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June 13, 2012

Youth office steps back from WYD

World Youth Day revellers take in the festivities at WYD 2011 in Madrid, Spain.

TORONTO - As part of the new direction of the archdiocese of Toronto’s Office of Catholic Youth, the office won’t be organizing a trip to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day 2013, said director Fr. Frank Portelli.

“It was discussed at the Council of Priests and it was decided that it would be better if the parishes work on their own groups to go down so it would be more parish-based initiatives,” Portelli told The Catholic Register.

Published in Youth Speak News
February 8, 2012

World Youth Day officials in Brazil unveil winning logo for 2013

This is the Portuguese-language version of the winning logo for World Youth Day to be held in Rio de Janeiro July 23-28, 2013. Gustavo Huguenin, 25, a Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro, designed it.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Officials of World Youth Day 2013 unveiled the winning logo for the event at a ceremony attended by more than 100 Brazilian bishops, government officials and local organizers.

Gustavo Huguenin, 25, creator of the winning logo, is a Brazilian from the interior of Rio de Janeiro state. The contest was opened to anyone, and the logo was chosen by a Vatican council from more than 200 entries from around the world.

Published in Youth Speak News