World Youth Day 1997
The XII. World Youth Day was a Catholic youth gathering that took place in Paris from August 19 to 24, 1997 . 1.1 million young people took part. The motto of the meeting was:
“Master, where do you live? Come and see! ”( Jn 1,38-39 EU ).
The final fair took place at the Longchamp racecourse .
The hymn of this meeting was “Maitre et seigneur, venu chez vous”.
For the first time, the days in the dioceses, which have now become customary, took place at a World Youth Day. The participants spend a few days with a family in a diocese of the host country before they go to the diocese of the hosting World Youth Day to celebrate their faith together. In addition, a Way of the Cross was carried out for the first time .
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- ↑ World Youth Day overview ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '31.5 " N , 2 ° 13' 58" E