daugher-of-Mary Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 ahhhhhhhhhhhh I can't wait! SOOOOO excited. hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp2_rules Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 [quote name='amy' date='Jul 6 2005, 12:19 AM']Oh, man... it was so amazing. I cried so much as he passed us, he just has such a presence. He waved, and he looked at me! My friends always say I talked about him like he was a rock star or something. I miss JP2, but I am still really excited to see Benedict... I'm growing to love him more each day! Especially when he says things like this... "I seem to feel his strong hand holding mine, I feel I can see his smiling eyes and hear his words, at this moment particularly directed at me: 'Be not afraid.'" It's only like 40 something days til I see Papa B! [right][snapback]632844[/snapback][/right] [/quote] ditto, ditto, ditto!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 World Youth Day cross begins final push for Cologne On Friday, Catholics around the world will begin the final 40 day countdown before the 11th annual World Youth Day celebration, and the official WYD pilgrimage cross will begin its final push toward the German city of Cologne. Catholic News Agency reports that the eyes of the world will be on Cologne next month as Pope Benedict takes part in the celebration--his first major event since his election as pontiff, and one which many think will shape the direction of his papacy. A number of young people accompanied by their bishops are scheduled to carry the pilgrimage cross, relay-style, during the final stage of its European journey, called "Kreuzspuren" (in the footsteps of the Cross) from Dresden, Germany to Cologne. The group plans to travel the last 750 km in a spirit of the Three Wise Men who traveled to honor the infant Jesus in Bethlehem, the remains of whom are preserved in the Cathedral of Cologne. The cross is scheduled to travel almost exclusively on old pilgrimage paths. According to the Fides news service, from Dresden to Vacha the young pilgrims will travel by way of the Via Regia, and from Vacha to Colonia they will take the St Elisabeth Way and the St James Way, which if continued upon, would lead all the way to Compostela in Spain. The 11th annual World Youth Day will commence on August 11th and continue through the 21st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 [quote name='cappie' date='Jul 6 2005, 04:12 PM']World Youth Day cross begins final push for Cologne On Friday, Catholics around the world will begin the final 40 day countdown before the 11th annual World Youth Day celebration, and the official WYD pilgrimage cross will begin its final push toward the German city of Cologne. Catholic News Agency reports that the eyes of the world will be on Cologne next month as Pope Benedict takes part in the celebration--his first major event since his election as pontiff, and one which many think will shape the direction of his papacy. A number of young people accompanied by their bishops are scheduled to carry the pilgrimage cross, relay-style, during the final stage of its European journey, called "Kreuzspuren" (in the footsteps of the Cross) from Dresden, Germany to Cologne. The group plans to travel the last 750 km in a spirit of the Three Wise Men who traveled to honor the infant Jesus in Bethlehem, the remains of whom are preserved in the Cathedral of Cologne. The cross is scheduled to travel almost exclusively on old pilgrimage paths. According to the Fides news service, from Dresden to Vacha the young pilgrims will travel by way of the Via Regia, and from Vacha to Colonia they will take the St Elisabeth Way and the St James Way, which if continued upon, would lead all the way to Compostela in Spain. The 11th annual World Youth Day will commence on August 11th and continue through the 21st [right][snapback]633657[/snapback][/right] [/quote] YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Edith Stein's Appeal to the Young Superior of Discalced Carmelites on the Saint's Impact ROME, JULY 11, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Edith Stein, the Carmelite saint and co-patroness of Europe, could be a very engaging figure for some of the 800,000 expected to attend World Youth Day next month in Germany. That is the opinion of Father Luis Aróstegui Gamboa, superior general of the Discalced Carmelites. "The search for Truth of Edith Stein -- Teresa Benedicta of the Cross -- could be a stimulus for young people who will go to Cologne, where she lived in the Carmel," he told ZENIT. "Edith Stein is a very different figure from Thérèse of Lisieux, also a Carmelite saint, who enthused young people at Paris' World Youth Day," Father Aróstegui said. "In the same way," he added, "I think that there are some young people, perhaps not all, who might be attracted by Stein's figure, as she is modern and her biography is very interesting in the best sense of the term: Jewish, German, seeker, who lost her faith and found it." The Carmelite religious died in Auschwitz in August 1942. Into contemplation "She accepted her death in the concentration camp as communion with the cross of Christ, for her people and for peace in the world," said the superior general of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. "This is impressive." "Edith Stein was a person who was very committed to her faith and an exceptional personality; she was called to give lectures and classes when this was unusual, and she defended woman's rights and dignity," he said. "This faith and fidelity, but at the same time reflection with freedom and responsibility, might be very attractive to young people," Father Aróstegui added. He continued: "Moreover, her continuity of life when she entered the Cologne Carmel is also very interesting, as it was not a rejection of the intellectual life but, on the contrary, an entering more intensely into contemplation, which isn't inaction. In fact, her superiors asked her to continue with her intellectual work and she did so, in union with the Church and the needs of the world. "Above all, the fact that she was a seeker and integrated values in her life and thought, and her profundity in the faith are very good for the world of young people who will meet in her native Germany." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie_M Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 what are you guys talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 The 20th World Youth Day will take place in Cologne, Germany, from August 15th to 21st. Pope John Paul II. invites all young people to this event and he is going to celebrate the concluding Eucharist at August 21st. At least 800.000 people are expected to attend. [URL= [url="http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1"]http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1[/url]] Link[/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 600 From Holy Land to Attend World Youth Day JERUSALEM, JULY 12, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Some 600 youths from the Holy Land will join the hundreds of thousands expected at World Youth Day in Germany from Aug. 16-21. To pay their way, the youths have worked and served in local parishes, but they will also receive help from the Church and benefactors, said Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Franciscan Custodian of the Holy Land. Among the pilgrims "is a group of 10 boys from the small Catholic Jewish communities," although almost all of the youths are Palestinians, the Franciscan told the Italian bishops' SIR news agency. The priest said he expects the young people would take to Cologne "a testimony of peace, more enriched by these last years of violence." Moreover, it will be important for the youngsters "to meet with other contemporaries with whom they share a journey of faith," he said. "We are a minority, and that is why we hope that WYD will not only be a celebration but an intense experience of faith and of the Church which will be useful to our parishes. "I am certain that our young people will return from Cologne full of experiences to be translated into their life of faith, and to go beyond sorrow and suffering." ZE05071221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly_freak Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 I'm getting sooo psyched!!! And Ang I'll give you the currency debriefieng on the way there (or when we exchange in the airport). It's really not that hard, trust me. So I'm thinking that when we all get back we need to do a major WYD photo thread for everyone to see what everyone else did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudette Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 YEAH! I'm going to have like a hundred pictures....haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 nope not me, but I went to the one in Toronto and saw Pope John Paul the Great. ...got pictures too! :bugeyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaidoh Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 bring me back something PLZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudette Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 sure Tony, what do ya want. A Rosary blessed by the Pope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I don't even have a camera to take pictures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote name='shelly_freak' date='Jul 12 2005, 08:11 PM']I'm getting sooo psyched!!! And Ang I'll give you the currency debriefieng on the way there (or when we exchange in the airport). It's really not that hard, trust me. So I'm thinking that when we all get back we need to do a major WYD photo thread for everyone to see what everyone else did. [right][snapback]641433[/snapback][/right] [/quote] WHat if I don't bring a camera? ANd I hear its better to carry around credit cards and such instead of cash... pick-pockets will have the time of their life otherwise... And I hear Munich is a difficult city to get around in because it is laid out in a very confusing way or the roads aren't clearly labeled... But I'm psyched about the trip myself! I think I'm more pyched about going to Rome and Assisi than the actual world youth days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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