A tribute to the next World Youth Day 2013, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ide, pois, fazer discípulos entre todas as nações. (“Go and make disciples of all nations.”)
Music: “Nossa Missão” (Our Mission) by Adriana Arydes, Padre Fábio de Melo, Eliana Ribeiro, Dunga, Celina Borges, Eugenio Jorge, Ziza Fernandes, Walmir Alencar e Dalvimar Gallo.
Lyrics: Adelson Freire.
Our Dutch friends posted this video with this message: Do you have plans for the summer of 2013? Probably not! What do you think about this: Youth from all over the world are coming together in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the World Youth Days. It’s will be a dazzling event filled with music, praise, partying and meeting thousands of new friends. You don’t want to miss it!
The WYD will take place from 23th until the 28th of july. It’s intended for young people from 16 – 30 years. And it’s the biggest event in the world.
All dioceses around the world are organizing trips to the World Youth Days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2013.
Don’t miss out, check the website of your diocese or keep an eye on www.rio13.nl
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Al plannen voor de zomer van 2013? Vast nog niet. Wat dacht je hiervan: jongeren van 16-30 jaar uit heel de wereld verzamelen zich van 23 tot en met 28 juli in de Braziliaanse Wereldstad Rio de Janeiro voor het grootste internationale jongerenevenement ter wereld!
Een feest van geloof, ontmoeting, stil zijn, verdieping, avontuur, uitputting en prachtige ervaringen. De Wereldjongerendagen in Rio: jij bent er toch ook bij?!
Ga je mee?
Alle Nederlandse bisdommen organiseren reizen naar de Wereldjongerendagen.
www.rio13.nl
This coming Sunday, September 18th, the Archdiocese of São Paulo and the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) will host the first preparatory event leading to World Day Youth Day 2013.
The event will mark the arrival to Brazil of the WYD Cross and the Icon of Our Lady and will be attended by the Archbishop of São Paulo, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, the Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, Dom Lorenzo Baldisseri and the president of the CNBB, Cardinal Dom Raymundo Damasceno.
The missionaries Canção Nova (new song) will be in charge of animation and the event will feature testimonials from young people who participated in previous WYDs, theatrical performances, official launch of the World Youth Day Rio 2013 website, as well as performances by various well-known Brazilian Catholic singers such as Fr. Fábio de Mello, Father Reginaldo Manzotti, Father Juarez Castro, Dunga, Life Glitters, Eliana Ribeiro and others.
“The Cross is always a sign that Jesus Christ calls young people to meet Him. Similarly, the Icon of Our Lady indicates the maternal presence of the Mother of Jesus with the followers of Christ,” says Cardinal Odilo Scherer.
Between now and July 2013, the Cross and Icon will travel to the 275 dioceses in Brazil. There are also plans for celebrations in 19 Brazilian cities, all under the name Bote Fé.
In December 2012, the Cross and Icon will leave Brazil and visit Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. They return to Brazil in January 2013. The final leg of the Cross and Icon journey will take place in the South of Minas, in the Vale do Paraiba, and finally in the state of Rio de Janeiro, where they arrive in April 2013.
World Youth Day will take place in Rio de Janeiro from July 23-28, 2013.
S+L TV is now in Madrid and our coverage begins tonight, 7pm Madrid time on WYD TV (If you’re watching us on our digital cable network, tonight’s Daily WYD Central Update will air at 7pm ET (8pm PT).
Here is our full WYD TV schedule. For WYD coverage on our digital cable network programming schedule, visit www.saltandlighttv.org.
Note that these are all Madrid times.
-1 hr. For London, UK
-6 hrs. for N.Y. and Toronto
-9 hrs. for Vancouver and L.A.
+8 hrs. for Sydney, Australia
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Tuesday August 16
09:00am – Canadian National Gathering from the Love and Life Site 12:00pm – Australian National Gathering from the Love and Life Site 14:00-19:00pm – Youth Festival Concerts, witness talks and prayer from the Love and Life Site
19:30pm – Opening Mass 22:30pm – Youth Festival Kick-Off Concert from the Love and Life Site
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 Wednesday August 1710:00am – Catechesis Sessions from the Love and Life Site, with Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia 14:00pm – Youth Festival events from the Love and Life Site
20:30pm – Marianfest from the Love and Life Site |
 Thursday August 1810:00am – Catechesis Sessions from the Love and Life Site, with Archbishop Michael Miller, CSB, of Vancouver 14:00pm – Youth Festival Events from the Love and Life Site
19:00pm – Papal Welcome Ceremony 21:00pm – Youth Festiva Concert: Ven+Id Macrofestival of Concecrated Life
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 Friday August 1910:00am – Catechesis Sessions from the Love and Life Site, with Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York 15:30pm – Youth Festival Events from the Love and Life Site
19:00pm – Way of the Cross 21:00pm – Rebroadcast of Youth Festival Events
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Saturday August 20
09:00am – U.S. National Gathering from the Love and Life Site 12:00noon – Holy Father’s Mass with Seminarians 13:00pm – Rebroadcast of Youth Festival Events
19:30pm – Vigil with the Holy Father |
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Sunday August 21
09:00am – Closing Mass 12:00noon – Rebroadcast of Youth Festival Events
19:00pm – Madrid11 Wrap-up Show |
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May all the peoples praise you… (Ps. 67)
Let me tell you about Siham.
She works at a little icecream/pastry/breakfast place, not far from our apartments here in Madrid. She’s a Muslim from Morocco. When she found out that we were here for the Pope’s visit she exclaimed, “yo amo al Papa!” She loves the Pope.
And she is full of joy. It’s a pleasure to buy icecream from her, just to see her smile and her bubbly energy. As an immigrant, and a Muslim in a predominantly Catholic (although “secular”) country, life could not have been so easy for her. Her Mother lives in Paris, she told our colleague Cyprian, also from Paris and she’s been in Madrid for 5 years. She used to be a chef in a cruise ship.
She also told us that she is celebrating Ramadan. This means that she is fasting all day, from sunrise to sunset. No only do Muslims fast, but they “fast” from swearing, intimacy and they try to live their days in purity. This is why, when she went to kiss us, she said she could only do so at night. If we came during the day, she could not kiss us. Her name means, “arrow of love,” which is why her co-worker and friend calls her “flechi,” short for “flecha” or arrow. She is, sort of like an arrow of love!
And today at Mass, hearing about the Cananite woman, I thought of Siham. The Franciscan priest at the Parish of El Cristo de Medinacelli, welcomed all young people from around the world. He welcomed all the people, from all cultures – because when we gather together under the banner of the Risen Christ, we are all the same.
And in his homily he reminded us that God’s mercy and love are not exclusive and we need to be sure not to exclude anyone from experiencing his arrow of love.
World Youth Day is an ocassion when all the nations gather to praise God. And it is common to see non-Catholics, even non-Christians in those crowds. Many Muslims go to World Youth Day. Many Muslims, like Siham, love God (and even the Pope!)
The next couple of days are going to be amazing – there’s no doubt. But if my whole WYD journey to Madrid had only included a visit to this little icecream shop to be met by a joy and love-filled Muslim woman, it would have been well worth it. Because in meeting her, I encountered Christ.
God’s love pierces us like an arrow, as it did to that Cananite woman who passionately challenged Jesus so many years ago. May His love continue to pierce our hearts as we journey towards one day praising Him with all the nations in His Heavenly Kingdom, where God excludes no one.
Having been the Artistic Director for WYD2002 in Toronto, there is a very special place in my heart for the Youth Festival. This is 
the component of WYD, initiated in Paris in 1997, that allows the pilgrims themselves to be co-producers of WYD. The Catechesis Sessions and Main Events are planned by the WYD National Committee, but individual Youth Festival events are planned by the pilgrims themselves. The WYD National Office gives various individuals, lay movements and associations and religious congregations the official invitation and helps them coordinate the sites, but the content of the events is entirely up to the hosting group. In Toronto we have over 200 groups hosting some 500 events, with over 2000 participants from 30 different countries in 8 languages. It was truly a festival, featuring concerts, theatre and dance events, panel discussions, talks, prayer gatherings, art exhibits and film showings.
Madrid has renamed the Youth Festival, Cultural Program – but don’t be deceived! It is the same festival as always, featuring the same kinds of events, most of which are not cultural. There will be many prayer gatherings and spiritual events to help you in your journey. Not to say that the concerts, theatre, dance, film and art exhibits will not help you in your journey!
You can now visit http://www.madrid11.com/en/schedule/cultural-program for a full Cultural Program schedule. Please be warned that there is a lot more than you can possibly take in. But there is certainly something for everyone.
If you have problems deciding, S+L TV will be at the Love and Life Site, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the Sisters of Life. As well as being an English Catechesis Site, the Love and Life Site is the hub for all English-speaking pilgrims and will host dozens of keynote speakers, panel discussions, concerts and other events. For a full Love and Life Site schedule, visit www.wydenglish.com.
The Love and Life Site is also host of three national gatherings. The Canadian National Gathering will take place on Tuesday, August 16 at 9am (Madrid time), followed by the Australian National Gathering at noon (Madrid time). The U.S. National Gathering will be on Saturday, August 20, at 9am. All three will be aired live at WYD TV on www.wydcentral.org (for WYD TV schedule click here. Note that all times are Madrid times) and rebroadcast on S+L TV.
Other than the three national gatherings, many other youth festival events will be aired live at WYD TV on www.wydcentral.org and also on S+L TV’s digital cable network. For full details of our youth festival coverage on S+L TV, visit www.saltandlighttv.org.
Êin Song für den Weltjugendtag in Madrid – Alles ist veränderbar.
(A song written for the World Youth Day in Madrid.)
This video was made by DomRadio, the Archdiocesan Radio station in Cologne, Germany in collaboration with the Youth Ministry Secretariat of Cologne, to promote WYD11 among German youth, with a Spanish flavour.
Luis Nino Hormaza went to World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, with a group of young people from Colombia. Little did he know that this trip would change his life. At WYD05 he met his now wife Wenke and decided to move to Cologne. For Luis, a lot has changed: foreign country, foreign language, foreign culture.
For WYD 2011 in Madrid, Luis wrote a song in German titled “Todo puede cambiar” (Everything Can Change), inspired by his story of change and many other life stories, particularly, that of of 20-year-old sprinter Vanessa Low, whose life was changed forever when a train accident in 2006 resulted in the loss of both legs.
Today, Vanessa can walk again with the help of prostheses. Not only can she walk, but she can run, and run fast. She won bronze in the 100-metre sprint the IAAF World Championships of disabled athletes in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her eyes are now set on the Paralympic Games in London in 2012. Vanessa’s shocking story is one that fascinates and touches people, but also gives them courage.
Luis and Vanessa’s song is now a music video produced by the Cologne-based production DomRadio. It is their contribution to the mega event in Madrid.
Mehr Informationen: http://ow.ly/5uEuA
(CCCB- Ottawa)… More than 500,000 young pilgrims from all over the world, including 6,000 from Canada, are expected in Madrid, Spain, to participate in the XXVIth World Youth Day (WYD). After Sydney in 2008 and at the invitation of Pope Benedict XVI, young people from around the world will descend on the Spanish capital city of Madrid, from August 16-21, 2011, to experience this international gathering, whose theme will be “Rooted and Built Up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith”. Among other countries sending a large delegation to WYD in Spain are Italy with 90,000, Spain with 83,000, France with 50,000, the USA with 30,000, Germany with 16,000, and Australia with 4,300 young pilgrims.
Among the Canadian participants are over 470 young people from the Archdiocese of Edmonton, 510 from the Archdiocese of Vancouver, and over 1000 from various Quebec Dioceses traveling with the Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of Montreal. Nearly one hundred priests and 30 seminarians from Canada will be part of the Canadian delegation in Spain.
From August 11 to 15, 61 Spanish dioceses will host thousands of young people, among which 2,500 of our 6,000 young Canadian pilgrims, giving them the opportunity to participate in various activities. The daily program varies from one diocese to the other, but it always includes cultural activities, visits to tourist sites, festivities, and especially, prayer and celebrations.
On the morning of August 16, for the first time in the history of Canada’s participation at WYD, the Canadian pilgrims will gather together for a national celebration, in Madrid’s Palacio de Deportes. The gathering will include a special Morning Prayer, music and testimonies from young Canadians. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., will preside at the celebration and Archbishop Richard Smith, as Vice-President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), will greet the assembly in the name of the CCCB. The Canadian Ambassador to Spain, Mr. Graham Shantz, and the Spanish Consul General to Canada, Mr. Francisco Pascual de la Parte, will also be present at the gathering.
Throughout the week in Madrid, Canadians will find a special home at the “Love and Life Site”, at the Palacio de Deportes. This rest area is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the Sisters of Life who have partnered with Canada’s Salt and Light Television and Holy Cross Family Ministries.
Canadian delegation to WYD 2011, in Madrid
In addition to the 6,000 young people, the Canadian delegation will include 24 Canadian Bishops. Invited by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, five of them will serve as catechists for the young pilgrims; three in French and two in English. The Bishop catechists are: Bishops Paul-André Durocher and Lionel Gendron, and Archbishops Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, J. Michael Miller, and Richard Smith. Each Bishop will present three catechetical sessions, one for each day, based on the theme of WYD 2011 “Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith”. The theme for each day will be: Firm in the Faith (Wednesday), Established in Jesus Christ (Thursday), and Witnesses to Christ in the World (Friday).
Pope Benedict XVI will preside over the Stations of the Cross on Friday evening (August 19), as well as the evening prayer vigil on Saturday (August 20), and the closing mass on Sunday (August 21), at the Cuatro Vientos airfield, in Madrid. He will also celebrate a mass for seminarians and meet with young religious Sisters and with more than 1,000 young university professors during his stay in Madrid.
Salt and Light, Canada’s national Catholic television network, available on satellite and cable television throughout the country, as well as on the Internet at www.saltandlighttv.org/ <http://www.saltandlighttv.org/> or www.seletlumieretv.org <http://www.seletlumieretv.org/> , will provide live coverage of World Youth Day’s most important moments and provide a special program schedule on the catechesis sessions, as well as conduct many interviews throughout the week.
Salt and Light has also created a special website (www.wydcentral.org <http://www.wydcentral.org/> ) to keep our favorite memories of WYD 2011. Salt and Light CEO, Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., former National Director and CEO of World Youth Day 2002, will be in Madrid with a team of young journalists to cover the event. Fr. Rosica is also serving as coordinator of the Canadian delegation to WYD in Madrid.
You can now find out stats and figures from each country participating in WYD. Just go to http://www.madrid11.com/en/cifrasand use the interactive map. The WYD Madrid National committee reports that there are currently 420.508 registered participants for the 6-day event. Many of these (133.961) will also be participating in the Days in the Dioceses, preceding the week of WYD.
The 10 countries with most participants are: Italy (86,287), Spain (82,119), France (49,730), USA (26,282), Germany (15,639), Brazil (13,472), Poland (12,536), Portugal (11,996), Mexico (7,917) and Argentina (6,484). There are also 5,628 registered participants from Canada and 4300 from Australia.
You can also send your photo and answers to the questions below, and you may end up on the Madrid11 website.
Simply fill out the questionnaire and that’s it:
What’s your name?
How old are you?
Where are you from?
Describe yourself in 5 words or less
What most attracts you about Spain?
Why do you want to come to WYD?
What do you want to learn at WYD?
This was the Psalm that was sung and danced at the Closing Mass with Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto. The dancers are from the Teresa Mann Dance group in Panama. The Psalm setting was composed and arranged by Susan Hookong-Taylor and it’s sung by Susan and Julie Lafontaine.
