To register for WYD2008, you will need a Group Name and Number. With this group you will receive access to all WYD events as well as your meals, transport and accommodation (if required). You will also attend WYD Catechesis sessions with your Group.

Why Register for WYD?

When thousands of young people descend upon Sydney to meet Pope Benedict and experience WYD2008 - the biggest gathering of young people on the planet - you won’t want to miss it!

Finding a Pilgrim Group…

If you are looking for details (name & number) for Sydney based pilgrim groups see below for the FIND a PILGRIM GROUP.

Looking for a Pilgrim Group…

If you are looking for a group to join, we invite you to be a part of Towards 2008 – Australia’s national student and young adult group. Our Towards 2008 group will probably have several hundred members for the week of World Youth Day as well as at least two chaplains including Fr Mark De Battista (Towards 2008 National Chaplain) and Fr Gregory Jordan SJ (ACSA National Chaplain).

If you like our yBENEDICT site you will probably like the Towards 2008 group because they are being run by the same associations and the same people. For a little bit more background, ACSA/ACYA stands for Australian Catholic Students Association and Australian Catholic Young Adults Network. Our two associations are working together to run Towards2008 and under this banner we are hosting the yBENEDICT website and campaign as well as the Towards2008 PILGRIM GROUP!

Towards 2008 PILGRIM GROUP

Group Number: 3957

Group Name: Towards2008 – ACSA/ACYA

Now that you have these group details, all you need to do to register with the Towards2008 Pilgrim Group is choose whether you wish to register with Package A or Package B. The difference is Package A includes accommodation for the whole week, while Package B doesn’t.

Package A (with accommodation)

For VISITORS TO SYDNEY who wish to join the Towards 2008 group for WYD Week, we suggest you:

• Sign up for Package A - which includes accommodation, meals, transport and access to all WYD events. (As a non-Sydney resident you will probably need accommodation for the week. We will let you know as soon as we can tell you where our group will be accommodated for the week and thus where you will be sleeping!)

• As a member of the Towards2008 Pilgrim Group (Package A) you will probably be attending catechesis somewhere near to the Sydney CBD. We’ll give you more details as soon as we know but be assured we will be somewhere near the action!

• If you are a visitor to Sydney but do not require accommodation, you recommend you register with Package B below.

Package B (NO accommodation)

For SYDNEY RESIDENTS, who want to join the Towards 2008 group for WYD Week, we suggest you:

• Sign up for Package B - as this includes meals, transport and access to all WYD events though no accommodation (As a Sydney resident you will naturally be free to sleep in your own bed!)

• As a member of the Towards2008 Pilgrim Group (Package B) you will probably be attending catechesis somewhere near to the Sydney CBD. We’ll give you more details as soon as we know but be assured we will be somewhere near the action!

• If you are a resident in Sydney but would like accommodation during WYD (to get out of the house or to live it up full time with the pilgrims of the world) we recommend you register with Package A above. 

If you would like more information on registering with Towards2008 please feel free to contact us by calling Bridget Spinks on mob. 0408 496 610 or by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

PACKAGE C (weekend only, no accommodation)

Towards 2008 will not be offering a Package C Option (weekend only, no accommodation) but if you wish to choose this WYD Registration option, we recommend you consider one of our related groups - St Peter’s Surry Hills. This is the Church where our BXVI Pilgrim Centre is located and they will be offering a Package C option. Pilgrim Group Details for St Peter’s Surry Hills (Weekend Only) are:

Group Number: 3072; Group Name: St Peters, Surry Hills NSW Weekend Package.

FIND A PILGRIM GROUP

Catholic Youth Services Full List of Group Numbers and Names for Sydney WYD Groups
For any further inquiries about a group below, call CYS Registrations Officer, Jeremy Ambrose on m. 0413 258 713.



A
4908   Adorers Of The Holy Eucharist
3663   All Hallows Parish, Fivedock
4044   All Saints Catholic Boys College Liverpool
4045   All Saints Catholic Girls College Liverpool
4032   All Saints Catholic Senior College Casula
5066   All Saints Liverpool
4375   Angulo's Family
4047   Aquinas College Menai
3124   Australian Tongan Catholic Youth
4185   AYCS and AYCW Event Coordination

B
4184   Bedelia's Group
4039   Bethany College Hurstville
4022   Bethlehem College Ashfield
3308   BK Antioch Week
3123   BK Antioch Weekend
2817   Bold souls
4051   Brigidine College Randwick
2580   Bunker

C
4949   Carlini Family Group
4046   Casimir Catholic College Marrickville
3741   CASS
3735   CASS-Canto-A
3736   CASS-Canto-B
3737   CASS-Canto-C
3733   CASS-English-A
3649   CASS-English-B
3734   CASS-English-C
3738   CASS-Mando-A
3739   CASS-Mando-B
3740   CASS-Mando-C
3888   Catholic Society of St Peter
2847   Catholic Youth Services
3622   Catholics In Action 2 full week
2736   Catholics In Action Full week
3453   Catholics In Action Week end only
221    CBC Burwood
3970   CEO Sydney
2820   CFC-SINGLES FOR CHRIST NSW
1035   Chinese Community
3586   Chinese Community - OLF - BC
4271   Chinese Community - OLF - BE
3584   Chinese Community - OLF - C
3730   Chinese Community - St Joseph - BC
3728   Chinese Community - St Joseph - BE
3731   Chinese Community - St Joseph - C
2570   Christ The King Y M
1611   Christ The King Youth
4029   Christian Brothers' College Burwood
4706   Christina's group
3407   CIYC - Sydney Indo 3
4058   Clancy Catholic College West Hoxton
1088   CLM-Christian Life Movement
2110   Coptic Youth
934    Creston College
3804   Croatian Youth Sydney
4894   Croatian Youth Sydney 1
4895   Croatian Youth Sydney 2
4896   Croatian Youth Sydney 3
4897   Croatian Youth Sydney 4
4898   Croatian Youth Sydney 5
4899   Croatian Youth Sydney 6

D
4023   De La Salle College Ashfield
4030   De La Salle College Caringbah
4033   De La Salle College Cronulla
4053   De La Salle College Revesby Heights
1287   Disciples
3874   Disciples of Jesus Sydney South
1281   Divas
4037   Domremy College Five Dock
3547   DSHJ-Mary Immaculate

E
3403   Earlwood and Clemton Park
3866   Embrace - St Mary's Cathedral Youth
1483   Engadine Antioch

F
3964   Filipino Catholic Community Sydney
956    Frama
4027   Freeman Catholic College Bonnyrigg
3566   French Community of Randwick
3597   French-Speaking Catholic Community

G
2517   Genesis Daceyville
3449   Genesis Daceyville Overnight
3476   German Speaking Community of Sydney - B
3475   Germanspeaking Catholic Community Sydney
1933   Glenard University Residence
4038   Good Samaritan Catholic College Hinchinbrook
1738   Good Shepherd Parish, Hoxton Park
2859   Good Shepherd Youth Ministry (FLOCK)

H
1006   Harvest Tours
4338   Helen
2993   Holsworthy Parish B
4354   Holsworthy Parish C
4054   Holy Cross College Ryde
76     Holy Cross College, Ryde
3712   Holy Cross Woolahra
2940   Holy Family Maroubra
4273   Holy Family Maroubra 2
1219   Holy Spirit College Lakemba
4043   Holy Spirit College Lakemba CEO

I
3632   Immaculate Conception and St Paul of the Cross
3633   Immaculate Conception and St Paul of the Cross
3723   Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sefton
J
3934   Jana Group Visa_Test
4311   Janas Group30
4799   Japanese Catholics Group
2961   Jesus Youth,Sydney
194    John the Baptist Parish Bonnyrigg
3402   John the Baptist Parish Bonnyrigg C

K
2528   Kensington Antioch
3026   Kingsford
2053   Kogarah Parish
2569   Kogarah Parish Weekenders

L
4026   La Salle Catholic College Bankstown
2713   Lajkonik Polish Song and Dance Ensmeble
2913   Legion of Mary - Church Hill Praesidium
1189   Legion of Mary, Sydney
3557   Little Sisters of the Poor
815    littleflowers
904    Liverpool Antioch

M
2658   Macquarie University
4052   Marcellin College Randwick
4034   Marist College Eastwood
4042   Marist College Kogarah
4048   Marist College North Shore
4049   Marist College Pagewood
4050   Marist College Penshurst
123    Marist Friends
122    Marist International Festival
4059   Marist Sisters' College Woolwich
3054   Maronites from St Charbel Punchbowl PACKAGE A
2753   Maronites from St Charbel Punchbowl PACKAGE B
2909   Maronites from St Charbel Punchbowl PACKAGE C
3596   Mary Immaculate Church
3905   Mary Immaculate Church Weekend
3666   Mary Immaculate Parish, Waverley
4057   Mary MacKillop College Wakeley
3782   Mater Dei Blakehurst
4077   Monte Sant Angelo
4767   Moore Family

N
3820   Neocatechumenal Way Australia 1
3816   Neocatechumenal Way NSW
3817   Neocatechumenal Way NSW 1
3818   Neocatechumenal Way NSW 2
3819   Neocatechumenal Way Sydney 1
4276   Notre Dame - Sydney

O
868    OLF Kingsgrove Youth
3211   OLMC Mt Pritchard
3417   OLMC Waterloo
4671   OLRweekend Fairfield
4951   Our Lade of Assumption, Homebush
3183   Our Lady of Annunciation Pagewood
3784   Our Lady of Fatima Peakhurst
2912   Our Lady Of Lebanon Harris Park- Marian Apostolic Movement "B"
3161   Our Lady Of Lebanon Harris Park- Marian Apostolic Movement "C"
4028   Our Lady of Mercy College Burraneer
5000   Our Lady of the Assumption
3186   Our Lady of the Rosary Kensington
3618   Our Lady of the Rosary, Fairfield
4040   Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Kensington
2304   Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Randwick Week
3031   Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Randwick Weekend
3800   Our Lady of Victories Parish, Horsley Park
4950   Our Lady Queen of Peace, Gladesville
3875   Our Lady Star of the Sea, Watsons Bay

P
4809   Paddys
5213   Passionists Argentina
4036   Patrician Brother's College Fairfield
978    Patrick and Gaby
5156   pclgroup1
5159   pellgroup
2545   Polish Youth Community
4397   Polish Youth Community (Weekend)

R
2758   rAndom
4769   REDEMPTORIS MATER SYDNEY
3829   Regina Coeli Beverly Hills
4916   RMC
811    RRS Australia

S
3578   Sacred Heart Cabramatta
3720   Sacred Heart Parish, Villawood
2908   Samoan WYD youth - NSW
2523   Scalabrini Youth Group of Mascot Parish
4844   Selina's Test Group
2497   sfxashbury
1751   Shire Activ8
3581   Shire Activ8 Engadine
3647   Shire Activ8 Holy Family Menai
3362   Shire Activ8 OLSS Miranda
3199   Shire Activ8 Our Lady of Fatima Caringbah
3704   Shire Activ8 Our Lady of the Way Parish, Sylvania
3655   Shire Activ8 Saint Aloysius Cronulla
3565   Shire Activ8 St Catherine's Gymea
3718   Shire Activ8 St Josephs Oyster Bay
3625   Shire Activ8 St Patrick's Sutherland
2835   Shire Activ8 Weekend
3709   Shire Activ8, St Joseph Parish, Como/ Oyster Bay
1184   Smithfield Antioch
3637   Holy Spirit Parish, North Ryde
3185   St Agnes Matraville
4982   St Ambrose Concord West #1
4060   St Andrews Parish, Malabar
3710   St Anne Bondi Beach
3629   St Anne Parish South Strathfield
3715   St Anthony Marsfield
4310   St Anthonys Clovelly
3703   St Anthony's Parish, Austral
3708   St Augustine of Hippo Balmain
3797   St Bernadette's Carlton
3198   St Brendan Central Bankstown
5120   St Brendan's Parish
3895   St Charles Borromeo, Ryde
3314   St Christopher's Panania - Package B
5135   St Christopher's Panania - Package C
3661   St Columba Parish, Leichhardt Nth
3592   St Declans Penshurst
3781   St Declan's Penshurst
3585   St Dominic's Parish Flemington
3277   St Felix de Valois Bankstown B
3580   St Fiacre's Parish Leichhardt
3790   St Finbar's Sans Souci
3233   St Francis Xavier Lurnea
3786   St Francis Xavier's Arncliffe
3787   St Gabriel's Bexley
2289   St George
2299   St George Deanery Full Week Group
4708   St George Deanery Weekend Group
3101   St Gertrude's Parish, Smithfield
3190   St Joan of Arc
4035   St John Bosco College Engadine
2933   St John of God, Auburn
3611   St John of God, Auburn - WEEKEND ONLY
3660   St John the Baptist Parish, Croydon Park
3713   St John Vianney and St Thomas More Greenacre
3658   St Joseph Parish, Enfield
3197   St Joseph the worker Auburn South
3600   St Joseph's Belmore
2038   St Joseph's Camperdown
3593   St Josephs Oatley
3779   St Joseph's Oatley
3659   St Joseph's Parish, Enfield
3702   St Joseph's Parish, Moorebank
3785   St Joseph's Riverwood
3791   St Joseph's Rockdale
3598   St Joseph's, Belmore
3707   St Jospeh Parish Rozelle
4772   St Kevins
3889   St Luke's Parish Weekend
3093   St Luke's Youth
3588   St Margaret Mary Randwick North Week
3589   St Margaret Mary Randwick North Weekend
5067   St Mark's Coptic Orthodox College
2917   St Mark's Drummoyne
3477   St Martha's Parish Strathfield 1
3479   St Martha's Parish Strathfield 2
3667   St Mary Magdalene Parish, Rosebay
3870   St Mary Queen of Heaven, Georges Hall
4056   St Mary's Cathedral College Sydney
5072   St Mary's Concord
3406   St Michael's Hurstville
5154   St Michael's Hurstville Weekend Only
4138   St Michaels' Parish Belfield
3621   St Michael's Parish, Lane Cove
3192   St Patrick Summer Hill
3215   St Patricks - Bondi
2377   St Patrick's Church Hill
4055   St Patrick's College Sutherland
4690   St Paul of the Cross
2934   St Peter Chanel 1
3662   St Pius V Parish, Enmore/Tempe
3783   St Raphael's South Hurstville
3188   St Therese Padstow
3722   St Therese Parish, Denistone
3090   St Therese's Church, Lakemba
3725   St Thomas Becket Parish Lewisham
3788   St Thomas More's Brighton Le Sands
4041   St Ursula's College Kingsgrove
4862   St Vincent's Parish Ashfield
5201   St Vincent's Parish, Ashfield
3539   St. Bede's Parish, Pyrmont / Ultimo, Glebe, NSW - WEEK LONG
3540   St. Bede's Parish, Pyrmont / Ultimo, Glebe, NSW - WEEKEND ONLY (Papal Mass)
2850   St. Brigid's Parish, Marrickville
5064   St. Brigid's Parish, Marrickville Weekend Group
3280   St. James' Parish, Forest Lodge, Glebe, NSW - WEEK LONG
3285   St. James' Parish, Forest Lodge, Glebe, NSW - WEEKEND ONLY (Papal Mass)
4820   St. Joachim's Lidcombe full on
4821   St. Joachim's Lidcombe WEEKEND
3865   St. Michael's Youth Group
3811   St. Nikola Tavelic
3070   St. Peters, Surry Hills, NSW - Week Long
3072   St. Peters, Surry Hills, NSW - Weekend
4231   Starr1
3514   stjeromespunchbowl
5101   StMaryStJoseph
4548   Sudanese Catholic Community
5123   SUMAGAYSAY and MENDIOLA
3179   Sydney Chinese Catholic Community (Mandarin)
3635   Sydney Harbour Nth , Blessed Sacrament, Clifton Gardens
3634   Sydney Harbour Nth, Sacred Heart , Mosman
3631   Sydney Harbour Nth, St Joseph's, Neutral Bay
817    Sydney Indo 1 (Paket B)
818    Sydney Indo 2 (Paket C)
3484   Syrian Catholic Community

T
2691   tanveer ahmed
2783   tariq mahmood ali
2792   Test Group - Flows
2722   Thieu Group
4389   THS
1734   TOKELAU CATHOLIC YOUTH AUSTRALIA
3957   Towards2008 ACSA/ACYA
4024   Trinity Catholic College Auburn

V
25     Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity Package A Group 1 Countries
2554   Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity Package B Australia
3139   Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity Package C Australia
2228   vietaus
701    Vietnamese Catholic Sydney - Package C
2040   Vietnamese Catholic Youth Ministry
2828   Vietnamese Catholic Youth Sydney - Package B
2310   Vietnamese Catholic Youth Sydney - Thieu Nhi
2286   Vietnamese Catholic Youth Sydney Ca Doan
2126   Vietnamese Catholic Youth Sydney Thanh Nien

W
4212   WEAFOTWYD
2768   WinnieT
2765   WinnieTran
5157   wyd08group

Y
3839   YAPS
2542   yarraton
1567   Yo0f@St Albans
3815   Youth Defence
4976   Youth Matters1

MORE INFO?

For more information on how to register go to www.wyd2008.org

For more information on how to Register your own Group, you can find details and instructions here .