I think I’m getting old, as I wasn’t up for the all-night party some of the people around me were determined to enjoy. Although it certainly was not the best night’s sleep I’ve ever had (apart from the constant singing and dancing, the temperatures dropped to a chilly 8oC), there was chance for forty winks [...]
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July 23, 2008
WYD: All over…? Not yet!
Sunday saw the culmination of our time in Sydney, with the actual “World Youth Day” – 400,000 pilgrims gathered together at a transformed racecourse for the closing Mass with Pope Benedict. This was the biggest gathering of one people at any one time in modern Australian history, with another 100,000 locals joining the 300,000 pilgrims [...]
July 21, 2008
WYD: Acceptance, friendship and love
The hospitality and good-natured tolerance we experienced was not just from volunteers or families – office workers in central Sydney were also swept up into the atmosphere of the event. Many seemed not too put out by the fact that thousands of chanting and cheering people were processing past their offices, or that they couldn’t [...]
July 21, 2008
WYD: The kindness of strangers
The lovely lunch volunteers in Bondi One of the elements of this WYD which has really been overwhelming is the hospitality and welcome from everyone we’ve met. When speaking to pilgirms from England and Wales about their experiences, they’ve all, without a doubt said what an amazing time they had in the “Days in the [...]
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