World Youth Day
The World Youth Day (abbreviation WYD or WYD for English. World youth day ) is organized by the Roman Catholic Church . The meeting for all youth and young adults between 14 and 30 years of age from all over the world is organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity (part of the Curia ) and the host country. The meetings have their origins in an initiative of Pope John Paul II , who invited to Rome in 1984 for the “International Youth Jubilee” .
history
The event, initially planned as a one-off event, sparked such enthusiasm that Pope John Paul II took the United Nations' “Year of Youth” in 1985 as an opportunity to make World Youth Day a permanent fixture. Since then, it has taken place every year: every 2 to 3 years as an international World Youth Day, in the intervening years as regional World Youth Days in the individual dioceses . One of the co-founders is the then President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes , who prepared the meetings on Palm Sunday in 1984 and 1985. In the Holy Year 1975 there was already a youth meeting with Pope Paul VI on Palm Sunday . took place, but was celebrated by less than 20,000 participants.
Before each World Youth Day, the Pope publishes a message to young people in which he interprets the motto, among other things. For example, the motto of World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne was “Venimus adorare eum ( Mt 2.2 EU )” ( We have come to worship HIM ). Before each “big” World Youth Day, the World Youth Day Cross travels through the neighboring countries and the country where the youth meeting takes place. Since 2003, at the request of Pope John Paul II, the icon of Mary with the motif “Salus Populi Romani” from the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome has accompanied the cross.
Procedure and content
Every international World Youth Day is preceded by days of encounter . These days take place throughout the host country and offer the young people who are traveling to them an insight into everyday life and the culture of the host country.
After the days of the meeting, all pilgrims travel to the city where the actual World Youth Day takes place. The week-long event begins on Mondays with one or more opening services. On the following days, catecheses , church services , concerts , discussions, workshops , musicals and many other religious and cultural events are offered. These should correspond to the questions and concerns of young people and their content is geared towards the motto of World Youth Day.
The next central event is the greeting of the Pope on Thursday. On Friday there will be a Way of the Cross under the direction of the Pope through the city. For the evening prayer on Saturday evening for the night prayer vigil, known as the vigil , and for the closing mass on Sunday, the participants meet at a central place where they also spend the night. The closing service will be celebrated by the Pope, who will also announce the location of the next international World Youth Day.
International World Youth Days
So far there have been fifteen International World Youth Days. The first took place in Rome in 1986. It is referred to as the first international World Youth Day because the World Youth Day meetings in 1984 and 1985 took place in the context of other major events (for the "Holy Year of Redemption" and the "Year of Youth" of the UN). The official count includes the diocesan World Youth Days (which take place in Rome on Palm Sunday), so counts the consecutive years since 1986. The Youth Days of 1984 and 2000 took place in Rome in Holy Years . With the two precursors and the two official World Youth Days of 1986 and 2000, most of the World Youth Days so far have taken place in Rome. The closing service of World Youth Day 1995 in Manila is one of the largest gatherings in human history with over 4 million participants.
| Surname | place | country | date | Attendees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome 1984 1 | Rome |
 Italy and Vatican
|
April 15, 1984 P | 0.35 million |
| Open the doors to the Savior | ||||
| Rome 1985 2 | Rome |
Italy and Vatican
|
March 31, 1985 P | 0.25-0.35 million |
| Christ is our peace | ||||
| I. World Youth Day | Rome |
Italy and Vatican
|
March 23, 1986 P | |
| Always be ready to answer anyone who asks about the hope that fills you. ( 1 Petr 3.15 EU ) | ||||
| II. World Youth Day | Buenos Aires |
 Argentina
|
11./12. April 1987 | 0.9–1.0 million |
| We have recognized the love that God has for us and accepted it with faith. ( 1 Jn 4,16 EU ) | ||||
| IV. World Youth Day | Santiago de Compostela |
 Spain
|
15-20 August 1989 | 0.4-0.6 million |
| I am the way, the truth and the life. ( Joh 14.6 EU ) | ||||
| VI. World Youth Day | Czestochowa |
 Poland
|
10-15 August 1991 | 1.5-1.8 million |
| You have received the Spirit that makes you children of God. ( Rom 8,15 EU ) | ||||
| VIII World Youth Day | Denver |
 United States
|
10-15 August 1993 | 0.5-1.0 million |
| I came so that they might have life and have it in abundance. ( Joh 10,10 EU ) | ||||
| X. World Youth Day | Manila |
 Philippines
|
10-15 January 1995 | 4–5 million |
| As the Father sent me, so I am sending you. ( Joh 20,21 EU ) | ||||
| XII. World Youth Day | Paris |
 France
|
19.-24. August 1997 | 1.1–1.2 million |
| Master where do you live Come and see! ( Joh 1,38-39 EU ) | ||||
| XV. World Youth Day | Rome |
Italy and Vatican
|
11-20 August 2000 | 2.0-2.5 million |
| And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. ( Joh 1,14 EU ) | ||||
| XVII. World Youth Day | Toronto |
 Canada
|
23-28 July 2002 | 0.4-0.8 million |
| You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. ( Mt 5,13-14 EU ) | ||||
| XX. World Youth Day | Cologne |
 Germany
|
11-21 August 2005 | 1.2 million |
| We have come to worship HIM. ( Mt 2.2 EU ) | ||||
| XXIII. World Youth Day | Sydney |
 Australia
|
10-20 July 2008 | 0.35-0.5 million |
| You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit who will come down on you; and you will be my witnesses. ( Acts 1,8 EU ) | ||||
| XXVI. World Youth Day | Madrid |
Spain
|
16.-21. August 2011 | 1.5-2.0 million |
| Rooted in him and founded on him, firm in the faith ( Col 2,7 EU ) | ||||
| XXVIII. World Youth Day | Rio de Janeiro |
 Brazil
|
22-28 July 2013 | 3.0-3.7 million |
| Go and make disciples of all nations ( Mt 28:19 EU ) | ||||
| XXXI. World Youth Day | Krakow |
Poland
|
26.-31. July 2016 | 3.5 million |
| Blessed are the merciful; because they will find mercy ( Mt 5,7 EU ) | ||||
| XXXIV. World Youth Day | Panama City |
 Panama
|
22-27 January 2019 | 0.7 million |
| Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; It will happen to me as you said ( Lk 1.38 EU ) | ||||
| XXXVII. World Youth Day | Lisbon |
 Portugal
|
2023 | |
| Maria got up and went quickly on the way. ( Lk 1.39 EU ) | ||||
See also
Web links
Wikinews: World Youth Day - in the news
- Link catalog on the topic of World Youth Day at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
- Vatican website on WYD
- kathisch.de : Current reports about the World Youth Day
References
- ↑ The information generally relates to the participants in the final fair and varies greatly depending on the source. Numbers up to 2016: Izabela Kraśnicka-Wilk: World Youth Day Krakow 2016 . Selected Research Results. Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Warsaw 2016, ISBN 978-83-7982-249-2 , p. 31f. (English, krakow.pl [PDF; accessed on January 27, 2019]).
- ↑ Panama / USA: World Youth Day 2019 already in January . ( archive.org [accessed January 21, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Sean-Patrick Lovett: Pope to Youth at WYD Mass: "You are the Now of God". Vatican News, January 27, 2019, accessed January 27, 2019 .
- ↑ World Youth Day postponed to 2023. In: ORF.at . April 20, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 .