World Youth Day 2002
Toronto, Canada

If there's one thing this past week has proven, it is that the deity is alive and well in millions of hearts and you didn't have to be Catholic to see it or feel it.  It is a joy to see the crowds of youthful believers out there singing songs on the subway and behaving angelically.  In a world where the face of religion we have seen a lot lately has been contorted by hate and anger, it is a pleasure to see religion inspiring hope and love.

~ Connie Woodcock
Columnist, Toronto Sun

Click here to take a photo tour of the Diocese of Palm Beach's Pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2002.

REUNION!... Click here for details on the reunion, Sep. 3rd.

World Youth Day Memories... Pilgrims journal some of their favorite WYD pilgrimage moments

World Youth Day, a first-hand account , Courtney C. McKay is the reporter on the scene in Canada, as she files this story for The Florida Catholic, 8/15/02.

We could learn a lot about community from our young people , column by Kevin Driscoll, The Florida Catholic, 7/25/02. Youth model community for us older folk...and they shined at World Youth Day.