170 nations
450 youth festivals
Catechesis at 235 locations: 29 different languages
1000 Priests welcoming people for Confession.
100,000 young people sleeping in
400 schools and parishes.
Over 12,000 pilgrims in Sydney Olympic Park.
40,000 pilgrims hosted by Australian families.
8,000 volunteers
4,000 priests and deacons,
420 Bishops,
26 Cardinals
24 People Confirmed
by the Pope at the Final Mass.
235,000 faithful attending the night time Vigil
400,000 people attending Closing Mass
1 billion world wide viewers.
All children of God,
united in Jesus Christ
one in the Holy Spirit!
Why?
To be renewed in the Holy Spirit,
To be witnesses unto the ends of the world!!! :-)
It is our calling too!
“ You will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,
and you will be my witnesses
in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth!"
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statistics found HERE
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