World Youth Day USA Guides Retreat Manual

World Youth Day USA Retreat Manual The document, World Youth Day USA Retreat Manual: Meeting Jesus on the Road to World Youth Day 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 New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved. No portion of this text may be reproduced by any means without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Excerpts from the English translation of Book of Blessings © 1988, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. (ICEL). All Rights Reserved. Excerpts from Pope Francis, “Homily for Easter Vigil,” March 30, 2013 © 2013 Liberia Editice Vaticana (LEV), Vatican City; Pope Francis, “Homily for the Mass for the Procession of the Chair of the Bishop of Rome,” April 7, 2013 © 2013, LEV; Pope Francis, “Address to the Lay Movements on the Vigil of Pentecost,” May 18, 2013 © 2013 LEV; Pope Francis, “Visit to the community of Varginha (Manguinhos),” July 25, 2013 © 2013, LEV; Pope Francis, “Meeting with young people from Argentina,” July 25, 2013 © 2013, LEV; Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium © 2013, LEV; Pope Francis, “Lenten Message of Our Holy Father Francis 2014,” December 26, 2013 © 2013, LEV; Pope Francis, “Message for the Twenty-Ninth World Youth Day 2014,” January 21, 2014 © 2014, LEV; Pope Francis, “Homily for the Closing Mass of the Sixth Asian Youth Day,” August 17, 2014 © 2014 LEV; Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus © 2015, LEV; Pope Francis, “Message of the Holy Father for the Thirty-First World Youth Day 2016,” August 15, 2015 © 2015. Used with permission. All rights reserved. World Youth Day Official Prayer: WYD Kraków 2016 © 2015 Local Organizing Committee WYD Kraków 2016 World Youth Day Prayer for the United States © 2015 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2015, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright holder. 3

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