Sydney, Australia, Jul 16, 2007 / 08:03 am
Organizers of World Youth Day (WYD) 2008, to be held in Sydney, Australia, have launched a program called HomeStay to provide housing for the thousands of young people set to attend the event.
The hosting program asks Sydney homeowners to host two or more visiting pilgrims from overseas or outside Sydney.
The approaching World Youth Day, scheduled for July 15th-20th 2008, is expected to involve 500,000 people including 125,000 overseas visitors and up to 175,000 from other parts of Australia.
“World Youth Day will bring the biggest ever contingent of young people to Sydney,” WYD08 Coordinator Bishop Anthony Fisher OP said.