Last updated 08/28/2008 5:02 PM

World Youth Day 2008

Sydney, Australia

Welcome to the blog of the official pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. 90 youth and chaperones will take part in the trip from July 9-24, 2008 and will stop in Brisbane and Sydney, as well as celebrate Mass with Pope Benedict XVI on July 20.

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Blog Posts

All posts are in order from newest to oldest and dated in Indiana time

Photo Disc

DVDOur reporter, Katie Berger, took a lot of photos during the pilgrimage and we've made either a CD or DVD of those photos available for purchase from The Criterion.

Both cost $5, and I would recommend that anyone who has a computer with a DVD drive purchase the DVD, which has enough memory to store all of the photos. We've made the CD version available only for those people who cannot read DVDs on their computer.

Here's what you get with either:

  • DVD Photo Disc
    • All of Katie's photos (at full-size)
    • A collection of the best photos (at full size)
    • A Word file and PDF containing the text of all Katie's blog posts
    • Criterion newspaper coverage of World Youth Day
    • PDFs version of the pilgrimage itinerary, WYD background information and final statistics
  • CD Photo Disc
    • A collection of the best photos (at full size)
    • A Word file and PDF containing the text of all Katie's blog posts
    • Criterion newspaper coverage of World Youth Day
    • PDFs version of the pilgrimage itinerary, WYD background information and final statistics

Final note for those who aren't tech-savvy: the photo DVD is NOT intended to be played on the DVD player connected to your television, nor can the CD be played in a car or other stereo system. Both discs are far computer use.

 

Purchase the CD at our Criterion Press, Inc. Online Store

 

Posted by Brandon A. Evans at 11:34 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2008

  

More posts: All pre-trip posts | July 9-14 posts | July 15-20 posts | July 21-24 posts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our bloggers

Katie Berger

Katie BergerI was a youth minister in the archdiocese for three years, graduated from St. Meinrad School of Theology last year and now reside in Pueblo, Colorado. I'm going to be sending back photos and updates "live" from our archdiocesan pilgrimage to Australia.

I've done the blog for three Archdiocesan Hurricane Relief trips to Biloxi, Miss. and New Orleans. This is my second trip to World Youth Day, having attended World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany.

More information here

 

 

Brandon A. Evans

Brandon A. EvansI currently serve the Archdiocese of Indianapolis as its website manager, and also serve as the online editor of The Criterion.

I'll be doing most of the posting to this blog during the run-up to World Youth Day, and during the weeklong event I will be helping Katie post all the pictures and updates that she'll be sending back to the states.

More information here

 

Vatican News

Older Posts

WYD Links

Emergency Phone Number

If you have an emergency and need to reach our pilgrims while they are in Australia, call 0447295474.

Itinerary

More information here

 

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