EXPERIENCING THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE CHURCH: The Novena Church contingent from Singapore with young people from Argentina at World Youth Day 2019 in Panama. The contingent, led by Redemptorist Father Francis Vijayan, were in Panama from Jan 19-29 to share their faith with thousands of other pilgrims. […]
Jared NgAs World Youth Day (WYD) Panama approaches in January, many young people are eagerly waiting to discover for themselves the characteristic values of youth and the richness of the Catholic faith.Furthermore, what is unique to this worldwide gathering of young people every three years is the exchange of cultures.This is what one Singaporean will [...]
Members of the Neocatechumenal Way from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand pose for a photo at Tor Vergata, Rome.By Andrew J. Wong About 160 members of the Neocatechumenal Way from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand were in Rome to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movement with Pope Francis.The Neocatechumenal Way guides Catholics in an itinerary of [...]
Reflections from the Office for Young People, which led a group to WYD accompanied by Archbishop Goh and local priests Praying the Divine Office in the field with Archbishop William Goh (right).The Office for Young People (OYP) contingent for World Youth Day (WYD) was the official contingent of the Singapore archdiocese led by OYP chaplains Fr Jude [...]
This summer, almost 350 Singaporeans will be attending the international World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow, Poland. The week-long event, organised by the Catholic Church, will be held from the 25th to the 31st of July. Held every three years (WYD is held every year in Rome, but every third year it is held overseas) and hosted [...]
SINGAPORE – About 130 soon-to-be pilgrims to World Youth Day 2008 attended the first of three preparatory sessions for the event in Sydney in July. The preparatory session held at the Catholic Archdiocesan Youth Centre (CAYC) on Friday Mar 7 began with a video screening produced by the Archdiocese of Sydney. It was followed by [...]
SINGAPORE – The Singapore contingent going for WYD2008 is the largest ever to represent Singapore at a WYD event. Archbishop Nicholas Chia will commission the pilgrims and send them forth on Jun 21 at the Catholic Archdiocesan Youth Centre. - By Edwyn de Souza
Pope John Paul II envisioned World Youth Day (WYD) as a gathering of young Catholics from around the world to celebrate their faith and as a means for the church to speak and listen to them. Despite the extensive coverage about WYDs, nothing compares to a personal experience of joining with the hundreds of thousands [...]