International Preparatory Meeting for World Youth Day Lisboa2023 held in Fatima

The Local Organizing Committee aimed to share, to dream, plan and pray for the next World Youth Day (WYD) 2023 in Lisbon, and how we can plan to bring pilgrims. All applications and registrations including Days in the Dioceses, Youth Festival, City of Joy Vocational Fair, Volunteers can be found the website Lisboa 2023 website. The Secretary-General, Victor Ayertey, represented Pax Romana in Fatima, Portugal during the International Preparatory meeting in Fatima. The WYD is the gathering of young people from all over the world with the Pope. It is also a pilgrimage, a celebration of youth, an expression of the universal Church and an intense moment of evangelization for the youth world. The WYD is August 1 – 6 2023 with the pre-WYD Days in the Diocese from 26 – 31 July 2023.

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) opened positions for volunteers for long, medium and short terms who will serve on various committees before and during the World Youth Day. IMCS Pax Romana is doing its best to recommend volunteers and organize pilgrims as a Movement to participate in the WYD Lisboa2023.