Wyd

• 1. World Youth Day
  

2. Sunday, August 14 Depart USA
All Aboard!Your group of pilgrims will board your flight from USA en route to Madrid today.Sit back and enjoy the ride.You are on your way to World Youth Day!
3. DEPARTURE FROM WASHINGTON DULLES (IAD)
August 14Washington Dulles / Paris Air France #394:40pm / 6:00aAugust 15
August 15Paris / MadridAir France #10007:15am / 9:20am
RETURN TO WASHINGTON DULLES (IAD)
August 23Madrid / ParisAir France #130112:35pm / 2:40pm
August 23Paris / Washington DullesAir France #264:35pm / 7:05pm
4. Monday, August 15 Arrival in Madrid
We arrive in Madrid and are met by our representative of Catholic Travel Centre.We proceed to downtown Madrid via private motor coach to our hotel where we have some time to rest from our journey. (D)
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner *meals that are part of WYD meal package.
5. Tuesday, August 16 Madrid: Opening Ceremony - Liturgy
Today the Opening Ceremony/Liturgy will take place at a site in the environs of Madrid.Transportation to and from the event will be via the Public transportation system included in the WYD Registration package. (B)
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner *meals that are part of WYD meal package.
6. Wednesday, August 17 to Friday, August 19Madrid Catechetical Sessions
We will make your way to our catechesis location for each day, with the remainder of your meals taken on site as part of the WYD Registration package.
(B) (*L) (*D)
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner *meals that are part of WYD meal package.
7. Thursday, August 18 Pope Arrives
8. Friday, August 19Way of the Cross / LectioDivina
9. Saturday, August 20 MadridUSA Mass
10. Saturday, August 20 MadridEvening Vigil
With the assistance of our tour escort, we will begin our pilgrimage walk to the site of the Closing Mass, CuatroVientos (located outside Madrid proper) is the proposed site for the Evening Vigil and Closing Mass.Sleep out under the stars as you pray at the Vigil with thousands of youth from around the globe and with His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI.Sleep tight tomorrow morning is the awesome final Mass. (B) (*L) (*D)
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner *meals that are part of WYD meal package.
11. Sunday, August 21 MadridClosing Mass
This morning you will experience one of the most awesome liturgies of your entire life as you celebrate the Eucharist with hundreds of thousands of your brothers and sisters from around the world, along with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.The Balance of the day is at your leisure. (*B)
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner *meals that are part of WYD meal package.
12. Monday, August 22 MadridExcursion to Avila
This morning we make an excursion to the walled city of Avila. We visit sites connected with St. Teresa of Avila, the mystic saint and one of three women Doctors of the Church. (B)
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner *meals that are part of WYD meal package.
13. Tuesday, August 23 Return to USA
After breakfast your tour escort will whisk you off to the airport in your private motor coach for your return flight back to the USA. (B)
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner *meals that are part of WYD meal package.
14. www.catholicreview.org/palmerblog/
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15. 16. I just spoke with the State Department as well as US Customs and wanted to let you know of a clarification that you may want to pass on to the rest of the group. They indicated that if it is to be a copy of the birth certificate and not the original, either the seal must be visible in the copy or it must be a certified copy. Im not sure how lenient they are on this in actual day-to-day travel, but just in case
17. 18. NH ALBERTO AGUILERA HOTEL
Alberto Aguilera, 1828015 MadridTelephone: 011-34-914-460-900
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• Make 3 photocopies of your passport (signature pages).One copy in your suitcase, one copy with your group leader, one copy with family back home.

20. Make certain your passport is valid at least six months beyond your intended date of return. 21. Carry your passport securely with you or a copy with you at all times; if once you arrive overseas you do not carry your passport with you, keep it in the safe deposit at the hotel or in a safe in your room. 22. If members of your group are not US citizen, they are responsible for securing their own visas to gain access into a country they are visiting.