Facts and figures!

21st July, 2008 by Fiona

I came across some facts and figures that I thought may be of interest?

  • 70,000 international pilgrims took part in Days of the Diocese throughout Australia during the week before WYD08
  • 150,000 attended the Opening Mass at Barangaroo and CBD sites
  • In excess of 400,000 people attended the Final Mass at Southern Cross Precinct
  • 500,000 people came out to welcome His Holiness on Thursday 17 July on the Boat-a-cade, Official Arrival at Barangaroo and Motorcade
  • 223,000 people registered for pilgrim services during WYD08 (110,000 international pilgrims + 113,000 local pilgrims)
  • Over 170 nations were represented at World Youth Day Sydney 2008
  • 168 international flags took part in the Procession of Flags at the WYD08 Opening Mass
  • 6,000 blankets were donated by Qantas to pilgrims from across Oceania
  • 37 lucky Burmese pilgrims overcame VISA difficulties to finally make it to Sydney for WYD08
  • At the WYD Big Aussie BBQ, 220,000 slices of bread were consumed - if laid end to end, it would cover the Sydney Harbour Bridge 21 times
  • 100,000 pilgrims slept in 400 schools and parishes

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One Response to “Facts and figures!”

  1. E.Lawrence Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    Hello, would it be possible to enlarge the photo coverage of the World Youth Day for those of us who were not able to take part? Perhaps it would be possible to ask all the participants from Westminster Diocese to contribute their favourite photos and post them on this site. Was there an “Official” photographer on behalf of the diocese taking pictures?
    Eva Lawrence

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