"World Youth Day is celebrated annually on the diocesan level, and every two or three years internationally with young people from every continent and nation gathering together with the pope. It is characterized by the happiness of young adults being with the Pope and with each other. The next international celebration is in Sydney, Australia, for the XXIII World Youth Day in July 2008.

At WYD 2008, participants will experience the way life is lived in Australia and learn how Australian Catholics live their faith. Ask anyone who has been to a World Youth Day and they will tell you it is an adventure you will never forget! Come along with young people of every race and nation…dream a dream of peace and unity for a new world and make your contribution to the living Church of the new millennium.

World Youth Day (WYD) is the largest youth event in the world and will be held in Sydney from Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 July 2008.

Organised by the Catholic Church, WYD brings together young people from around the globe to celebrate and learn about their faith on a more regular basis.

WYD08 will be the largest event Australia has ever hosted. It will attract over 125,000 international visitors - more than the 2000 Olympics.

To be witnesses to Jesus we need to spend time with Him!

The World Youth Days have always offered many opportunities for prayer and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. In Cologne we saw 800,000 young people contemplating the Eucharistic face of Christ together at the Vigil meeting with the Pope. These opportunities have been received and embraced wholeheartedly by the young people attending, who discover the beauty of these moments of silence and contemplation.