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On Sunday 30th JuneRadio Maria India was
o f f i c i a l l yinaugurated.The day star-ted with amass. Thetape was cutin the pre-sence of Fr.F r a n c i s c oP a l a c i o s .EditorialActivity ofWorld Fa-mily. The radio is located inCochin, in the region of Ke-rala. Fr. Raphael Kootumghal,
director of Radio Maria India,did the honours and H.E.
Mons. JosephKariyil, Bi-shop of Co-chin, blessedthe studios. Hewas joined byministerial au-thorities, inaddition to ahundred vo-
lunteers, priests, laypeople andnuns. The celebration endedwith a festive and convivialmoment.
Very little time separatesus from the inaugura-tion of the XXVIII
World Youth Day. SouthAmerica will be the protago-nist of this planetary event.
Only two years have passedsince the end of the WorldYouth Day in Madrid. In Au-gust 2011, Pope Benedict hadmade an appointment with theyoung people in Brazil. Sincethen, the young people havebeen preparing themselves forthe event with Peter’s Succes-sor.
It will be the first time forPope Francis, an enormouscrowd which will represent theonly Apostolic Journey of2013. The programme of the28th WYD will continue ac-
cording to the style of PopeBergoglio’s predecessors: theclimax of the events will be theSaturday evening prayer vigiland the conclusive Mass onSunday with the recital of theAngelus.
World Family will follow thisplanetary event which willcharacterise summer 2013. Ateam will be present to offerlive link-ups, catechesis andinterviews to all Radio Mariastations and their listeners.In the coming pages we willrelive the marvels and thefruits which each WYD hasleft us. See you....and “listen toyou” in Rio!
WF Staff
RRaaddiioo MMaarriiaa iinn RRiioo......eevveerryytthhiinngg iiss rreeaaddyy!!The Brazilian capital is preparing for the peaceful invasion of young people from all over the world
Year 1 – Issue 1 – July 2013Periodical of the World Family of Radio Maria Association
Radio Maria India is inauguratedthanks to the MARIATHON
NEWS FLASH FROM THE WORLD WYD
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The story of theWYDs since1985 to date
PHOTOGALLERY
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Snapshots of Radio Maria at the last WYDs
WORLD FAMILY
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Coverage andServices for Radio Maria
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THE POPE'S INVITATION
Young people need to tell theworld: it is good to followJesus; it is good to go withJesus; the message of Jesus isgood; it is good to come outof ourselves, from the edgesof the existence of the worldand to bring Jesus to others!Three words: joy, cross,young people.
Pope Francis
22LUGLIO 2013
22JULY 2013
To tell the story of theWorld YouthDays is
like descri-bing ag r e a tm i r a -c l ewh i c hhas un-folded foralmost threedecades of hi-story.It was 1985 when Pope JohnPaul II had the idea to create ameeting with all the young peo-ple of the world, even if henever wanted to be consideredits founder (“The young peoplehave created them” he wouldrepeat many times). Followingthe first edition in Rome in1985, two years later it tookplace in Argentina in BuenosAires and at the end of the1980s the pilgrims found them-selves in Spain in the shadow ofthe Cathedral of Santiago deCompostela. An event which,for the first time, is held in sum-mer rather than on Palm Sun-day. In 1991 it was Poland’sturn to host the meeting. Withthe fall of the communist blockCzestochowa welcomed pil-grims from all over the world.Each time everything is perfec-ted: in 1993, in Denver (USA),the Stations of the Cross are in-troduced for the first time andthe event begins to achievemedia importance. The explo-
sion occurred in Manila (Phi-lippines) in 1995. In the
Asian country,which has aCatholic ma-jority, 5m i l l i o np e o p l ewelcomedPope Woj-tyla. In 1997
and in 2000 it isEurope's turn: Paris
and three years later theGreat Jubilee in Rome. Overtwo million people flock to thelevel ground of Tor Vergata topray with the Pope. With thestart of the new century it isCanada to host the event; in aworld which is still shaken bythe fall of the Twin Towers, theyoung people give all their af-
fection to a Pope, who is al-ready very ill. Following thedeath of John Paul II it will bePope Benedict XVI to continuethe journey and host the pil-grims in his native Germany.With the WYD in Cologne in2005 the theme is referred tothe Magi, whose reliquaries aresupposed to be preserved in thecity crossed by the Rhine.Three years later it will be Syd-ney (Australia) to welcome theyoung people and, finally, in2011 the Spanish capital sawthe invasion of two millionyoung people. In the yearswhen there is no internationalWorld Youth Day the meeting isorganised at diocesan level withdifferent national initiatives.The period in which it is cele-brated also changes: Palm Sun-day.
WYD: the story of a miracleFrom Rome to Rio passing through Toronto, Sydney and Manila: the story of the World Youth Days
The itinerary of the Apostolic Journey
Monday 22nd July 20138.45am Departure by plane forRio de Janeiro4.00pm Official welcome atthe International Airport of Riode Janeiro5.00pm Welcome ceremony 5.40pm Courtesyvisit to the Presi-dent of the Re-public
Wednesday24th July20131 0 . 0 0 a mVeneration ofthe Image ofthe Virgin in theRoom of the 12 Apo-stles in the Shrine of Ourlady of Aparecida10.30am Holy Mass in the Ba-silica of the Shrine of Our Ladyof Aparecida (photo on top) 6.30pm Visit to the HospitalSão Francisco de Assis na Pro-vidência - V.O.T. in Rio de Ja-neiro
Thursday 25th July 20139.45am Handing over thekeys of the city to the Holy Fa-ther and Blessing of the Olym-pic flags in the City Palace inRio de Janeiro11.00am Visit to the Commu-nity of Varginha (Manguinhos)in Rio de Janeiro
6.00pm Wel-come celebra-tion of theyoung peopleon the Copa-cabana espla-nade in Rio deJaneiro
Friday 26th July
10.00am Confession ofseveral young people of theXXVIII WYD in the Park ofQuinta da Boa Vista in Rio deJaneiro.
11.30am Short meeting withseveral young inmates in the Ar-chbishop’s Palace St. Joaquimin Rio de Janeiro12.00am Angelus Dominifrom the Archbishop’s Palace
St. Joaquim in Rio deJaneiro
6.00pm Sta-tions of theCross with theyoung peopleon the Copa-cabana espla-nade in Riode Janeiro
Saturday 27thJuly 2013
9.00am Holy Mass withthe Bishops of the XXVIIIWYD and with the Priests, Re-ligious and the Seminarians inthe Cathedral of San Sebastianoin Rio de Janeiro 11.30am Meeting with the Go-vernment of Brazil in the Muni-cipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro7.30pm Prayer vigil with theyoung people in Campus Fideiin Guaratiba
Sunday 28th July 2013 10.00am Holy Mass for theXXVIII World Youth Day in theCampus Fidei in Guaratiba, Pra-yer of the Angelus Domini in
the Campus Fidei inGuaratiba
5.30pm Mee-ting with theVolunteers ofthe XXVIIIWYD ofRio Centrein Rio de Ja-n e i r o
6.30 pm Fa-rewell ceremony
at the InternationalAirport Galeão/Antonio
Carlos Jobim in Rio de Janeiro7.00 pm Departure by planefor Rome
THE LOGO
The sentence chosen forWYD 2013 is taken from theGospel according to Mat-thew: “Go and make disciplesof all nations” (Matt.28,19).The missionary exhortationwhich Christ left to theChurch.
SPECIAL RIO DE JANEIRO
On 21st August 2011,at Cuatro Vientosairport, the Euchari-
stic celebration officiatedby who is now the PopeEmeritus Benedict XVI hadjust ended, when the samecommunicated the follo-wing message to two mil-lion people who had arrivedfrom 193 different coun-tries: “It is with great joythat I announce that theWorld Youth Day 2013 willbe held in Rio de Ja-neiro..” Twenty-three monthshave passedsince then,and we arenow veryclose tothis newW Y D ,the themeof whichis: “Go andmake disci-ples of all na-tions” from theGospel according toMatthew, 28,19.
To have the opportunity toparticipate, collaborate andbecome a tool so that thisday is transmitted to theRadio Maria stations ofthe five continents, toreach all those young peo-ple who cannot be presentin Rio, is something which Iwould never have imagined
to be able to do when I tookpart for the first time in aWYD, which was held inArgentina that year.
It was 1986 when the Bea-tified John Paul II an-nounced that the next worldyouth meeting would beheld in Argentina. It was thefirst time that this eventwas held outside Italy, andthe second visit of the Bea-tified Pope to the most sou-therly country of Latin
America.
So, in April1987, withthe motto“we our-s e l v e sh a v ek n o w nand putour faithin God’slove to-
wards oursel-ves” (1Jn 4,16)
more than a millionpeople arrived to the ap-pointment with John PaulII. Those days obviouslyhad a different structure anddynamic from those oftoday, which are enrichedby catechism, musical andmany other events.
During one of the celebra-tions officiated by JohnPaul II, a little before theend, there was a change inthe programme: the Popecalled all the concelebratingpriests to him, to greet usone by one. It was an ex-traordinary moment. Iwas a young priest at thetime and, on taking thehand of the Holy Father,felt not only his closeness,but also the need of beingconfirmed in Faith; ofbeing, through him, in com-munion with the Church ofJesus.
16 years have passed sincethat meeting, and today, to-
gether with an editorialteam of members of diffe-rent Radio Maria stations inthe world, I am preparing toparticipate in the Rio day,which will have a highlymissionary spirit. In thisway we will give life to themissionary task which PopeFrancis attributed to theWorld Family during theblessing on 11th May thisyear: “.. I encourage all thepeople of good will fromthe 65 countries of theworld in the 5 continentswhich participate in thesemissionary days".
We invite all listeners andusers of the Radio Mariawebsite to join us withtheir prayer, so that theGreat Communicator, theHoly Spirit, may ignite ourhearts, and we can respondwith and like Mary to themissionary call of Jesus.“Go and make disciples ofall nations” (Matt. 28,19).
Fr. Francisco Palacios
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Time difference:Rio GMT -3; Roma GMT +2
Services offered:Live link-ups and testimonieswith the single Radio Maria sta-tions
Live daily conference from thePress Room
Recorded Material: catechesis,interviews, testimonies, gree-tings, streaming links, availableon our website www.rio2013.radiomaria.org
Live broadcast of the key Pon-tifical events through the strea-ming channels for eachlanguage: http://www.rio2013.radioma-ria.org/link-streaming.aspx
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“We will give life to the missionary task”Father Francisco Palacios gives an account of his experience of the last World Days
SPECIAL RIO DE JANEIRO
THE PRECEDING WYDs
For the secondtime a WorldYouth Daytakes place inSouth Ame-rica. The first
time was in 1987, when theevent was organised in Argen-tina and saw the participationof 1 million young people fromall over the world in BuenosAires.
THE CROSS OF THE WYD
The me-tres whichthe crosswill mea-sure on
the stage. Two iron structureswill recall the position of thehands joined in prayer towardsHeaven. The stage is surroun-ded by a series of iron towerswhich recall a pipe organ typi-cal of gothic cathedrals.
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PHOTOGALLERY
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