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World Youth Day

- World Youth Day 2023
  
  The next international World Youth Day will be held in Lisbon, Portugal in August 2023. For more details, visit the official website www.lisboa2023.org.
  
  Every three years, the Catholic youth of the world (ages 16-35) come together for one incredible week as one body, one faith, one voice. World Youth Day 2023 (WYD) will be held in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal’s capital and largest city. Pilgrims will come to celebrate with one another, deepen their faith, hear from the Pope himself, and be inspired.
  
  Register for World Youth Day
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Verso Ministries Promo Video
- Listening Info Session
  
  Dates are yet to be announced but the Diocese of Fargo has already begun planning a WYD pilgrimage! Join us for a fun, one-hour virtual info session where you'll hear from diocesan leaders, get a rundown of the trip itinerary by our pilgrimage leader, Verso Ministries, and learn why YOU should plan to sign up for this trip of a lifetime! Past pilgrim, Kristina Lahr, will also be on hand to share her experience of attending WYD.
  
  The WYD Info Session will take place on Tuesday, June 22, at 7:00 p.m. CT via Zoom. To attend (or access the recording at a later date), please register at https://bit.ly/3ya3CVl.
  
  We hope to see you there!
- World Youth Day
  
  In June of 2019, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life announced the themes for the next World Youth Days in 2020, 2021 and 2022. At the same time, they provided a brief reflection on them.
  
  On April 20, 2020, Pope Francis, together with the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, decided to postpone the World Youth Day until August 2023.
  
  “These are the themes chosen by Pope Francis for the World Youth Day itinerary that will culminate with the international event scheduled for Lisbon:
  
  35th World Youth Day, 2020: ‘Young man, I say to you, arise!’ (Lk 7:14).
  
  36th World Youth Day, 2021: Stand up. I appoint you as a witness of what you have seen. (cf. Acts 26:16)
  
  37th World Youth Day, 2022: ‘Mary arose and went with haste’ (Lk 1:39)
  
  “The spiritual path indicated by the Holy Father coherently follows the reflection that started with the most recent World Youth Day (2019) and with the synodal process, in particular with the apostolic exhortation Christus vivit. In no. 20 of that document, the Pope quotes a passage from Luke 7:14 as he encourages young people to allow themselves to be touched by the power of the risen Lord and to recover ‘your inner vitality, your dreams, your enthusiasm, your optimism and your generosity’, traits that are characteristic of young people.
  
  “The three themes are connected by their invitation to young people to ‘stand up’ and to go quickly to respond to the Lord’s call to spread the good news, as Mary did after saying ‘here I am’. The word ‘stand up’ in the original text by Luke also has the meaning of ‘rise again’ and ‘wake up to life’.”