Panama pilgrims packing plenty of anticipation
EDMONTON – A much smaller group of pilgrims than usual is heading off to World Youth Day from Edmonton this week. But the anticipation is huge.
Myriam Guevara Mann still remembers looking out to a crowd of 800,000 people before she danced the biggest show of her life.
Canadian pilgrims ready to absorb ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience of World Youth Day
José Murillo is the only one in his family who hasn’t been back to Panama City since they immigrated to Canada about 12 years ago.
2018: Year of Youth
Youth issues took centre stage in the Catholic Church this year, and it’s very likely they will stay there in the new year.
Toronto parish steps up for Panama World Youth Day pilgrims
Alicia Escobar was 10 years old when Pope St. John Paul II came to Toronto in 2002 for World Youth Day. She was too young to participate but remembers the excitement, and now she’s looking forward to experiencing that for herself.
Despite declining health, Pope John Paul II made good on his promise on July 23, 1984 by stepping off a plane in Toronto to attend World Youth Day celebrations. The Register covered every angle of the massive event, including the Pope’s arrival at Pearson airport, as Christl Dabu reported in the paper’s special World Youth Day 2002 edition:
Editorial: Listen to youth
Canadians get jump on World Youth Day preparation
World Youth Day is still 11 months away, but Canadians have already had a taste of what to expect on the pilgrimage to Panama.
VATICAN CITY – Preparations for World Youth Day 2018 and the dangers of gender theory on marriage and the family were among the major themes that bishops from Panama discussed with Pope Francis.
PANAMA CITY – A logo depicting symbols for Mary, Panama and the Panama Canal was selected as the winning design to promote World Youth Day 2019.
VATICAN CITY – Young men and women can live a true experience of the church by joining together and reconnecting with the past, Pope Francis told Catholic young people.
New national coordinator hopes to build on energy of WYD
World Youth Day is not an isolated event, said newly appointed WYD national coordinator Isabel Correa. Rather, the international event is one opportunity among many for the Church to celebrate with young people.