2019 World Youth Day (Ages 16-35)

Every two or three years, an international gathering is held to bring all the youth and young adults, especially adults in their 20’s and early 30’s (see below), together in one place with the Holy Father.  World Youth Day will take place in Panama City, Panama (January, 2019).

“World Youth Day USA (WYDUSA) is an umbrella term for the United States’ participation in World Youth Day, both abroad at the international events and stateside in the U.S., as well as to designate those who have participated on one of those WYD activities in the past (WYDUSA “alumni”)…

How old do I have to be to attend World Youth Day?

World Youth Day is a pilgrimage experience targeted to those ages 16 to 35.  We especially encourage young adults in their 20s and early 30s to attend the international World Youth Day events…

Below is the general events list that World Youth Day generally follows, accompanied by the announced 2019 dates.

• Tuesday, January 22: World Youth Day Opening Mass
• Wednesday, January 23 through Friday, January 25 each morning:  Morning Catechesis and Mass in different languages and locations around Panama; (catechesis is given and mass is celebrated by cardinals and bishops from around the world)
• Wednesday, January 23, through Friday, January 25: Youth Festival (concerts, talks, exhibits, and music at select locations around Panama)
• Thursday, January 24:Papal Welcome Ceremony, location still TBD
• Friday, January 25: Way of the Cross {Via Crucis}, location still TBD
• Saturday, January 26: Evening Candlelight Vigil with Pope Francis, location still TBD
• Sunday, January 27: Morning Papal Mass, followed by the Angelus, location still TBD
• Preceding the central WYD activities, “Days in the Dioceses” will take place in dioceses around the entire country of Panama”

For more information, click the icon of WYDUSA (above)…

Source: http://www.usccb.org/about/world-youth-day/faqs.cfm