Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth

The Diocese of Portsmouth covers Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Isles and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire

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World Youth Day News

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World Youth Day

In 1985, to celebrate the UN International Year of Youth, Pope John Paul II came up with an idea of a regular international gathering of young people that would embrace, foster and celebrate their faith. The first World Youth day (WYD) took place on Palm Sunday in Rome and has been celebrated every year since.
Every two or three years there is an international gathering and it is these events that have captured the imagination - In Manila (1995) over 4 million people attended the WYD Mass!
WYD offers young Catholics across the world a chance to connect with each other and with God. It is an opportunity to share faith and to realise how huge and diverse the Church is. It is an ideal time to journey with Christ and to renew the Church.

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God our Father, we place the preparation for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, in your hands.
Bless and protect Pope Benedict and all the pastors of the Church.
Enlighten and strengthen all those preparing for World Youth Day.
Grant them wisdom and strength to carry out their work.
Help us all to prepare deeply for this pilgrimage of faith.
Amen
 
Lord Jesus Christ, before your ascension, you promised to be with your Church until the end of time.
Bless and multiply the efforts of everyone working towards World Youth Day.
Make us, the young people of the world, your co-workers in the work of redemption, so that we may take root and build in Christ, Amen
 
Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life, pour out your grace upon the lands of Spain.
Open the hearts of the Spanish people to the receive all young people who will come to World Youth Day.
Grant to those who attend, a conversion in their lives.
Make them strong in faith, hope and charity.
Amen.
 
Mary, Immaculate Mother, patroness of Spain, pray for us.
 


 
 
 
 

A Portsmouth Pilgrimage

An invitation to join Bishop Crispian in attending World Youth Day in Madrid 2011.

“I hope to be in Madrid and that we'll have another great

contingent of young people from the diocese."

+ Crispian

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Days in the Diocese 

One of the key parts of the World Youth Day experience is Days in the Diocese. Dioceses of Spain will welcome the youth of the world

Days in the Diocese allows visiting pilgrims to:

   - join local communities in hospitality, prayer, celebration and cultural exchange

   - experience Spanish culture

   - help renew the Church they visit

   - engage in social service projects

   - visit local shrines and sites of interest

We are looking to go to the Diocese of San Sebastian.

 

 

The Bishop of San Sebastian is José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre and the Cathedral is Catedral de El Buen Pastor (Cathedral of the Good Shepherd).

 

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San Sebastian is in the north of Spain in the Basque region. It is on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and is a seaside resort. Donostia is the Basque name for the city! The city has a number of beaches and is well known for its pinxtos or tapas.