Attached is the brochures and enrollment forms for our two options that I am calling Option A and Option B.
Pilgrims who choose Option A will stay in a hotel in Madrid, while those who choose Option B will stay in "simple accommodations" provided by the WYD organizing committee.
I have also included enrollment forms for each of the options which include the legal stuff and payment schedule. These enrollment forms must be filled out and given with the deposit to Auntie Gene.
We are now sitting at just under a year for WYD Madrid!!!!
For all those interested we will be having a WYD Meeting this Saturday Morning.
The meeting will be mostly informational, with a bit of fundraiser brainstorming. If you are at all interested in attending World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain next summer please attend this meeting:
Saturday, August 21, 2010
10 am
7th Grade Classroom
The WYD organizing committee today unveiled the official logo for the twenty-sixth World Youth Day.
The cross, of course, emphasizes the centrality and supremacy of Jesus in our lives, in the Church, and in the World Youth Day celebrations.
The crown represents the crown of our La Virgen de la Almudena, the female patron saint of Madrid (San Isidro [St.Isadore] is the male patron saint). According to legend, when the Moors controlled Spain, the Catholics hid this statue of Our Lady within a "fold of a wall" ("almudaina" in Arabic) or in a nearby storage for grain ("almudit"). When Alphonse VI reconquered Madrid, the statue was miraculously discovered, and it is now venerated in Madrid's Cathedral. Supposedly, we are Mary's crown, for the youth of the world will gather with our Holy Father to stand with Mary at the foot of the Cross.
The red M that forms the left half the of the crown is for "Madrid" and "Maria".
According to the designer, Jose Gil-Nogués, "The [logo] has a spontaneous and strong stroke, as the youth of the twenty-first century. It's close, friendly, open, cheerful, casual and positive...The use of a palette of warm colors (red, orange and yellow) transmits an unmistakable warmth and heat, identity of a city like Madrid, Spain as a country. These colors are also a reflection of the warmth of God, 'Trinity of Love.'"
Here's a video of the press conference in Spanish.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 Depart from SFO AUGUST 10 Arrive in France. Pick-up at Toulouse Blagnac Airport and travel by bus to a hotel in Lourdes.
AUGUST 11 Guided tour of basilica and a private Mass at the grotto. Opportunity to bathe in the waters. If there's time, see where St. Bernadette lived. Candlelight procession at night.
AUGUST 12 Leave Lourdes and travel by bus to Barcelona. Tour of Sagrada Familia, the Barri Gotic (Gothic Quarter), the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, and the City History Museum. Check-in at hotel and free for rest of the day.
AUGUST 13 Travel by bus to the Benedictine Abby of Santa Maria de Montserrat. Return to hotel in Barcelona.
AUGUST 14 Mass in the morning, then free day in Barcelona. You can visit the Picasso Museum, shop at Las Ramblas, or sip sangria at a cafe in the Placa Reial.
AUGUST 15 Leave Barcelona and travel by bus to Madrid. Along the way, we will visit the famous Poblet Monastery and continue to Zaragoza's the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar. Check-in to hotel in Madrid and get our pilgrim packs. Rest of the day is free.
AUGUST 16 Tour of the Prado Museum in the morning and then Opening Mass in the evening.
AUGUST 17 Catechesis in the morning followed by the Youth Festival.
AUGUST 18 Catechesis in the morning. Welcoming of the Holy Father.
AUGUST 19 Catechesis in the morning. Via Crucis procession.
AUGUST 20 Vigil with the Holy Father.
AUGUST 21 Closing Mass.
AUGUST 22 Leave Madrid and depart by bus to Toledo. Guided city tour of Toledo. Continue to Sevilla. Check-in at hotel. Rest of the day is free.
AUGUST 23 Guided tour of the Cathedral, the Basilica of the Macarena, and the Alcazar. Free time for rest of the day. Last dinner together at a restaurant and see a flamenco show at Los Gallos.
AUGUST 24 Depart from the Sevilla Airport. Arrive at SFO.
