Tag Archives: World Youth Day

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

By Rachel Osborne | Published: 24/10/2011

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!

By Gemma McLintock | Published: 21/07/2011

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

By Nora Moriarty | Published: 18/03/2011

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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