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World Youth Day 2013:
Next Stop: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!

This past Summer 2011:
Lourdes, Toulouse, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona
17 Days
Lives Changed.....

Will you join us in Brazil??
See below for more details!

World Youth Day 2011 - What We did and Where We Went

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On August 9th, 2011, a group of 29 (students, Sisters, and Father) departed on a pilgrimage of a lifetime. After spending 5 days in Lourdes, France with Our Lady, we traveled on to Madrid to join 2 million other Catholic youth from all around the world to celebrate World Youth Day 2011. We were joined by our Holy Father Pope Benedict VXI, cardinals, bishops, priests, and religious from all around the world. Our week in Madrid concluded with an all night Vigil and Mass led by our Holy Father himself. After our time in Madrid, we continued on to Barcelona, Toulouse, and Paris before returning home. 

Upon our return, we are so grateful for all that the Lord did in us and through us. The pilgrimage changed our lives and made us more authentic and loving witnesses of Jesus Christ in the world. We pray that it will allow us to serve Him and all his people in need in a more fruitful and loving way.
 

Our Blog! - "Witnesses to Love"

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Read, day by day, about our trip!! Follow the Newman Center students, the SCTJM sisters , and their extended communities as they first traveled to Lourdes, France on a spiritual journey to be with and formed by Our Lady, and then onto Madrid, Spain for an encounter with the Holy Father, in union with two million other young people from around the world.
Click here to read the blog and follow their journey!

Listen to Our Song!!

As part of the World Youth Day festivities, the organizers began an international song competition open to all WYD participants. Inspired by the Holy Spirit and rooted in prayer, we gathered to compose a song for the contest. Though we got off to a late start, the Lord helped us along, and within 10 days we had written, composed and recorded our song! Amazing! After a novena to JPII, even more miraculously, the voting was extended and rules changed, enabling us to finish 15th out of 139 songs! For more about the song, see the article written in the Catholic Post.

World Youth Day Video:
26 Years of World Youth Days

Watch this beautiful and moving tribute to the many World Youth Days throughout the years. May it move you to pray for the youth attending this coming WYD in Madrid, and may it inspire you to join us for the next one.