2008 - World Youth Day in Sydney - (15-20th July)

The World Youth Day Cross in Broome June 20th 2008

'Receive the Power' - The Album - WYD 2008

Clifton Mamid from St. Mary's College Broome meeting Pope John Paul II at the World Youth Day	Yasmin Fogliani from St. Mary's College Broome with Pope Benedict at the World Youth Day.

    WORLD YOUTH DAY CROSS AND ICON ACTIVITIES

Information about the World Youth Day Cross and Icon including the journey

• World Youth Day  Cross and Icon itinerary for the Kimberley

• World Youth Day Icon to colour (lower primary

• World Youth Day Cross bead making (upper primary/secondary)

• World Youth Day Cross - Kimberley (primary)

• World Youth Day Cross to colour in (primary)

• World Youth Day Cross by painting and bead making (advanced) ''slide show''

• World Youth Day teaching modules.  Module 4 will be available in August 2007and module 5 in early 2008.
  http://www.wyd2008.org/index.php/en/australian_parishes_schools/australian_schools

• In July the Archdiocese of Sydney will host World Youth Day (WYD)

• Opening Mass celebrated by George Cardinal Pell

• An estimated 400 000 will celebrate the final mass.

• Contact person ; Kathy Campbell - schools coordinator - Evangelisation and Catechesis kathy.campbell@wyd2008.org telephone 02 939 05908

• World Youth Day was an initiative of Pope John Paul II inspired by massive gatherings of young people in Rome celebrating Youth Jubilee in 1984 and the United Nations International Year of Youth in 1985.

• First World Youth Day - Rome 1986 on Palm Sunday.

• Previous hosts: Buenos Aires, Paris, Toronto, Manila and Denver

• 2005: Cologne Germany 435 000 pilgrams from 197 countries, 800 Bishops and Cardinals, 7000 International journalists.  An incredible 1.2 million people attended the Final Mass

• WEB SITE: http://www.wyd2008.org

• THOUSANDS of young Australians will be “touched by the power” when the World Youth Day Cross and Icon grace the shores of Sydney during a huge event at Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, on Sunday, July 1.
  
  The afternoon of celebrations will also include the premiere of the World Youth Day Sydney (WYD08) theme song, Receive the Power to be performed by former Australian Idol stars Guy Sebastian and Paulini.
  
  Heralded as the “Olympic torch” of World Youth Day, the 3.8m high, 40 kilogram Cross has travelled throughout the world and will arrive in Sydney to mark a 12-month journey across Australia.
  
  The Cross, given to the world’s youth by Pope John Paul II in 1984, has been travelling the globe, together with the Icon on Our Lady – a copy of the painting of Salus Populi Romani (Protectress of the Roman People) – given by the late pope in 2003.
  
  In Australia, the Cross and Icon will visit several significant locations, including Penola, South Australia, where Mother Mary Mackillop founded the Sisters of St Joseph, the Great Barrier Reef, Parliament House, Canberra, and the Northern Territory where it will travel from Darwin to Alice Springs on the Ghan.
  
  Fr Chris Ryan MGL, co-ordinator of the Australian Journey of the WYD Cross and Icon, says he hopes the arrival of the Cross and Icon will “make the start of the journey” for many young Australians towards World Youth Day from July 15-20 next year.

  Media release

   

  Friday 31 August 2007

   

  50,000 Australians planning to attend World Youth Day 2008 so far

   

  More than 50,000 Australians are planning to attend World Youth Day 2008 (WYD08) in Sydney, with the event still 11 months away.

   

  WYD08 organisers said the latest group registration data showed 184,800 pilgrims are currently expected to take part in the Catholic Church-sponsored event from 15 to 20 July next year - 50,710 of whom are from Australia.

   

  The leading source countries, with current expected pilgrim numbers, are:

   

  Australia              50,710      

  United States        36,171      

  Italy                      18,849      

  Germany                9,506        

  New Zealand          6,043

   

  More than 500,000 people are expected to take part in at least one WYD08 event, which will feature the first visit to Australia by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.