World Youth Day 2005

World Youth Day 2005

In August of 2004 a group of teens from our Diocese had the privilage of attending World Youth day in Cologne Germany.  We spent several days with host families in the Netherlands, learning lots of Dutch and eating lots of Hagelslag. Then we travelled to Dusseldorf and Cologne, Germany to join 800,000 worldwide Catholics in long lines, crowded trains, and crazy food-hunts, but we learned lots of national chants and can all easily identify Italians when we see one - they were everywhere! The pilgrimage to Marienfeld, where the vigil and Papal Mass were held, was truly an experience nobody will forget. And seeing and listening to our Holy Father inspire us to love Christ more made every suffering worthwhile. So, thanks for the prayers, and now surf around to find all the gems we did like the magi, you must search to find the Christ-child!

Pictures Galleries
Adventures of Brigid, the WYD Mascot
WYD Day of Recollection
Days in the Diocese of Roermond
The Pilgrimage to Marienfeld

Addresses by our Holy Father
A Sign of the Church's Vitality - upon arriving in Germany
Let Yourselves Be Surprised by Christ - from the Rhine River
We Become Aware of the Legacy of Values Handed Down to Us
If You Abide in Christ, You Will Bear Much Fruit - homily to seminarians
Only From God Does True Revolution Come - Marienfeld vigil
Let Us Go Forward with Christ - homily from closing Mass
Bring to All the Joy of Christ That You Have Found Here - Angelus

In the News - OYM at WYD
Local Catholic teens spiriting toward World Youth Day celebration
World Youth Day 2005 at Cologne - message by Archbishop Burke
St. Louis teens join WYD gathering
St. Louisans experience universal Church at World Youth Day
Two local seminarians meet Pope Benedict XVI in Germany
World Youth Day 2005 - message by Archbishop Burke