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Diocese of Joliet WYD 2019 Cross Visit flyer (2018)
Diocese of Joliet WYD 2019 Cross Visit flyer
August 21, 2018, Immaculate Conception Church, Elmhurst, Illinois
These symbols have traveled all around the world since Pope St. John Paul II presented them to young people at the first WYD in Rome, 1984. He also gifted an icon of Our Lady to travel with the cross. These symbols, venerated by Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, urge us to get to know Jesus in the Mystery of Redemption, and abandon our lives to the protection of Our Lady as World Youth Day Panama, 2019 approaches.