Preparing for a pilgrimage, sometimes you’ve got to get a little bit dirty.
Just ask teens in the Archdiocese of Detroit, who in a lead-up to the international World Youth Day celebration in August have been rolling up their sleeves to help their communities and form stronger bonds with one another.
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Service is one of the key focuses on the lead-up to World Youth Day, which is August 21. Here in the Detroit area and across the globe, as teenagers and young adults get ready to gather by the millions in Madrid, Spain, they do so by connecting to their communities at home.
“It gives them a sense of sharing their faith on a bigger level,” says Theresa Barrons, youth minister at St. Mary Parish, who led the Blue Water Vicariate service project at Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission.
Kelly McClelland, a 15-year-old form St. Mary Parish in Port Huron, says she can see the connection.
“I think it’s just really cool how so many people around the world will be doing the same exact things we’ll be doing,” says McClelland. “It’s cool to see how big the Church is and how we’re all together.”
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