WYD

The WYD Youth Festival features music, performing arts, visual art exhibitions, debate, film, community gatherings, street performers, workshops and a Vocations Expo. Youth Festival events will take place in the afternoons and evenings at venues across the city from Tuesday 15 July to Friday 19 July 2008. CWLA has sponsored Donald Macdonald a wonderful, creative and versatile performer.

The Vocations Expo based at Darling Harbour, Sydney during WYD will have multiple booths representing a variety of Catholic vocational avenues including a booth for CWLA.

The CWLA booth will be a visual montage of presentations, posters, members in discussion and take away material.

What would Mass be without Altar Linens?

In answer to a request by the Liturgy Department of WYD08 CWLA-NSW Inc were happy to undertake the task of sewing Altar Linens and provide many other generous activities.

CWL are active in 8 Diocese in NSW and 2 of these were already involved in knitting scarves and beannies for the pilgrims for when they arrive as guests of the Dioceses.

The other 6 Dioceses are involved in various activities such as the Homestay Program, Days in the Diocese, Pilgim Partnership and preparations for WYD08.

Dioceses of Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitlnd/Newcastle, Parramatta and Wollongong have sewn 44 Altar Cloths, 88 Purificators, 18 Corporals and 200 Lavabo (finger) Towels.

Sydney Archdiocesan members being in the hub of WYD08, will undertake the finals ascpects of handling, folding and preparing the linens and cloths for delivery to the Catechises sites around Sydney.

CWLA Australia wide are offering their homes for billeting, supporting parishes in any way they can and contributing financially or travelling to the WYD events to welcome participants to Australia.

CWLA’s major contributions to WYD:

The WYD Youth Festival
The Vocations Expo
Pilgrim Partnership Support Program (PPSP)
Altar linens