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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
World Youth Day Cross Draws Crowds in Australia
Last week, my friend went to the Parramata chruch near Church St (guess why they called it that) and saw a lot of people in the Catholic Church -- ready to welcome the WYD Cross.
"It was the first time I've seen so many people in church!".
Now that's both good and bad news.
Bad because why only the first time?
Good because the WYD cross is bringing awareness of the big WYD event next year.
Picture below courtesy of this site.
It said that the cross has been to Manhattan's Ground zero, the Korean DMZ and a host of publicly controversial places.
Now - I wonder if it will visit Hillsong in Sydney?
It should!
"It was the first time I've seen so many people in church!".
Now that's both good and bad news.
Bad because why only the first time?
Good because the WYD cross is bringing awareness of the big WYD event next year.
Picture below courtesy of this site.
It said that the cross has been to Manhattan's Ground zero, the Korean DMZ and a host of publicly controversial places.
Now - I wonder if it will visit Hillsong in Sydney?
It should!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Shortly Aussies told to "Leave Australia" to make room
Was talking to an Australian Resident who said :
"Australia is telling its residents to GO ABROAD to MAKE ROOM for the WYD delegates? Why isn't Australia big enough?"
Or perhaps -it's the Airlines who will be providing budget fares to make people exit the country during exciting July 2009 dates.
The point of the WYD is to make Australia's Youth (Hillsong?) meet the world's Catholics, if the few Catholics go out, who will be meet? Who will tour us? The Australia' WYD Board is already people strapped as is.
"Australia is telling its residents to GO ABROAD to MAKE ROOM for the WYD delegates? Why isn't Australia big enough?"
Or perhaps -it's the Airlines who will be providing budget fares to make people exit the country during exciting July 2009 dates.
The point of the WYD is to make Australia's Youth (Hillsong?) meet the world's Catholics, if the few Catholics go out, who will be meet? Who will tour us? The Australia' WYD Board is already people strapped as is.
No Fair! American Kids get a "YouTube Style" contest to go to Sydney for Free!
No Fair! American Kids get a "YouTube Style" contest to go to Sydney for Free!
The World Youth Day Challenge isn't even supposed to start officially until October, and already it's drawing entries to compete for the challenge's grand prize – an all-expenses-paid trip to Sydney, Australia, for World Youth Day next year.
The challenge:
1. Create a video running less than five minutes that uses the World Youth Day theme song, "Receive the Power."
2. Get people to vote for that video than for any others in an online competition.
The contest is sponsored by God Squad Communications, part of Radio Peace, the radio ministry of the Archdiocese of Miami.
Registration will close Sept. 15 for those wishing to enter the contest. Participants register online as teams of two at www.wydchallenge.com. By Oct. 15, people will be able to visit the site to start casting votes for their favorite videos.
The challenge's Web site says that the two people with the most votes over the course of the competition will win a trip to Sydney.
"There are several video teams that are being organized," Wills said. "They'll have to complete one challenge per month. The video will be able to go up (on the Web site) for the whole month. The people will be able to go to the Web site and vote for the videos."
Wills said a travel agency in Miami is footing the cost of the round-trip flights to Sydney. Current airfare quotes from the East Coast of the United States place a Sydney flight at $2,500-$3,000.
Visitors to the Web site also will be able to give to a "pilgrim assistance fund" to enable other young Catholics to go to Sydney.
The competition is open to any young Catholic in the United States.
Without yet having seen any of the entries himself, Wills said, "It'll definitely be very interesting, in this YouTube age, with the creativity that's out there. It's why we felt this would be a good way to get our message out there.
"We thought it would be a competition solely for this (arch)diocese but when we developed the idea, developed the program, we felt there would be people all across the United States with this talent," he added.
And now how about us in the whole world? Ahem. Ahem.
The World Youth Day Challenge isn't even supposed to start officially until October, and already it's drawing entries to compete for the challenge's grand prize – an all-expenses-paid trip to Sydney, Australia, for World Youth Day next year.
The challenge:
1. Create a video running less than five minutes that uses the World Youth Day theme song, "Receive the Power."
2. Get people to vote for that video than for any others in an online competition.
The contest is sponsored by God Squad Communications, part of Radio Peace, the radio ministry of the Archdiocese of Miami.
"The promotion is doing far better than we expected," said Christopher Wills, the marketing manager and programming director for Radio Peace. News of the contest was released in mid-July.
Registration will close Sept. 15 for those wishing to enter the contest. Participants register online as teams of two at www.wydchallenge.com. By Oct. 15, people will be able to visit the site to start casting votes for their favorite videos.
"By May of '08 we'll know the winner of the competition, which gives plenty of time left to be able to book the flight," Wills said in a phone interview with Catholic News Service July 27. World Youth Day is scheduled for July 15-20 next year in Sydney.
The challenge's Web site says that the two people with the most votes over the course of the competition will win a trip to Sydney.
"There are several video teams that are being organized," Wills said. "They'll have to complete one challenge per month. The video will be able to go up (on the Web site) for the whole month. The people will be able to go to the Web site and vote for the videos."
Wills said a travel agency in Miami is footing the cost of the round-trip flights to Sydney. Current airfare quotes from the East Coast of the United States place a Sydney flight at $2,500-$3,000.
Visitors to the Web site also will be able to give to a "pilgrim assistance fund" to enable other young Catholics to go to Sydney.
The competition is open to any young Catholic in the United States.
Without yet having seen any of the entries himself, Wills said, "It'll definitely be very interesting, in this YouTube age, with the creativity that's out there. It's why we felt this would be a good way to get our message out there.
"We thought it would be a competition solely for this (arch)diocese but when we developed the idea, developed the program, we felt there would be people all across the United States with this talent," he added.
And now how about us in the whole world? Ahem. Ahem.
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