World Youth Day 2019 USA Leader Guides Stateside Leader Guide | Page 45

Stateside Model #4 (two-day overnight program)
This stateside celebration is two-day program with an overnight option, which would ideally be
situated on the Saturday and Sunday of the World Youth Day week.
SATURDAY
9:00 am
Registration
3:30 pm
Free Time
o Options can include: sports and games;
10:00 am
Welcome & Opening Prayer
swimming; other outdoor activities based
on site availability; time for prayer,
11:00 am Mass with the Bishop
12:15 pm Lunch
reading, and/or private reflection
5:30 pm
Dinner
o A concert or praise music can also be
1:15 pm
Plenary Session
offered during the dinner break, allowing
o Begin with prayer and music
participants to listen while they eat
o Keynote presentation by main speaker
7:00 pm
2:15 pm
Break
Plenary Session
o Begin with prayer and music
o Keynote presentation by main speaker
2:30 pm
Catechetical Session, Round A
o Workshops offered by local presenters;
8:30 pm
sixty minutes each
o Eucharistic adoration in the plenary space
o Round A Theme: “GO” – with
o The Sacrament of Reconciliation may be
workshops on sub-themes including:
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offered during this time
Understanding how the mission of
Jesus relates to Christian vocation 10:30 pm
Understanding how Jesus transforms o The chapel will also be open all evening
Social
(10:30 am – 7:00 am) for quiet prayer
us through sacraments and prayer
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Adoration and Reconciliation
o Set curfew (i.e. midnight) when social
How evangelization and proclamation
activities should be finished
requires courage and resourcefulness
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