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World Youth Day USA International Pilgrimage Leaders Guide
The document, World Youth Day USA International Pilgrimage Leaders Guide was developed as a resource by the Secretariat of
Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
The Secretariat wishes to acknowledge the following individuals who contributed to and provided editorial assistance this and
complementary World Youth Day resources:
Armando Cervantes
Very Rev. Frank S. Donio, S.A.C.
Becky Eldredge
Robert Feduccia
Michelle Fischer
Kathy Goller
Lisa Gomes

Michael Hayes
David Heimann
Michal Horace
Beth Knobbe
Jonathan Lewis
Laura Lopez
Charlotte McCorquodale

Amy S. McEntee
Ela Milewska
Mark Moitoza
Marilyn Santos
Rosemary Sullivan
Doug Tooke
Darius Villalobos

The Secretariat is also grateful for the collaboration on and review of these resources by the Secretariats of Catholic Education;
Child and Youth Protection; Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations; Communications; Cultural Diversity in the Church; Divine
Worship; Doctrine; Evangelization and Catechesis; and Justice, Peace, and Human Development.
Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the
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Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
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“Message of the Holy Father on the Occasion of the Seventeenth World Youth Day,” July 25, 2001© 2001 LEV; Pope Benedict
XVI, Deus Caritas Est © 2005 LEV; Pope Benedict XVI, “Meeting with Volunteers of the Twenty-Sixth World Youth Day,”
August 21, 2011 © 2011, LEV; Pope Benedict XVI, “Message of the Holy Father on the Occasion of the Twenty-Seventh World
Youth Day,” March 12, 2012 © 2012 LEV; Pope Francis, “Degree of the Apostolic Penitentiary according to which Special
Indulgences are grated to the faithful on the occasion of the 28th World Youth Day,” June 24, 2013 © 2013 LEV; Pope Francis,
“Meeting with young people from Argentina,” July 25, 2013 © 2013, LEV; Pope Francis, “Homily for the Closing Mass on the
Occasion of the Twenty-Eighth World Youth Day,” July 28, 2013 © 2013, LEV; Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium © 2013,
LEV; Pope Francis, “General Audience,” September 10, 2014 © 2014, LEV; Pope Francis, “Message for the Thirtieth World
Youth Day 2015,” January 31, 2015 © 2015, LEV; Pope Francis, “Message for the Thirty-First World Youth Day 2016,”
August 15, 2015 © 2015, LEV. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
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