Snapshots following local pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens to Warsaw International Airport and onto the road for the opening Mass of World Youth Day.
World Youth Day 2016
B’klyn Pilgrims Learn History at Auschwitz
Walking into the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Stephanie Dalton of SS. Simon and Jude parish, Gravesend, felt a chill along her spine. She called it the spirit of those who died at the hands of Nazis over 70 years ago.
WYD Opening Mass
Scenes from the opening Mass for World Youth Day at Blonia Park in Krakow, Poland, July 26.
World Youth Day 2016 Patron Saints
The theme of the XXXI World Youth Day is: ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy’ (Mt 5:7). St. Faustina and St. John Paul II are the patrons of the upcoming WYD in Krakow, Poland, July 26-31.
US Will Send Record Numbers to WYD
In a July 7 news conference, Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., the U.S. Bishops’ episcopal liaison for World Youth Day, said that so far, there have been 30,000 fully registered U.S. pilgrims, including 85 bishops, and another 10,000 partially registered pilgrims still in need to finish the process.
Prayer, Service Help Queens’ Youth Prepare for WYD
Young people from St. Bartholomew Church, Elmhurst, spent a weekend retreat focused on being Christ to others in preparation for this year’s World Youth Day in Poland. The young adults – who are part of the 400 pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn going to World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow July 26-31 – are preparing their hearts through service and prayer.
Preparing for Major Youth Events
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Every survey that is taken in the parishes regarding the priorities of the parishioners always results in youth ministry being the top priority of all polled. Instinctively, we all understand that if we do not transmit the faith to our coming generation there will be no recognizable Church.
Celebrating a World Youth Day in Brooklyn
The youth group from Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Park Slope, joined their counterparts at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Kensington, for Brooklyn’s very own World Youth Day 2014.
A World Youth Day Reunion
Pilgrims who attended World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro gathered for a day of reflection and worship on Sept. 28 in St. Thomas More Church at St. John’s University, Jamaica. After a few icebreakers, the group gathered for some small group work and sharing. Those gathered discussed role models in their faith, ways to […]
At World Youth Day in Brazil, Pope Will Visit Shrine, Slum and Youth
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis will meet slum-dwellers and powerful politicians, pay homage at a Marian shrine and celebrate with participants at World Youth Day when he visits Brazil in late July. The Argentine pope’s first international trip, which will take him to his native Latin America, was planned under his predecessor, retired Pope […]