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Quoting zabeth:
by Zbeth Cruz
I was a volunteer from one of the biggest catechetical site in the Quezon City South District, Sto. Domingo Church headed by Rev. Fr. Roland Castro OP. By stroke of luck, I was tasked to be the head of our 296 volunteer facilitators who are assigned to 3000 local and provincial delegates during the World Youth Day '95.
Initially, I only wanted to see the Holy Father up-close and to kiss his hand perhaps. But God had other plans.
Pope John Paul II was scheduled to meet the delegates of the International Youth Forum and greet the students of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). I thought this will be the closest I?ll get to see the Pope considering that UST is not that big and the organizers have given away tickets to control the audience number. I have long secured my ticket pass. I waited eagerly for that day.
The day drew near and passed by, I did not go to UST. There was scarcity of facilitators during the second day of catechism, which was the day the Pope was in UST. Almost half of the volunteer facilitators excused themselves. I stayed. I had to be with my facilitators.
And yet, I have no regrets. God knew exactly where He wanted me to be?and there I met Him. He was in the smiles, small notes of inspiring words of affirmations from both delegates and volunteers. He was in the persons I met and friends I made during those events. And most of all, He was with me when I was doing the task He has given me. That was perhaps the reason why I stayed.
The experience is a memory I will never forget. The Pope may have gone yet the spirit of new leadings will guide me throughout my life.
published in M.U. Youth Magazine. Dominican Studentate Media Center, Sto. Domingo Convent, Q.C., Vol. 2 No., 1995.
by Zbeth Cruz
I was a volunteer from one of the biggest catechetical site in the Quezon City South District, Sto. Domingo Church headed by Rev. Fr. Roland Castro OP. By stroke of luck, I was tasked to be the head of our 296 volunteer facilitators who are assigned to 3000 local and provincial delegates during the World Youth Day '95.
Initially, I only wanted to see the Holy Father up-close and to kiss his hand perhaps. But God had other plans.
Pope John Paul II was scheduled to meet the delegates of the International Youth Forum and greet the students of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). I thought this will be the closest I?ll get to see the Pope considering that UST is not that big and the organizers have given away tickets to control the audience number. I have long secured my ticket pass. I waited eagerly for that day.
The day drew near and passed by, I did not go to UST. There was scarcity of facilitators during the second day of catechism, which was the day the Pope was in UST. Almost half of the volunteer facilitators excused themselves. I stayed. I had to be with my facilitators.
And yet, I have no regrets. God knew exactly where He wanted me to be?and there I met Him. He was in the smiles, small notes of inspiring words of affirmations from both delegates and volunteers. He was in the persons I met and friends I made during those events. And most of all, He was with me when I was doing the task He has given me. That was perhaps the reason why I stayed.
The experience is a memory I will never forget. The Pope may have gone yet the spirit of new leadings will guide me throughout my life.
published in M.U. Youth Magazine. Dominican Studentate Media Center, Sto. Domingo Convent, Q.C., Vol. 2 No., 1995.
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