Meet Rebecca Belrose!

My name is Rebecca Belrose and I'm from Keene NH. I am entering into my final year of my undergraduate degree at Saint Michael's College in Burlington VT where I'm studying to be an elementary teacher. I am making this pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2011 as a way of connecting with other Catholic youth from around the world and as an affirmation as to why the Catholic Church belongs in my life. Often the college culture that surrounds most universities in the United States today leaves very little space for God and sometimes young adults such as myself can begin to feel quite alone in walking a Christian way of life. By going to World Youth Day and experiencing the events that take place with thousands of other pilgrims who also are believers in the Catholic faith we can then see what an expansive and vibrant community our faith truly is. This will be the second WYD I have attended, the first being in Sydney Australia. Although this WYD pilgrimage is guaranteed to be different from the last, I look forward to meeting people from around the world and celebrating what makes the Catholic Church the unique community it is.