It's Official!!
25th October 2018 Tonight we had our first official World Youth Day (WYD) prep meeting for Christchurch! We came into the office all tired and ready for bed, and were greeted by a very energetic Sinead (who isn't even going to WYD but seemed more excited than all of us...it's OK, we're just internally excited 😬). We started off with a quiz about Panama, the host country for WYD this year, and we all failed pretty badly! We learnt about what a Pilgrimage actually is, and how this journey will be spiritual - not just a chance to be tourists for a week. We talked about some ways to prepare for WYD, and how we all need to go tramping with heavy packs ASAP... And we also agreed that although we are small in numbers, it will be a very enjoyable and interesting pilgrimage!! (what with Jack trying to 'poke the pope,' Fr Alister (our pilgrimage chaplain) boiling in black, Gen breaking out of prison, and me hot wiring the pope mobile). And we en...