20 JULY 2023
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Edition #442
ARCHBISHOP COSTELLOE COMMISSIONS PERTH AND BUNBURY WORLD YOUTH DAY PILGRIMS
The Perth and Bunbury pilgrims at the World Youth Day OIive Tree at St Mary’s Cathedral with Archbishop Costelloe, Sunday 9 July. PHOTO: SAMUEL CHAN/CYM/ARCHIOCESE OF PERTH..
By Jamie O'Brien
Perth and Bunbury World Youth Day pilgrims have last weekend been invited to consider the same question Jesus asks a blind man, “What do you want me to do for you?” Speaking at the WYD Commissioning Mass, Sunday 9 July, at St Mary’s Cathedral, Per th Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB blessed and commissioned more than 200 delegates from Perth and Bunbury who are travelling to World Youth in Portugal, which commences Wednesday 2 August and concludes Sunday 6 August at a Closing Mass with Pope Francis. The pilgrims are set to depart next Saturday 29 July, with a significant
number having already taken off for pilgrimages in Israel, Spain and Rome. World Youth Day 2023 will be the first in more than three years following the impact of COVID19 cancelled the event originally scheduled for 2022. Among the delegates from Perth and Bunbury are some 48 from Catholic Youth Ministry, 15 from Catholic Education Western Australia, more than 30 from the University of Notre Dame Australia, some 100 from the Neocatechumenal Way, more than 25 from the Disciples of Jesus, approximately 10 from the Somascan Youth Ministry, as well as well several more from numerous parishes and schools. Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton will also travel to Portugal for the
Mass, joining 17 fellow Bishops from across Australia. Joining Archbishop Costelloe to concelebrate the Mass was Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Peter Whitely VG , Episcopal Vicar Education and Faith Formation, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn, Redemptoris Mater Seminary Rector, Fr Michael Moore SM, Vice Rector, Fr Luis Tijerino, Spiritual Director For Noe Navarette-Apaez, CYM Chaplain, Fr Joseph Laundy and assisted by Deacons Errol Lobo and Jason Yeap. The Perth and Bunbury pilgrims are part of a 3000 strong contingent from Australia - the largest to ever attend an international World Youth Day. Full Text available at
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