G'day all! WYD has officially begun in Sydney. I've stopped trying to figure out the time difference between myself and Illinois, but the time here is 6:12 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16. We arrived safely in Sydney yesterday evening and just got settled in our hotel. Unfortunately we weren't able to see or attend the Opening Mass with Cardinal Pell, but hopefully you all saw it on EWTN. I only caught a glimpse of the opening part last evening.
Today we officially began our catechesis sessions, which occur every morning and are basically teachings by a bishop. I can't remember the name of today's, but he says he's the youngest bishop in the Phillipines, so you can use that to look him up. We also went to a very good talk by Jason Everts later in the day and stopped in at the Vocations Expo. There's a lot of big movements in the Church there. You can all tell Fr. Dietz the OMI's were there.
Tomorrow the pope officially arrives in Sydney and we'll be attending the welcoming ceremony along the harbor. Hopefully we'll have a good view. As for the rest of the stuff that will occur tomorrow, who knows. We'll try and keep you updated, but we may have difficulties over the next few days. A quick rundown is as follows:
1. Mass with Cardinal George- unknown time
2. Stations of the Cross- Friday
3. Vigil with the Holy Father- Saturday
4. Closing Mass- Sunday
Check EWTN for coverage of the events and continue to pray for us. We're praying for all of you.
God bless,
Jonathan Inman
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Awesome! G'day sooo Aussie!
In three hours you'll be welcoming the Holy Father into Sydney. Wow!
It is 8:30 pm here on Wed and it is 11:30 am on Thursday in Sydney (i have a hard time wrappin' my mind around that one).
It sounds like it has been exciting but also maybe a tad hectic?
We'll be watchin' for y'all on EWTN! Have u seen anyone from EWTN? Fr. Mark from Life on the Rock is there. They have a blog & pix on the EWTN web site.
Today is Our Lady of Mt. Carmel! Morning Mass was well attended at Spring Grove! yipppee. Thank you Our Lady of Mt Carmel! please ask the good God to send our pilgrims and all those at WYD extra graces. Thurs is the memorial of the martyred Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne.
Y'all are in our prayers. Thank you so much for your prayers!
AMDG,
Melanie
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