I remember fondly our prayer night where there was
- time for exposition and you could hear a pin drop-such peace!!!
- time for community prayer.
- time for individual reception of the sacrament of reconciliation.
- time for Mass.
- time for a social afterwards
- time for helping eat and buying chocolates to assist the chocolate drive towards WYD.
Bringing your pilgrim group and or interested people together long before the pilgrim begins is vital for pilgrims to be able to get to know each other, leaders to understand pilgrims needs and personalities and for time to pray together, since a group that prays together and for each other and takes the pilgrimage seriously before they leave their own country will bond together in difficulties in a foreign country.
It is also advantageous at this stage to begin to pray for all the pilgrims in your group as well as be allocated someone in the group to pray for. Each person does not need to know who is praying for them, just that each person is praying in a particular way for someone else in the group.
Another way of bonding and preparing spiritually is to set aside some time and have a retreat day/w/end. This gives people time to get to know each other, pray together, share hopes and fears of the pilgrimage and for leaders to learn to become leaders who lead by listening and understanding.
I hope your spiritual journey so far is progressing towards WYD. I am praying for you.
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