Media releases and texts: Canada and WYD 2005
Sunday, August 21 2005(Cologne – CCCB)… The WYD 2005 National Coordination Team said that the event was a great success.
A record number of pilgrims for a Canadian Delegation went to Germany where nearly 7,000 participants took part in the different activities that began on August 11 with the days in the German dioceses and ended on 21 August by the closing mass presided by Pope Benedict XVI.
Below, you will find all the media releases of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) – which supervises the work of the National Coordination Team – official texts and addresses.
Media Releases
- 7,000 Canadians return home (published 21 August 2005)
- Young Canadian Shares Meal with the Pope (published 19 August 2005)
- Large Canadian Delegation Arrives in Cologne (published 16 August 2005)
- Close to 7,000 Canadians Participating in World Youth Day (published 3 August 2005)
Official texts
Presentations and catechesis
- Catechesis by Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic, Archbishop of Toronto (19 August 2005)
- Catechesis by Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, S.J., Archbishop of Halifax and Apostolic Administrator of Yarmouth (17 August 2005)
- Homily by Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, S.J., Archbishop of Halifax and Apostolic Administrator of Yarmouth (17 August 2005)
- Catechesis by Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, S.J., Archbishop of Halifax and Apostolic Administrator of Yarmouth (18 August 2005)
- Homily by Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, S.J., Archbishop of Halifax and Apostolic Administrator of Yarmouth (18 August 2005)
- Catechesis by Most Reverend James M. Wingle, Bishop of St. Catharines (17 August 2005)
- Catechesis by Most Reverend James M. Wingle, Bishop of St. Catharines (19 August 2005)
- Catechesis by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada (17 August 2005) (in french only)
- Catechesis by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada (18 August 2005) (in french only)
- Meeting with seminarians: Testimony of Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada (19 August 2005) (in french only)
- Catechesis by Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal (18 August 2005) (in french only)
- Catechesis by Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal (19 August 2005) (in french only)
- Catechesis by Most Reverend Jacques Berthelet, c.s.v., Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil (18 August 2005) (in french only)
- Catechesis by Most Reverend Jacques Berthelet, c.s.v., Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil (19 August 2005) (in french only)
For More Information Contact:
Sylvain Salvas
Director, Communications Service
Tel: (613) 241-9461
Fax: (613) 241-9048
salvas@cccb.ca