The International Festival Encounter in Schoenstatt has finally returned
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200 people from different nations celebrated with songs, dances, prayer, and good food
Vatican offers guidelines for diocesan WYD celebrations
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The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life presents guidelines for World Youth Day celebrations in particular churches as a resource to be creative in planning and implementing initiatives which show that the Church considers its mission with young people to be a pastoral priority.