Vietnamese Pilgrims come to Adelaide for WYD08

Our pilgrim partners for WYD08.




So far 20 pilgrims from Vietnam have been sponsored to attend World Youth Day.

This photo shows some of the youth at Mass in the Beatitudes Community in Vietnam.





The Vietnamese Christian Community Parish in Pooraka, South Australia will host the pilgrims during Adelaide's Days in the Diocese and travel together to Sydney for WYD08.

Fundraising efforts have provided funds for all the Vietnamese pilgrims to attend WYD. We are looking forward to meeting the pilgrims when they arrive in Adelaide for Days in the Diocese.

Thank you to the parish priests in Adelaide who supported our campaign and to their generous parishioners.

Thank you to all those who helped the campaign and provided the fundraising products.

We are also pleased to announce that the soiree in support of the Tiwi Islander pilgrims was successful and all those desiring to attend WYD from the 'top end' are provided for!

Thanks to the sponsors of the soiree, the musicians and all who attended!

Please email us at uniteadelaide@gmail.com

Go An Extra Mile's Story

Go An Extra Mile

Most feel some apprehension at the thought of driving to Sydney, but uni student Catherine Burke plans to go one step (or pedal) further and do it on her bicycle. In a colossal fund-raising ride, Catherine will pedal out of Adelaide in late June 2008, making it to Sydney in time for World Youth Day. The ride will raise funds to bring a group of pilgrims from Vietnam to Adelaide for Days in the Diocese and then on to Sydney for WYD. The project will also support Indigenous pilgrims from Melville and Bathurst Islands to come to World Youth Day. Catherine will visit towns and parishes along the way, building support for WYD. Her journey has been split into individual miles which can be bought by parishes and individuals wishing to contribute to the cause. Behind the ride is diocesan group Unite Adelaide, which runs monthly meetings for young adults. Unite Adelaide aims to send a group of youth to visit the pilgrim partners in their home parishes to mark the 1 year anniversary of World Youth Day in 2009.

Email us at www.uniteadelaide@gmail.com for more or add your comment to support the mission.

Catherine's Sponsorship Road Map

Go An Extra Mile for WYD08 pilgrims !

Catherine Burke cycles to World Youth Day08

to raise awareness for WYD & money for the Pilgrim Partner Support Program.

You can sponsor Catherine!

Sunday June 22, 2008
Adelaide to Nurioopta 73km (via Pooraka)
Adelaide Cathedral, Pooraka, Gawler,
Nurioopta.

Monday June 23
Nurioopta to Waikerie 62km


Tuesday June 24
Waikerie to Renmark 79kms (via Berri 3 hours)

Day of rest Wednesday


Thursday June 26
Renmark to Mildura 142km

Day of rest Friday

Saturday June 28
Mildura to Balranald 174km

Sunday June 29
Balranald to Hay 131km

Monday June 30
Hay to Narrandera 172km

Day of rest Tuesday

Wednesday July 2
Narrandera to Wagga Wagga 95km

Day of rest Thursday

Friday July 4
Wagga Wagga to Gundagai 83km

Saturday July 5
Gundagai to Yass 101km

Sunday July 6
Yass to Goulburn 83km

Day of rest Monday

Tuesday July 8
Gouldurn to Bowral 80 kms

Wednesday July 9
Bowral to Fairfield 90 kms

Day of rest Thursday

Friday July 11
Fairfield to Sydney 34 kms