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Reader Stories: My World Youth Day Experience

Have you attended an international World Youth Day? What effect, if any, did it have on your life? On your faith? Would you attend another World Youth Day? Why or why not? Share your World Youth Day story with the readers of the About.com GuideSite to Catholicism! (If you have attended more than one World Youth Day celebration, you can list them all on one form, or you can fill out a separate form for each one.)

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Which World Youth Day Did You Attend?*

What Effect Did World Youth Day Have on You?*

How did your participation in World Youth Day affect your life? What effect, if any, did it have on your faith?

Would You Attend Another World Youth Day?*

If so, why? If not, why not?

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What lessons did you learn from participating in World Youth Day? What advice would you offer to those who want to go?

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