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March 17, 2022World Youth Day 2023
Our parish is continuing to explore taking a group of high school age students and chaperones to World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal from August 1-6th, 2023. Our parish is hoping to take at least 15 youth and chaperones to World Youth Day in August of 2023.
Our next meeting on World Youth Day will be Sunday, March 27th
after the 10:30 AM Mass in the parish office.
If you are interested and would like to know more about how to attend World Youth Day with our parish, please contact Josh Janda at 254-444-3653 or at youthministry@ctkbelton.org.
What is World Youth Day?
World Youth Day (WYD) is the gathering of young people from all over the world with the Pope. It is also a pilgrimage, a celebration of youth, an expression of the universal Church and an intense moment of evangelization for the youth world. Although its Catholic identity is clearly evident, WYD opens its doors to everyone, no matter how close to or distant from the Church they are.
What Happens at World Youth Day?
Over the course of a week, young people from all over the world are welcomed, mainly in public (gymnasiums, schools, pavilions …) and parish facilities or family homes. In addition to the moments of prayer, sharing and leisure, the young people enrolled in this celebration participate in various initiatives organized by the WYD team, in different locations across the host city. The highlights are the celebrations (central features) for which the Pope is present, such as the welcoming and opening ceremony, the Way of the Cross, the vigil and, on the last day, the closing mass.
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