Starting WYD Week @ Wenty

Sunday saw the opening to the World Youth Day week of celebrations here in Wentworthville.  The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel falls this week, and as is typical, the parish celebrated with Masses on Sunday.  This year’s celebrations were particularly heightened at the 9:00 a.m. Mass, where the parish blessed those young people participating as pilgrims in WYD.

About 12 hours later, our parish pilgrims were to be joined in Wentworthville by our first international guests.  The pilgrim group from St. Severin parish in Paris were collected from a busy and lively International Airport Terminal.  The atmosphere was quite unique as music and singing filled the arrivals area, and people from around the world made their way through.

The very tired St. Severin pilgrims made their way back safely in parishioners’ cars to Wentworthville where they met their HomeStay hosts for the week.  They very much seem to be looking forward to the week ahead.