World Youth Day - Chronology of Celebrations

Chronology of Celebrations

Year	Date	Host	Attendance	Theme	Anthem	Mass
1984	15 April	Rome, Vatican City Italy	300,000	Holy Year of the Redemption: A Festival of Hope	Resta Qui Con Noi	Holy Mass held at Piazza San Pietro Pope John Paul II entrusts the WYD Cross to the Youth
1985	31 March	Rome, Vatican City Italy	300,000	International Youth Year		Holy Mass held at Piazza San Pietro
1987	11 – 12 April	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1,000,000	We ourselves have known and put our faith in God’s love towards ourselves (1 Jn 4:16)	Un Nuevo Sol	First WYD outside Europe First WYD in Southern Hemisphere
1989	15 – 20 August	Santiago de Compostela, Spain	400,000	I am the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14:6)	Somos Los Jóvenes	Final Mass held at Monte do Gozo
1991	10 – 15 August	Częstochowa, Poland	1,600,000	You have received a spirit of sonship (Rom 8:15)	Abba Ojcze	Final Mass held at Jasna Góra Monastery
1993	10 – 15 August	Denver, United States	500,000	I came that they might have life, and have it to the full (Jn 10:10)	(We Are) One Body	Final Mass held at Cherry Creek State Park First WYD in North America and as of 2012 only WYD in USA
1995	10 – 15 January	Manila, Philippines	5,000,000	As the Father sent me, so am I sending you (Jn 20:21)	Tell the World of His Love	Final Mass held at Luneta Park Current world record for the largest Papal gathering First WYD in Asia
1997	19 – 24 August	Paris, France	1,200,000	Teacher, where are you staying? Come and see (cf. Jn 1:38–39)	Maître Et Seigneur	Final Mass held at Longchamp Racecourse
2000	15 – 20 August	Rome, Vatican City Italy	2,000,000	The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (Jn 1:14)	Emmanuel	Final Mass held at Tor Vergata Held on the occasion of the Great Jubilee
2002	23 – 28 July	Toronto, Canada	800,000	You are the salt of the earth ... you are the light of the world (Mt 5:13–14)	Lumière Du Monde/Light Of The World	Final Mass held at Downsview Park Last WYD attended by Pope John Paul II First WYD in Canada
2005	16 – 21 August	Cologne, Germany	1,200,000	We have come to worship Him (Mt 2:2)	Venimus Adorare Eum	Final Mass held at Marienfeld First WYD attended by Pope Benedict XVI
2008	15 – 20 July	Sydney, Australia	400,000	You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses. (Ac 1:8)	Receive The Power	Final Mass held at Randwick Racecourse First WYD in Oceania
2011	16 – 21 August	Madrid, Spain	1,400,000–2,000,000	Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith (Col 2:7)	Firmes en la Fe	Final mass held at Cuatro Vientos Airport Spain becomes the first country (outside the Vatican/Italy) to host WYD twice
2013	23 – 28 July	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	TBD	Go and make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19)	"Esperança do Amanhecer" (Sunrise's Hope)	WYD returns to South America after more than two decades