WYD: Social networking site offers pilgrimage experience for those at home

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Alicia Ambrosio

Does your schedule this August have you in class? Or working and unable to get time off to go anywhere? Many would-be World Youth Day pilgrims have this problem. [singlepic id=43 w=320 float=right]The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has tried to solve this problem with their website virtualworldyouthday.org. In the approximately 34 days left […]

Madrid: Detour to a “Beautiful Place”

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Alicia Ambrosio

Working at World Youth Day has been an eye-opening experience both in terms of experiencing a new culture, but also being exposed to the richness of the universality of our Church through the different movements that are represented in the WYD organization. Some are new realities, some are just new to me like the Schoenstatt […]

Madrid: A Chapel in the sky

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Alicia Ambrosio

It was 9pm on a Wednesday evening when I finally arrived in Madrid. Superficially most cosmopolitan cities in developed nations look similar: a main thoroughfare leading into and out of the city, some tall building, billboards, neon signs on top of buildings and the like. What struck me about Madrid’s skyline were two things. First […]

Madrid: Helping visually impaired pilgrims get the full WYD experience

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Alicia Ambrosio

MADRID – Out of the nearly two million pilgrims expected to attend World Youth Day in Madrid in August, about five thousand of those pilgrims will have some sort of disability. The WYD organization has partnered with a Spanish organization to make sure those pilgrims will be able to get the full WYD experience just […]

Pope Benedict’s travels take shape for 2011

Monday, November 29, 2010

Matthew Harrison

Pope Benedict XVI’s travel schedule for 2011 is quickly getting booked up after two Apostolic Journeys were announced within seven days. The Holy Father’s participation in World Youth Day Madrid, in August, had been expected for sometime. In fact back in July he became the first pilgrim to register. It was also announced some weeks […]