World Youth Day 2019 USA Leader Guides Stateside Leader Guide | Page 41

Stateside Model #2 (afternoon and evening Program, with optional overnight)
This stateside celebration is a twelve-hour program coinciding with the WYD candlelight vigil (on
Saturday), recreating elements of that event for local participants. There is an overnight option.
There is also an optional Spanish track for each Catechesis Round. This program is ideally suited
for the Saturday of the WYD week.
SATURDAY
o At 7:30 pm, encourage participants to
travel to the Stations of the Cross site
2:00 pm
Registration
8:00 pm
3:00 pm
Welcome and Opening Prayer
Stations of the Cross and
Candlelight Procession
o The first twelve stations should be
3:30 pm
Break
projected or displayed in an area where
participants would watch and follow along
4:00 pm
Catechesis, Round 1
o Candles should be distributed at the
o Concurrent 60-minute sessions
beginning of the Stations, but not lit yet
o Offer between 3 and 6 workshops,
o Candles should be lit before or during the
depending on number of participants. moment of silence during the twelfth
Include a Spanish track option station (Jesus dies on the cross)
o For the thirteenth and fourteenth station,
5:00 pm
Break
at which time it should be dark enough,
the candlelight procession would begi n; at
5:30 pm
Catechesis, Round 2
that time, participants would walk to the
o Concurrent 60-minute sessions church or location of Evening Mass,
o Offer between 3 and 6 workshops, holding their candles; Lenten songs can
depending on number of participants and
also be sung as participants process.
including a Spanish track option
9:30 pm
6:30 pm
Dinner Break
Evening Mass
o Celebrated by bishop or pastor
o Meals, Exhibits, and Music
o Include a youth or young adult choir and
o Two-hour period around campus
liturgical ministers (pre-arranged)
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