Tuesday, March 25, 2008

World Youth Day Cross at St Mary's Cathedral

On Easter Sunday, we heard mass at St Mary's Cathedral. The WYD Cross was up in front near the altar. It's amazing that this cross has actually travelled across the globe so many times over, all in celebration of the Catholic Faith and that which unites Youth (and the once Youth) groups without discrimination from all over the world.

I remember my first (and only so far) World Youth Day in Manila in 1995. It was such a great experience. Well aside from not having classes for a few days to a week this was memorable since I actually participated in the activities. Back then I was active in my youth group and WYD was one of the events that I've led them. I was busy chasing the teenagers I was mentoring making sure they were all right, and attending the talks and all that. Imagine that was more than 10 years ago. I feel old. Were you at the WYD Tent city in Intramuros too?? Fun 'no?

Now that World Youth Day 08 will be held in Sydney, I don't think I will be able to participate. I was meant to volunteer though, together with my other friends, but we realised it required serious dedication and demanded a lot of our time. We couldn't do it coz we had fulltime jobs.

I will be in Sydney in July 08, and I'm sure I will witness thousands of youth from all over gather in the city. I would love to be part of this again, but for now I will have to appreciate just being in the city that will host this year's WYD. Where will you be this July?

3 comments:

RennyBA said...

Very nice post and interesting to see how traditions is alike but also various from around the world.

Speaking about that: Thanks for your visit and nice comments on my Spring Equinox post where you see the Easter Egg.
Now I've just posted about our Easter Bunny Eggs hunt in the Norwegian forest and I thought you might like to freshen up your memories again.

RennyBA's Terella

maryt/theteach said...

Coriander, sorry it took me so long to respond to your comment. Sounds like a wonderful celebration World Youth Day! Hope you had a good Easter!

Coriander Dreams said...

Hi Rennyba and The Teach :)

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheers
Marie

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