WYD08 Archived Stories 

• 15/8/2008 - International TV crew cast student
  Marist College North Shore student will be the face of Australia for viewers of Germany's ARD TV, after the network selected him to star in a WYD documentary recently.
• 15/8/2008 - Teachers' played with passion
  It was one of the most moving events of World Youth Day, and three teachers from Sydney's Catholic schools got to be part of the world stage and captivate an audience of about half a million people.
• 14/8/2008 - Students get into the spirit of WYD
  It was one of Sydney's biggest and most eagerly awaited events, and it lasted only one week! But for Catholic school students lucky to have been part of it, the spirit of World Youth Day will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
• 13/08/2008 - Performing for the Pope
  More than 265 Catholic Schools Performing Arts students won the lottery to perform for their biggest crowd ever at WYD.
• 17/7/2008 - A posy for the Pope
  Pope Benedict XVI was given an official welcome today on his first visit to Australia by Governor-General Michael Jeffery and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
• 17/7/2008 - Pilgrim Park: A Home Away from Home
  The thousands of interstate and overseas WYD pilgrims currently staying at the RAS Showgrounds at Homebush has seen the site transformed into a temporary suburb, complete with its own name: 'Pilgrim Park'.
• 16/7/2008 - Casula students inspired by WYD celebration
  Students from All Saints Senior Catholic College at Casula found the WYD Opening Mass a moving and inspiring experience.
• 16/7/2008 - Mater Dei Welcomes pilgrims from three continents
  Pilgrims from all around the world have been given a warm welcome at Mater Dei Primary, Blakehurst.
• 14/7/2008 - Schools begin to welcome pilgrims with open arms
  Catholic schools across Sydney are preparing for thousands of young pilgrims arriving today to set-up sleeping bags in halls and designated classrooms for World Youth Day celebrations this week.
• 17/7/2008 - Promoting the vocation of teaching
  Teaching in a Catholic school is one of the vocations highlighted at the Vocations Expo at Darling Harbour.
• 16/7/2008 - Catholic youth of the world came as one to worship God
  A sea of red and yellow flooded the streets of Sydney today as pilgrims wearing their WYD backpacks roamed the city to attend today's World Youth Day events.
• 16/7/2008 - Young people called "to live in the Holy Spirit"
  Catechesis sessions for WYD pilgrims across Sydney today called on young people "to live in the Holy Spirit".