This page provides information about the upcoming archdiocesan pilgimage of youth and adults to World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany, this August. During the summer months leading up to the big event, there will be pictures, basic information, a schedule and other news posted on this page.
When the pilgimage actually takes place, from Aug.10 to Aug. 22, our main Wolrd Youth Day page (click here) will be continously updated with the latest pictures, stories and other items pertaining to those on the archdiocesan pilgrimage. Check back regularly in that time period to see what the 170 youth and adults--led by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein--are seeing and doing each day.
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From Aug. 10-22, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein will lead a group of about 170 youth and adult chaperones, including four archdiocesan priests, on a pilgrimage to Cologne, Germany, to celebrate the 20th World Youth Day with Pope Benedict XVI.
The group will first travel to Assisi and Rome, where they will visit the tomb of Pope John Paul II. The pilgrimage will continue by train through Italy and France, and before the group reaches Cologne they will travel by boat up the Rhine River.
Once in Cologne the youth and adults will take part in various World Youth Day events, such as catechetical sessions and the Way of the Cross.
The celebration will reach its zenith with a papal Mass on the morning of Aug. 21 in a large field outside of Cologne. That event will be preceded by a special prayer vigil on the evening of Aug. 20 in the same field.
For a more detailed itinerary, see below.
To view the full schedule for the 2005 archdiocesan pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, click here.
Click on any of the thumbnail photos below to be taken to a page with various international photographs of the preparation for the 20th World Youth Day.
A group of about 110 youth and adults gathered at Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish in Greenwood on May 21 to discuss what kind of preparation -- both spiritual and material -- will be needed for their pilgrimage to Cologne for World Youth Day in August.
To read the news story about this event, click here
To see pictures from the event, click here
The official World Youth Day site: www.wjt2005.de (for English translation, click here)
The USCCB Word Youth Day home page: www.wydusa.org
The Vatican's World Youth Day page: www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html
Last updated on
06/27/2005 11:47 AM