The World Youth Day 1997 (French: Journées mondiales de la jeunesse 1997) took place from 19 to 24 August 1997 in Paris, France. About 1,200,000 young people took part in the meeting.

1997年8月21日 · A special greeting to the English-speaking young people from all over the world. The Pope is delighted to meet so many of you here in Paris, at the World Youth Day. Christ has brought us together. He is the subject of our reflections during these days; he …

1997年8月24日 · The few lines of the Gospel of John which we have just heard sum up the programme of World Youth Day: it is an exchange of questions, and then an answer which is also an appeal. In presenting this encounter with Jesus, today's liturgy wants to show that which counts most in your lives.

Then, in August 1997, together with many of you, we will have the experience of the XII World Youth Day, celebrated at international level in Paris, at the heart of the continent of Europe. In that metropolis, for centuries a crossroads for peoples, for art and culture, the young people of France are already preparing, enthusiastically, to ...

World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for the youth organized by the Catholic Church that was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. Its concept has been influenced by the Light-Life Movement that has existed in Poland since the 1960s, where during summer camps Catholic young adults over 13 days of camp celebrated a "day of community".

1997年8月24日 · The 12th World Youth Day saw the gathering, far beyond all expectation, of young people from about 160 countries across the world. They met in the French capital to express the joy of their faith in Christ and to experience the beauty of being together as members of the one Church of Christ.

John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005, World Youth Day (Assembly), Youth -- Religious life, Church work with youth -- Catholic Church Publisher Winona, MN : Saint Mary's Press

JP II WRITINGS ON YOUTH PAGE 3 December 7, 1965 MESSAGE OF THE II VATICAN COUNCIL TO YOUTH "Lastly, it is to you, young men and women of the world, that the Council wishes to address its final message. For it is you who are to receive the torch from the hands of your elders and to live in the world at

Come and see (Jn 1, 38:39) Anthem : Maître et Seigneur, venu chez nous [Master and Lord, Come to us] During WYD in Paris, over half a million young people filled the streets of the French capital with joy and fraternity. Several innovations marked this edition: the inclusion of Days…

1997年8月24日 · In a special way, I thank the young French people who have participated in the organization of the Twelfth World Youth Day. They have placed themselves at the service of the Church, may they receive many spiritual benefits and continue in their Christian mission according to the vocation of each one!