Catholic Youth of the World Unite
Catholic youth from around the world gathered in Lisbon, Portugal to celebrate their faith during World Youth Day 2023. Joseph Troxler, a UST student active in his faith life, attended and experienced a sense of new sense of the Universal Church.
Today he shares his experience from World Youth Day. He explains how the pre-WYD trip to Spain was among the motivating factors in going. His family practices a devotion to the Carmelites and Our Lady of Fatima and Joseph shares how his visits to Avila, Toledo and Fatima illuminated his faith life. He is excited to be able to bring back and share his insights, photos and experiences with his family.
From there, he joined more than a million Catholic youth for the opening Mass. It was during this Mass where he first got a sense of how big the Body of Christ really is.
One of his key insights was Pope Francis as our shepherd. Joseph holds a special affinity for Christ the Good Shepherd, and this experience
