Vatican announces themes for upcoming World Youth Days
(Vatican Radio) The Dicastery for Laity, the Family, and
Life issued a communiqué on Tuesday listing the themes for the next three World
Youth Days (WYD).
The press release notes that the themes were chosen by Pope
Francis “for the three-year World Youth Day journey that will culminate at the
international celebration of the event to be held in Panama in 2019.”
World Youth Day is celebrated at the diocesan level each year on Palm Sunday,
with an international gathering every two to three years. The most recent
international Day was celebrated in August, 2016, in Krakow, Poland.
The Blessed Virgin Mary is at the heart of the themes for
the upcoming WYDs, which are taken from the Gospel of Saint Luke:
32nd World Youth Day, 2017: “The
Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is His Name” (Lk
1:49)
33rd World Youth Day, 2018: “Do not
be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God” (Lk 1:30)
34th World Youth Day, 2019: “I am
the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word” (Lk
1:38)
The themes are a continuation of the reflections begun by
Pope Francis for the last three World Youth Days, which focused on the
Beatitudes. The Dicastery’s press release recalled Pope Francis’ remarks at
World Youth Day in Krakow, when he invited young people to have “memory of the
past, courage for the present and to have/be hope for the future.” The themes
“are intended to give a clear Marian tone to the spiritual journey of the next
three WYDs” and at the same time “give a picture of young people on a journey
between the past (2017), present (2018), and future (2019), inspired by the
three theological virtues of faith, charity, and hope.”
The Dicastery noted that the “path that is being proposed to
young people can also be seen to be in harmony with the reflection that Pope
Francis has entrusted to the next Synod of Bishops: Young People, Faith
and Vocational Discernment.”
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