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World Youth Day 2008: Pilgrim Experiences and Outcomes

Explore the different types of pilgrims and their experiences at World Youth Day 2008, and the diverse outcomes they had. Discover the underlying dynamics of this global gathering and its impact on pilgrims. Relevant

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World Youth Day 2008: Pilgrim Experiences and Outcomes

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  1. World Youth Day 2008 Outcomes for Pilgrims Michael Mason Australian Catholic University Melbourne

  2. “Pilgrims’ Progress 2008” World Youth DaySydney, Australia, July 15-20 Rev. Dr Michael Mason (Australian Catholic University) Professor Ruth Webber (Australian Catholic University) Dr Andrew Singleton (Monash University) Project Website: http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/wyd

  3. I. Pilgrim types and levels of commitment II. Their experiences at WYD08, and the diverse outcomes for different types of pilgrims III. The underlying dynamics of World Youth Day

  4. Commitment level varies by age country of residence slightly by gender

  5. Table 1. Catholics aged 15-35: Commitment level by Age group (% of age group)

  6. Catholics 15-25: Level of commitment by country of residence by age group:15-18 (row%)

  7. Catholics 15-25: Level of commitment by country of residence by age group: 25-35 (row%)

  8. High: Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia (Africa, Middle East, Caribbean, Central and South America) Medium: USA, Canada, New Zealand Low: Britain, Australia, Ireland Very low: Germany Commitment level / country

  9. Gender by level of commitment by age group (Row %)

  10. 1) WYD was a strongly positive experience, strengthening denominational identity through solidarity and ‘collective effervescence’ and engendering ‘communitas’  II. Hypotheses and preliminary findings on the outcomes of WYD for pilgrims

  11. The pilgrims enjoyed taking over the streets; the locals didn’t seem to mind; charmed by crowds of joyful youth.

  12. Experiencing community, solidarity Experiencing the sacred Experiencing ‘communitas’

  13. Crucifixion at dusk screens at Darling harbour

  14. I did but see him passing by …

  15. 2) The morning ‘catecheses’ would be found unappealing

  16. 3) The large-scale worship events would be experienced as distant, high-culture, alien and uninspiring 

  17. H4) No major changes among the Devoted

  18. H5) Little change amongst the Social

  19. H6) Significant steps forward by the Open

  20. Drawing on resources from philosophy (epistemology) and from History of Religions Phenomenology of intuition & symbols in Husserl and Schutz The experience of the Numinous (Rudolf Otto) Victor Turner’s anthropological approach: liminality Durkheim and Collins: WYD as large-scale collective effervescence and nothing more? III. The underlying dynamics of World Youth Day

  21. ‘A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things – i.e. things set apart and forbidden, which unite into a single moral community or church all those that adhere to them’ Emile Durkheim, 1976. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. London, George Allen & Unwin, p. 62. Durkheim on religion

  22. What was really going on at World Youth Day?

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