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Saturday 20 August 2011

WYD so far

Hola! Sorry for the lack of content but eventhough we have free Wifi here, our days have usually started at about 6 am an finishing after midnight. Right now it is about 1 am so bear with me.
TUESDAY
Australian gathering. I was the Queensland representative for the veneration of the WYD cross and icon, which was an amazing experience. The gathering itself was incredible. It was hosted at this massive sports stadium, capable of holding 15,000 people. There were about 4,000 Aussies there. The opening mass was a bit of a let down as there were too many people for us to even get close. Most of us left a bit early to go to this concert at the English speaking hub, the place we had the Australian gathering.
WEDNESDAY
Chatecesis. After mass we went to the English hub, known as the Love and Life centre, to listen to Curtis Martin and some other speakers.
THURSDAY
Chatecesis. Mass after was amazing in the LaL centre, with a choir, string quartet and organ doing plainchant for mass with the Bishop. We listened to a bit of a panel on Theology of the Body with Jason Everett. We then left for the Papal arrival. We got a reasonable spot, but had to wait 4 hours in the sun to get it.
FRIDAY
Finally, today. We split up for Chatecesis, and mostly stayed separate for the whole day. Paul and I (Liam) went to some panels on media in the Church today, then looked at the vocations expo in Retiro park. We headed back to the LaL centre to watch the Way of the Cross from there.

Ok, that is a very brief overview of WYD so far. We go on the pilgrimage walk tomorrow.
Good morning :-)
Liam

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the overview. Sure were busy and we look forward to hearing what you learnt and your plans for " a way forward".
    Great to be able to see some of you on the T.V.
    Will be watching the final Mass this afternoon, our time.
    God bless
    The WEbb family.

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