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World Youth Day 2011 is a Catholic youth festival expected to be held over seven days from August 15 – 21, 2011 in Madrid, Spain.
Pope Benedict XVI revealed the location of the event at the final Mass in Australia at Sydney"s Royal Randwick Racecourse during World Youth Day 2008.
It will be the second time that Spain will host the event. World Youth Day 1989 was held from August 15 – 20, 1989 at Santiago de Compostela.
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| What is World Youth Day? |
| World Youth Day is an unbelievable week long spiritual journey where pilgrims from all over the world unite to share their faith. The week includes prayer, song, concerts, drama, sharing, liturgy, catechesis, and an unforgettable vigil and closing mass with the Holy Father. In 1984, the Pope John Paul II invited young people from all over the world to participate in a pilgrimage at the very first World Youth Day. Since then it has been held in Argentina (’87), Spain (’89), Poland (’91), U.S. (’93), Philippines (’95), France (’97), Italy (’00), Canada (’02), Germany (’05), and Australia (’08). |
| How did it begin? |
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It all began with John Paul II’s love for young people. On Palm Sunday of 1984, the Pope convoked the youth of Rome to celebrate with him the Holy Year of Redemption: their answer was enthusiastic and surpassed all expectations. In 1985 the he wrote a letter to the young people of the world and later kicks off the adventure of World Youth Day.
“All young people,” said Pope John Paul in the annual encounter with the Roman Curia, “should feel followed by the Church, that is why all the Church, in union with the Successor of Peter, feels more and more committed, on a world scale, on behalf of young people, their worries, their questions, their openness and their hopes, to respond to their expectations, by communicating the certainty who is Christ, the Truth who is Christ, love who is Christ…” (December 20, 1985)
Since then World Youth Day has been held annually in the local Churches on Palm Sunday and every two or three years on an international level travelling from continent to continent: a pilgrimage around the world.
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| What is the theme of World Youth Day 2011? |
| "Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith.” (Col. 2:7) |
| Who do I contact about going? |
Contact Father Ted Stoecklein for more information on attending World Youth Day 2011 with the Diocese of Dodge City
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or call Fr. Ted at 620-385-2212
Visit the Official World Youth Day Website |
World Youth Day 2011 Brochure
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