Amizade, the World Youth Day send-off event for Vancouver pilgrims took place on June 23 at Our Lady of Fatima Portuguese parish in Vancouver. This date marked the one month start to WYD in Rio de Janeiro. Approximately 150 attended the full day program which consisted of a Q & A session by Brazilian native and pastor of OLF, Fr. Leonardo Rocha, CS, community building activities, a pilgrim walk to St. Joseph parish, Mass, a blessing by Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB and a Brazilian themed dinner and dance to end the evening. It was a wonderful gathering to send our pilgrims on their way to WYD Rio 2013. Our prayers are with you!
A big thank you to all the WYD Groups, Our Lady of Fatima Portuguese parish, St. Joseph parish, Fr. Leonardo, Archbishop Michael, DJ PokeYouInDaEye, Os Gringos, Samba Fusion and especially our Commission for Young Adult Ministry WYD Co-chairs Daniela Gimenez and Elizabeth Ingram for coordinating this event.
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By Gerard Garcia
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
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