World Youth Day: 2011

An amazing  pilgrimage to Madrid, Spain is coming!  On August 10^th, 2011, the Office of Youth Ministry, specifically, Fr. Brian Fischer will be leading a group of young people to Spain for World Youth Day 2011.

If you have never been to World Youth Day, it is five days of  life rooted in God’s abundant initiative of life giving love!  You will receive catechesis from Bishops from around the world, experience a welcoming ceremony for the Holy Father, the living stations of the Cross, a long walk, a slumber party with about a million of your Catholic brothers and sisters(under the starry sky), and of course we will unite our souls in the Eucharist, which will be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI! 

The theme for WYD 2011 is “Rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith(Col 2:7).”  Christ constantly wants to draws us deeper, he always calls us to give more, to let go of our worldly distractions and to let our lives be transformed by His divine initiative of love.  A pilgrimage  like this can often help us to get refocused and re-connected to Christ in a less superficial and worldly way and become bold, radical, witnesses to the Catholic Church, the sign of Christ in the world!

If  you feel called to join us there will be two informational meetings on March 9^th, 2010 one will be at 2:00pm and the other will be at 7:00pm.  The meetings will be held here at the Cardinal Rigali Center.  Each meeting will cover the same material.  If you register before April 1^st, 2010 there will be a $100.00 early booking savings.

Please, pray about it and pray for us!