Saturday, August 13, 2011

WYD Santiago

well we have arrived in Santiago Spain. Fatima was amazing. Words really can't describe the experience. Seeing the devotion of the more than 100,000 pilgrims really just can't help but be moving. It was beatutiful. Amazing. So awesome to be part of it. The youth were greatly affected. Tonight we shared some of our experiences. They spoke of for the first time experiencing the caholicity and the universality of the church, they spoke of witnessing the care and love of christians for each other and the poor, the spoke of the beauty of the Mass and how even though very little of it was in english how powerful it was. Some one even remarked how after the lenghy homily in portuguese that it gave them new appeciation for Fr. Nathan's homiles. As far as I am concerned that alone makes the trip a success.

We didnt have wifi in Fatima so I am way behind in updating the blog. Ive tried to keep the twitter wall up to date. It will probably cost me a small fortune in international charges. Now that we are in Santiago i have uploaded some photos. it will take me a while to catch up.


Photos : Traveling to Spain/Portugal
Photos : Santarem, Eucharisic Miracle
Photos : Fatima