World Youth Day 2023

juli - august 2023

Pilgrimage trip to Portugal and Spain! Les mer

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- 28. jul. 2023, 21:45
- 🌙 15 °C
- Høyde: 20 m
- Australia State of Queensland Brisbane Brisbane Airport -27.403544, 153.11023327°24’13” S 153°6’37” E
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Departing Brisbane
28. juli 2023, Australia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Made it to our gate, see ya later Brisbane! We even found Bishop Michael in Duty Free!
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Reisende All the best, have a great time
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Have a great time [Louise H]
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Reisende Enjoy
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- 29. jul. 2023, 19:01
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Høyde: 1 114 m
- Spania Castilla y León Ávila Muralla de Ávila 40.659328, -4.69537540°39’34” N 4°41’43” W
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Welcome to Avila!
29. juli 2023, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After a very long journey, we made it to Spain! Tomorrow is our day in Avila, but we spent the afternoon exploring the city a little. Can you believe these photos were taken at 7:30pm?! Crazy!
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Reisende Great to see you are all there safe & sound. Love following your trip. Take care. XO
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Reisende Have a great time!
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- 30. jul. 2023, 09:44
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Høyde: 1 146 m
- Spania Castilla y León Ávila Walls of Ávila 40.656455, -4.70007840°39’23” N 4°42’0” W
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Avila Old City
30. juli 2023, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
This morning we met our guide and began a walking tour inside the city walls of Avila! The atmosphere here has changed very little since the days of St Teresa, to whom the city is dedicated. It was here that she entered the Carmelite convent and encountered many mystical experiences during her time.Les mer
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- 30. jul. 2023, 10:01
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 1 117 m
- Spania Castilla y León Ávila Walls of Ávila 40.655078, -4.70260340°39’18” N 4°42’9” W
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Santa Teresa De Jesús Church
30. juli 2023, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
St Teresa lived in Avila and founded many monasteries. She was a woman of strong faith who wanted to share this with others.
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- 30. jul. 2023, 11:29
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Høyde: 1 088 m
- Spania Castilla y León Ávila 40.662388, -4.69948340°39’45” N 4°41’58” W
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Carmelite Monestry
30. juli 2023, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This monastery and church is home to Carmelite nuns. Inside you can see where St Teresa was born and lived as well as artefacts from when the monestry was founded. Most of the convent remains in cloister but you can see the very spot where she was born, now a chapel in the Baroque church.Les mer
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- 30. jul. 2023, 13:31
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Høyde: 1 000 m
- Spania Castilla y León Segovia Plaza del Azoguejo 40.94782, -4.11811740°56’52” N 4°7’5” W
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Segovia
30. juli 2023, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
1hr out of Avila, you’ll find Segovia. It’s most stunning site is the Roman Aqueduct. This aqueduct, although no longer in use, helped to bring water from the mountains into the city.

We walked up through the winding Main Street and had lunch in a restaurant facing the main square. The food was INCREDIBLE. After lunch we toured the incredible Cathedral and learnt about its history. It is the last Gothic cathedral built in Spain.

Just outside of Segovia is the St John of the Cross Monastery. Here we celebrated Mass with pilgrims from the Brisbane Diocese. We also got to view the Alcazar Castle!Les mer
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Reisende Weird that our chat at lunch didn’t make the highlights?! 😝
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Reisende Oh yeah, I forgot to add: “and at lunchtime I was given a heart attack by Jessi”. 😝
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- 31. jul. 2023, 09:20
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Høyde: 816 m
- Spania Castilla y León Salamanca Universidad de Salamanca 40.960863, -5.66695540°57’39” N 5°40’1” W
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Salamanca
31. juli 2023, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This morning we departed Avila for Salamanca. This city is home to two incredible cathedrals! We toured inside the old and new cathedral, then headed to Mass.

Just like yesterday, we celebrated Mass with the Brisbane CE group. They have live guitar which makes the Mass that much more special.

After Mass, we were given the task of finding lunch. Miki, Alice and I ate in a cafe off the main square. Miki was super impressed by the mini pizza cutter!Les mer
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- 1. aug. 2023, 10:53
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Høyde: 7 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Santa Maria de Belém Jardim do Ultramar 38.697595, -9.20466738°41’51” N 9°12’17” W
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WYD Day 1
1. august 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Today we started by travelling to the ‘City of Joy (check out the photos of the crammed Metro). In the park space, pilgrims are invited to go to reconciliation/confession, adoration and view the many vocation tents. It was really cool to see the different orders from around the world represented.

From the City of Joy we travelled to the Australian meetup. Here we got to meet all the different groups from all over Australia visiting Lisbon.

Finally, we headed to the WYD Opening Mass. As the 100’s of 1000’s of pilgrims descended on Colina do Encontro it was incredible to see all of their flags waving and hear their chants, songs and celebrations. We were sat at the opposite end of the park from the stage, but in front of a large projection screen. Although the Mass was in Portuguese - it was still an uplifting experience attended a mass with so many people. Very different to our little Barcaldine Parish.Les mer
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- 2. aug. 2023, 14:21
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Høyde: 9 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Santa Maria Dos Olivais Cabo Ruivo Lisbon Oceanarium 38.764538, -9.09576138°45’52” N 9°5’45” W
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WYD Day 2
2. august 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
This morning we met up for our first ‘Rise Up’ session of WYD. Unfortunately the sound wasn’t great so we ended up leaving and heading back to the hotel for Mass - lead by Fr Andrew.

After Mass we were free to go and attend any of the Youth Festival events across the city. Miki and I headed to the Aquarium for a presentation however the event filled just before we got to the front of the line.

We decided to go on a round trip on the Skyliner instead. From the carriage we had an incredible view!

After the skyliner we went back to the hotel for a rest, and then to dinner. We had a pilgrim meal at a small kebab shop. In the line we got talking to two Brazilian men and we shared stories of kangaroos in Australia and our dangerous birds. One of the men shared that he had recently done a 14 day mission to a group of indigenous people in the Amazon. While there, the camp was attacked by cannibals and a young girl was taken. Suddenly the Australian wildlife didn’t seem so scary!

Miki and I took our dinner to the park and after eating had an easy trip back to the hotel for an early night.Les mer
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Reisende Omg the cannibal story 😳 did they get the girl back?!
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Reisende They never said…I don’t think they did. So scary!
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- 3. aug. 2023, 11:58
- 🌬 25 °C
- Høyde: 7 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Socorro Chiado Campo das Cebolas 38.7076, -9.13313138°42’27” N 9°7’59” W
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WYD Day 3
3. august 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
This morning we started with small group sessions and Mass at the hotel.

After Mass, Miki and I headed to the city centre to visit St Anthony’s Church and the Cathedral. On the way we also stopped in at the Mary Magdalene Church.

In the city centre I tripped on the marble tiles and smashed my shin. Thank goodness for Nurse Miki!Les mer
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Reisende Clumsy? Anja? Noooo 😏
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Reisende Ouch!
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