The WYD Week
The WYD 2011 week will be held 16th - 21st August.
The information below includes the basic outline of the week. It is important to remember that this might change, and that there are many other activities that might take place during the WYD week also.
Please click on any event below to find out more about what is involved in that event.
Tuesday 16th August
7.00pm: World Youth Day Opening Mass
9.00pm: Youth Festival
9.00am: Catechesis Session
9.00pm: Youth Festival
Thursday 18th August
9.00am: Catechesis Session
5.00pm: Arrival of the Pope
9.00pm: Youth Festival
Friday 19th August
9.00am: Catechesis Session
5.00pm: Youth Festival
9.00pm: Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis)
Saturday 20th August
Morning: Pilgrimage Walk to Cuatro Vientos (site for the Final Mass)
8.00pm: Vigil with the Pope
Sleep Out under the stars at Cuatro Vientos (Four Winds Airport)
Sunday 21st August (World Youth Day)
9.00am: Final World Youth Day Mass