Petaling Jaya, 7 August 2011 - Fr Jean Claude, Assistant Parish Priest of Assumption Church, Petaling Jaya Malaysia, today commissioned over 80 pilgrims heading to Madrid to attend the World Youth Day.
In his announcement to the parish, Fr Jean called the youths the current and future of the Catholic Church in Malaysia. Linking to today's Gospel reading, he called upon the youths to be the storm at the world youth day, and to storm Madrid (mistakenly mentioned as Rome by Fr Jean) with our faith. Together with Fr Patrick Massang, Fr Volle and the parishioners of the Assumption Church, he showered his blessings upon the pilgrims; for their safe journey to Madrid.
In the previous week Sunset Mass, animated by the Assumption Church WYD Pilgrim, Parish Priest, Fr Patrick Boudeville advised the pilgrims to make full use of this spiritual journey and to encounter Christ, as well as the many Catholics around the world.
The Parish of Assumption Church, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia has a contingent of over 80 pilgrims, making up approximately 20% of the pilgrims registered from Malaysia attending the Madrid World Youth Day 2011
Similar Mass of Sending & Commissioning were held in the Parish of St Francis Xavier, Petaling Jaya and Parish of St Thomas Moore, Subang.
The World Youth Day is the single largest gathering and expression of faith by Catholics in the world organized every 3 years. The World Youth Day event runs for 7 days and ends with the closing Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. The 2011 World Youth Day will be held in Madrid, Spain and is expected to receive 1,000,000 pilgrims.
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