Una Voce Federation Announces Support of Juventutem Festival 2005

In response to the invitation of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, youth attached to the traditional Latin liturgy (Mass of St. Pius V) will organize a festival in Cologne, Germany as part of World Youth Day 2005 (WYD) between August 10-21.

The Juventutem festival will consist of a delegation of youth led by Mgr. Fernando Rifan, Apostolic Administrator of the Union of St John Vianney and Bishop of Campos, Brazil. Young people from more than 20 countries are expected to join the bishop.

Chaplains to the delegation will be provided by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, the Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer, and the Regular Canons of the Mother of God.

According to an announcement by Julien Bodereau, a director for Juventutem, activities will begin on August 10 with a 80 km pilgrimage around Lake Constance, from a point near Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.

Plans call for the pilgrimage to conclude on August 14. At 9:00 August 15, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the delegation will assist at a Pontifical Solemn High Mass in a nearby church. The delegation will then board buses for Cologne, site of WYD 2005.

While in Cologne, the delegation will be based at a church, where it will organize a project. The schedule for the group will include Lauds, talks by Bishop Rifan and other speakers, Holy Mass, lunch, free time for entertainment or missionary activities, Vespers, and dinner. There will be ample time to speak with priests and for the Sacrament of Penance.

According to Bodereau, "We are searching for musical talent among our young traditionalists, especially those who participate in good choirs or play instruments."

The Holy Father is slated to join WYD on August 20-21, the last two days of the event. A full schedule of WYD activities is viewable on the World Wide Web at http://www.wyd2005.org. Juventutem has its own website at http://www.juventutem.com.

Registration cost for the event is 169 Euros for WYD; 90 Euros additional for the Juventutem festival; and approximately 25 Euros for bus fare to Cologne. Travelers would be responsible for their own airfare costs from America to Germany.

Bodereau is seeking to obtain an estimate within four weeks of how many would likely participate in Juventutem, for logistic purposes. This estimate would need to be refined by December 31. He suggested that airfare prices would be more advantageous if tickets were obtained prior to December 31. Final deadline for registering for WYD is June 1, he said.

Juventutem would welcome contributions to defray expenses for priests and religious, in addition to costs for speakers and for orchestra/choir members, said Bodereau. A booklet will be prepared for the traditional Latin Mass and songs pertaining to WYD. Bodereau hoped that companies could be contacted that would contribute food and drink to the festival.

Fred Haehnel, treasurer of Una Voce America, emphasized that Juventutem had received a strong endorsement from Ralf Siebenburger, president of the International Una Voce Federation.

"We are going to Cologne as missionaries, as it were, to demonstrate to all the spiritual power of the immemorial Mass, and its central part in the life of the Church today," Haehnel said.

Posted 23 Oct 2004

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