Dublin: Over One Thousand Registered

In Dublin, the organizational machine preparing the big World Meeting of Families is moving ahead.

There are already over one thousand registrations, precisely 1046, with 606 from Ireland and 440 from the rest of the world.

In addition, 1,300 volunteers have already declared their availability to welcome and help participants during next August’s Meeting, and 126 of them have attended the first training session.

In the meantime, the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) has chosen the family of Shane and Leanne Hyland, from the Diocese of Broken Bay (Sydney, Australia), with their three children—5, 8 and 14 years old (see the picture below)—, to be their delegates at the meeting in Dublin.

“This is a beautiful way for Australian families to share their faith and to exchange with other Catholic families from throughout the world,” commented Bishop Michael Kennedy of the ACBC.