Sisters in Portugal ready to welcome and experience World Youth Day on the road with Blessed Maria Droste

From 24 to 31 July, a series of initiatives took place in Porto in the Casa da Ir. Maria Droste, a series of initiatives in preparation for the WYD Lisbon 2023 (World Youth Day) week that starts today and will last until 06 August.

The days in Porto were rich
of exchanges and conviviality between the mission partners who came from all continents

Of visits to significant places in the history of the Good Shepherd in Portugal and especially the spiritual and apostolic experience of Blessed Maria Droste
www.missiongoodshepherd.org:Beata Maria del Divin cuore

and intense moments of prayer

www.wyddonbosco23.pt

Let us make our own the wish that Pope Francis addressed to the young participants of WYD to “awaken to life”:

“Dear young people!
In these recent difficult times, in which humanity, already tried by the trauma of the pandemic, is torn by the drama of war, Mary reopens for everyone and in particular for you, young people like her, the way of closeness and encounter. I hope, and strongly believe, that the experience that many of you will have in Lisbon in August next year will represent a new beginning for you young people and – with you – for all humanity.”