Pilgrim Profile: Brian Graney

Every week we will try to profile a different pilgrim who will be attending World Youth Day 2011, but I thought we'd start with one of OLM's "pioneer" pilgrims, WYD 2008 alum Brian Graney, who has a particular interest in the next event as his brother will be following in his footsteps...


Brian Graney, WYD 2008 in Sydney, Australia
World Youth Day still affects me even two years after I went.  I learned from World Youth Day to stay involved and grow in my faith.  I chose to go to Mount St. Mary's University after learning this at World Youth Day.  I am very involved with Campus Ministry activities at the Mount and I continue to grow in my faith everyday and all because of World Youth Day.  My brother, Brendan, will really enjoy World Youth Day along with all of the others, who will grow in their faith during the pilgrimage to Madrid as well.

Pennies from Heaven Campaign

In the coming weeks we will kick off our "Pennies from Heaven" Campaign as a means of raising money for our pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2011. We recently got together to gather all of our collected coffee cans and cover them with a special WYD'11 label. Please consider taking part in this campaign. All you need to do is take a can and over the next 6-7 months use it to collect pennies in. We will ask for the cans back in June or July, before our trip in August. Whatever you are able to collect and bring back will help. No donation is too small!

Look for the cans to be available at all masses Thanksgiving weekend!

Thank you for your support!