WYD 2002

World Youth Day 2002

WYD Expo

Upcoming Events

Schedule of Events

"Thank God for the World Youth Days! Thanks be to God for all the young people who have been involved in them in the past sixteen years! Many of them are now adults who continue to live their faith in their homes and work places. I am sure, dear friends, that you too will be as good as those who preceded you. You will carry the proclamation of Christ into the new millennium."

From the Homily of Pope John Paul II at the Closing Mass of World Youth Day 2000 August 20, 2000

Schedule of events

Thursday, July 18 - Sunday, July 21

· Participants arrive in cities across Canada to stay with families and experience life in local Catholic churches and take part in social service projects

Monday, July 22

· Participants arrive in Toronto area

Tuesday, July 23

· Opening Mass of Welcome presided by His Eminence Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic, Archbishop of Toronto

Wednesday, July 24 - Friday, July 26

· During the mornings, there will be sessions on the Catholic faith as well as the sacraments of Holy Eucharist and Confession. The afternoons will consist of a selection of entertainment, spiritual and social service activities

Friday, July 26

· In addition to the regular schedule for these days, Way of the Cross ceremonies will be held in the evening. Half the participants will join in a large-scale ceremony and the others will attend small-scale ceremonies in local Churches

Saturday, July 27

· Walking pilgrimage to Downsview Park and then an evening vigil with the Pope

Sunday, July 28

· Sunday: Papal Mass to conclude WYD