World Youth Day 2008!

We want to go to Australia to provide the best podcast coverage of World Youth Day on the planet. But we need your help to get us there! We plan on sending Javier, Jose, G, Aneesa, and Father Garza (our pastor) to Australia for 10 days of coverage.We have selected a package provider associated with the local diocese and we need approximately $2000 per person. This will be for all accommodations, airfare, and fees associated with the trip.If you would like to hear great coverage of the largest gathering of Catholic youth in the world, please consider making a small donation.

All proceeds from this drive will be put towards this trip and not the podcast in general.Don’t know how much to give? Would you like to sponsor a whole day for us? How about an hour? Take a look at this handy chart to give you an idea:

Cost of One Day = $1,000
Cost of One Hour = $42.00

Keep reading to see how you can sponsor individual days or hours:

Here’s a list of all the open slots for which we need sponsoring!

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16 Responses to “World Youth Day 2008!”

  • Bob McWilliams

    I’ll kick in off. Lets find some ways to fund raise in local parishes and have days/shows/hours sponsored by different youth groups.

    Bob

  • handsandfeet

    Those are both wonderful ideas. What do you mean by “hours” and “days”? Do you mean, to sponsor Day 1 of World Youth Day or Hour 36 of World Youth Day?

  • I gave the 3 bucks! That’s all we can afford at the moment. Have you considered asking your local Knights of Columbus? I know in our parish they do a lot to help support good things in the parish. Just a thought.

  • handsandfeet

    Thanks dude. Every little bit helps. The KOC are on my list.

  • Jasmine

    Can’t afford much, but I think I managed to sponsor close to 15mins (USD10) :p

    Will work on adding on to the amount over the next few months :)

    Send my regards to Papa B, won’t u? ;)

  • handsandfeet

    Cool and thanks!

  • Yes i dont get the whole ‘day’ and ‘hour’ thing either. can you guys really calculate how much this will cost per hour? lol.
    I’d donate if i had money
    oooooh
    i know!
    i’ll probably get money for my birthday!!!
    I can give you guys some of that :)

    but hey, saving up for a trip to australia? i say if you cant get enough funds, come to Texas ;)

  • handsandfeet

    Yeah we just calculated the total cost of the trip and divided it by the number of days and hours.

  • Hey Guys! I was listening to your bit on Bibles and translations, and I heard that some of you have protestant translations. There’s total benefits to keeping that translation availiable to be able to show someone the differences, but I thought I’d share this quote with you. It’s from the question/answer section of the St. Pius X – a direct quote from the saint.

    “A Christian to whom a Bible has been offered by a Protestant or an agent of the Protestants should reject it with disgust, because it is forbidden by the Church. If it was accepted by inadvertence, it must be burnt as soon as possible or handed in to the Parish Priest.”

  • Jose Rojas

    Hi Britt

    (I bet G is sweating bullets since his Protestant bibles were autographed by King James himself ! lol jk, G)

    That reference comes from the Catechism of St. Pius X that was geared to a unique period of time (late 1800’s I think) in the Roman province. It wasn’t intended for the entire universal Church.

    But I’ll talk more about Catholics having Protestant bibles on the next episode.

    Peace

  • G

    Oh well…I’ll burn if I’m wrong.

  • Kev

    I have a great idea for saving $2000. Why not do your own washing, cleaning, ironing, tidying, packing, shopping, cooking and laundry and leave Aneesa at home?

    You could use the money you save to take your forum administrator to World Youth Day who would be very useful at translating between Australian and American.

    Just a suggestion. ;-)

  • handsandfeet

    Dude, if Aneesa reads your post you’re in trouble!

  • Aneesa

    If the above named forum administrator continues to make such ludicrous suggestions, then said administrator may lose his position. As CFO and food provider of the Hands and Feet Show the above named suggestion has been DENIED!!!! God Bless you, peace be with you, have a nice night and don’t bite the bed bugs!!
    P.S. If I were you, I would sleep with my eyes open!!

  • Kev

    Gulp. Sorry! (No pay rise this year then :-( )

  • Cool, I’m planning on going to WYD 2008 too! Maybe we’ll bump into each other. Do you happen to know of any other Catholic podcasters who are going?

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