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Stateside Model #7 (evening program)
This stateside celebration is an evening program that allows stateside pilgrims to watch video
footage from that day’s events at WYD in Panamá, and brings them together for fellowship, prayer,
and catechesis. This can be held any night of the WYD week.
6:00 pm
Welcome & Registration
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o Refreshments and socialization
6:30 pm
Solidarity (with the poor, refugees,
immigrants, marginalized, etc.)
Pilgrim Catechesis
7:30 pm
o This catechesis can be led by a pastoral
WYD Panamá Video
o Show a moment from WYD Panamá, or a
leader (bishop, priest, deacon, religious,
compilation of several WYD events
lay leader); it can also be a witness from
o Pre-recorded video on large screen in
WYD alumni or young people.
indoor hall or gathering space
o If the number of participants is high, o If the video includes footage of a liturgical
consider having multiple catechetical event such as a Mass, emphasize a spirit of
sessions (and have the participants choose reverence and respect
the session that speaks to them)
o Possible catechetical sessions can include:
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8:30 pm
WYD 2019 theme (“I am the servant
o Have a prayer service by candlelight,
of the Lord. May it be done to me recreating the vigil with the Pope on the
according to your word” [Luke 1:38].) Saturday evening of the WYD events in
Pilgrimage, Encounter, and Panamá
o If time and space allow, consider
Celebration
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Candlelight Vigil Prayer
beginning with a pilgrimage walk
Young people and their role in the
Church and the world
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The Life and Legacy of Saint John 9:30 pm
Paul II o If time allows, late evening options can
also include: rosary, coffeehouse, music,
The Cross (connecting to the WYD
praise and worship, Adoration of the
Cross and the Via Crucis)
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Closing and Dismissal
Blessed Sacrament, or watching more
Vocation (what does it mean to
video feed from Panamá, or socializing
respond to God’s call?)
o Close by 11:00 p.m. with night prayer
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