by Jennie Murphy | Aug 23, 2023 | Blog Articles
World Youth Day was celebrated this year in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. This event, which has been held since 1986 on the initiative of Pope St. John Paul II, brings together thousands of young people from all over the world. Many other young people accompanied...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 17, 2023 | Blog Articles
During the great vigil at Tor Vergata, on the last night of WYD 2000, John Paul II said a phrase that remained in everyone’s heart: “Whoever accompanies the young, stays young!” He was referring not only to himself, eighty years old and physically...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 11, 2023 | Blog Articles
“Mary arose and went with haste.” This is the verse that Pope Francis selected for this year’s World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon. We join the Holy Father in praying that WYD will help young people live the Gospel in their own...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 9, 2023 | Blog Articles
My name is Margherita, I am 24 years old and I am a Head of EYM in Italy (Eucharistic Youth Movement). I grew up in the Movement from an early age, first in the community of Cagliari and now, having moved to study, in the community of Turin. The journey in the EYM has...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 7, 2023 | Pope Video
Pope Francis, quoting Saint John Paul II, tells us, “If you live with young people, you become young yourself, and the Church needs young people.” Thus begins the video with the prayer intention for August, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, in which...
