Shalom youth recount experiences of prayer and meeting new cultures at youth gathering

WYD Lisbon 2023 has welcomed young people from 150 countries in these five days of programming, according to the Local Organizing Committee. Among the nearly 500 thousand pilgrims, the couple Rodrigo and Jéssica Santos chose the youth meeting as the occasion for their honeymoon. The couple is from the Covenant Community, in the mission of Santo Amaro (SP). Since their first day in Lisbon, Rodrigo and Jessica have had experiences of encounter with youth through the witness of their state of life. According to the newlyweds, the thought of going to WYD appeared even before they decided what to do after marriage. The key moment for discernment was during the retreat of the Diffusion of the Work, at the Diaconia, ...

Theater performance Canto das Írias and person-to-person welcome are the focus of the second day of evangelization in the Festival arena.

With the theme "Mary arose and went with haste", the meeting was the first of four Community formations in the WYD program.

The Italian band was the headliner of the first night of the festival, present for the fourth time at a WYD.

According to the youth advisor, Bertrand Wadi, the SH pilgrims left their mark of joy and disposition in Braga's lands