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It seems that there were as many “stations” from which the “Stations of the Cross” at WYD could be viewed as there were viewers – and that the most popular location was at home on the telly. Admittedly, I think … Continue reading →

It is with great sadness that we read that Cooees From the Cloister is closing its doors after a long run of good humoured insider reporting. Future generations of Church Historians will ask themselves “Who were those masked men (and … Continue reading →

Joshua at Psallite Sapienter is currently as sick as I am, but he isn’t that sick that he has lost his sense of humour. All WYD returning pilgrims will appreciate the humour of this spoof which he wrote on the … Continue reading →

Today, checking my home email for the first time in three weeks, I found an email sent a fortnight ago from the WYD ticketing office on behalf of the WYD Coordinator himself offering us VIP seating to all the major … Continue reading →

Just for a chuckle… I was downloading Vatican Radio Podcasts to listen to in bed, and found this headline: Pope Benedict Meets President RuddBy webteam@vaticanradio.org on News(17 July 08 – RV) Earlier today Pope Benedict XVI praised the Australian government … Continue reading →

As you may have gathered from the very limited amount of blogging going on here, I am not in the best of health. I caught the flu on the Friday before WYD, and it is now in its advanced stages. … Continue reading →

We’ve just waved the Holy Father’s plane goodbye from the window of our Homestay in Vaucluse, and it will soon be our turn to bid farewell to Sydney and return home from our pilgrimage. More details later, but just to … Continue reading →

So we have arrived in Sydney and are happily billetted in a bayside home in Vaucluse. We stopped in Goulbourn for lunch yesterday, and three bus loads of Neocats were there too. Very lively singing, and Cathy was “evangelised”! We … Continue reading →

My family and I are on our way to World Youth Day (in Gundegai this morning). But here are the photos of the Interfaith Youth Pilgrimage (Photography by Sam Okun of Progressive Photography) which I organised on Sunday at Federation … Continue reading →

A small taste of what World Youth Day will be like last night at the Telstra Dome here in Melbourne. Pics and videos follow: Priests join in the Mexican Wave… There were some clevel laser light shows… There were about … Continue reading →