JESUSCARITASEST.ORG REPORT: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops have created a social media tool for pilgrims to make a virtual pilgrimage to World Youth Day, Madrid, Spain. They have created a Facebook page and an Facebook application. The USCCB released the Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virtual-World-Youth-Day/155152027881863 Here photos and videos are uploaded. They hope to get 1 million virtual pilgrims on the Facebook fan page. This initiative is a wonderful way for the world to access WYD. Some pilgrims who are disabled, poor, or unable to attend can now participate with many media tools. This makes the pilgrimage almost palpable to those who cannot attend.
There is also a Web site available: http://www.virtualworldyouthday.org/ Here people can form an avatar and it participates in the events.There is also a virtual world map showing all the virtual pilgrims. .
World Youth Day 2011 will be held August 16-21, in Madrid, the Spanish capital.
Those wishing to contact the USCCB for information on how to access the Facebook Application or Website can email: Catherine Panzica at cpanzica@usccb.org.
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