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Launched in 2015, FIDEOJOY connects Catholic families to offer to young people the opportunity of linguistic exchanges and stays (13-18 years old) or Au Pair experiences (young adults), in a family and Christian committed spirit

This international Christian experience allows participants to :

• Improve a foreign language
  
• Open up to another culture
  
• Discover faith away from home
  

To live this experience of the Universal Church, young people and host families commit to respect this spirit, especially by participating to the Sunday Mass, and, as far as possible, to a Christian activity (teenagers Church groups, Pilgrimage, vigils, charities etc.).

Living an international Christian experience is really structuring for a teenager or young adult’s faith development !

The network of families is constantly enriched through the intermediary of local ambassadors but also through partnerships developed with parishes, religious communities and Catholic schools abroad.

With FIDEOJOY, 45 young people have already lived a Christian linguistic experience in 4 countries (France, England, Ireland, United States) and dozens more are preparing to leave in 2017, with 3 new destinations opening : Spain, Italy and Germany.

Ségolène de Tilière
Founder of FIDEOJOY
BBA from ESSEC University, MS Marketing

15 years in Services, Internet solutions and Communication in large groups and then Diocese & charities Strong international experience (USA, Ireland, Argentina ...) Involved in Youth ministry in her parish - Mother of 4 children

Anaïs Foliot
Associate in FIDEOJOY
Master's degree in Management from ESCP University

4 years in strategy Consulting
1 year in a start-up of Christian crowdfunding
Engaged in several Catholic charities (Alliance VITA, Christian Office for People with Disabilities) Mother of 2 children

We want to develop a web-based platform that allows Catholic families to get in touch directly, whether for an exchange for their teenagers or an Au Pair experience.
By pooling its relationships via this platform, each family could find by itself the ideal solution for their teenagers.

FIDEOJOY reverses 1 to 5% of the profits to 2 associations, or the one of your choice:

• LE ROCHER which works for young people in difficulty
• FIDESCO with whom young people are committed to carry out missions all over the world
• Other charities or Religious communities of your choice, working for Youth

Cardinal Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon



Crédit photo Cyril Maignan

Mgr Nicolas Brouwet, Bishop of Our Lady of Lourdes Sanctuary

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  "Alors qu'on me présente l'initiative nommée FIDEOJOY qui permet aux jeunes de vivre leur foi en partageant la vie de familles chrétiennes d'autres pays, c'est bien volontiers que j'encourage un tel projet. Les jeunes ont la nécessité aujourd'hui d'apprendre les langues afin de pouvoir communiquer aisément avec les habitants de notre "maison commune", pour reprendre la belle expression du Pape François. Si ces séjours constituent une grande chance pour les jeunes au plan linguistique, il faut veiller à ce que cette opportunité soit aussi l'occasion d'une croissance spirituelle. Dans une période où il n'est pas toujours facile pour les adolescents de vivre leur foi, la rencontre avec d'autres jeunes qui la partagent à l'autre bout du monde est une grâce pour façonner des cœurs vraiment catholiques, c'est à dire ouverts à l'Eglise Universelle. Je demande au Seigneur qu'il veille sur ce projet et chacun de ceux qui en profiteront."

  Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archevêque de Lyon

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  "It is with pleasure that I recommend the Fideojoy project, that seeks to create links between young Christians through foreign language learning. It is essential that young people learn to speak foreign languages. Why not bring together those who share the same faith so that their exchanges are not simply useful, technical, practical, but also spiritual, cultural, enlightened by the Gospel ? Why not open them, by learning a new language, to the universality of the Catholic Church? As Bishop of Lourdes in France, I see the extreme need to communicate within the Church and to share our experiences of faith. FIDEOJOY answers this need . This is why I encourage it . Ségolène de Tilière has my full confidence to work for the success of this project. Here is an opportunity for Christian families to contribute to the education of their children."

  
  

  Mgr Nicolas Brouwet, Bishop of Lourdes.

Today we need your help to finance this new service for Catholic families.
The development of the platform has been estimated at 12,000 euros. But it will remain an empty shell if we don’t have sufficient means to make it known at an international level. The communication costs have been estimated 8,000 euros (print, web, medias, ambassadors encounters : parishes, religious communities, Catholic schools).

We have personally invested 10,000 € in this project. So we are missing 10,000 €.
To remain in a spirit of service to the Catholic community, we would like to keep the costs to a minimum for the users, that is why we are appealing to your generosity.

If, like us, you wish to participate in evangelization of young people by young people, do not hesitate to give us a little (or big !) help!

From all our hearts, thank you !
Ségolène and Anaïs