By Ana Rodriguez Soto - Florida Catholic newspaper
Check out the images from the July 27 catechesis given by Archbishop Thomas Wenski for English-speaking World Youth Day participants. After taking the big group picture, Miami's pilgrims spent a moment in prayer, with participants from each parish and school sharing their personal prayer intentions for the trip, for friends and relatives back home, and for their faith communities.
St. Joseph Church in Krakow, site of the first day's catechesis for young English-speaking pilgrims, and led by Archbishop Thomas Wenski.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski greets Miami pilgrims to World Youth Day before entering St. Joseph Church for the English-language catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski greets Miami pilgrims to World Youth Day before entering St. Joseph Church for the English-language catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski looks out at the nave of St. Joseph Church in Krakow, filled with English-speaking young people from all over the world, as music ministers from the United Arab Emirates get the World Youth Day catechesis started.
Music ministers from the United Arab Emirates get the World Youth Day catechesis started with some inspirational music.
World Youth Day pilgrims from Little Flower Church in Coral Gables dance along to the music at the start of the first day's English-language catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski takes a photo of pilgrims from Miami and other parts of the world singing and dancing at the first World Youth Day catechesis for English speakers.
Matthew Gomez, a Miami seminarian traveling with the Encuentros Juveniles group, sings and signs along to the music at the first day's World Youth Day catechesis for English speakers.
The music minister from the United Arab Emirates leads the crowd in gesturing to one of the inspirational songs that got the first World Youth Day catechesis for English speakers started.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis. The blue shirts in the foreground belong to a 40-member group from Good Shepherd Church in Miami who did not travel with the official archdiocesan group.
A Catholic born in Kuwait but now living in the United Arab Emirates shares his testimony of faith in the power of praying the rosary.
A woman religious holds up the South African flag.
Miami's pilgrims pose for a photo with Archbishop Thomas Wenski after listening to his first day's catechesis for English speakers at St. Joseph Church.
Miami pilgrims pray after attending Archbishop Thomas Wenski's first-day catechesis.
Alicia Leal, a young adult from St. Clement Parish in Fort Lauderdale, shares her prayer intention with the rest of the Miami pilgrims.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski greets Miami pilgrims to World Youth Day before entering St. Joseph Church for the English-language catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski greets Miami pilgrims to World Youth Day before entering St. Joseph Church for the English-language catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski looks out at the nave of St. Joseph Church in Krakow, filled with English-speaking young people from all over the world, as music ministers from the United Arab Emirates get the World Youth Day catechesis started.
Music ministers from the United Arab Emirates get the World Youth Day catechesis started with some inspirational music.
World Youth Day pilgrims from Little Flower Church in Coral Gables dance along to the music at the start of the first day's English-language catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski takes a photo of pilgrims from Miami and other parts of the world singing and dancing at the first World Youth Day catechesis for English speakers.
Matthew Gomez, a Miami seminarian traveling with the Encuentros Juveniles group, sings and signs along to the music at the first day's World Youth Day catechesis for English speakers.
The music minister from the United Arab Emirates leads the crowd in gesturing to one of the inspirational songs that got the first World Youth Day catechesis for English speakers started.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski addresses English-speaking young people from around the world gathered at St. Joseph Church in Krakow for the first day's World Youth Day catechesis. The blue shirts in the foreground belong to a 40-member group from Good Shepherd Church in Miami who did not travel with the official archdiocesan group.
A Catholic born in Kuwait but now living in the United Arab Emirates shares his testimony of faith in the power of praying the rosary.
A woman religious holds up the South African flag.
Miami's pilgrims pose for a photo with Archbishop Thomas Wenski after listening to his first day's catechesis for English speakers at St. Joseph Church.
Miami pilgrims pray after attending Archbishop Thomas Wenski's first-day catechesis.
Alicia Leal, a young adult from St. Clement Parish in Fort Lauderdale, shares her prayer intention with the rest of the Miami pilgrims.
Photography: ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC
