Hi,

Just wanted to ask who was going to attend this annual World Youth Day? Hopefully we can get a long list going and we can all meet each other there!

Seeker,

I will be attending. Yeah!!!

Yours in the Theotokos,

Darrenn

As will I.

Daniil

I can´t go. I'm not that much of a youth anymore and besides it's too far away for me and I can't afford the plane tickets, hotel, food, etc., etc..
I hope you guys have a nice time.
Lauro

Dear Friends,

As many of you know, the Cross of World Youth Day, blessed and given by the Pope some time ago, finally reached Toronto yesterday and was followed by more than a thousand young people.

The pilgrims have been walking with it from Quebec and a number have suffered terrible blisters etc.

Not all pilgrimages are good for the sole . . .

Alex

FYI, Catholic Answers is desperately raising money to publish Anti-Jack Chick literature that will be handed out during World Youth Day 2002.

It is said that Christians Evangelizing Catholics, Jack Chick, and other organizations are going to be handing out Millions of Anti-Catholic literature during WYD 02. You can help by going to http://www.catholic.com

God Bless
Ray S.

I am really surprised that nobody replied to my previous email.

I received Catholic Answers' mailing about that. I'll be personally prepared by remaining in Holy Scripture and the rest of Holy Tradition. How much good that will actually do with these kinds of people is of course debatable.

Yours in the Theotokos,

Darrenn

Dear Darrenn and +Ray,

Such was the case during the first Papal Visit to Canada in 1984.

A number of these evangelists were literally overwhelmed by the numbers greeting the Pope and gave up.

I think we'll have a repeat performance this month as well.

Alex

Glory to Jesus Christ!

I am attending and have just set up my schedule with my Roman Rite friend. Here is the schedule I have come up with from the events that have been posted on the WYD2002 website:


Saturday, July 20th

5:00pm - 1:00 am
Travel to Canada

Sunday, July 21st

8:00 am - 10:00am
Sunday Matins at St. Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brampton

10:00 am - 12:00pm
Sunday Divine Liturgy (http://www.SaintElias.com)

Monday, July 22nd

9:00am - 11:00am
Divine Liturgy in Toronto with all of the Byzantine Rite Bishops in attendance for WYD.

Tuesday, July 23rd

9:00am – 12:00pm
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago: Malayalee/Kerala Youth Gathering

12:00pm – 1:00pm
St. Michael’s Cathedral: Adoration

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Associazione Pier Giorgio Frassati: Pier Giorgio Frassati’s exhibit

2:00pm – 2:15pm
Province of Ontario: Ontario Pavillion

2:15pm – 3:00pm
Pinstripe Project

3:00pm – 4:00pm
WYD Aboriginal Committee: Celebrating the Spirit

4:00pm – 5:00pm
WYD/JMJ: Café

5:00pm – 8:00pm
Eastern Catholic Churches: Eastern Catholic Centre

8:00pm – 11:00pm
Melkite Catholic Youth of Ottawa: Eastern Catholic Encounter

Wednesday. July 24th

8:00am – 12:00pm
Byzantine Rite Divine Liturgy followed by Catechesis

12:00pm – 1:00pm
St. Michael’s Cathedral: Adoration

1:00pm – 2:00pm
World Youth Alliance: Culture of Life Café

2:00pm – 3:00pm
Eastern Catholic Churches: Redemption Martyrs from Ukraine

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Eastern Catholic Churches: The Dialogue of Love - Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenism

4:00pm – 6:00pm
Focolare: Interfaith Dialogue to build the universal family

6:00pm – 7:00pm
Eastern Catholic Churches: Malankara Prayer Experience

7:00pm –10:00pm
Eastern Catholic Church: Iconography

Thursday, July 25th

8:00am – 12:00pm
Byzantine Rite Divine Liturgy followed by Catechesis

12:00pm – 12:45pm
Remnant

1:00pm – 1:45pm
Palestrina Chamber Chorus

2:00pm – 3:30pm
St. Luke Productions Inc.: Therese - Story of a Soul

4:00pm – 5:00pm
St. Michael’s Cathedral: Adoration

5:00pm – 6:00pm
Communion and Liberation Events: From the Land to the Peoples

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Schoenstatt Movement: Prayers & Events

7:00pm – 7:45pm
Heruvymy Ukrainian Female Quartet

8:00pm – 8:30pm
Eritrean/Ethiopian Catholic Church of Toronto: Ge’ez Rite Prayer

8:30pm – 10:00pm
Eastern Catholic Churches: Akathist to the Mother of God

Friday, July 26th

8:00am – 12:00pm
Byzantine Rite Divine Liturgy followed by Catechesis

12:00pm –1:00pm
St. Michael’s Cathedral: Adoration

1:00pm – 3:00pm
Productions du Grande Large: Kateri

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Eastern Catholic Churches: The Roots of Eastern Christian Theology: Saints, Bishops, Theologians

4:00pm – 5:00pm
Eastern Catholic Churches: Eastern Catholic Centre

5:00pm – 6:30pm
TrypTych Productions: MagnifiChant

Saturday, July 27th

Free day to browse the booths. Eucharistic vigil from evening until morning

Sunday, July 28th

9:00am - 12:00pm
Papal Mass

Monday, July 29th

9:00am - 5:00pm
Travel home to the United States of America

if you want to know the reasons for choosing each of these, you can read my post at the forum at http://YourCatholic.com And I'd love to see others' plans on what they are going to attend during the week. God Bless!

IC XC NIKA,
-Nik!

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Dear Nik,

Looks like a good choice. Might I suggest a few additions (although your schedule already looks quite packed!):

Wednesday, July 24, 2002
20:30 -22:00 Eastern Catholic Churches
Byzantine Vespers Canada at Trinity Bellwoods Park

Also, there is a closing hierarchical Divine Liturgy hosted by the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church at St. Nicholas Church on Monday, July 29 at 8:30 a.m. I see that you will be travelling at this time and I presume that many other pilgrims will be too.

Daniil

Glory to Jesus Christ!

Dear Daniil,

Could you give me the address of that closing hierarchical Divine Liturgy? I don't have the address for them. I think we will go to that too! Also, I would love to go to the Vespers. but its at the time of the Iconography event, and we really wanted to go to that too. Thank you and God Bless!

IC XC NIKA,
-Nik!

It's great that World Youth Day is going to host all the events for the Eastern Catholic Church. I'll most definetely attend some of Liturgies and hopefully bring everyone from our group with me! Great way to spread out Eastern Catholicism info to the "unknowing" Latins.

Dear Seeker,

As "Catholics" we would already be in communion with Rome so that's not news.

"Orthodox in communion with Rome" which is what we say we are, is.

Have a great World Youth Day.

And don't worry about the garbage strike in Toronto. The Legislature is being recalled tomorrow to bring the workers back to clean up in time for the papal visit.

So when everyone comes here, the only "Big Stink" will be about our Patriarchate, if Rome doesn't approve it . . .

Alex

[ 07-10-2002: Message edited by: Orthodox Catholic ]

Glory for ever!

There you go again with the doubts about the Patriarchate, Alex! As we speak, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church is meeting in Kyiv and tabelling a proposal for the recognition of the Patriarchate by the Pope. Don't be suprised if, at WYD, we, and all other Churches, will be calling His Beatitude Lubomyr Patriarch.

...That's if everything goes well.

The hierarchical liturgy is at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, on the corner of Queen and Bellwoods. It is right next to Trinity-Bellwoods Park, where mana\y WYD events will be taking place.

Daniil