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Schedule for August 16- 21, 2011
TUESDAY 16
8:00 amArrival at MadridFrom the early morning, the pilgrims and
groups registered in WYD will be able to collect theiraccreditation
and backpacks in the places indicated by the organization.
8:00 pmWYD Opening MassWorld Youth Day begins at 8 pm
(provisional time) with a Mass in Madrids Cibeles Square, presided
overby the archbishop of Madrid and concelebrated by the bishops
and priests participating in WYD.
WENSDAY 17
10:00 am Catechesis sessionsWYD participants, organized by
language groups, will have catechesis session with bishops from all
over
the world. The sessions will take place in churches, schools,
auditoriums and sports centers of Madrid.
THURSDAY 18
10:00 am Catechesis sessions
WYD participants, organized by language groups, will have
catechesis session with bishops from all overthe world. The
sessions will take place in churches, schools, auditoriums and
sports centers of Madrid.
12:00 pmThe Pope arrives at the Barajas AirportWelcome Ceremony
at the State Hall
12:40 pmThe Pope enters the city of MadridDrive through the
streets of the city in Popemobile to reach the Nunciature.
7:30 pmPapal Welcome Ceremony with youth at CibelesIn Plaza de
la Independencia, Benedict XVI will pass through the Puerta de
Alcal with youth from all thecontinents. After this event, he will
ride in Popemobile to Plaza de Cibeles.
FRIDAY 19
10:00 amCatechesis sessionsWYD participants, organized by
language groups, will have catechesis session with bishops from all
overthe world. The sessions will take place in churches, schools,
auditoriums and sports centers of Madrid.
11:30 amPapal Meeting at the Monastery of El EscorialMeeting
with young religious sisters in Patio de los Reyes. (Required
special accreditation).
12:00 amPapal Meeting at the Monastery of El EscorialMeeting
with 1,000 young college professors in the Basilica. (Required
special accreditation).
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7:30 pmVa crucisStatues from traditional Spanish Holy Week
celebrations will be used to illustrate each station of the
cross.The statues come from all over Spain.
SATURDAY 20
10:00 amMass for seminarians in the Cathedral of La Almudena
4:00 pm Preparatory ceremony in Cuatro VientosYoung people will
arrive little by little at the aerodrome and take their places.
Meanwhile, different activitieswill take place on the stage
(testimonies of young people, musical interpretations, prayers to
the Virgin,etc.), to prepare for the Vigil.
7:40 pm Pope visits the Fundacin Instituto San JosA center for
the sick run by the Hospitaller Order of St John of God
8:30 pm Vigil with the PopeThe Pope will arrive at the Cuatro
Vientos aerodrome, and Eucharistic adoration will begin. An address
isplanned by the Holy Father.
11:00 pmNight in Cuatro VientosWYD participants will spend the
night in the Cuatro Vientos aerodrome. For those who so wish, there
willbe several tents where they will be able to adore the Most
Blessed Sacrament.
SUNDAY 21
9:00 am The Pope arrives in Cuatro Vientos
9:30 amWYD Final MassThe Pope will concelebrate Mass with
thousands of bishops and priests, and he will address young
peopleand those who are not so young, to send them out to the world
to witness to their faith, as the Lord did withhis Apostles. At the
end of the conclusive Mass, the Holy Father will announce the place
where the nextedition of World Youth Day will be held.
5:30 pm Encounter with VolunteersPope Benedict XVI will have a
brief meeting with the World Youth Day volunteers at the
IFEMAFairgrounds.
6:30 pm Papal FarewellThere will be a brief Farewell Ceremony at
the Barajas Airport.
