World youth Day (WYD) is an international gathering of young people from all over the world.  Young people from every corner of the earth make a pilgrimage to the World Youth Day celebration.  In 2011 the destination of the World Youth Day Pilgrimage is Madrid, Spain.  A pilgrimage is both a physical and a spiritual journey through which pilgrims encounter the compassion and the love of God.  World Youth Day gives young people the opportunity to rediscover their baptismal calling and to embrace a deeper understanding of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.  The power of this gathering brings young people face to face with a new apostolic zeal and challenges them to witness more fully the Gospel in the Modern World.

Diocesan information

World Youth Day Registration Packet

World Youth Day Prayer

Download a PowerPoint for your World Youth Day recruitment meeting

Here is our blog from Sydney WYD 2008 as well as our diary site from Cologne WYD 2005.

International information

Official World Youth Day Site(Madrid)

Official World Youth Day Site(USCCB)