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World Youth Day enabled me to see the goodness of God in the people I met

WYD in sunny Spain was the second world youth day I had attended. I went with the Salesian’s from the UK, and we had a fantastic group, varying in age, interests and experiences.  Even the preparation weekends were an experience in themselves, getting to know new friends and listening to everyone’s experiences of the Salesians, [...]

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World Youth Day Preparation Weekend Two!

After a very tiring journey from Scotland we arrived at Savio house late on Friday the 24th of June, many of the group had already arrived and settled in and were enjoying catching up with each other.  We were greeted like old friends we are no longer strangers travelling to Madrid to see the pope; [...]

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World Youth Day Preparation Weekend #1

What a fabulous weekend! We all gathered at Savio House on Friday night for social time together before the hard work began the next day. Saturday morning came and we had lovely scrambled eggs for breakfast, yummy. And then we were told to sit down and make sure we were facing somebody. And then we [...]

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World Youth Day 2008 in Pictures

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We Are Pilgrims, not Tourists – World Youth Day 08

On the 8th of July 2008, a group of 11 of us began our pilgrimage to the other side of the world – Destination Sydney! We also had the pleasure of spending a week in Melbourne enjoying days in the Diocese. There are no words to fully explain to anyone reading this article just how [...]

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World Youth Day 2005 in Pictures

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