Welcome to the WYD@WENTY Blog

Welcome to the first post of what will hopefully be a series for this blog.

In a sense, this blog will have a limited timespan.  The idea is to share with everyone out there some of the experiences of our community of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Wentworthville during World Youth Day 2008.  As such, once the pilgrims pack up and return home, and the WYD wrap up, there will be less to write about.  What I hope though, is that, despite a lack of perpetual posting, this blog will remain out there in the blogosphere to show how the unique event that is WYD touched and changed our lives.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is in Wentworthville.  Wenty (as the locals call it) is pretty close to being in the middle of Sydney, just a little further west from the suburb of Parramatta (Sydney’s 2nd largest Central Business District, and seat of our diocese).  We are home to the only community of Carmelite Friars in the state of New South Wales.

We have a pretty big task ahead of us for WYD week, which includes:

• Accomodating pilgrims in our parish primary school and parishioners’ homes
• Hosting three days of catechesis
• Being a meeting place for those belonging to, and associated with, the Carmelite Family who are visiting Sydney for WYD.

Take a look around here to see what’s going on, including our parish’s and order’s patronal feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16 July).  We hope we can bring you more news and stories over the next fortnight.

If you’re a pilgrim staying at Wenty next week, we’re looking forward to meeting you.  Leave us a comment – we’ll be happy to link to your group or parish’s website if you’d like – we already found one through a quick Google search.

Robert (Parish Liturgy Coordinator)