The NEXT BEST THING to SYDNEY!

World Youth Day in Emmitsburg

July 19-20, 2008
St. Anthony Shrine, Emmitsburg

Don’t miss this inspirational overnight festival celebrating World Youth Day.  It promises to be a time of pilgrimage, recreation, prayer and fun! Features include music, sleeping under the stars, dynamic faith teaching and witness talks, and, of course, broadcast of the closing Mass with Pope Benedict XVI from World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. 

Registration Deadline: July 1 
 

This event is for young people who will be entering high school in Fall of 2008, through those who graduated from high school in 2008.

DOWNLOADS:

Flyer
Be patient!  5 MB PDF!

Permission Form AND Registration
(MS Word)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
(subject to final broadcast schedule, among other things):

July 19
2:00 PM         Arrival and Registration, Music Festival
3:00                WELCOME, Gathering Session
: Keynote: “You will receive power” with Rev. Austin Murphy
4:00                Catechetical Session
4:45                BREAK
5:00               Catechetical Session
5:45                BREAK
6:00                DINNER (Sacrament of Reconciliation available until 7:00)
7:00                BREAK
7:15                Pilgrimage to MSM Knott Auditorium
8:00                LIVE BROADCAST OF PAPAL MASS
11:00              Return to St. Anthony's
11:30              SLEEPING UNDER STARS – Events throughout night to include:

-“Fireside chats” - facilitated by WYD TEAM and TEENS

-Adoration – St. Anthony Shrine Church

-Sacrament of Reconciliation available until 12:30 am

-Informal Music – BRING A GUITAR/OTHER INSTRUMENT!

-Viewing of additional pre-recorded events from Sidney

-And MORE!

July 20
6:00 AM         BREAKFAST (Sacrament of Reconciliation available until 7:00)
7:00                MORNING PRAYER
7:30                Pilgrimage to Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
8:00                GROTTO ACTIVITIES
9:30                GATHER/PREPARATION FOR LITURGY
10:00              Closing Liturgy with Bishop Denis Madden, Urban Vicar
11:30              RETURN TO ST. ANTHONY SHRINE FOR DEPARTURE

For more information, contact Roberta Alvarez at ralvarez@archbalt.org or call 301.447.2326 ext 26.

Sponsored by St. Joseph, Emmitsburg, St. Anthony Shrine, Emmitsburg, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Thurmont.