Yesterday we had our first group meeting at the Diocesan Assembly Centre at Blacktown. It was a great opportunity for everyone to meet and get to know each other - after all, we are going to be family to each other for the three weeks we are on our pilgrimage.
At the meeting we discussed the concept of pilgrimage and Fr Suresh Kumar, our spiritual leader, outlined the itinerary and provided some important background information about some of the places we will be visiting. We then shared lunch and watched a DVD on Fatima that Annabelle had brought to show us. Following this we spent time getting to know each other and then moved into our small groups.
Our pilgrimage is called 'Viva Spain and Italy'. We leave Sydney for Spain on August 10 and spend four days staying in the Diocese of Coria-Caceres, which includes a side trip to Fatima, before heading to Madrid for the World Youth Day experience. As all other pilgrims from the Diocese are heading home home we will be travelling to Italy for a pilgrimage through Rome and Assisi, finally returning home on August 29.
Our next meeting is July 23 at the Cathedral commencing at 11am. Stay tuned.
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