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Stateside Model #3 (morning to evening program)
This stateside celebration is a twelve-hour program ideally situated on the Saturday of the WYD
week. The program begins in one location and then pilgrims journey to another for the event.
10:00 am
Registration
on the peripheries; hope for the future;
youth and young adults; or pilgrimage
11:00 am
Opening Remarks/Prayer
o Welcome those who are walking
2:30 pm Break
3:00 pm Breakout Sessions
o Give basic instructions on the schedule
and walking route
o Introduce concept of pilgrimage, and the
o Catechetical and/or prayer focus
value of making a journey to another place o Participants choose three (3) sessions of
o Begin with an opening prayer service, with 45 minutes each, with 15 minute breaks
music and Scripture (related to pilgrimage)
in between each session:
o Close with a blessing of pilgrims
11:30 am
Session 1: 3:00 to 3:45 p.m.
Session 2: 4:00 to 4:45 p.m.
Walking Pilgrimage
Session 3: 5:00 to 5:45 p.m.
o Depart for the site of the central activities
o The departure and arrival sites can be 60
6:00 pm
to 90 minutes apart by foot (if you wish to
o A large festival/fair featuring
make it longer, consider beginning an
representatives from colleges and
hour earlier with the registration/opening)
universities with ministry and theology
o Upon arrival, allow for a 30-minute break
1:30 pm
Ministry Fair/Festival/Dinner
undergraduate degree programs; various
ministries; apostolic movements and
Opening Plenary Session
organizations; family life and vocation
o Begin with prayer and welcome, especially
offices; local religious institutes; and
for those unable to make the walk
collaborating organizations
o Keynote presentation
o Representatives will be available to talk
o Possible focus areas for keynote: Having
with participants throughout the evening
faith like Mary; vocational discernment;
o Light dinner available to participants
the experience of the Church’s Global
o Pilgrims are invited to mingle with each
South; solidarity with those in poverty and
other and visit the festival area
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