization group of this Jubilee of Hope Experience – Youths is not responsible for what may arise during the stay in Rome that is not within its control.

SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
• During the days of the experience, there will be several moments of prayer and sharing of experiences together with celebrations of the Eucharist.

In allowing my son to participate in this visit to Italy, I understand that:
1. The Augustinian friars and/or leaders accompanying my son shall not be responsible for any loss or damage to personal property.
2. While it is understandable that the Augustinian friars will do their utmost to take care of our son in the best possible way, there will be moments in which the youths will be unsupervised. This will include instances where they will be in their shared bedrooms and private and/or public bathrooms.
3. The Augustinian friars and/or leaders accompanying our son will not be held responsible for incidents which occur as a result of the youths’ careless behaviour. The participants are held responsible for their actions.
4. If our son has food allergies: Whilst the Augustinian friars together with the leaders, leading this trip will do their utmost to prevent our son from coming in contact with such food, our son will also be responsible for not consuming such food.
5. We give permission for photography, video, audio or any other form of electronic recording of our son during the activities and agree that our son may be photographed or recorded on video for the uploading via social media (Augustinian Youths’ facebook and instagram, Maltese Augustinian Website, facebook and instagram etc).
6. We understand that our son will be fully responsible for his belongings and spending money that he will bring with him.
7. We give our consent to the Augustinian Friars accompanying and the leaders our son to issue travel sickness medicine, paracetamol for pain relief, and medications for minor ailments, such as nausea, stomach ache, headache, etc
8. There is a total ban on alcohol, illegal substances, energy drinks, smoking, unnecessary devices etc…
9. Should our son misbehave or disobey given instructions, he may be excluded from participating in specific activities organised during the trip, or sent back to Malta at his own extra expense (without recovering the unused amount).
10. We accept that should an insurance claim is to be opened we (as parents/guardians) have to pay the insurance excess, or refund the Maltese Augustinian Province with the amount of the insurance excess, if the need arises.
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We are allowing our son to take a mobile phone with him to Rome,Italy, between the 28th of July and 4th August 2025. Your son may keep the mobile during the day, but it can be taken during specific times. We understand and acknowledge that the accompanying Augustinian Friars and leaders shall not be responsible for any loss or damage to their mobile phone. Any inappropriate photos/videos etc that are uploaded on social media and similar ones are to be taken down immediately. Your son will be held responsible for his actions.