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Please contribute your reflections on World Youth Day 2008
 Why spend your precious time on this?
Here are 4 good reasons:
1.
Reflection – thinking back through a part of your life -- is one of the
best ways of gaining the most benefit from an experience.
2. It will help the Church provide better ministry to young people.
3. It will help those who are now starting to organise WYD2011 in Madrid.
4. It will provide feedback to those who organised the Sydney WYD.
Space for your own comments, not just multiple-choice answers!
There's space at the end for you to write your own comments in free-form. You can say exactly what you want.
The process is completely anonymous, so you can feel free to be completely honest in what you have to say.
Make your
voice heard! It was supposed to be for young people. Your thoughts and
feelings about it really matter. What was WYD for you?
Ready to go? Click the Continue button down below.
Other stuff you may want to know:
The
inquiry is being conducted by a research team based at Australian
Catholic University in Melbourne. The researchers do not know your
identity, and only they will see your responses. Reports will contain
nothing that could identify you.
The project has been approved
by the Human Research Ethics Committee at Australian Catholic
University, and by the World Youth Day Research Committee. In the event
that you have any complaint or concern about the study, you may contact
one of the research team, or write to the Chair of the Human Research
Ethics Committee: Chair, HREC, Research Services, Australian Catholic
University, Melbourne Campus, Locked Bag 4115, FITZROY VIC 3065. Ph:
+61 (3) 9953 3157 Fax: +61 (3) 9953 3315.
If at any time you
require further information or have any questions about the project,
please contact one of the principal investigators: Rev Dr Michael
Mason, Prof Ruth Webber, Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria
Parade, Fitzroy VIC 3065; Dr. Andrew Singleton, School of Political and
Social Inquiry, PO Box 11A, Monash University VIC 3800. The research
team's email address is: WYD.res@acu.edu.au.
Reports on the findings
The results of the study will be available at http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/wyd/
R U Ready?
Let's go! |
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When is your birthday?
-what month |
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 What country do you live in? |
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Youth Day was a Catholic event, but open to all. Are you a Catholic, or
do you belong to another Christian denomination, or to another
religion, or not to any religion? |
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people do not consider that they belong to any religion now, but they
were raised in a religion. What religion (if any) were you raised in? |
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| Some of the later questions assume that the person responding is Catholic. We
hope you will understand and excuse this. We'll skip you past a few
questions which make sense only to Catholics, but we have left in place
others which you can answer in your own way -- e.g. you could take a
question about attending Mass as referring to your own form of worship.
Your answers provide a different perspective, and are especially
important to the research team. |
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| YOUR REFLECTIONS ON WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED AT WORLD YOUTH DAY |
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| Did you go to Sydney as a group leader or volunteer, or just an ordinary pilgrim? |
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| Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your experience as a group leader?
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| Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your experience as a volunteer at WYD in Sydney?
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Did you take part in the World Youth Day “Have your say” survey last May?
It was on a website like this, and asked what you were hoping to experience at WYD and about your spiritual and religious life. |
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Have you been to any of the World Youth Days prior to Sydney 2008?
e.g. Cologne in 2005, Toronto in 2002, Rome in 2000 or one before that? |
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Which World Youth Days did you attend before going to Sydney?
Please check all the earlier ones you've been to.
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Out of your three closest friends, how many went to WYD in Sydney?
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Overall, was WYD 2008 a good experience for you? |
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What influenced you to go to WYD 2008?
Choose one of the following |
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 What did you like most about the atmosphere at WYD?
Choose your top 5 from this list and rank them from 1 to 5 with 1 as your top choice
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Was there a moment (or more than one) during the week when you were strongly aware of the presence of God? When was that?
You can choose up to 5, or check 4 of these and add your own |
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How helpful was each of the main events at WYD for your spiritual development?
Only one of them can be the most helpful!
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What was it about the Opening Mass that helped in your spiritual development?
Check only the things that were most important for you |
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What was it about the Holy Father's arrival at Barangaroo that helped in your spiritual development?
Check only the things that were most important for you |
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 What was it about the Stations of the Cross that helped in your spiritual development?
Check only the things that were most important for you |
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What was it about the Vigil night that helped in your spiritual development?
Check only the things that were most important for you |
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What was it about the Closing Mass that helped in your spiritual development?
Check only the things that were most important for you |
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How helpful for your spiritual development were the other events listed below?
Only one of them can be the most helpful!
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What most helped the catechesis to be a positive experience for you?
Choose just one feature, or up to a maximum of 3. |
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What contributed most to making the catechesis a negative experience for you?
Choose just one feature, or up to a maximum of 3. |
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What were the most fun / enjoyable aspects of WYD?
Check up to 3 items.
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Please check, in the list below, any aspects of WYD that significantly spoiled the experience for you.
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Reflecting on the results of WYD for you:
First, how your beliefs and attitudes may have changed |
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| Since going to WYD do you think you have a more positive view of yourself, your life and your future? |
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Did your WYD experience change your understanding / feeling about God / Jesus / Holy Spirit?
Check all of the following that apply to you |
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| Which of the following comes closest to expressing your belief about what happens after someone dies? |
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Did your WYD experience change how you approach your faith?
Check all of the following that apply to you |
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Did your experiences at WYD make any difference to whether you agree or disagree with the following teachings?
Before WYD -- indicate below on the left your attitude to the teaching before you went to WYD.
After WYD -- indicate below on the right your attitude to the teaching when you thought further about it after returning from WYD.
(You
may have answered a similar question in the "Have your say" before WYD.
This question invites you to reflect on whether WYD influenced your
thinking.) |
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Did your experiences at WYD make any difference to how you feel about being Catholic?
Before WYD -- indicate below on the left your thoughts and feelings about being Catholic before you went to WYD.
After WYD -- indicate below on the right your thoughts and feelings about being Catholic after returning from WYD.
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Did your experiences at WYD make any difference to how you feel about the issues below?
Before WYD -- indicate below on the left your thoughts and feelings on the issue before you went to WYD.
After WYD -- indicate below on the right your thoughts and feelings on the same issue after returning from WYD.
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Reflecting on the results of WYD for you:
Things you intend to do differently |
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Probably most people would like to "be a better person".
But could you honestly say that your WYD experience has made you really determined to be different in any of the following ways?
If so, check them. |
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| Do you think that as a result of WYD, your religious faith will have more influence on what you do in daily life? |
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| Before you went to WYD, how often did you go to Mass (apart from weddings and funerals or compulsory services at school)? |
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Nowadays, do your friends go to church pretty regularly?
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| Before you went to WYD, how often did you pray just by yourself (not with others or at a religious service)? |
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| Before you went to WYD, about how often did you go to individual reconciliation (Confession)? |
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| Are you going to do more of the following, or about the same as before WYD?
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Since returning from WYD, do you talk more about spirituality / religion / faith with the following people?
Check all that apply |
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Apart from your parish or school, are you involved in any Catholic organisations / movements / groups ?
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| Did you get involved in any of these groups as a result of attending WYD? |
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Thinking of the Catholic group with which you are most involved, what activities does the group do, mainly?
Check up to 3 activities
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Because of your WYD experience, do you feel more motivated to do any of the following?
Check any that apply, or if none, check "No". |
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| In
the past year, if you spent some extended periods working as a
volunteer (apart from WYD -- e.g. on camps etc.) indicate the total
time spent on these activities |
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In
the past year, how often have you spent a couple of hours doing
community service activities (not including WYD) as a volunteer?
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| How much do you care about:
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| Check any of the following activities that you are more likely to do in the next year, as a result of WYD |
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Going back for a moment to the many different happenings at WYD, which one(s) most helped you in your spiritual journey?
Choose up to 3 of the most helpful things |
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We have a few final WYD topics to consider in a moment,but first it would help very much to get an idea of 'where you are coming from'
in terms of your background and spiritual profile.
These questions are easy to answer -- mostly just one quick click on each will do the job. |
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| | Type the name of the state / province / county where you live | |
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| | Where is your diocese based? Please type the name of the city where your bishop has his Cathedral. | |
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| Please tell us about the place where you usually live
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| What state / province of Australia do you live in? |
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| Which diocese do you live in? |
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