 Friday 1 August 2008
The golden lion of the Sri Lankan flag fluttered in the icy breeze at a
bus stop crowded with pilgrims attending Sydney's World Youth Day.
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 Thursday 24 July 2008
The Church can have great hope
in the youth of today who are showing themselves to be young, committed
leaders, according to the archbishop of Toledo, Spain.
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 Tuesday 22 July 2008
Benedict XVI has shown that World Youth Days are an ordinary part of
the Church's life, not just an invention of Pope John Paul II.
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 Tuesday 22 July 2008
Benedict XVI told pilgrims at the Youth Day closing Mass not to fear a
call to the priesthood or consecrated life. One statistic indicates his
words fell on fertile soil: An average of 2,500 pilgrims an hour
visited the Vocations Expo in Sydney.
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Tuesday 22 July 2008
By Catherine Smibert
As
Benedict XVI left Sydney on Monday morning, newspapers, radio and
television reports were filled with comments about the World Youth Day
success and the mark the Pope was leaving on Australia.
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 Friday 18 July 2008
What are you looking for from your life? Is it security, happiness? Is it the relief from injustice? Is it that the world might become a more just and tolerant place? Is it that you might make enough money to be very comfortable? Is it to be happy and have a family?
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 Friday 18 July 2008
Holy Father,
It is my very
great honour to welcome you to Australia on behalf of all who are
gathered here in your presence and the many others with us through the
media and in spirit. I greet you in the love and peace of Our Lord
Jesus Christ.
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 Thursday 17 July 2008
Up to 500,000 people including
local and international pilgrims greeted Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney
today as his official WYD08 program began.
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Thursday 17 July 2008
Let us stop and think for a moment, how many friends do you have? How would you categorise them? Some would be very close with very deep sharing, with whom we spend a lot of time. Others would be people with the same ideals. Others too might share a common recreation, in sport or artistic pursuits, or in activities that we undertake; they can be part of our life, but they are not our whole life.
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Wednesday 16 July 2008
Pope Benedict XVI today met
special visitors including a koala, red-necked wallaby joey and other
unique Australian animals at the Kenthurst Study Centre this morning.
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Wednesday 16 July 2008
By Anthony Barich and Catherine Smibert
Generation Y is demonstrating to World Youth Day organizers in Sydney
why they weren't called Generation RSVP, says the coordinator of the
event.
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Wednesday 16 July 2008
We have come from near and far for World Youth Day. Pope Benedict has asked us especially to try and learn about the Holy Spirit. The Holy Father does this because he wants us to know that God is near to us and to our lives and that what we are and what we do is important to him.
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 Wednesday 16 July 2008
The prime minister of Australia welcomed participants in World Youth
Day to his country, affirming that faith and reason are "great
partners" in history and will be in the future.
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Wednesday 16 July 2008
We all know that Christ Our Lord is often described as the Good
Shepherd of today’s responsorial psalm. We are told that he leads us
near restful waters, revives our flagging spirits, enables us to rest
peacefully.
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Wednesday 16 July 2008
After years of preparation
and anticipation, World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08) commenced with a
spectacular Opening Mass celebrated by Cardinal George Pell at
Barangaroo.
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 Tuesday 15 July 2008
“Get Real!”, a major event on
body image issues, will be held on Sydney’s Darling Harbour, Friday
July 18, as part of World Youth Day.
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Tuesday 15 July 2008
The President of the Australian
Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson today welcomed
the official opening of World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney and
urged Catholics across Australia to become involved in the events in
whatever way they could.
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 Tuesday 15 July 2008
On July 16 World Youth Day Sydney 2008 will be celebrated in true
Aussie style when thousands of international visitors join Tip Top®
Sunblest® for one of the biggest BBQs the country has ever seen – the
WYD Big Aussie BBQ.
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 Tuesday 15 July 2008
New Springtime is the bi-monthly online journal of the Australian Catholic Students Association (ACSA).
A special edition of the journal has just been launched to coincide with World Youth Day in Sydney.
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 Monday 14 July 2008
Two young people will recount
their experiences of, respectively, being an unaccompanied migrant to
the United States and a refugee in Australia at the launch of the
documentary Posada during the MAGiS08 Youth Festival next week.
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 Monday 14 July 2008
As thousands of pilgrims make their way into Sydney for World Youth Day
2008, the G’DAY AUSTRALIA PARTY will be held this evening at Sydney
University No.1 Oval as a Welcome Party for the Pilgrims of the world.
Hundreds of pilgrims from over 15 countries will attend throughout the
evening.
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Monday 14 July 2008
Australian community groups are coming on board to assist
approximately 1,000 pilgrims with disabilities during World Youth Day
Sydney 2008 (WYD08).
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 Wednesday 9 July 2008
Over the last decade, every international gathering of World
Youth Day has seen protests about the Church's teachings on sexuality
and contraception by the handing out of condoms to pilgrims as they
gather for the event.
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 Tuesday 8 July 2008
Young people attending Sydney's World Youth Day next week are being
invited to "come to the water" -- to the beach , in fact, for a
Franciscan festival.
The Franciscan Province of the Holy Spirit is hosting the July 16 event
at Bondi Beach. It will feature a rapping Franciscan Friar of the
Renewal, Father Stan Fortuna, and other musicians.
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Tuesday 8 July 2008
Benedict XVI is offering a plenary indulgence for those who participate
in Sydney's World Youth Day this month and a partial indulgence for
those who support it with their prayers.
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 Monday 7 July 2008
Youth are seeking for the keys to living and loving fully, and the
Church has them, says the coordinator of one of the complementary
events at World Youth Day.
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Monday 7 July 2008
The upcoming World Youth Day will
be a new Pentecost, Pope Benedict XVI says. And he is asking the whole
Church to participate, at least spiritually, if not physically.
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Tuesday 1 July 2008
Today marks the final countdown to the World Youth Day Opening Mass in
Sydney, with the “Olympic Torch” of World Youth Day beginning its 15
Day Walk.
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 Wednesday 2 July 2008
An ex-gangster from London will be appearing alongside Pope Benedict
XVI at World Youth Day in Sydney, which runs from Tuesday 15 July to
Sunday 20 July.
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 Wednesday 2 July 2008
You certainly won’t have trouble finding Veronika Dimac’s
prestigious art exhibition at Australian Catholic University during the
Melbourne Days in the Dioceses event.
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 Thursday 3 July 2008
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
has arrived in Sydney for World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08) - the
first time his body has left Turin, Italy since his death in 1925.
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 Thursday 3 July 2008
Caritas Australia has relaunched its Ethical Pilgrims Guide for those
travelling to World Youth Day suggesting easy steps to minimize your
global footprint on your way to Sydney.
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 Thursday 3 July 2008
By Fr John Fowles ccs
The Fly Away to Heaven project has
achieved the goal of circumnavigating Australia on the wing of a
prayer. What we were really doing was flying into the wind as we
challenged this great country of ours to assist the poor as a way of
preparing for World Youth Day. It was a huge undertaking by a small
community of dedicated parishioners of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Parish, Thurgoona NSW. It was equally as bold as the Highway to Heaven
projects from which the Fly Away to Heaven was given its name.
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 Thursday 3 July 2008
A website uniting various media organisations and with the
slogan "All in one, all for One" will enable those who will not travel
to Australia for this summer's World Youth Day a chance to follow the
event from home.
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Friday 4 July 2008
Many pilgrims are taking advantage of the global gathering of
young people during World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08) to hold large
national and community gatherings.
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Friday 4 July 2008
For Australians who are unable to make it to Sydney for the World Youth
Day events, SBS Television will provide live coverage of the arrival of
Pope Benedict XVI, the Opening Mass, the Papal Mass at Randwick and the
Stations of the Cross.
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