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It has been one year since some 223,000 registered pilgrims from 170 countries converged on Sydney, Australia for World Youth Day 2008.
The World Youth Day anniversary Mass will be streamed live at 6:30 p.m. July 20 from St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney (where the World Youth Day countdown clock rung in the start of festivities). [...]

Not only is today St. Anthony of Padua’s birthday, but it is the first birthday of xt3.com, the Catholic social networking site launched to help World Youth Day 2008 pilgrims stay in touch and for Catholics worldwide to continue to grow in their faith.
I’ve pointed out a few highlights of the last year of fun [...]

 
“Arguably the best Catholic singer/songwriter out there today,” started a recent e-mail from the World Youth Day 2008 people. The description referred to  local Catholic artist Matt Maher and his band.
The e-mail promoted Maher’s return to the land down under this weekend for a follow-up worship experience.
Nearly one year ago, Maher showed young Catholics from [...]

Don’t forget that xt3.com offers an e-calendar through Lent filled with reflections, activities, videos and such. Yesterday’s feature was a fun and easy quiz designed to get you thinking about your Lenten sacrifice, temptations that surround it and the strength that comes with perseverance. 
Based on your answers to five questions (no studying necessary), the quiz [...]

Barb Lishko, the youth minister at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Chandler sent me a link to one of her articles last week. I finally made time to check it out today. Turns out she’s already had two more posted. Look for future articles here.
Lishko told me while in Australia for World Youth Day that [...]