WYD08 Presentation Template

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World Youth Day 15 20 July 2008
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World Youth Day Theme

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Pilgrimage of Faith 15-20 July

• An encounter with Jesus Christ, his Spirit and
  his Church

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Opening Mass 15 July

• Barangaroo 4.30 6.30
• Up to 150,000 people on site
• Youth festival prior and following Mass
• Live sites in CBD

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Catechesis 16,17,18 July

• 250 Locations Sydney wide
• Suburbs 9am 12pm
• CBD 10.30am 1.30pm
• Various Venues
• Group sizes vary from 200 to 12,500
• average approximately 800

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Catechesis Themes

• Focus on the Holy Spirit and mission
• Wednesday 16 July
• Called to live in the Holy Spirit
• Thursday 17 July
• The Holy Spirit, soul of the Church
• Friday 18 July
• Sent out into the world the Holy Spirit, the
• principal agent of mission

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Catechesis Questions

• Pilgrims attend catechesis at designated site
• Attendance not compulsory but pilgrims need to
  leave accommodation site by 9am
• Bishop when you get there
• Need to go to allocated site

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Youth Festival

• Located at indoor/outdoor CBD sites
• Held 2pm-10pm every day, except major event times
  
• 150 stage hours of Youth Festival events
• Soft closure of events between 7pm 10pm

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Youth Festival - Wed, Thurs, Fri afternoons and
evenings
Concerts Exhibitions Forums Debates Dance
Adoration Reconciliation Street
performances Workshops Theatre

Films Vocations expo gatherings Centres of
spirituality and mission
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Papal Welcome Thursday 17 July

• 2.30pm 5.30pm
• Boat-a-cade flotilla on Sydney Harbour
• Official Welcome at Barangaroo
• Motorcade

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Stations of the Cross 18 July

• 3pm 6pm
• 13 stations across 6 sites
• 500,000 live spectators
• Up to 100 performers
• Locations
• St Marys Cathedral
• Domain
• Art Gallery
• Sydney Opera House
• Cockle Bay
• Barangaroo

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Pilgrimage WalkSaturday 19 July

• Approx. 180,000 participants along main walking
  route
• Walking across Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Through Sydney CBD
• To Southern Cross Precinct (Randwick Racecourse
  and Centennial Park)
• Starts at 5am

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Evening Vigil 19 July

• Approx 225,000 pilgrims
• The Pope to preside over Vigil
• 7pm 9pm
• Followed by sleep out

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Final Mass 20 July

• 9am Papal drive through commences
• Papal drive through to include Centennial Park
• 10am 12.30pm
• Up to 500,000 people

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Pilgrim Accommodation

• Accommodation venue advised late June
• Melbourne South West Sydney
• Security
• Some single sex/some mixed
• Curfew local decision

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Pilgrim Accommodation

• Accommodations site operate 7pm 9am
• Sick pilgrims
• All sites Fire Warden
• Helpline support
• Critical incidents
• Bus parking

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Accommodation

• 100,000 Target floor spaces in parish schools
  and halls
• 25,000 Paid accommodation including hotels,
  boarding schools, universities etc
• 40,000 Target HomeStay

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Accommodation
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Accommodation
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Accommodation

• Opening Hours
• Monday (14 July) arrival local arrangements
• Weekdays 7pm to 9am
• Saturday close at 9am
• Sunday open at 7pm
• Monday (21 July) close by 1200

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Meals

• Breakfast 6am 8am at accommodation
• Lunch after catechesis
• Dinner 6pm 8pm at CBD sites
• - Barangaroo
• - Domain
• - Opera House
• - Hyde Park
• - Cockle Bay

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Breakfast
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Lunch
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Dinner example

• Bread Roll
• Vegetarian Chilli Con Carne with Potato x 2
• Pork Goulash with Potato x 4
• Fresh Fruit
• Caramel Slice
• Mount Franklin Drink

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Worlds Biggest BBQ

• Lunch on Wednesday 16 July
• Rotary and other volunteer organisations to host
  Approx 200 sites parishes only

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Catering
And it all adds up to Meals
3,500,000 including Bread rolls
2,000,000 Cans of mineral water
2,500,000 Cakes 2,700,000 Fresh Fruit
1,350,000 Cans of baked beans 160,000
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Other Questions

• Do we have to sleep at Randwick ?
• If not what time should we plan to arrive at
  Randwick?
• Bus Parking at Randwick? WYDCA registration
  system
• How will we get to Randwick if not joining
  Pilgrim Walk?

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Post WYD Period

• Online ePilgrimage until December 2008
• Curriculum materials Module 5 You Will Be My
  Witnesses Semester 2, 2008
• WYD08 Office closed by end of 2008
• Resourcing Youth Ministry - building upon
  Diocesan foundations for WYD08

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Post WYD08

• Activ8 Witness
• Calls and helps equip
• young people to be
• saints of the new millennium

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New Online Catholic community Xt3

• Official World Youth Day groups
• Exchange of WYD photos and stories
• Information on post WYD events
• Moderated discussion and debates
• Action groups
• Prayer intentions, ask a Priest, Catholic links

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Feedback and Questions